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Michelle Malkin:
The story behind the Palin e-mail hacking — This afternoon, I mentioned an infamous group of hackers whose Internet bulletin board was the gathering place for those who bragged about and publicized the Sarah Palin private e-mail hacking. — A tech-savvy reader who monitors …
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Pareene / Gawker:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails — Did the internet just cause Sarah Palin to destroy evidence? The potential Veep is in a bit of trouble for conducting state business using her personal, unarchived email address (gov.sarah@yahoo.com) instead of her official account (which is, of course …
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Jim Treacher / Mother, May I Sleep with Treacher?:
THEY HOPE PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE HOW THEY'VE CHANGED THE GROUND RULES — In today's Chicago Tribune, the Obama camp responds to nitpicky concerns about their attempts to shut down radio shows that might say things they don't like, via their “Obama Action Wires”:
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Michelle Malkin:
Sarah Palin's private e-mail hacked, family photos raided; cesspool blog gloats; feds investigate — Scroll for updates...Wired News confirms...McCain camp responds: “This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned …
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account — Update — Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday. — The internet griefers known as Anonymous took credit for the intrusion …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
OY — Well, it doesn't appear to have registered in the American press yet. But the story keeps bubbling in the Spanish press about McCain's bizarre gaffe about the Spanish Prime Minister. Here's the front page cut out from the Spanish news channel that did the interview. They've talked to the interviewer now.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
EL CID! (MORE ON MCCAIN'S LIBERATION OF SPAIN) — We wanted to give you an update on the post below where we described Sen. McCain's latest gaffe in which he seemed to suggest that he might not be willing to meet with Spanish Prime Minster Zapatero because he is among those world leaders who want to harm America.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
LOSING IT — Did John McCain really just suggest that the Prime Minister of Spain might be one of America's enemies? One of those international leaders he'd refuse to meet with? — Does he want to liberate Spain too? — The passage in question is at the end of the interview linked here (with translation into Spanish) ...
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
John McCain just forget where Spain was. Seriously, not kidding. — (UPDATE: I now have the Spanish version of the interview cropped to the 1 minute 37 seconds in question. You can listen to it here, but it's in Spanish.) — This isn't funny. It's actually quite serious.
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New York Times:
McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds — Senator John McCain is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would continue or expand President Bush's policies.
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CBS News:
Poll: Obama Retakes Lead Over McCain — Though McCain's supporters have become more enthusiastic about the Republican nominee, he still suffers from an enthusiasm gap. Sixty-one percent of Obama supporters are enthusiastic about their candidate, up eight points from last week's poll …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Limbaugh, hitting back over usage in ad, says Obama “stoking racism” — Rush Limbaugh, featured in a new, Spanish-language Barack Obama ad, says the commercial distorts his past statements and amounts to “race-baiting” by the Democratic nominee. — The commercial, to air in Limbaugh's home state …
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Marc Ambinder:
Fact-checking Obama — First, CBS News's Wyatt Andrews reports on a charge that Barack Obama often makes about John McCain's health care plan: that it will result in tax increases for tens of millions of Americans. — The truth is that it... well, it might not— although McCain would require Americans …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ads
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Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
Excerpts from Palin's Hannity Interview — Part I — GOV. SARAH PALIN TELLS FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S SEAN HANNITY — ‘THE CORRUPTION ON WALL STREET’ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILING INSTITUTIONS — Palin: 'CEO's and Top Management' Have Been ‘Addicted’ to 'O-P-M, Other People's Money'
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
A Commercial, Anyone? — 1. Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) wrote: — It's not as though this couldn't be foreseen. It was. By the same guy who called for (years before it happened) a surge of troops to turn things around in Iraq. — John McCain. 25 May 2005, speaking to the Senate:
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:McCain's attempt to fix Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in 2005; Update …
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Walden Siew / Reuters:
S&P says pressure building on U.S. “AAA” rating — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pressure is building on the pristine “AAA” rating of the United States after a federal bailout of American International Group Inc, the chairman of Standard & Poor's sovereign ratings committee said on Wednesday.
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David Cho / Washington Post:Fed Asks Treasury Dept. for Funds to Backstop Intervention Efforts
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Trump endorses McCain on Larry King — Donald Trump, the flamboyant New York magnate, said on CNN's “Larry King Live” on Wednesday night that he is supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president. — Trump, never shy with his opinions, went on to say that McCain appears to be winning …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: Virtual tie in battleground states — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — New polls in five battleground states that could decide the presidency suggest the battle for the White House between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama remains a dead heat.
Kenneth Rogoff / Financial Times:
America will need a $1,000bn bail-out — One of the most extraordinary features of the past month is the extent to which the dollar has remained immune to a once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis. If the US were an emerging market country, its exchange rate would be plummeting and interest rates on government debt would be soaring.
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