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9:15 AM ET, June 11, 2009

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Debbie Schlussel:
So What if Holocaust Museum Shooter is White Christian: We Know Who Crescented, er . . . Created This Atmosphere; 9/11 Truther  —  Much is being made by Muslims and their many defenders on the left—and the ignoramus “conservatives” at Hot Air (who lecture us that hate has no ideological bounds …
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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
Shooting at National Holocaust Museum Updated: Museum guard dies; shooter wasn't “left” or “right,” just plain loony  —  Scroll for updates...  Details just coming in.  —  Via FoxNews: “At least two people were shot at the national Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, an official told FOX News.
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
Discussion: Wonkette
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
White supremacist kills guard at Holocaust Museum
Discussion: Washington Times, CNN and Balloon Juice
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.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Aging man, 62, jokes about girl, 14 (Letterman on Willow Palin) update  —  (UPDATE: This item has been updated below.)  —  Maybe it's just the tempting ratings window of no longer going up against NBC's Juggernaut Jay and being the also-ran of late-night television.
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
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
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!
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Moe Lane
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
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Roseanne Barr Denounces Obama On Leftist Radio Program  —  NO HOLDS BARR-ED  —  Roseanne: 'Everybody's On The (Obama) Kool-Aid'  —  Now that he's in office, should dedicated Obamists support the president even as key campaign promises are broken and empty rhetoric becomes the order of the day?
 
 
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama takes healthcare push on the road
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Mara Schiavocampo / MSNBC:
Homegrown hate groups increase in number
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John R. Bolton / Washington Times:
Obama continues Bush's 2nd term — badly
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U.S. Targets Excessive Pay for Top Executives
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Matt Finkelstein / Media Matters Action Network:
Will Republicans Admit That Their Partisan Outrage Over The DHS Report …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
In Wake Of D.C. Shooting, Whither GOP Reps Pushing “Birther” Bill?
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Concealed Carry: If You're Interested in Preventing Hate Crimes …
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