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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Gingrich: Sotomayor ‘racist,’ should withdraw nomination — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Rush Limbaugh isn't the only one calling Sonia Sotomayor a racist. Newt Gingrich is, too — and he's demanding that Obama's pick to the Supreme Court withdraw her nomination. — On Twitter, Gingrich pointed …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Identity Justice — Responding to early 19th-century rumors that they drank excessively, the Supreme Court justices decided to drink nothing on conference days — unless it was raining. At the next conference, Chief Justice John Marshall asked Joseph Story to scan the sky for signs of rain.
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Tancredo: Sotomayor ‘Appears To Be A Racist’ — Last night on MSNBC, former Republican House member Tom Tancredo declared that Judge Sonia Sotomayor “appears to be a racist” and indicated she would only be confirmed because she's a Hispanic woman: … Tancredo also called Sotomayor …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Empathy’ Nominee — Is Sonia Sotomayor judically superior to ‘a white male’? — Printer — Friendly — In making Sonia Sotomayor his first nominee for the Supreme Court yesterday, President Obama appears to have found the ideal match for his view that personal experience …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Majority of Americans Continue to Oppose Gay Marriage — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views on same-sex marriage have essentially stayed the same in the past year, with a majority of 57% opposed to granting such marriages legal status and 40% in favor of doing so.
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Rove: Attending top schools doesn't mean that Sotomayor is smart, but it proves that Bush is. — During a debate at Radio City Music Hall last night, former Bush adviser Karl Rove claimed that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor was “not necessarily” “very smart.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
About That “Wise Latina” Statement — It's worth looking at the whole speech, and at least considering the statement in context: … I think we can immediately dispense with the crazies who think this statement should disqualify Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:Critics focus on Sotomayor speech in La Raza journal
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:Sonia Sotomayor and Identity Formation
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:Ted Olson goes to court on behalf of gay marriage
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:Nominee's Rulings Are Exhaustive but Often Narrow
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New York Times:The New Justice — President Obama seems to have made an …
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Carol Williams / L.A. Now:Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court
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Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
It Sticks in My Craw — Most e-mailers were with me on the post on the pronunciation of Judge Sotomayor's name (and a couple griped about the whole Latina/Latino thing — English dropped gender in nouns, what, 1,000 years ago?). But a couple said we should just pronounce it the way the bearer …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE.... One of the low points in the right's criticism of Obama during the presidential campaign came in October, when some conservatives started complaining about the Democrat's pronunciation of “Pakistan,” with a soft “a.” — The National Review's Mark Stein complained …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:Scraping The Bottom of Barrel
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look — Levy Viewed as Way to Reduce Deficits, Fund Health Reform — With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look …
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John Taylor / Financial Times:
Exploding debt threatens America — Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade its outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” should be a wake-up call for the US Congress and administration. Let us hope they wake up. — Under President Barack Obama's budget plan, the federal debt is exploding.
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Supervisor Asks Woman To Take Down American Flag — UPDATE: Hospital Says Woman May Re-Hang Flag (Read More Below) — MANSFIELD (CBS 11 News) ― Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office? — For one Arlington woman, the answer was “no” after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend.
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Huckabee to endorse Rubio for Florida Senate seat — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has rolled out a succession of endorsements from national Republicans since announcing his entrance into the 2010 Senate race. — Now his Republican primary rival, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio …
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results — LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
A “'Heritage of the Left' of the Right” — The political system enters a period of infinite regress: … This seems pretty misguided to me. In particular, DHE needs to think harder about the fact that there are already well-resourced conservative think tanks with plenty of capabilities.
Mercury News:
Billions in new cuts loom for California — including eliminating welfare and closing most state parks — Faced with a ballooning deficit and a clear signal that voters won't pay more to fix it, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a budget plan Tuesday that would eliminate welfare …
Heejin Koo / Bloomberg:
North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice — North Korea threatened military action in response to South Korea joining a program to seize weapons shipments, and said it's no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. — South Korea's actions are tantamount to a …
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Mancow: Hannity Called Me After I Was Waterboarded And Said, 'It's Still Not Torture' — Last month, Fox News's Sean Hannity claimed he would agree to be waterboarded “for charity...for the troops's families.” Since then, multiple pundits have challenged Hannity to undergo the torture tactic …
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Johanna Neuman / Top of the Ticket:
Biden talks Irish poetry, gets in a dig at Obama's teleprompters at Air Force Academy — On Tuesday, he did the economic recovery thing, touting the environmentally friendly jobs that President Obama's $787-billion stimulus package is creating. — Then, as the Ticket reported Tuesday …
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