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6:45 AM ET, May 9, 2009

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
CBS announcer: Any U.S. soldier would shoot Pelosi, strangle Reid  —  CBS Sports commentator David Feherty drew criticism Friday for suggesting any U.S. soldier would murder House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) if given the chance.
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
CBS golf analyst Feherty: “[I]f you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it ... there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.”  —  From Feherty's column on D Magazine:
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Top Pelosi Aide Learned Of Waterboarding in 2003  —  A top aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended a CIA briefing in early 2003 in which it was made clear that waterboarding and other harsh techniques were being used in the interrogation of an alleged al-Qaeda operative …
Discussion: Emptywheel
The Caucus:   Pelosi Criticized Over Interrogation Briefings
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Michael Muskal / Top of the Ticket:
White House aide out after $357,012 photo-op with Air Force One  —  A White House aide joined the unemployment lines today for his role in Air Force One's controversial photo-op flyover above New York, the Obama administration just announced.  (Of course, it's scheduled for a Friday afternoon.)
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
After Flyover of Air Force One Backup, Military Office Director Resigns  —  The White House on Friday released the April 27 photo of the plane flying over New York City.  —  The director of the White House Military Office submitted his resignation on Friday, less than two weeks after he authorized …
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama to Address Muslim World From Egypt  —  President Obama will make his promised speech to the Muslim world from Egypt, a White House official said on Friday.  —  Obama pledged during the campaign to address the Muslim world from a Muslim capital within the first few months of taking office.
Wall Street Journal:
Banks Won Concessions on Tests  —  Fed Cut Billions Off Some Initial Capital-Shortfall Estimates; Tempers Flare at Wells  —  The Federal Reserve at the last minute significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks, following days of intense bargaining …
Discussion: Clusterstock and Zero Hedge
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and ObamaCare  —  The sound of silence is deafening.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Listen.  That sound of silence?  That's what's known as the united Republican response to President Barack Obama's drive to socialize health care.  —  The president has a plan, and he's laid it on the table.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
The face of naked eliminationism  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  Remember that DHS bulletin on right-wing extremism that got all the righties' shorts in a bunch?  Let's quickly recall the bottom line of its assessment:
H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Gov't sticks with Bush-era polar bear rule  —  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday let stand a Bush-era regulation that limits protection of the polar bear from global warming, saying that a law protecting endangered species shouldn't be used to take on the much broader issue of climate change.
Discussion: The Foundry and Don Surber
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MSNBC:
Obama keeps Bush-era polar bear rule
Discussion: digg.com
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
Trekkie in chief wants screening  —  President Barack Obama gets hailed by supporters as a transformational, visionary leader.  But can he boldly go where no man has gone before?  —  Possibly: POLITICO hears from several sources that the President has asked Paramount Pictures for his own screening …
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Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
A Mind-Meld Q&A With Leonard Nimoy
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Think Progress:
VIDEO: Michael Steele's First 100 Days  —  Tomorrow marks Michael Steele's 100th day as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC).  While many members of the GOP were hoping for a dynamic spokesman that could communicate conservative values to the American public, what they ended up getting was a gaffe machine.
Moe Tkacik / TPMMuckraker:
Are AIG FP Employees Using Bailout Cash To Get Jobs Elsewhere?  Looks Like It, Says AIG Source  —  Remember the rumors that AIG Financial Products had “thrown in the towel,” handing over massive portfolios of derivatives to the trading desks of major investment banks to unwind in a process …
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
Brett Wilkison / visaliatimesdelta.com:
Q&A:Huckabee points to religious influence  —  Times-Delta: How has your religious faith inspired or influenced your political career?  —  Mike Huckabee: I believe that if a person is a believe, then you take seriously the word of Jesus when he said you're the salt of the earth, the light of the world ... .
Chicago Breaking News:
Alan Keyes among 22 arrested at Notre Dame  —  Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to leave the Notre Dame campus during a protest of President Obama's upcoming commencement address there, authorities said.
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Enough Corrosion and Corruption  —  This week on CNBC's Kudlow Report I repeatedly called for the resignation of New York Fed chairman Steve Friedman over his blatant conflicts of interest with Goldman Sachs.  I was not alone.  Among others, two banking-industry heavyweights …
Michael Falcone / The Politico:
MoveOn moves against Specter  —  One of the nation's largest liberal advocacy organizations, MoveOn.org , is resisting efforts to clear the Democratic primary field for Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter.  —  The political arm of MoveOn flexed its muscle Friday by releasing …
Discussion: Open Left
Real Clear Politics:
Scott Hennen Interview with Dick Cheney  —  Hennen: Let's talk a little bit about the state of the Republican Party these days.  Arlen Specter obviously has created a big fuss with his defection over the last week.  Does that surprise you?  —  Cheney: Not really.
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Obama to cut slain officers program almost in half  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration wants to cut almost in half a benefits program for the families of slain police and safety officers.  —  The president's proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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The Corner:
Krauthammer's Take  —  From last night's “All-Stars.”
Discussion: Commentary
David S. Broder / Seattle Times:
Nation ripe for entitlement reform
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Firedoglake and The Note
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Sources: Senators weigh 3 government health plans
Joe Weisenthal / Clusterstock:
Media Still Covering Up The $400 Billion Fannie And Freddie Scandal
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Governor Clintonism?  —  The Virginia Democratic Party's annual …
Discussion: Swing State Project
Donald Douglas / American Power:
Mainstream Bigotry and Racism on the Democratic-Left
Discussion: Whiskey Fire, alicublog and Sadly, No!
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Cue the world's smallest violin. Again
Discussion: MyDD
Wall Street Journal:
A Pacific Warning  —  Australia prepares for U.S. decline.  —  Printer
Discussion: ParaPundit and Neptunus Lex
The New Republic:
Everybody Loves Arne
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
CAN LOCAL BLOGGERS REPLACE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE?
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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