Monday, April 29, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Immigration: Reform Coming Obama Trip to Mexico Keeps Focus on Immigration Reform Some Are Overlooked in U.S. Immigration Overhaul Proposals Immigration Reform Push Splits Republicans, Blunting Rebranding Rush Limbaugh, Marco Rubio show GOP rift over immigration reform Sargent: How will conservatives try to kill immigration reform? Delay and dismemberment. POLL: Republican Voters Strongly Support Gang Of Eight's Immigration Reform Bill GOP Outreach to Latinos Also Has a Healthcare Problem Numbers Of Latinos In Foster Care In U.S. Reach Historic High Gary South: The GOP's Latino problem in California - & Elsewhere Nate Cohn: Politico Gets Immigration Reform's Electoral Consequences Wrong Capeheart: No Democratic bonanza guaranteed by immigration reform WHCD Recap Obama Mocks MSNBC, CNN, Fox, BuzzFeed, His Liberal Critics And Himself In Correspondents Dinner Speech White House Correspondents' Association Dinner feeds on Hollywood's star power Tom Brokaw says 'no thanks' to White House Correspondents' Dinner President Obama's Amazing Speech at The WHCD (and Why You Probably Missed It) Sequester Update Congress Passes Bill to End Sequester Flight Delays A rush by Congress to soften the impact of the sequester on the FAA - and themselves Obama slams Congress over 'Band-Aid' fix on aviation sequester cuts Former Bush Aide To ABC: Congress More Concerned About Airport Delays Than 'Horrible Shooting' In Newtown Cancer Clinics: Congress Should Have Restored Our Sequester Cuts Before Addressing Airport Delays Meals On Wheels Sequestration Cuts Still Taking Effect Twelve Programs Congress Refuses To Save From Automatic Spending Cuts Defense cuts from sequester pose an economic quandary for liberals Boston Bombing Update Boston bomb suspects' parents retreat to village, cancel U.S. trip Boston Bombing Spurs Demand for Video Monitoring Decried by ACLU Phone Calls Discussing Jihad Prompted Russian's Warning on Tsarnaev FBI Agents Pore Over Suspect's Trip to Russia Nations In Turmoil Syrian nerve gas claims undermined by eyewitness accounts Syria says PM escapes car bomb attack Hawkish Lawmakers Call for Stronger U.S. Action in Syria Syria's neighbors very cautious about U.S.-led intervention McCain: Putting troops in Syria the 'worst thing United States could do' Insight: Good life goes on for Syrian elite, as they sit out the war The War Over There With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Still Seeks Influence in Afghanistan - And Keeps Failing International News Explosion Hits Central Prague; 40 Injured As Bangladesh Death Toll Exceeds 300, Major U.S. Retailers Still Refuse To Implement Safety Standards EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides in bee scare BBC News - Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides National Politics In 2012 Election, African American Voters Surpassed White Turnout For The First Time Ever Brad Plumer: The U.S. government is spending way more on disaster relief than anybody thought Ezra Klein: The truth about the U.S. health system over the last century - If this was a pill, you'd do anything to get it Midwest Roundup Nebraska lawmakers could repeal death penalty this year Supporters of Nebraska Medicaid expansion say they're not giving up Big Ten conference officially announces division alignments for 2014 It's a safe bet the 2013 Iowa legislative session won't be over on Friday... Iowa pushes back against KKK's attempt at re-emergence Still Doin' It Wrong Even as the beltway media crawls back to their posts after a weekend of star power and occasionaly ridiculous behavior, Congress is going on yet another week of vacation. Of course, the members of both the House and Senate made sure to exempt the FAA from the sequester budget cuts that might have affected Congressmember's flights back to DC next week. If you're shaking your head, thinking that Congress - and especially the Republicans in Congress - have yet to learn the lessons of last year's elections, and of their failures so far this year, we'd note that you seem to be thinking a lot more clearly than many in DC today. For his part, President Obama played along with the media at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. The President poked fun at himself and virtually every other major media organization in DC - both legitimate and illegitimate alike. Of course, even before the weekend soiree, Obama was already pushing forward with some potential success on one of his top agenda items for this term: Comprehensive immigration reform. Even though leading Republicans in Congress won't actually be working in Washington this week, or traveling with the President to Mexico, you can be sure they'll be bashing their right-wing anti-immigration talking points through every media outlet they can worm their way onto. Sadly, they still can't understand why immigrants - especially Latino immigrants - don't vote Republican... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for April 29, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) The Failure Of Austerity Paul Krugman: The Story Of Our Time - The Unraveling Of The Austerity Narrative Ezra Klein: Reinhart and Rogoff aren't the problem. The Republican Party is. Mark Blyth: The Austerity Delusion - Why a Bad Idea Won Over the West | Mike Konczal: The great economic experiment of 2013 - Ben Bernanke vs. austerity E.J. Dionne: The economic whodunit on jobs Austerity is even hurting our health, say researchers Jobs & The Economy Consumer spending up, inflation pressures muted Twinkies To Return To Production Soon, But As Expected, Hostess' Unions Won't Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession The Euro Zone European Confidence in Economy Declines More Than Forecast Greece parliament approves massive job cuts as part of bailout deal Europe Facing More Pressure to Reconsider Austerity Cuts as an Economic Cure Guns & America Gallup: Americans Strongly Wanted Gun Background Checks to Pass Senate Robert A. Levy: A Libertarian Case for Resurrecting the Manchin-Toomey Compromise Health Care Checkup Cancer Physicians Now Attacking Cancer - And High Drug Costs Jonathan Cohn: Busting Myths - Why the Implementation of Obamacare Will Not Be Not a 'Train Wreck' (Again) Ethics & The Media Michael Wolff: Why the Koch brothers might not buy the Tribune papers Iraq Suspends Al Jazeera and Other TV Channels Media Matters HuffPost Live in Deal With AXS to Put Internet Channel on Cable At the 'Times,' the future of blogs is uncertain: Some shuttered, some dormant, all under review Energy, Climate & Environment Solar Jobs Now Beat Out Ranchers In Texas, Actors In California, And Coal Miners Nationally | Chris Paine: Five myths about electric cars Did you miss it last Friday? Here's your Daily Felltoon recap for April 26, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update White House: Obama's "red line" on Syrian chemical weapons not crossed Obama to find new foreign-policy challenge in Mexico this week Obama to nominate Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary today Immigration Advocate To Be Named White House Director Of Hispanic Media News From Capitol Hill Sen. Manchin vows to reintroduce bill expanding background checks Democratic Congressman Finally Takes Action To Remove Needless Requirement Bankrupting Postal Service Senate Won't Vote On CISPA, Deals Blow To Controversial Cyber Bill House Republicans Eyeing New Budget Hostage Opportunity On The Left Danny Hayes: Why the Boston Marathon bombing won't erode civil liberties | Democrats quietly recruiting "pro gun" candidates in battleground states, even as they continue to push for gun reform On The Right Despite calls to revamp, GOP leaders continue to push hot-button social issues Jamelle Bouie: The biggest obstacle to Republican reform? Still the GOP. | Jonathan Bernstein: McCarthyite Republicans (What else is new?) Proposed Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Dividing Republicans States Of Confusion Mississippi man to appear in federal court in ricin letters case | Colorado Senate Votes To Strengthen State's Successful Clean Energy Standard We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.