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WaPo cancels lobbyist event — Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was canceling plans for an exclusive “salon” at her home where for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to “those powerful few” …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Post Publisher Cancels Plans for Off-the-Record ‘Salons’ — Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth today canceled plans for a series of policy dinners at her home after learning that marketing fliers offered lobbyists access to Obama administration officials, members of Congress …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:Black Reporters on the Beat of Michelle Obama
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No Sheeples Here!:The Pressitutes: Obama's Lewinsky
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Things That Make You Go Hmmm — John Schwenkler was kind enough to engage Andrew once again over the origins of Trig: — [Is] it still possible to think that the Palins might have pulled off the greatest con in American political history by pretending to be the parents of a Downs Syndrome baby …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Krauthammer: Palin isn't a serious candidate for president — Oh yes, he went there. We've been having a running debate on Twitter this afternoon about Sarahcuda and my contention that criticism of her is verboten among righty blog readers, HA's included. This thread will be an interesting test case.
The Campaign Spot:
Why They Hate Her, the Angelina Jolie of Politics — Tuesday night on Hugh's program, we discussed the Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin and why, eight months after the election, Palin still arouses such fury amongst liberals and so many rank-and-file Democrats.
Noelle Phillips / The State:
Sanford's mental state questioned — Gov. Mark Sanford is acting like a love-struck teenager. — Or, maybe he has a deeper personality disorder, some experts speculate. — As the saga of Sanford and his Argentine lover continues, the public, the governor's political rivals and some allies …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Sanford book deal falls through — (CNN) - Gov. Mark Sanford and his publisher have parted ways. — “Sentinel has agreed to release Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina from his contract to write a book about fiscal conservatism, which was to be called WITHIN OUR MEANS and was scheduled …
Rachel Slajda / Talking Points Memo:
Jenny Sanford: I'm Willing to Forgive Mark — South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford — Jenny Sanford just released her first statement since her husband, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, gave a long interview to the Associated Press in which he admitted to “crossing the line” …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New GOP ad: The stimulus isn't working — From Boehner's office, an odd, hokey first effort at pushing a meme that could deliver the House to the GOP if it's still true next November. There's too much in the way here to focus on the message — split-screen, soundtrack, cornpone narrator …
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Geoff / Innocent Bystanders:
Oh Frabjous Day!! Unemployment Rate Increases by Only 0.1%!! — Finally. Finally the slowing of the unemployment rate increase has arrived. We've been waiting for months for unemployment to show signs of topping out, and it looks like it may be happening at last.
New York Times:U.S. Job Losses Rise in June as Unemployment Reaches 9.5%
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Octavio Sánchez / Christian Science Monitor:
A ‘coup’ in Honduras? Nonsense. — Don't believe the myth. The arrest of President Zelaya represents the triumph of the rule of law. — TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - — Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie to the truth. The White House, the United Nations, the Organization of American States …
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Gateway Pundit:
Honduran Democracy Protesters Bash Obama & CNN — Thousands of Hondurans protested in support of democracy, the military and the Micheletti government this week in Honduras. — The US media has been ignoring these protests. — Tens of thousands of Hondurans demonstrated in support …
CNN:
McKinney held in Israel, to be returned to U.S. — JERUSALEM (CNN) — Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney — who was aboard a ship the Israeli navy intercepted this week — is in a detention center and will be returned to the United States, the U.S. Embassy said.
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New CBO Score for the Affordable Health Choices Act: $611 Billion Over 10 Years — HELP Committee Democrats Release New Cost Estimate, Strong Public Option & Provision on Employer Responsibility — Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
California Starting to Pay With I.O.U.'s — LOS ANGELES — Its budget gap growing and its political process for addressing the gap unhinged, California will begin Thursday to pay vendors and taxpayers with i.o.u.'s, only the second time the state has adopted the emergency payment method since the Great Depression.
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case, Overrules Jury — LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, issuing a directed acquittal on three misdemeanor charges. — Drew, 50, was accused of participating in a cyberbullying scheme …
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Amanda Covarrubias / L.A. Now:Judge tentatively dismisses case in MySpace hoax that led to teenage girl's suicide
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John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
Time for an Israeli Strike? — With Iran's hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel's decision of whether to use military force against Tehran's nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever. — Iran's nuclear threat was never …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Saddam Hussein Said WMD Talk Helped Him Look Strong to Iran — Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran, according to declassified accounts of the interviews released yesterday.
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Ryan Powers / Think Progress:Michael Scheuer: Obama Doesn't Care ‘About Protecting This Country’
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Barbara Hollingsworth / Washington Examiner:
Now they want Reagan's name off the airport — At Wednesday's Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board meeting, chairman H.R. Crawford - a former District Council member and Marion Barry confidante - told fellow Board members that he has heard talk on Capitol Hill …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama Administration to Involve NSA in Defending Civilian Agency Networks — The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site …
Hooman Majd / The New Republic:
Dawn of the Revolt — My travels with Mousavi. — May 23rd: Tehran's Azadi Indoor Stadium, 20 days before the election. The press had difficulty getting in the gates. “All full,” the guards kept telling us. And full it was, overflowing in fact, for a Mir Hossein Mousavi campaign rally.
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Ynetnews:
Agreements must be honored — Dov Weissglass slams Obama Administration's denial of Israeli agreement with Bush — On May 1 and 16, 2003, during discussions of Israel's reservations in respect to the Road Map initiative, it was agreed that there will be no construction at Jewish communities in Judea …
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