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5:45 PM ET, April 26, 2012

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Daily Mail:
WTF?!?!  —  Sounds dead boring to me!  —  I don't believe that man could think of such a thing.  Religion is not for the rational man.  —  Where the hell does it say you can do that in the Quran!  Why would you want to!!!  The other laws are the usual sexist bull you get in Muslim countries …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
After Previously Praising Her, Paul Ryan Now Disses Ayn Rand: ‘I Reject Her Philosophy’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan and his on-again, off-again political inspiration, Ayn Rand  —  In 2005, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) heaped praise on Ayn Rand, a 20th-century libertarian novelist best known for her philosophy …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Ryan Shrugged  —  'You know you've arrived in politics when you have an urban legend about you, and this one is mine," chuckles Representative Paul Ryan, the Budget Committee chairman, as we discuss his purported obsession with author and philosopher Ayn Rand.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul Ryan defends budget to Catholics
Discussion: CNN
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Romney Campaign Again Warns Of ‘Soviet’ Threat  —  The Romney campaign has been accused of being stuck in the 1950s.  But it also seems mired in the 1980s — it again invoked Cold War threats on Thursday, as it tried to attack the Obama administration on foreign policy.
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Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Biden: ‘The president has a big stick’
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Biden: Obama has ‘big stick,’ Romney doesn't
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Daily Kos
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:   Biden: ‘I Promise You, the President Has a Big Stick’
KIRO-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: New Secret Service scandal centers on strippers, prostitutes in El Salvador  —  U.S. Secret Service agents brag they routinely use third-world prostitutes while conducting out-of-country security detail for Presidential visits  —  Sponsored Links  —  SEATTLE —
John Sexton / BREITBART.COM:
SECOND FIRING IN FALSE ZIMMERMAN 911 EDIT  —  There has been a second firing at NBC over the misleading edit of George Zimmerman's 911 call.  A report published yesterday afternoon by the Miami Herald identifies reporter/producer Jeff Burnside as the individual responsible for the edits …
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Classical Values:
Zimmerman Raised With Black Children, Is Black  —  The Narrative just took a bullet to the chest.  —  Perhaps inevitably, the story starts with, yes, a dog: … The policeman suggested he buy a gun.  Do the police tell a lot of people they consider irresponsible and dangerous to buy guns?
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Cool Kids Versus the Squares, Yet Again  —  When Barack Obama appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon the other night, he walked on stage and gave Fallon a quick pound hug, that handshake/one-arm hug that we cool guys do these days to express a sentiment something like, “It is good to see you again …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Crossroads ad attacks Obama's ‘celebrity’ presidency  —  A new ad released Thursday by the conservative super-PAC American Crossroads seeks to use President Obama's “cool” status against him, appealing to the youth vote by asking how America's “biggest celebrity” has helped them find jobs.
David Catanese / Politico:
Dick Lugar trails by 5, poll says  —  Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar has fallen behind state Treasurer Richard Mourdock by five points, according to a new poll released Thursday.  —  The survey, taken Tuesday and Wednesday by Wenzel Strategies on behalf of Citizens United, places Mourdock at 44 percent and Lugar at 39 percent.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mourdock claims lead over Lugar in Indiana poll by Citizens United
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Monica Crowley Reacts To Fluke's Reported Engagement: “To A Man?”  —  Fox News political and foreign affairs analyst Monica Crowley reacted to a report that Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke got engaged to her boyfriend by tweeting: “To a man?”  —  Following criticism of her on Twitter …
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Plan of Attack: Obama, Romney and the Electoral College  —  The presidential election could very well come down to one state — which one?  We offer our thoughts on the Electoral College, plus answer questions on House, Senate and gubernatorial races, in our latest Crystal Ball video:
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
The HuffPost Election Map: A First Look At The Presidential Race
Discussion: Hot Air
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
I Was Wrong About Dick Cheney . . .  . . . and other lessons I learned from vetting vice-presidential candidates.  —  We've entered the silly season when vast numbers of words will be expended on who Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate should be.  Since the actual announcement …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Young Voters Back Obama, but Many Aren't Poised to Vote  —  Older voters much more likely to vote, and more likely to support Romney  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama continues to enjoy a substantial lead over Mitt Romney among voters under 30, but these youthful Americans …
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Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:   Young People May Not Bother to Vote for Obama: Poll
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
More Support for Gun Rights, Gay Marriage than in 2008 or 2004  —  OVERVIEW  —  Opinions about a pair of contentious social issues, gun control and gay marriage, have changed substantially since previous presidential campaigns.  On gun control, Americans have become more conservative; on gay marriage, they have become more liberal.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
GOP Proposes Cuts In Health Prevention To Keep Student Loan Interest Rates From Doubling  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced on Wednesday that the House will take up legislation to extend the Bush-era 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act, a measure to prevent interest rates …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker: Speaker Boehner ‘feeling the heat’ on student loans
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Andrew Cuomo vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016?  —  “Welcome to my announcement to run for president of Malta,” Hillary Clinton joked Wednesday night as she took the stage at Lincoln Center, where she was one of 100 luminaries honored by Time magazine.  —  Surveying the crowd …
Lisa Hirsch / ETonline.com:
Ann Romney on Recent MS Scare on Campaign Trail  —  Although her husband Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Ann Romney's battle with multiple sclerosis hasn't stopped for the campaign trail.  —  The mom of five sons has suffered from the debilitating autoimmune disease since …
ABCNEWS:
Chris Christie Tells Jersey 'I'm Not Going Anywhere'  —  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie, mentioned as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney, assured his constituents at a town hall today that he's “not going anywhere.”  —  In a packed firehouse, a resident praised Christie saying he has done …
Discussion: GOP 12
Paul Krugman:
The New Voodoo  —  Every time I think we might be making progress against the prejudices and myths that pass for judicious thinking these days, something like this editorial in the FT comes along to renew my despair.  —  The editorial is a response to the latest bad UK economic news …
Chuck Rudd / The Daily Caller:
The sister of a white Mobile, Alabama man who suffered severe head trauma during a beating by approximately 20 black neighbors on Saturday spoke exclusively to The Daily Caller, saying that the incident started after one of her children witnessed some of the eventual assailants stealing an item …
David Miliband / New Statesman:
Exclusive: George Galloway's conversion to Islam  —  Jemima Khan, in an interview with the Bradford MP, reveals the background to his Muslim conversion.  —  In a wide-ranging interview in this week's issue of the New Statesman, George Galloway MP talks about his spectacular by-election victory …
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Only Reasonable Response Is Alarm  —  I'm not surprised that Michael Gerson, architect of “compassionate conservatism,” has convinced himself that this generation of Republican leaders is carrying on in his footsteps (via Mike Allen): … The Ryan budget does a lot of things.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Deal on Senate vote on violence against women bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects mistress's secrecy bid at John Edwards trial
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Yahoo! News
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Republicans Urge Romney to Promote Positive Vision
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Kentucky Employees May Not Be Fired for Lawfully Storing Guns in Their Cars
CNN:
Michelle Obama's White House fantasy
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
BuzzFeed:
Brother Romney: Commitment To Mormon Church “All Encompassing”
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
John McCain: ‘War On Women’ Is ‘Imaginary,’ ‘Conjured’ By Democrats
Discussion: The Raw Story and Booman Tribune
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bankrupting the Vote  —  It's well known that Republicans …
Discussion: Reuters and The Maddow Blog
Reuters:
Brazil sex worker may sue U.S. embassy over injuries
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Vogue's flattering article on Syria's first lady is scrubbed from Web
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
White House Correspondents' Dinner guest list: The latest
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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