UPON FURTHER REVIEW. . . 

Ted Cruz: too crazy for the crazies

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/ted-cruz-mocks-squishes-in-republican-party
Ted Cruz mocks Senate Republican ‘squishes’

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/30/17984071-how-to-make-enemies-and-alienate-people

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/ted-cruz-trashes-fellow-senators-texas-free

More: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/jennifer-rubin-jerk-ted-cruz-should-apologize-to
Jennifer Rubin: ‘Jerk’ Ted Cruz Should Apologize To GOP Colleagues

Gun law backlash?

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/29/17970844-senators-see-support-drop-after-demise-of-gun-bill
Senators see support drop after demise of gun bill

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/poll-backlash-senators-background-checks.php

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/29/1205595/-The-evidence-that-opponents-of-expanded-background-checks-made-a-serious-mistake-keeps-mounting

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/background-checks-bill_n_3181388.html
Background Checks Bill Stirs Anew After Legislative Loss

One of the traits of modern Republicanism is how rumors migrate from the fringe elements of conspiracy theorists, into the GOP media, and hence into "normal" GOP discourse

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/296471-gop-aims-to-slow-federal-bullet-buys

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/25/alex-jones-has-his-day-in-congress-house-republ/193777

If only . . .

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/30/17984395-on-deficits-declare-victory-and-go-home
On deficits, declare victory and go home

Arizona bans death penalty . . . for guns

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ariz-governor-signs-bill-requiring-buyback-guns-to-be-resold.php
Arizona cities and counties that hold community gun buyback events will have to sell the surrendered weapons instead of destroying them under a bill Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Monday. . . .

Enlightenment comes 'way too late

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/oconnor-maybe-supreme-court-shouldnt-have-taken-bush-v-gore/

O’Connor: Maybe Supreme Court shouldn’t have taken Bush v. Gore

Colbert-Busch reminds voters of Sanford's affair, disappearance, and irresponsible walkabout

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/colbert-busch-talks-affair-sanford-ignores-her.html 
He Pretends He Didn't Hear Her
  
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/30/new-anti-sanford-ad-highlights-affair/
 
A rough day for conservative sports fans: God's favorite player gets cut, NBA player comes out as gay

Tim Tebow: http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2013/04/29/juicebox-jesus-the-forsakening/ 

Jason Collins: http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/29/17971841-nbas-jason-collins-comes-out

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/collins-broussard-worst-reactions-gay.html
The Five Worst Reactions to Jason Collins

Bonus item: Repubs try to remind black voters of what their policies USED to be, instead of what they are now

http://prospect.org/article/conservatives-try-rewrite-civil-rights-history-again
Conservatives Try to Rewrite Civil Rights History (Again)

http://southernnationalist.com/blog/2013/04/10/rand-paul-gop-is-party-of-lincoln-civil-rights-equality/
Rand Paul: GOP is party of Lincoln, Civil Rights & equality

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PARTY OF HELL NO
 
The Republicans don't seem at all interested in changing their obstructionist reputation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/29/the-morning-plum-how-conservatives-will-try-to-kill-immigation-reform/ 
How conservatives will try to kill immigration reform

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/house-republicans-eyeing-new-hostage-opportunity.html
House Republicans Eyeing New Hostage Opportunity

Young Repubs say, "We want to play too" http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/house-gop-freshmen-whine-we-wanna-repeal-ob
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) urged leadership to hold a repeal vote so freshman members can serve up the same anti-Obamacare talking points for their conservative constituents that more senior Republicans enjoy.

“If you’re a freshman — the guys who’ve been up here the last year, we can go home and say listen, we voted 36 different times to repeal or replace Obamacare. Tell me what the new guys are supposed to say,” he said. “We haven’t had a repeal or replace vote this year.” . . . [read on]

The people who were dead wrong on Iraq still think their opinion matters on starting the next war

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/kristol-obama-totally-irresponsible-not-wa
Kristol: Obama 'Totally Irresponsible' for Not Wanting to Start Another War 

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/04/25/krauthammer-syria-what-s-stake-here-whether-anything-president-now-sa
Krauthammer on 'Red Line': 'What’s At Stake Here Is Whether Anything This President Now Says Is Believable'

Wow

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/black-voter-turnout-passed-white-turnout-2012.php
Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012

