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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Security Lapses Let Bomb Suspect Board Plane — WASHINGTON — Why was Faisal Shahzad permitted to board a flight for Dubai some 24 hours after investigators of the Times Square terrorism case learned he might be connected to the attempted bombing? — Though Mr. Shahzad was stopped …
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New York Post:
Taliban lackey's twisted mission — It was payback. — The Connecticut man charged yesterday with the botched Times Square car bombing confessed to trying to slaughter innocent people in retaliation for US drone attacks that wiped out the leadership of his beloved Taliban, The Post has learned.
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Associated Press:
NY car bomb suspect cooperates, but motive mystery — NEW YORK - A man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square had found the stable, suburban life he had spent a decade working toward, then abandoned his house in Connecticut and decided to supplement his business degrees …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What did authorities know about Faisal Shahzad? — Deep inside a New York Times profile of the accused Times Square bomber — “From Suburban Father to a Terrorism Suspect” - there is this: … In recent terrorism cases, the Ft. Hood shooting and the attempted Christmas Day bombing …
New York Times:
Times Sq. Bomb Suspect Was a Suburban Father — They took their places in the wood-paneled courtroom, 58 people from 32 countries. They listened as a federal magistrate banged the gavel and said it was “a wonderful day for the United States”— the day they would become Americans.
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Media Ignore The Fact That Man Who Alerted Police To Failed Times Square Bombing Is A Muslim Immigrant — The chief suspect in the case of the failed Times Square car bombing is Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who has confessed to the plot. Much of the media has latched onto Shahzad's Muslim faith …
John Christoffersen / Associated Press:
Times Square bombing suspect's life had unraveled
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The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Fausta's Blog, Hot Air, Riehl World View, Moe Lane, Gateway Pundit and Nice Deb
Reid Wilson / Hotline On Call:
Dem Turnout Falls Off A Cliff — Turnout among Dem voters dropped precipitously in 3 statewide primaries on Tuesday, giving the party more evidence that their voters lack enthusiasm ahead of midterm elections. — In primaries in NC, IN and OH, Dems turned out at far lower rates than they have in previous comparable elections.
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Primaries bruise establishment picks — Tuesday's primaries didn't offer any cause for panic. But the elections in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio confirmed what both parties suspected going in: it's going to be a very rough year for incumbents and for the Washington establishment.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Primary night hands wins to party establishment
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races — Among the many reverberations of President Obama's election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.
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Washington Post:
Tea party groups battling perceptions of racism — As several states with active “tea party” groups prepare to hold important primary elections this month, the movement is struggling to overcome accusations of racism that are tinting perceptions of this loose network of conservatives.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE SPILL, THE CONGRESS, AND THE CLIMATE BILL.... Reason suggests the BP oil spill in the Gulf should make the climate/energy bill pending in the Senate more likely to pass. What could prove the need for an overhaul of our existing energy policies more than this disaster? — If only it were that easy.
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Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Meet Geo, The Male Prostitute Hired By NARTH Member & Family Research Council Co-Founder Dr. George Rekers — I was going to withhold the identity of the male prostitute hired by Dr. George Rekers, the virulently anti-gay NARTH board member and Family Research Council co-founder.
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miaminewtimes.com:
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with “rent boy”
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Charles Murray / New York Times:
Why Charter Schools Fail the Test — THE latest evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the oldest and most extensive system of vouchers and charter schools in America, came out last month, and most advocates of school choice were disheartened by the results.
Newsweek:
Washington Post Co. to Sell Newsweek — Chairman Donald E. Graham cites multi-year losses. ‘We are exploring all options to fix that problem,’ he said. — Newsweek Web Exclusive — The Washington Post Co. announced today that it has retained Allen & Company to explore the possible sale of NEWSWEEK magazine.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Wash Post shifts leftward online — The once-cautious Washington Post has begun to invest heavily in the liberal blogosphere, transforming its online presence - a combination of accident and design - into a competitor of the Huffington Post and TalkingPointsMemo as much as the New York Times.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Lieberman's Weird Citizenship-Stripping Proposal — When Joe Lieberman mentioned the idea of not mirandizing US citizen terrorism suspects because they should be stripped of citizenship, I thought this was just some nonsense he said on television. The proposal is obviously unworkable …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox refuses climate ad — Fox News last week refused to carry an advertisement from the liberal group VoteVets on the grounds that it was “too confusing,” a spokesman for the group said. — The ad, above, seeks to make the familiar case that climate legislation would have national security benefits …
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Washington Monthly, Think Progress, Left Coast Rebel, VetVoice, AMERICAblog News and Media Matters for America
Washington Examiner:
Time for some oil spill perspective — Eleven people died when BP's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform exploded nearly two weeks ago in the Gulf of Mexico, 53 miles southwest of the Louisiana coast. It's a sad measure of how much of the subsequent commentary on this disaster …
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The Moderate Voice
The Huffington Post:
Diane Wood, Supreme Court Contender, Interviewed By Obama And Joe Biden — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — President Obama and Vice President Biden both met separately today with potential Supreme Court pick Diane Wood, a source with knowledge of the conversations told the Huffington Post.
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Marc Cooper / Los Angeles Times:
To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist
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Ed White / Associated Press:
US takes early lumps in case against Mich. militia — DETROIT (AP) — Federal authorities touted the arrests of nine members of a Michigan militia as a pre-emptive strike against homegrown terrorists, declaring at an initial court hearing that the suspects with “dark hearts and evil intent” wanted to go to war against the government.
Political Punch:
Obama administration says Emirates Airlines Dropped the Ball; 9/11 Commission Vice-Chair Says U.S. Govt Is Dropping the Ball — Senior administration officials say that Faisal Shahzad was put on the no fly list on Monday at 12:30 pm ET. — So how was he able to board the Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai?
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Bloomberg, Kelly call on Congress to close ‘terror gap’ loophole — New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday called on Congress to close the loophole that lets suspected terrorists buy firearms and explosives. — The so-called “terror gap” …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pence invokes Katrina in slamming Obama's response to oil spill — A top House Republican on Wednesday slammed President Barack Obama's responsiveness to a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, invoking the response to Hurricane Katrina. — House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP House candidate runs TV ad calling for racial profiling — You absolutely have to see this TV ad that a House GOP candidate hoping to take on Dem Rep Alan Grayson has run in Florida. It not only supports racial profiling, but urges it as a matter of policy — and even suggests explicitly …
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