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9:50 PM ET, April 29, 2011

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Paul Krugman:
Flim Flammed  —  Last year, when I described Paul Ryan as a flim flam man, many Beltway types were deeply annoyed.  They had decided that he was serious and sincere — worthy of receiving fiscal responsibility awards — and did not want to hear any negatives.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ryan says constituents ‘overwhelmingly’ support budget plan  —  Contrary to some of the angry scenes at certain of his town-hall meetings, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Friday that the crowds are “overwhelmingly supportive” of his budget plan.  —  Ryan claims that his constituents …
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Paul Ryan Catches Lefty Astroturfer Changing Clothes Then Coming Back For Second Town Hall...
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Ryan draws national attention at town halls
KTNV ABC,Channel 13,Las Vegas,Nevada …:
Donald Trump delivers several F-bombs during his speech in Las Vegas … Also on KTNV.com Local News Headlines  —  Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump may, or may not run for president.  But Thursday in Las Vegas, he was sure sounding like a someone who's ready to jump into the race with both feet.
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Donald Trump drops F-bombs on Las Vegas crowd  —  Donald Trump on Thursday dropped a barrage of F-bombs at a massive Las Vegas rally where he blasted the president repeatedly and slammed politicians as “blood suckers.”  —  “Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people,” …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Trump On China: ‘Listen You Mother F***ers’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Fox News:
Donald Trump Drops F-Bombs, Calls Leaders ‘Stupid’ in Vegas Stop
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Top Climate Scientist On The Monster Tornadoes: ‘It Is Irresponsible Not To Mention Climate Change’  —  Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of life and death, the sun and rain capable of feeding our crops and bringing us comfort, or unleashing terrible devastation in wind, fire, drought, storm, and flood.
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Storms Kill Over 250 Americans In States Represented By Climate Pollution Deniers … “Given that global warming is unequivocal,” climate scientist Kevin Trenberth cautioned the American Meteorological Society in January of this year, “the null hypothesis should be that all weather events …
Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing limit  —  A growing number of Democrats are threatening to defy the White House over the national debt, joining Republican calls for deficit cuts as a requirement for consenting to lift the country's borrowing limit.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin: ‘Hells no’ I wouldn't raise debt limit
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Republican Treasury secretary warns against Republican debt-ceiling terrorism
Discussion: The Politico
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
In U.S., Negative Views of the Tea Party Rise to New High  —  Republicans and conservatives are the most positive  —  PRINCETON, NJ — About half of Americans, 47%, now have an unfavorable image of the Tea Party movement, the highest since it emerged on the national scene.
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Tea Partier Puts GOP-Friendly NY District Into Play For Dems
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Indiana Gov. Daniels to sign Planned Parenthood bill  —  Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said today he will sign a controversial bill that cuts off government funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.  —  Indiana will become the first state to take such action.
Discussion: GOP 12, RedState and Hot Air
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Jennifer / Cubachi:
Mitch Daniels expected to sign bill to defund Planned Parenthood
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Indiana Gov. Daniels to sign bill defunding Planned Parenthood
Discussion: CNN
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
With Drudge Report's Help, Birthers Latch Onto Phony Forgery Theory  —  In a predictable turn, conspiracy theorists are now rallying behind a bogus claim that President Obama's long form birth certificate is a Photoshopped forgery — with a huge helping hand from one of conservative media's biggest names.
Lauren Weinstein / Lauren Weinstein's Blog:
Google Exposes Senator (Sloppily) Trying to Delete History for Birthers  —  Blog Update (5:25 PM): Senator Hatch's Office Claims Missing Amendment “Just a Coincidence”  —  Just when you think you've seen the ultimate in hypocrisy, that perhaps it's impossible to become further depressed …
The Note:
Mitt Romney Attacks Obama On Gas Prices In New Hampshire: ‘People Are Hurting’  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone and Gregory Simmons report:  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — At a busy gas station here where motorists were filling their tanks with nearly $4 a gallon gasoline, likely Republican presidential …
Discussion: The Politico
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Romney hit with complaint
The Smoking Gun:
Deferments Helped Trump Dodge Vietnam  —  How the presidential aspirant avoided fighting for his country … Despite Donald Trump's claim this week that he avoided serving in the Vietnam War solely due to a high draft number, Selective Service records show that the purported presidential …
Ariane De Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Court Lifts Federal Stem Cell Ban  —  In a victory for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court has set aside a lower-court ruling that would have blocked the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.  —  A divided three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District …
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Fox News:
Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The Facts  —  Republicans say they would preserve the current Medicare system for people who are currently age 55 and older; the changes would only affect people who are younger.  The current system, in place since the mid-1960s, is essentially a government-run health care program …
Edwin Mora / CNSNews:
Three Convicted in Terror-Related Cases Later Granted U.S. Citizenship by Obama Administration  —  (CNSNews.com) — Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors.
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF Chronicle video prompts White House threat  —  (04-29) 04:00 PDT Washington — The White House threatened Thursday to exclude The San Francisco Chronicle from pooled coverage of its events in the Bay Area after the paper posted a video of a protest at a San Francisco fundraiser for President Obama …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
How the journalist prom got out of control  —  On Thursday, the Washington Post editorializes that Donald Trump has been campaigning on “bogus” issues and that he should “cease and desist.”  An article in the news pages the same day reports that the great orange charlatan's “simply wild speculation” has “almost no basis in fact.”
 
 
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Audits Find Widespread Waste in Spending by State Government
Discussion: Hit & Run
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Government Does  —  We in the commentariat spend a lot …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Gov. John Kasich to Obama: Do your own job before you offer any opinion on Ohio's solutions?
Discussion: protein wisdom and Right Wing News
Associated Press:
Okla. pol's comments on blacks, women draw fire
Discussion: The Atlanta Post
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NY Republican: Trump's an SOB
Jim Forsyth / Reuters:
Governor says Obama leaving Texas in the dust
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit
Catherine Rampell / Economix:
The Two-Track Recovery (or ‘Depression’?)
Dale Carpenter / New York Times:
How the Law Accepted Gays
Cheryl Wills / NY1.com:
NY1 Exclusive: Man Cleared In Central Park Jogging Case Demands Apology From Trump
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
New Democratic money group to take on Republicans