Meanwhile: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/black-pols-stymied-in-obama-era-90727.html 
Black pols stymied in Obama era

Obama's education problems (thanks to BD for the links)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/04/28/obamas-big-second-term-education-problem/

More: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-coming-revolution-in-public-education/275163/

Post-post-feminism, I guess

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/blowing-off-steam.html
[Digby] I'm just grateful that we no longer live in a patriarchal society in which women are treated as second class citizens . . . [read on!]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/dartmouth_college_equates_rape044414.php
Dartmouth College equates rape threats with anti-rape protests; threatens to discipline the anti-rape protesters

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/28/sunday-morning-liveblog_n_3173835.html

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/28/sunday-show-roundup-intelligence-failures-in-boston/

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GEORGE BUSH'S MAGIC CALENDAR

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/25/1204812/-George-W-Bush-s-magic-calendar-returns

Numbers don't lie

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/25/1204554/-Top-7-gained-5-6-trillion-in-wealth-from-2009-to-2011-while-93-lost-600-nbsp-billion
The rich really did get richer, while the rest of us ... didn't

Wacky conspiracy theories hit the GOP mainstream

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/27/false-flags-sharia-law-and-gun-grabs-gop-lawmakers-embrace-the-crazy.html

Bill O'Reilly, faux tough guy

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/bill-o-threatens-jihad-against-liberals-wh

In Fox World: beware the electric cars!

http://americablog.com/2013/04/fox-news-cant-decide-whether-to-love-or-hate-tesla.htm

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/sunday-morning-bobblehead-thread-219
ABC's "This Week" - Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md and Bloomberg View columnist Jeffrey Goldberg. ABC News’ George Will, ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News political analyst and special correspondent Matthew Dowd, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn,and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, GOP strategist Mike Murphy, NBC’s Chuck Todd, and former counselor to the president Karen Hughes.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Panel: The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Harvard University's David Gergen, plus CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, John Dickerson and Clarissa Ward. CBS News' Bob Orr and John Miller.

MSNBC's "UP with Steve Kornacki" - Kristian Ramos, Policy Director, NDN's 21st Century Border Initiative; Jordan Fabian, Political Editor, Fusion (ABC/Univision joint venture); Lorella Praeli, Director of Advocacy & Policy, United We Dream; Ryan D. Enos, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University (specializing in American Politics, Political Psychology, and Race and Ethnic Politics); Rev. William Barber, President, North Carolina NAACP; Gerrick Brenner, Executive Director, Progress NC; Karl Smith, Assistant Professor of Public Economics and Government, University of North Carolina; Penda Hair, Co-Director, Advancement Project; St. Rep. Rick Glazier, (D-NC); Alexis Goldstein, Occupy Wall Street, former employee who worked on Wall Street; Josh Barro, Columnist, Bloomberg View; Jesse Eisinger, Senior reporter, ProPublica; Karl Smith, Assistant Professor of Public Economics and Government, University of North Carolina; Liz Kennedy, Demos.

MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" - Tom Colicchio, Chef/Owner of Craft Restaurants / Head Judge on Bravo’s “Top Chef”; Marion Nestle, Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, NYU; Ramez Naam, Author of “The Infinite Resource”; Ricardo Salvador, Director of the Food Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists; Andrea Plaid, Associate Editor at Racialicious.com; Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor at UCONN; Jane Junn, Professor of Political Science at USC; Raquel Cepeda, Author of “Bird of Paradise”; Kathryn Joyce, Author of “The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption”; Tarikwu Lemma, Has two failed adoptions from Ethiopia; Karen Moline, Has an adopted son from Vietnam; Jacqueline Pata, Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians. 

CNN's "State of the Union" - Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state; Michael Chertoff, former homeland security secretary.

CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - Former CIA chief Michael Hayden and Google's Eric Schmidt; director Mira Nair. 

Bonus item: Barack Obama, pretty good humorist

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/us/politics/obama-takes-a-turn-as-comedian-in-chief.html

Video: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/28/president-obamas-speech-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner

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CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
 
The Dems make a concession to the Repubs over sequestration. You know what comes next

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/dems-cave-on-faa-sequestration-cuts-flight-delays.php
 
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/cantor-memo-faa-vote-democrats-caved.php 
Cantor To GOP: Dems Caved In Sequestration Battle

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccain-now-lets-save-military-from-sequester 
After Congress swiftly and overwhelmingly passed legislation Friday to provide the Federal Aviation Administration flexibility under sequestration to mitigate the worst impacts, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) demanded that Congress do the same for the military . . .

