Below is a list of blogs from across the country which deal with the hot topics of the day:

Bizzy Blog – Tom Blumer – Unemployment Claims: 348K SA, 361K NSA; Year-to-Year Seasonal Factor Changes Caused Improvement From Last Week

Brutally Honest – Mr. Brutally Honest – He Promised to Fundamentally Transform This Country

Doug Ross @ Journal – Director Blue – Top Congressional Foreign Policy Experts Beg Obama Not to Cut Israeli Missile Defense Funding

FedUpUSA – Stephanie – Unemployment Claims: Running Out of People We Can Fire

FitsNews – Staff – Government’s Taxpayer-Funded Peep Show

Illinois Review – Staff – Who Gets Paid Better – Federal Employees or Private-Sector Workers?

Jill Stanek – Staff – Liberals Try to Shift Debate from Abortion to Contraception

The Lonely Conservative – Joseph Hall – In America’s Killing Fields: Obamacare and Your Capacity to Work

Marathon Pundit – John Ruberry – Jimmy Carter Calls Occupy Movement “Relatively Successful”, In Reality it Mirrors His Presidency

Red Dog Report – Brian O’Connor – Gas Prices Could Reach $5 by Memorial Day

Vermont Tiger – Geoffrey Norman – We’re From the Government …

The Volokh Conspiracy – Jonathan Adler – Administration Again Admits Individual Mandate’s Penalty Is Not a Tax