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10:10 AM ET, April 15, 2014

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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why You Should Be Sympathetic Toward Cliven Bundy  —  On Saturday, I wrote about the standoff at Bundy Ranch.  That post drew a remarkable amount of traffic, even though, as I wrote then, I had not quite decided what to make of the story.  Since then, I have continued to study the facts and have drawn some conclusions.
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
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My News 4:
Sen. Reid on Cattle Battle: “It's not over”  —  RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hasn't been very vocal about the cattle battle showdown in recent days, but says “it's not over.”  —  Reid tells News4's Samantha Boatman his take on the so-called cattle battle in southern Las Vegas.
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy Ranch ‘Militia’ Considered Using Women As Human Shield  —  It appears that the anti-government activists protesting the Bureau of Land Management's actions against a Nevada cattle rancher were considering using women as a human shield if a gun battle had erupted during the standoff.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Read My Lips: More New Taxes!  —  A bigger April 15 bill would mean a better society  —  Happy Tax Day.  Yes, I say that every year.  Yes, I still mean it.  Yes, I know that not many people feel the same way.  —  Nobody likes writing checks to the government.  At best, it's something people tolerate.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
As Taxes Rise, Half in U.S. Say Middle-Income Pay Too Much
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
More Than Half of Americans Say Federal Taxes Too High
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
‘Shoe Truthers’ Wonder If Hillary Staged Shoe Throwing Incident  —  Call them the shoe truthers.  —  Some conservative media figures are openly wondering if Hillary Clinton staged an incident during a speech in Las Vegas on Thursday in which a woman in the audience threw a shoe at her.
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Rand Paul for President  —  Because what the GOP needs is a humbling landslide defeat.  —  Republicans, let's get it over with.  Fast forward to the finish line.  Avoid the long and winding primary road.  It can only weaken the nominee.  And we know who he—yes, he—has to be.
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Boehner challenger pitches solution to ‘electile dysfunction’  —  High school teacher J.D. Winteregg, a Tea Party-backed candidate challenging House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), is pitching himself as the solution to “electile dysfunction” in a new Web video.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Politico
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Sebelius steps down, and ObamaCare supporters pretend to rejoice.  —  Six months ago, in the midst of what the New York Times then termed ObamaCare's “troubled rollout,” Kathleen Sebelius defied calls for her to resign as secretary of health and human services.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
The next ObamaCare disasters
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Doug Glanville / Reuters:
I Was Racially Profiled in My Own Driveway  —  A retired Major League Baseball player explains how he's trying to turn an upsetting encounter with the police into an opportunity for dialogue.  —  It was an otherwise ordinary snow day in Hartford, Connecticut, and I was laughing as I headed outside to shovel my driveway.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Snowden reporters win Pulitzer  —  The Pulitzer Prize for public service was awarded Monday to The Washington Post and The Guardian, which broke the story of National Security Agency surveillance programs leaked by Edward Snowden.  —  In giving U.S. journalism's top prize to the Guardian and the Post …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for public service, shared with Guardian
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Budget Office Lowers Estimate for the Cost of Expanding Health Coverage  —  WASHINGTON — The insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act will cost $1.383 trillion over the next decade, more than $100 billion less than previous forecasts, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:   Interest Rates and the Budget Outlook
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Updated Budget Projections: 2014 to 2024
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Says It Has Begun Military Operation in East  —  SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — After days of failing to enforce its own ultimatums, the Ukrainian government on Tuesday began what the president called a military operation to confront pro-Russian militants in the east of the country.
Discussion: The Week
ThinkProgress:
Congressman Tells Black Constituent That The Civil Rights Act May Be Unconstitutional  —  Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) addresses a town hall meeting in Gainesville, Florida.  —  CREDIT: Scott Keyes  —  GAINESVILLE, Florida — Last week, former presidents and dignitaries celebrated the 50th anniversary …
Discussion: Liberaland
Gordon G. Chang / Forbes:
China Property Collapse Has Begun  —  Nothing is going right for Hangzhou at this moment.  Walmart will be closing its Zhaohui store in that city on April 23 as a part of its overall plan to dump marginal locations—about 9% of the total—in China.  —  Thanks to the world's largest retailer …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Social Security stops trying to collect on old debts by seizing tax refunds  —  The Social Security Administration announced Monday that it will immediately cease efforts to collect on taxpayers' debts to the government that are more than 10 years old.  —  The action comes after The Washington …
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Ben Carson: White House wanted apology for ‘offending’ Obama  —  Neurosurgeon Ben Carson says the White House wanted him to apologize for “offending” President Obama after he famously delivered a conservative message at the National Prayer Breakfast last year.
The Atlantic Online:
JUMP TO COMMENTS  —  CONOR FRIEDERSDORF is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs.  He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Obama's war on White House women: Column  —  We'd be closer to pay equity if Democrats would stop cheating their own female staffers.  —  The “War On Women” theme was a key component of Barack Obama's 2012 campaign.  And since politicians tend to repeat what works, the Democrats are pushing …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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New York Times:
Marathon Bombing Suspect Waits in Isolation
Discussion: The Week and Poynter
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
FBI Plans to Have 52 Million Photos in its NGI Face Recognition Database by Next Year
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Verge
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Direct mail another legacy of '64 Goldwater campaign
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Generation Losing Interest in Obama
Staci Zaretsky / Above the Law:
Yet Another Law School Is Offering Buyouts To Its Tenured Professors
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Fox News:
Survey shows ObamaCare sending premiums rising at fastest clip in decades
Discussion: Power Line and Talking Points Memo
Susan Page / USA Today:
IRS chief: New rule on the way for tax-exempt groups
Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post and Hot Air
Kathleen Sebelius / Reason:
Remy: Happy (Tax Day Edition)
Discussion: Hit & Run
New York Post:
0 bths, 1 br - great views! Vagrants hole up on Manhattan Bridge
Discussion: Liberaland and The Awl
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obamacare, The Unknown Ideal, Continued
Discussion: Bloomberg View and The Confluence
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Court rules against Ohio ban on same-sex marriage recognition
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Eschaton
Danielle Sacks / Fast Company:
CHELSEA CLINTON MAKES HER MOVE
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and OnPolitics