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/26/the-democrats-have-lost-on-sequestration/
 
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/know_when_to_fold_emor_call_fo044407.php

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/sequester-game-over-it-was-over-before.html

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/04/how_to_lose_the_sequestration_fight.php
Last night, the Senate proved it can fix big problems for real Americans — so long as they’re rich, or relatively rich, or fly for business or what have you. . . 

Obama makes another first

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/obama-planned-parenthood-_n_3163522.html
President Barack Obama became the first sitting president Friday to address Planned Parenthood's national conference . . .

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-vows-to-defend-abortion-rights/2013/04/26/c5cae81e-ae80-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html

How's that Latino outreach going, Republicans?

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/right-wing-latino-outreach-program

Monty Python has some suggestions: http://crooksandliars.com/bluegal-aka-fran/open-thread-monty-python-helps-im
 
Ron Paul, no longer needing to earn votes, can unleash his inner extremism

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/ron-pauls-extreme-ties-reemerge-at-new-institute.php

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/yet-another-think-tank-born-thanks-ron-paul
 

Hey, crazy people need representation too 

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gohmert-muslim-brotherhood-members-in-obama-administration-are

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/26/mccarthyite-republicans-what-else-is-new/

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/26/17933666-gohmert-being-gohmert

Bonus item: Jon Stewart on the new Bush library

http://americablog.com/2013/04/jon-stewart-gw-bush-presidential-library.html
"The Hardrock Cafe of catastrophic policy decisions." [watch!]

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GO YOUR OWN WAY

House Repubs now want to come up with their OWN "immigration bill"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-conservatives-to-push-own-immigration-agenda/2013/04/25/32423274-adb2-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html
 
The Senate isn't happy: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/25/john-mccain-boxes-in-house-gop-on-immigration/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/the_centrifuge_of_an_immigrati044375.php 
 
Congress can't figure out how to cover themselves under Obamacare

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/obamacare-exemption-lawmakers-aides-90610.html

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/congress-obamacare-exemption-members-staff.php

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/25/no-congress-isnt-trying-to-exempt-itself-from-obamacare/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/25/congress-isnt-giving-itself-special-treatment-on-obamacare-its-giving-itself-special-punishment/

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/real-problem-obamacare

Republicans want to start another Middle East war

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/syria-may-have-crossed-obamas-red-line.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2013/04/bashar_assad_s_chemical_weapons_if_syria_did_use_sarin_gas_on_its_own_people.html

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccain-graham-red-line-crossed-in-syria

Darrell Issa's ridiculous lie

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/issas-absurd-claim-that-clintons-signature-means-she-personally-approved-it/2013/04/25/58c2f5b4-adf8-11e2-a986-eec837b1888b_blog.html

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/25/1204569/-House-Republicans-release-their-report-on-pet-Benghazi-conspiracy-theories

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/25/17916810-the-gop-just-cant-stop-politicizing-benghazi

GOP consultant attacks Rush Limbaugh (off the record)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/frank-luntz-rush-limbaugh-problematic-secret-tape

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/25/1204766/-Republican-consultant-Frank-Luntz-criticizes-Rush-Limbaugh-Let-s-see-how-that-works-out-for-him 

In Fox World

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/fox-news-wonders-if-poor-kids-should-work-f
Poor Kids Should Work For Free Lunches

More from Fox World

http://americablog.com/2013/04/jon-stewart-on-how-fox-news-hates-the-us-constitution-unless-its-about-guns.html
Jon Stewart on how Fox hates the US Constitution, unless it’s about guns

GOP talking points on defending Bush's legacy

http://images.politico.com/global/2013/04/24/fact_sheet_top_line_messaging_points.html

Jonathan Chait's brutal rebuttal: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/bush-terrible-president-also-not-a-smart-man.html
Yes, George W. Bush Was a Terrible President, and No, He Wasn’t Smart

Bonus item:  Barbara Bush speaks for all of us

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/25/1204697/-Finally-A-Bush-says-something-we-nbsp-can-nbsp-all-nbsp-agree-nbsp-with

Appearing in an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, Mrs. Bush was asked how she felt about Jeb, the former governor of Florida, seeking the presidency in 2016. 

