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Washington Post:
Grief, Shock After a ‘Gentle Giant’ Loses His Life in the Line of Duty  —  Colleagues called Stephen T. Johns “Big John,” for he was well over 6 feet tall.  But mostly friends recalled the security guard's constant courtesy and friendliness.  —  “A soft-spoken, gentle giant,” said Milton Talley …
NY Daily News:
Holocaust Museum shooter James Von Brunn's ex-wife says his racism ‘ate him alive’  —  BY RICH SCHAPIRO IN NEW YORK AND JAMES GORDON MEEK IN ANNAPOLIS, MD.  —  He was a twisted kook with a toxic hatred for Jews and blacks who vowed to go out “with his boots on.”
Kathy Shaidle / Examiner:
Holocaust Museum shooter von Brunn a 9/11 ‘truther’ who hated ‘neo-cons’, Bush, McCain  —  The man accused of opening fire at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC on June 10, James W. von Brunn, left a trail of unhinged writings around the internet.  —  The anti-semitism of von Brunn …
TSO / This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here:
Vindication  —  For the lame brained, this is not meant to be funny, but rather to make a point.  Hope you get the point. … BH: [A researcher] Hey man  —  ME: Wassup dude?  —  BH: You tracking the Holocaust Memorial shooting?  —  ME: Yeah, horrible.  —  BH: Yeah.
Michelle Malkin:
Shooting at National Holocaust Museum Updated: Museum guard dies …
Debbi Wilgoren / Washington Post:
3 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum
Andy Ostroy / The Huffington Post:   The Holocaust Museum Shooting: Another Right-Wing Psycho Turns to Murder.
Washington Post:   A Suspect's Long History of Hate, and Signs of Strain
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
White supremacist kills guard at Holocaust Museum
Discussion: Washington Times, CNN and Balloon Juice
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
In Wake Of D.C. Shooting, Whither GOP Reps Pushing “Birther” Bill?
Discussion: RADAMISTO
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
von Brunn a ‘Birther’
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Wonkette
Josh Rottenberg / EW.com:
David Letterman responds to flap over Sarah Palin jokes  —  Taping tonight's episode of The Late Show, David Letterman took a few minutes to respond to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who called him “pathetic” in a radio interview after he made her and her family the butt of a recent Top 10 list.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Letterman: When I joked about Palin's daughter having sex, I meant Bristol, not Willow  —  A sneak preview of tonight's monologue from EW.  He wasn't joking about her 14-year-old daughter being a prostitute, silly.  He was joking about her 18-year-old daughter being a prostitute.  Perfectly legal.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Letterman comments on Palin stirring comments  —  Blogs are on fire over David Letterman comments on CBS' “Late Show” on Monday night about Sarah Palin, the Republican Governor of Alaska who ran for vice president last year.  —  Letterman devoted his top ten list to her visit to New York and included this …
Discussion: Tim Blair and Riehl World View
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Aging man, 62, jokes about girl, 14 (Letterman on Willow Palin) update
John Nolte / Big Hollywood:   Top Ten Possible Letterman Reactions to Fallout Over Willow Palin Rape ‘Joke’
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Doctors' Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan  —  WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Dems vs. Dems on health bill  —  President Barack Obama's plan for a government health insurance program has touched off an increasingly fierce Democratic civil war on Capitol Hill, as liberals fearful about squandering the chance to achieve that goal are taking aggressive steps to keep moderates in line.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Los Angeles Times
Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Obama Administration Eyes Health Care in Green Bay as Possible Model
Discussion: The Note, JSOnline and The Page
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Miranda Rights for Terrorists  —  When 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was captured on March 1, 2003, he was not cooperative.  “I'll talk to you guys after I get to New York and see my lawyer,” he said, according to former CIA Director George Tenet.  —  Of course, KSM did not get a …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Miranda Warnings for Terrorists — Thank Sen. McCain
Discussion: TigerHawk
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Happy Hour Roundup: Pelosi To Slap Down Detainee Photo Release Ban
Discussion: Glenn Thrush's Blog and Salon
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Flashback: Obama Said Terrorists Shouldn't Get Miranda Rights
Discussion: The Anchoress
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING IS BECOMING A PROBLEM FOR OBAMA?  Well, there's the poll showing a sizable plurality in favor of cancelling the stimulus spending.  And there's the dead-even generic Congressional ballot.  —  But the biggest indicator is that Obama's …
Financial Times:
Surge in US bond yields sparks concern  —  By Michael Mackenzie and Alan Rappeport in New York and David Oakley in London  —  US long-term interest rates rose to the highest level of the year on Wednesday, threatening the “green shoots” of recovery, after the latest sale of 10-year government debt met …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Exclusive: Miss California Carrie Prejean Loses Her Crown  —  Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday, Foxnews.com has learned exclusively.  —  K2 Productions, the independent producers …
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TMZ.com:
Carrie Prejean — Fired!
Reason:
The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Years  —  From William Randolph Hearst's ginned up hysterical stories about marijuana to the “10-cent plague” comic book scare of the 1950s to The New York Times warning of “cocaine-crazed Negroes” raping white women across the Southern countryside …
Scott / Power Line:
Paul Rahe: Obama's gestures  —  Paul Rahe is the learned professor of history at Hillsdale College and author of the three-volume study Republics Ancient and Modern.  Professor Rahe's Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect has just been published.
Discussion: The New Criterion
Kbh / KeithHennessey.com:
Ten more things about the official Kennedy-Dodd health care bill  —  The Senate HELP Committee staff has filed an official copy of their draft legislation with the Senate clerk.  A friend and I were discussing today two possible tactical scenarios:  — The weekend leak forced the majority staff …
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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