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The Hill: Democrats are “overpromising” about the benefits of healthcare, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said this morning. The Missouri Democrat said her party has probably oversold the legislation that just became law. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “The side on which I’m on, that voted for the bill, [...]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s secular former prime minister edged out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary vote totals released Friday, upsetting the Shiite-backed premier’s re-election bid and earning the right to get the first shot at trying to form a government. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi’s coalition to 89 for al-Maliki’s [...]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Federal prosecutors filed reduced charges Friday against conservative activist James O’Keefe and three others in costume as part of a gag stunt to ask Senator Mary Landrieu if he were phone were broken since no opponents of health care legislation seemed to be able to get through to her. The new [...]

They’re forgetting that the differences between FDR and Johnson and Obama are gargantuan, and that people can only be pushed so far before they push back decisively. Politico: A blow to freedom, say Republicans, big government run amok. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called it a form of “totalitarianism.” At first blush, the spasms of anger [...]

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Gothamist: With his Kew Gardens office still closed after a white powder incident yesterday afternoon, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) blasted Sarah Palin for sending out a Tweet that he says could be interpreted as a call for violence. The vocal health care reform supporter says the former Alaskan Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate shouldn’t [...]

Earlier Friday, North Korea’s military threatened “unpredictable strikes,” including a nuclear attack, in anger over a report that South Korea and the U.S. were preparing for possible instability in the totalitarian country. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Military officials say a South Korean navy ship has sunk off an island not far from North Korea. [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climaxing months of hard negotiations, President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Friday to sharp cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both nations in the most comprehensive arms control treaty in two decades. “We have turned words into action,” Obama declared. Obama said the pact, to be signed April 8 [...]

I don’t know what the big fuss is all about. Apparently the Democrats, and the FBI, don’t get symbolism. Yes, a coffin is a metaphor for death. But I’ll take the high road and see it as symbol that someone thinks Rep. Russ Carnahan (Dickhead-Mo.) is going to be dead at the polls come November. [...]

Fox News: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again — this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults. The state was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana use, with voters passing it in 1996. Since then, 14 [...]