Mrs. Bush replied, quote, "We've had enough Bushes." 

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WHAM!

The House Republicans have become so reflexively obstructionist that now they can't even pass THEIR OWN bills

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/house-gop-leaders-abruptly-pull-vote-on-obamacare-bill.php

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/us/politics/majority-leaders-quest-to-soften-gops-image-hits-wall.html

Surprised?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/25/passing-the-immigration-bill-has-nothing-to-do-with-immigration-heres-why/ 
Passing the immigration bill has nothing to do with immigration. Here’s why. 

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/immigration_reform_bonanza044358.php

More: http://prospect.org/article/five-reasons-boston-has-nothing-do-immigration-reform

Stunning. Tom Cotton (R-AR) lays out the claim that Obama has had FIVE domestic terror attacks on his watch, whereas George Bush had ZERO*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/tom-cotton-911_n_3149643.html

[* Not counting 9/11, of course]

The OTHER terrorists

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/right-wingers-use-boston-bombing-pap

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/24/1204536/-Iowa-anti-abortion-radical-If-someone-would-shoot-the-new-abortionists

Damn

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/why-obamas-stealth-social-security-cut-is-bigger-than-it-seems.php
Why Obama’s Stealth Social Security Cut Is Bigger Than It Seems 

Rand Paul, man of principle

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/23/1204296/-Rand-Paul-reverses-position-supports-drone-killings-of-American-citizens-on-American-soil

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/24/17894664-paul-tries-to-walk-back-drone-comments

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rand-paul-left-wing-blogs-conjured-up-drone

The Repubs have Mark Sanford, we have Anthony Weiner. How stupid and arrogant can these guys be?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFpUqJTz3w8&feature=youtu.be

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/just_how_desperate_is_mark_san044349.php

Another Young Republican

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/former-romney-intern-charged-in-nude-picture-blackmail
Former Romney Intern Charged In Nude Picture Blackmail Case

It's a PRIVACY issue, dammit!

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/nc-republicans-approve-drug-tests-welfare-bl
NC Republicans Approve Drug Tests for Welfare, but Block Tests for Lawmakers 

"Welfare jihadists"

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-spectre-of-welfare-jihadists-have.html 
Conservative blogs used sensationalized headlines and rhetoric to make their attacks, like RedState's "Does The US Welfare System Benefit Jihadists?" and Monica Crowley's "Nice Return on Our Investment, Huh?" . . . [read on]

More: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/24/right-wing-media-exploit-boston-bombings-to-att/193752
 

Bonus item: She must be so proud

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/sarah-palin-rack_n_3147141.html

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ALL SHOOK UP
 
There's nothing funny about ricin-laced letters being sent to public officials. But the investigation into who did it is hilarious: false arrests, Elvis impersonators, foot massages -- and now a new suspect, a former GOP candidate in Mississippi

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mississippi-ricin-suspect-released-from-jail.php
Mississippi Ricin Suspect Released From Jail

Watch the video! http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/vp/51640096#51640096

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/source-confirms-fbi-investigating-former-gop-candidate-in-ricin-poisioning.php

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/meet-the-new-man-at-the-center-of-the-ricin-case-1.php

What radicalized the Tsarnaev brothers

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/04/23/boston-bombing-suspect-says-motivation-was-u-s-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/
 
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/boston-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-influenced-by-mysterious-radical.php

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/misha-tamerlan-tsarnaev-camrbridge-mosque.html
 
The GOPers never wanted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- they never wanted Elizabeth Warren and they never wanted her replacement, Richard Cordray. Now they really throw a tantrum

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/republicans-rich-cordray-jeb-hensarling-obama-wall-street.php

Our screwed-up Senate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/23/the-senate-aint-a-fun-place-to-be-these-days/
 
More: http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2013/04/23/it-all-comes-back-to-the-filibuster/
It All Comes Back to the Filibuster

The kind of people they are

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/24/lawmaker_jokes_about_assault_pressure_cookers.html
Lawmaker Jokes About Assault Pressure Cookers

Yes, Mark, please remind people at every opportunity about your mistress!

