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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Sen. Graham threatens to halt work on climate and energy bill — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) threatened to abandon his effort to push a climate and energy bill Saturday, saying he will continue only if Democratic leaders promise to relinquish plans to bring up immigration legislation first.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Graham threatens to ditch climate bill if Dems push immigration bill — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that he will be “unable to move forward” with the upcoming climate and energy bill he's crafting if Democratic leaders push ahead with plans to move immigration legislation.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Monday climate bill rollout scuttled as Graham decides to walk away — Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) decision to walk away from Senate talks on climate change and energy legislation - at least for now - has prompted the measure's remaining architects to scuttle Monday's planned unveiling of the bill.
New York Times:
Goldman Sachs Messages Show It Thrived as Economy Fell — In late 2007 as the mortgage crisis gained momentum and many banks were suffering losses, Goldman Sachs executives traded e-mail messages saying that they were making “some serious money” betting against the housing markets.
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Judge Napolitano on Arizona's new immigration law: 'She's gonna bankrupt the Republican Party and the state of Arizona' — I don't think Judge Andrew Napolitano yesterday gave Neil Cavuto quite the response he was looking for when he asked him about Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's predictably bad decision …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
McCain to Obama: Send troops to border if you don't like new immigration law — President Barack Obama should dispatch National Guard troops to the border if he doesn't like Arizona's new immigration law, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Friday. — McCain, who endorsed the tough …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: “Remember November” — A dynamite little piece of expressionism from Haley Barbour and the Republican Governors Association, aimed at synthesizing the mood of angry grassroots would-be donors. The message is familiar, but between the HD, the F/X, and the editing …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GUY FAWKES, NEW REPUBLICAN HERO.... Last fall, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) organized a right-wing rally on Capitol Hill for November 5, in the hopes of killing health care reform. After characterizing her followers as “insurgents” and “freedom fighters,” Bachmann urged far-right activists to, in her word, “scare” federal lawmakers.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Leftists Wave Vile, Violent Signs At Sarah Palin in Oregon... Media Silent — Where's the hate?... Leftists wave “Hope She Chokes” signs in Eugene. — Protestors hold signs outside the hotel where Sarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor …
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Harry Esteve / Oregonian:
Protests, catcalls greet Sarah Palin supporters in Eugene … EUGENE — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, acknowledging she was visiting a strange, if not hostile, place, exhorted Lane County Republicans to rise up against government excesses and misplaced values of the Obama administration.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
It's on: “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” set for May 20th — Someone at Dan Savage's blog started it, then Michael Moynihan at Reason picked it up, now I feel obliged to help push it out there. Says Moynihan: … Cue the predictable media squealing that “you'll only antagonize them!”
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Michael C. Moynihan / Hit & Run:
First Annual Everybody Draw Mohammad Day
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Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day: “One of worst atrocities in 20th century” — Calling it one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century, President Barack Obama observed the 95th anniversary of Armenian Remembrance Day in remarks Saturday, but avoided calling the Ottoman era killing of 1.5 million Armenians genocide.
Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Obama's Bad Cop — Clinton's played the heavy with Iran, Russia, and even Israel—and her sometimes hawkish views are finding favor with the president. … From the magazine issue dated May 3, 2010 — It was almost like one of those moments in a buddy-cop movie when the two partners …
The Atlantic Online:
Goldman's ‘Victim’ in SEC Case Was a Yield Chaser — The German bank on the losing end of the Goldman Sachs derivatives deals that have attracted the ire of the Securities and Exchange Commission was so absorbed in the pursuit of high-yield returns from financial instruments linked …
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