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3:40 AM ET, May 7, 2009

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
TRANSPARENT BIGOTRY.... Following up on an earlier item, at least one high-profile Republican senator announced he doesn't want to see President Obama nominate a gay American for the Supreme Court. … I don't expect much from Thune, but I have to wonder if he realizes how incredibly ridiculous this is.
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Sessions would consider gay SCOTUS nominee  —  Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he could consider a gay nominee for the nation's highest court.  —  “I'm not inclined to think that's an automatic disqualification,” Sessions said of a gay nominee.
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Top Republican inclined against Scotus filibuster
Discussion: The Caucus and Whiskey Fire
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
UPDATED: Steele Condemns Maine Decision, Revealing Split With Snowe and Collins  —  After the RNC said he wouldn't be issuing a statement on Maine's decision to legalize gay marriage today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele is in fact condemning the decision, a position that puts him at odds …
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Bangor Daily News:
Maine governor signs same-sex marriage bill  —  AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a gay marriage bill passed just hours before by the Maine Legislature.  —  Baldacci made his announcement within an hour of the Maine Senate giving its final approval to LD 1020.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:   With Gay Issues in View, Obama Is Pressed to Engage
Maine.gov:
Governor Signs LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage …
Daily Oklahoman:
House bypasses governor's veto to claim Oklahoma's sovereignty  —  Although Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty.  —  Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor's approval.
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Fox News:
White House to Release Photo From New York Flyover
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Kristi Keck / CNN:
Obama tones down National Prayer Day observance
National Enquirer:
JOHN EDWARDS' MISTRESS DEMANDS DNA TEST FOR BABY!  —  John Edwards' furious mistress is demanding he submit to a DNA test, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively!  —  Rielle Hunter - the longtime secret lover of the disgraced 2-time presidential candidate - wants definitive proof that Edwards …
CNN:
Poll: Don't investigate torture techniques  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll indicates that most Americans don't want to see an investigation of Bush administration officials who authorized harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists, even though most people think such procedures were forms of torture.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:   Polling the Torture Debate
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Pakistan-US Relations Are Upside Down  —  I think the headline “U.S. Presses Visiting Pakistani Leader on Taliban Threat” pretty much sums up what's gone wrong in the US-Pakistan relationship.  The Pakistani Taliban are waging a war whose aim is to overthrow the government of Pakistan.
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Ed Gillespie: There wasn't a single woman of comparable ‘temperament and intellect’ to Alito.  —  On “The Situation Room” this afternoon, former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie said that “it would be wrong” if President Obama looks at only women for potential Supreme Court nominees …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
IS CONGRESS TURNING TOWARDS SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM?  —  Steny Hoyer, it seems, is making some noises about Social Security reform.  Good luck with that, I guess.  The interesting nugget in the article, however, is that “House and Senate leaders have resisted the idea of naming a special commission …
Discussion: MoJo Blog Posts
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Seeking Consensus On Social Security Overhaul
Discussion: The Note
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Obama Offers D.C. Voucher Program Extension for Existing Students  —  President Obama will seek to extend the controversial D.C. school voucher program until all 1,716 participants have graduated from high school, although no new students will be accepted, according to an administration official …
Hotline On Call:
A Granite State Home Base For Romney?  —  Former MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R), who is writing a book on the direction of the country and has signed on to be one of the national spokesmen for the upstart National Council for a New America, which aims to revive the GOP, appears to be taking a third step …
Discussion: Donklephant and GOP 12
The Politico:
Meltdown: Specter stands alone  —  Arlen Specter infuriated Senate Republicans when he bolted from their party last week.  Now he's alienated just about everybody in the Senate Democratic caucus, too.  —  Since declaring himself a Democrat last Tuesday, Specter has defied Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
The Torture Follies — Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Worse ...  As K-Lo notes, I have an article (posted on the homepage this afternoon) which recounts how the Obama administration is urging the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to adopt the same interpretation of federal torture law …
Wall Street Journal:
Stress Tests Separate Strong From Weak  —  The Federal Reserve directed at least seven of the nation's biggest banks to bolster their capital levels by $65 billion while effectively blessing the stability of six others, marking for the first time a bold line between some of the nation's stronger and weaker banks.
Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Did Elizabeth Edwards Know When She Said This?  —  Elizabeth Edwards' admission that she knew about her husband's affair “days after” his presidential announcement back in 2006 puts this interview I had with the two of them in a new light.  —  It came just two days after Edwards announced his presidential bid.
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Global Tax Raid  —  President Obama revealed Monday that he's half a supply-sider.  If only someone could explain to him the other half.  We have a tax code, the President said, “that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York.”
Telegraph:
Radical preacher Abu Izzadeen freed from jail early  —  Abu Izzadeen, a radical Muslim preacher who was jailed after footage was uncovered of him calling for the beheading of any Muslim in the British army, has been freed early from jail.  —  Izzadeen, 34, whose real name is Trevor Brooks …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Mother Jones:
A Cheney Cover-Up?  —  Someone in the White House tried to deep-six Philip Zelikow's anti-torture memo.  Welcome to the latest Bush-era whodunit.  —  Post Comment  —  Who in the George W. Bush White House tried to shred a memo challenging the use of torture?
 
 
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Reuters:
More than one in five homeowners underwater: Zillow
Discussion: D-Day and Scared Monkeys
John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
Obama's Prosecutions by Proxy
Discussion: National Review and Fausta's Blog
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF radio host Michael Savage, banned from Britian: “Will they ban my listeners too?”
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Jitendra Joshi / Agence France Presse:
US votes for 9/11-style commission to probe financial crisis
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Bright Spot in Downturn: New Hiring Is Robust
Discussion: The New Republic
Jimmy Vielkind / Politicker NY:
Dalai Lama Prays for Senate, Sympathizes With Republicans
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Israel's Nuclear Closet, Ctd
Megan McArdle:
The Price of the King's Shilling
Discussion: Wizbang, QandO and TigerHawk
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The North Repopulates, Ctd.
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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