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/23/sanfords_campaign_banner_looks_like_the_argentine_flag.html
Sanford's Campaign Banner Looks Like the Argentine Flag
 
This is Bush Rehabilitation Week -- and the level of dishonest rationalization and selective memory in defending him is just about what Dubya deserves

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/rewriting-george-bush-history-jennifer-

http://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2013/04/22/terrorists-and-george-w-bush-n1575510/page/full/ 

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/24/17894070-how-not-to-rehabilitate-a-failed-president
 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/22/1203965/-The-idyllic-post-prezidenting-life-of-George-W-Bush

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bush-library-opening-puts-his-presidency-back-in-the-spotlight/2013/04/22/bb7e6b9c-ab65-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html
 
The sad decline of CNN

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/jon-stewart-takes-another-shot-cnn-reporti

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/crossfire-gingrich-cutter_n_3141936.html

Bonus item: Fake Twitter posting crashes the stock market

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/23/this-is-how-jittery-financial-markets-are-in-one-chart/

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ON BALANCE
 
Obama refuses to treat Tsarnaev as an "enemy combatant." The right is furious

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/22/gop-hawks-push-for-enemy-combatant-status-meets-resistance/

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/bombing-suspect-be-tried-criminal-not

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/harman-and-kristol-spar-over-declaring-bom

More: http://tinyurl.com/co5t4v6
Of Course Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Not an Enemy Combatant 

The charges

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-good-news-and-bad-news-civilian.html

http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/04/22/the-dzhokhar-complaint/

What is a WMD? http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865484-a-common-phrase-with-an-uncommon-meaning
 
He's talking

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/tsarnaev-says-he-and-his-brother-acted-alone.html
Tsarnaev Says He and His Brother Acted Alone, Were Motivated by Religion

Lindsey Graham wants to blame somebody for the Boston bombing

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/lindsey-graham-blames-fbi-boston-bombing-bal
'The Ball Was Dropped' 
 

Immigration debate turns ugly

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/us/politics/senators-at-immigration-hearing-clash-over-boston-bombings.html

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/i-never-said-that-chuck-grassley-chuck-schumer

The fight on the right: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/inside-the-all-out-campaign-to-sell-the-right-on-immigration.php 

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/terror-terror-terror-rand-paul-wets

Stalling

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/22/wonkbook-time-is-the-enemy-on-immigration-reform
Time is the enemy on immigration reform

The Republicans love the sequester! The Republicans hate the sequester!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/22/yup-cutting-spending-means-you-have-to-cut-spending/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/23/republicans-blame-white-house-for-flight-delays

Is Obama a wimp?

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/23/gun_bill_defeat_shows_obama_doesnt_like_to_twist_arms.html

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_04/why_cant_barack_obama_be_an_ac044292.php

More: http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/22/17865071-blame-where-blame-isnt-due
 
Theocracy watch

http://my.firedoglake.com/rhrealitycheck/2013/04/22/judge-rules-anti-choice-terrorist-can-claim-religious-protection-for-conversations-with-tiller-murderer/
Judge Rules Anti-Choice Terrorist Can Claim Religious Protection for Conversations with Tiller Murderer

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/22/17862329-brownback-adds-handwritten-message-on-anti-abortion-bill
An Associated Press photograph taken before the signing shows a page of notes about the bill on Brownback's desk that included a handwritten message at the top: "JESUS + Mary."  . . .

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/22/17862104-jindal-backs-creationism-lesson-plans
Jindal backs creationism lesson plans 

Yes, his name is "Flake"

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/jeff-flake-letter-mother-background-checks.php
Jeff Flake’s Rhetorical Games On Background Checks Come Back To Haunt Him

More: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/22/1900031/senator-told-shooting-victims-mother-he-supported-background-checks-then-voted-against-them/
 
Mark Sanford, world's worst politician

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/22/mark-sanford-tries-to-explain
It’s never a good thing for your campaign when you take out a full-page ad in a local paper explaining why you trespassed on your ex-wife’s property. Like, ever. . .

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/22/1203972/-Elizabeth-Colbert-Busch-s-lead-over-Mark-Sanford-grows-in-South-Carolina-special-election
Elizabeth Colbert Busch's lead over Mark Sanford grows in South Carolina special election
 
Bonus item: Internet sales tax

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/tax-free-internet-sales-poised-become-thing-past

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