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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit — World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. — They entered a capital that had become a military encampment …
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Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
At nuclear summit, Obama snubs an ally — Forty-seven world leaders are Barack Obama's guests in Washington Tuesday at the nuclear security summit. Obama is holding bilateral meetings with just twelve of them. That's led to some awkward exclusions — and some unfortunate appearances, as well.
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Eunomia, The Lonely Conservative, Gateway Pundit, The Daily Dish, New Atlanticist and Hot Air
Cat Corben / American Thinker:
Obama Attends Non-Existent Soccer Game? — Reading the story about President Obama breaking tradition and ditching the presidential press pool over the weekend to watch one of his daughter's soccer games, it appears harmless, right? Not so. It is rather disturbing when you dissect it.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Wave In The Soccer Moms (And Dads!)
Michelle Malkin:
A cautionary note about the beating in New Orleans; Update: No Palin pins involved — Scroll for updates... I'm getting bombarded with angry e-mails about the terrible assault on Louisiana GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal's campaign fundraising chief, Allee Bautsch, and her boyfriend in the French Quarter of New Orleans over the weekend.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
GOP Official & Boyfriend Savagely Beaten In Politically Motivated Attack - Including Broken Leg, Jaw, Concussion... Media Silent ...UPDATES & Police Report — Allee Bautsch and her boyfriend Joe Brown — The governor's office said Monday that Allee Bautsch suffered a broken leg …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Staffers' accounts paint more detailed, troubling picture of Massa's office — Just three months after Eric Massa was elected to Congress, his young male employees on Capitol Hill began complaining to supervisors that the lawmaker was making aggressive, sexual overtures toward them, according to new interviews and internal documents.
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The Politico:
Lincoln Wall Street bill tacks left — A new proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln would require sweeping changes to the $450 trillion derivatives market, including forcing big banks to spin off “swaps desks” that handle the complex financial instruments …
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, TPMDC, Ezra Klein, The Note, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Breitbart peddles misleading video, again — His “proof” that black congressmen lied about being called “nigger” is as useless as his ACORN clips — Andrew Breitbart isn't fit to spit-shine the shoes of civil rights hero and Congressman John Lewis. It's ludicrous to think that the right …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Who wins an Obama vs. Palin matchup? — A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that President Barack Obama would top the former Alaska governor by double digits in a possible 2012 general election showdown. — Washington (CNN) - She may be the best …
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Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Earned How Much Since July?! — With A Steady Stream of Six-Figure Speaking Gigs, The Former Alaska Governor's Haul May Be Even Bigger — Pundits can debate the political costs and benefits of Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor, but the monetary advantages …
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Another Black Conservative, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Zandar Versus The Stupid, PostPartisan, The TrogloPundit, Taylor Marsh, Indecision Forever, Newshoggers.com, Liberal Values, William K. Wolfrum Chronicles, Below The Beltway, Little Green Footballs, The Moderate Voice, Swampland, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival and The Fix
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Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin's Secret Contract Demands: Big Jets and Bendable Straws
Sarah Palin's Secret Contract Demands: Big Jets and Bendable Straws
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Daniel W. Drezner, Matthew Yglesias, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Liberal Values and Ben Smith's Blog
Elie Mystal / Above the Law:
U.S. News Rankings Leaked? This Happens Every Year. — We anticipated that the new U.S. News Law School Rankings would come out this week. That means we anticipated that the new rankings would be leaked beforehand. It happened last year; apparently U.S. News has more moles than Jack Bauer's office at CTU.
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Law Librarian Blog
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Outcrazying The Crazy: How A Prankster Plans To Infiltrate And Destroy The Tea Party Movement — Meet Jason Levin, quite possibly the scariest man in the tea party universe. An Oregon technology consultant, Levin is the leader of Crash The Tea Party, a plan to take down the tea party from the inside.
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Associated Press, Politics Daily, Big Journalism, PostPartisan, BuzzFlash.org, Mediaite, Right Now and Zandar Versus The Stupid
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Crooked Timber:
Nobody knows the trouble they've seen — I'm not sure why Holbo thinks he should have all the fun when it comes to libertarians and history. Here's Megan McArdle, earlier today: … It is indeed hard to be a conservative in American media. One is always wondering, what if I get something wrong?
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Larry Kudlow / Money & Politics Blog:
A V-Shaped Boom Is Coming — Conservatives shouldn't fight the tale of the tape. — Sometimes you have to take out your political lenses and look at the actual statistics to get a true picture of the health of the American economy. Right now, those statistics are saying …
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Army to court martial ‘birther’ officer — From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski and Mark MurrayU.S. military officials tell NBC News that the U.S. Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he considers orders from President Obama to be “illegal.”
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TPMMuckraker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wonkette, Talking Points Memo, Ben Smith's Blog and Balloon Juice
The Anchoress:
Obama: Makin' Friends! — Obama wags his finger in the face of Canadian PM Harper — When people wag a finger in my face, I reach out and cover their hand and say some variation of “don't say another word to me until you put that finger away.” The variations are not always courtly, but they get the point across.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.: Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah — JERUSALEM—Syria has transferred long-range Scud missiles to the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, Israeli and U.S. officials alleged, in a move that threatens to alter the Middle East's military balance and sets back a major diplomatic outreach effort …
Glenn Beck:
Vote for your favorite cover! — Glenn Beck's new novel, The Overton Window, will be released on June 15th. Glenn wants your feedback, what's your favorite book cover? Take a look below and then vote. The results will be released at a later date...
msnbc.com:
First moonwalker blasts Obama's space plan — NBC News: Neil Armstrong says rocket cancellation is ‘devastating’ — The first man to walk on the moon blasted President Barack Obama's decision to cancel NASA's back-to-the-moon program on Tuesday, saying that the move is “devastating” to America's space effort.
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
GOP warns Obama over SCOTUS litmus test on Citizens United — Senate Republicans on Tuesday warned President Barack Obama he'll face serious opposition to his Supreme Court nomination if he uses a landmark campaign finance case as a litmus test for a nominee.
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The Politico, Salon, Latest Open Salon Blog, The Note, CNN, The Swamp, Sister Toldjah, Ben Smith's Blog, Taylor Marsh and RADAMISTO
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Julian Borger / Guardian:
Georgia ‘foiled plot to sell uranium’ — Georgian president tells nuclear summit of sting as Barack Obama calls on rest of world ‘not simply to talk, but to act’ — Georgian security forces have foiled a criminal plot to sell weapons-grade uranium on the black market …
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Obama secures 47-nation pact at nuclear summit
Obama secures 47-nation pact at nuclear summit
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Swampland