Young? Need a Job? Join the Briefcase Brigades; Oily, BP; Taxes; Medicare; Your GOP at Work; PSN hacking

Young? Need a Job? Join the Briefcase Brigades--"On Wednesday, April 27th, when members of Congress are home for recess, we're going to their offices all around the country to demand they prioritize jobs over budget cuts."

Oily

• The scam behind the rise in oil, food prices
• Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq
• White House: Oil firm subsidies 'crazy' amid corporate profit reports

BP

• A year after spill, BP gives political contributions to GOP leaders
• BP To Cut Tax Bill By $13B But Won't Say What It's Paying IRS For 2010
• Leaked: 30,000 BP oil spill memos, emails and transcripts

Taxes

• The Public Overwhelmingly Wants It: Why Is Taxing the Rich So Hard?
• Pay Your Taxes? These 10 Companies Didn't.
• Undocumented Workers Pay More Taxes than Major U.S. Corporations
• America's Tax System In Just 72,536 Easy Pages
• Roseanne and Taxes

Medicare

• Poll: Taxing the rich favored over Medicare cuts--Tell that to Idaho Gov. Butch Otter.
• Republicans in Swing Districts Take Heat for Supporting Ryan's Medicare Plan
• Republicans Running for Cover After Budget Vote to End Medicare

Your GOP at work

• Sean Duffy gets peeved: "Let me tell you what. When you have your town hall you can stand up and give your presentation."
• Ensign Resigned to Avoid Testimony to Senate Ethics Committee
• Barton denies any ‘medical negative’ from mercury, smog, or soot pollution
• Michigan Solves Deficit By Forcing Foster Kids Into Thrift Store Clothes
• Florida Gov. Rick Scott behind a push to kill Citizens Insurance, documents show

PSN down due to "external intrusion," no news on fix, credit card security--The 5-day (and counting) outage has reduced many a gamer to tears. UPDATE: ArsTechnica reports that personal data has indeed been compromised. If you've used a credit card on the PSN, it's suggested that you cancel that ASAP.