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12:30 PM ET, April 22, 2013

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Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad  —  Let's hope the administration gets over its reluctance to recognize attacks on the U.S. for what they are.  —  If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in a position to repeat their grisly acts, rest easy.
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New York Times:
Investigators Dig for Roots of Bomb Suspects' Radicalization  —  WASHINGTON — The two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings were armed with a small arsenal of guns, ammunition and explosives when they first confronted the police early Friday, and were most likely planning more attacks, the authorities said Sunday.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Conservative Paranoid Mind  —  There's a common thread linking conservatives' positions on gun control, immigration, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: the constant need to stoke fear.  By Michael Tomasky.  —  Liberals and civil libertarians shouldn't yet be saying that there's utterly …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: Wrong name hid Russia trip  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that the FBI did not know that Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect — went on a six-month overseas trip in 2011 because his name was misspelled.
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Boston bombing suspects did not have valid handgun licenses  —  (Reuters) - The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.
Discussion: The Hill and Shot in the Dark
Wall Street Journal:
Boston Marathon Bombings: Turn to Religion Split Bomb Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Home  —  By ALAN CULLISON in Makhachkala, Russia, PAUL SONNE in Moscow, ANTON TROIANOVSKI in Cambridge, Mass., and DAVID GEORGE-COSH in Toronto  —  After last week's Boston Marathon bombings …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - How doctor's daughter became the Muslim convert widow of Boston bomber: Terrorist husband ‘brainwashed’ her and she gave up her dreams of college to have his baby at 21  — Schoolfriend tells MailOnline how Katherine Russell had dreams of joining the Peace Corps - but was ‘totally transformed’ by Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Marathon bombing suspects not registered to vote  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Boston Marathon bombing suspects' geopolitical leanings are still largely a mystery, and so is their American political outlook, after a review of records in this city where they lived for the last several years.
bigstory.ap.org:
Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit  —  You are here  —  Home » Massachusetts » Mass. police: Bomb suspects didn't have gun permit  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police official say the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon …
Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
Dead suspect broke angrily with Muslim speakers
U.S. News:
Badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect responding to questions
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: Suspects not licensed for guns
Discussion: Hot Air
USA Today:
George W. Bush says library ‘a place to lay out facts’  —  DEDICATING A NEW PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY  —  The federal government will spend more than $68.7 million this year on programming, operations and maintenance of 13 presidential libraries, including $3.5 million for the central management office.
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and First Read
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Mike Jaccarino / Fox News:
Town of West, Texas, recovers after plant blast kills 14, injures 200
Discussion: NewsHounds blog
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
A red state/blue state chasm  —  In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate, those of us who don't think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome.  —  Unfortunately, the problem is bigger than that.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Jobless Trap  —  F.D.R. told us that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself.  But when future historians look back at our monstrously failed response to economic depression, they probably won't blame fear, per se.  Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for fearing the wrong things.
Arutz Sheva:
Kerry Compares Boston Victims, Marmara Terrorists  —  At Istanbul, Secretary of State makes jarring comparison between Boston Marathon terror victims, IHH terror activists killed by Israel.  —  Speaking at Istanbul, Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a jarring comparison between …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Opponent Of Immigration Reform Totally Loses It During Immigration Hearing  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tore into conservative critics who have sought to exploit the Boston bombings to delay immigration reform, eliciting a strong rebuke from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Senator Told Shooting Victim's Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then Voted Against Them  —  Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Angela Waye / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is Congress Trying to Make Our Internet Abuse Laws Worse, not Better?  —  The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is too vague and broad to make sense in an increasingly computer-mediated world.  Yet legislators don't seem to get it.  —  In January this year, political activist and net guru Aaron Swartz committed suicide.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Does Evil Make Liberals Stupid?  —  In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, we are suffering through the inevitable period of liberal hand-wringing.  Liberals can't help themselves: while normal people are reviling the bombers, celebrating their capture or death …
 
 
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
After Boston: Don't Get Fooled Again by the ‘War on Terror’ Hawks
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Pushback On China Hacking
Discussion: Hot Air
The Local:
Gay man beaten in latest ‘homophobic’ attack
Discussion: Queerty and Joe. My. God.
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Boston bombings: Cardinal O'Malley warns of ‘culture of death’
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Shakesville
Robin Harding / Financial Times:
Data shift to lift US economy 3%
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE — SECRET EMAILS: CATO, NORQUIST, RUBIO USE BOSTON TERROR ATTACKS TO PUSH IMMIGRATION REFORM
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Boehner Faces Competing Immigration Paths
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Memories of the First Earth Day  —  43 years ago today …
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Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hot Air
John Fund / National Review:
Putting Lipstick on the Obamacare Pig
Politico:
The GOP's data dogfight
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Obama political arm strikes fear in GOP
Discussion: Reuters
Alyssa Brown / Gallup:
In U.S., Most Oppose State Gas Tax Hike to Fund Repairs
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Steve Friess / Politico:
Ex-Rep. Jim Kolbe: Same-sex partners should get rights
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
College Friend Of Boston Bombing Suspect Says They Discussed Bombing At School Gym
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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