memeorandum: Holder: AZ Immigration Law Not Racist (Political Punch)

8:05 PM ET, May 9, 2010

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Holder: AZ Immigration Law Not Racist — Attorney General Eric Holder told me the controversial new Arizona immigration law is not racist, but he remains concerned the law could lead to racial profiling. In my “This Week” interview, Holder said, “I don't think it's racist in its motivation.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, JammieWearingFool, Gateway Pundit, American Power, Mediaite, RedState and Rasmussen Reports

Matt Duss / Think Progress:

Liz Cheney criticizes administration for its ‘first instinct’ to Mirandize Time Square suspect. — This morning, Liz Cheney criticized the Obama administration's handling of attempted Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad as “insufficient.” Speaking on the Fox News Sunday's panel …

Discussion: Raw Story, Wonk Room and Gateway Pundit

Frank Rich / New York Times:

They Don't Report. You Don't Have to Decide. — “DESPITE the major environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf and the attempted terror attack on New York's Times Square, President Obama spent his Saturday night laughing it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner,” griped Sean Hannity of Fox News last week.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Impolitic, Prairie Weather and AmSpecBlog

BBC:

‘Pakistan Taliban’ behind NY plot — The US has evidence the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square, Attorney General Eric Holder says. — Mr Holder said the militants helped to facilitate the plot, and “probably helped finance it”.

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Fox News:

Lieberman: ‘System Failed’ in Lead-Up to NYC Bomb Attempt — Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that “the system failed” in the lead-up to the attempted Times Square bombing, despite the successful arrest of suspect Faisal Shahzad last week.

Discussion: Hot Air

Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Sq. Plot, Holder Says

Discussion: Another Black Conservative, Jules Crittenden, New York Magazine and The Corner on National …

The Politico:
Holder says Taliban behind Times Sq. bomb, eyes change to Miranda

Discussion: CNN and Left Coast Rebel

Political Punch:
Holder: Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Square Attack

Discussion: Associated Press, Hit & Run, Beltway Confidential, CNN, Mediaite, Gothamist, Gateway Pundit, Washington Monthly, The Page and New York Times

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
White House says Pakistan Taliban behind NY bomb

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs

Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Holder: Pakistani Taliban behind attempted Times Square attack

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Questions and Observations

Jack Date / ABCNEWS:
Holder: Pakistani Taliban Behind Times Square Attack

Discussion: Main Justice

Agence France Presse:

Obama bemoans ‘diversions’ of IPod, Xbox era — HAMPTON, Virginia — US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media.

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, JammieWearingFool, Fausta's Blog, theblogprof, Gateway Pundit, NewsBusters.org, Liberal Values, Mashable!, MyDD, Mediaite, New York Magazine, LewRockwell.com Blog and Althouse

Jeremy Clarkson / Times of London:

Tories and Lib Dems try to bolster markets after six hours of power-sharing talks — David Cameron and Nick Clegg joined forces tonight to calm jittery financial markets, putting economic stability and reduction of the deficit at the heart of their negotiations for a power-sharing deal.

Discussion: Politics Daily

BBC: Tory and Lib Dem talks ‘positive’

Guardian:
Tory-Lib Dem talks ‘positive’ but still no deal

Discussion: Liberal Conspiracy, DownWithTyranny!, MyDD, Telegraph and James Macintyre

Guardian:
Tory-Lib Dem coalition threatened by secret hardline memo on Europe

Discussion: Times of London, James Macintyre and Election '10

Mark Lilla / New York Review of Books:

The Tea Party Jacobins — The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart — by Bill Bishop, with Robert G. Cushing Houghton Mifflin, 370 pp., $25.00; $15.95 (paper) — Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again — Doubleday, 213 pp., $24.95; $15.99 (paper)

Discussion: protein wisdom, RedState, The Other McCain and The New Ledger

John Mangels / Metro:

New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire … The Ohio National Guardsmen who fired on students and antiwar protesters at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 were given an order to prepare to shoot …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Moderate Voice and Crooks and Liars

Amy Gardner / Washington Post:

Tea party wins victory in Utah as incumbent GOP senator loses bid for nomination — The national “tea party” movement toppled its first incumbent Saturday as long-serving Sen. Robert F. Bennett was defeated at the Utah Republican Party's nominating convention, the most powerful demonstration yet …

Discussion: Liberal Values, Outside The Beltway, Prairie Weather, Left Coast Rebel and Little Green Footballs

Deseret News:
Utah GOP delegates dump Sen. Bob Bennett at state convention …

Discussion: Newsweek Blogs, The Impolitic, Salt Lake Tribune, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, The Politico, The Moderate Voice, FiveThirtyEight, Crooks and Liars, Associated Press, Taylor Marsh, Balloon Juice, The Atlantic Online and The Other McCain

Dan / Riehl World View:
The Fall-Out From Utah — Most media coverage on today's Utah …

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Pajamas Media, The Other McCain, PostPartisan and Instapundit

Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:

Miranda defender Holder now backs changes — Attorney General Eric Holder is endorsing the idea of modifying Miranda rights in terrorism investigations—a curious stance in light of the fervor with which Holder and other administration officials have been arguing recently that administering Miranda rights is no obstacle to such cases.

Discussion: Emptywheel, TPMMuckraker, Raw Story, Dennis the Peasant and Instapundit

Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Eric Holder: Miranda Rights Should Be Modified For Terrorism Suspects

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

CNN:

Gates: Pentagon must cut overhead, restrain spending — (CNN) — The Pentagon must hold down its spending and make choices that will anger “powerful people” in an era of economic strain, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a weekend speech in Kansas. — Increasing health care costs …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Gates: Cuts in Pentagon bureaucracy needed to help maintain military force

Discussion: ParaPundit and Hot Air

Campbell Robertson / New York Times:

New Setback in Attempt to Contain Gulf Oil Spill — ROBERT, La. — The latest effort to contain the oil spill that has poured millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico encountered a setback 5,000 feet underwater, officials said Saturday, meaning oil will continue gushing into the ocean …

Discussion: Firedoglake, NO QUARTER and Think Progress

Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:

Obama Goes Golfing as Nashville Suffers From Biggest Disaster Since Civil War — Fore! — Barack Obama went golfing today as Nashville continued to suffer from the worst disaster since the Civil War. — It's a self-help disaster. — Newer Comments » — Alana — No Gravatar

Discussion: Sense of Events