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4:55 PM ET, May 13, 2010

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Bloomberg:
Kagan Was ‘Not Sympathetic’ as Law Clerk to Gun-Rights Argument  —  Elena Kagan said as a U.S. Supreme Court law clerk in 1987 that she was “not sympathetic” toward a man who contended that his constitutional rights were violated when he was convicted for carrying an unlicensed pistol.
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Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Senator says Kagan critical of Supreme Court  —  (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan on Thursday criticized the court she is seeking to join during a private meeting with Democratic Senator Arlen Specter, the senator told reporters.  —  Specter said Kagan agreed …
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Awl and Wonkette
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Finding Meaning in Kagan's Tie to Justice Marshall  —  WASHINGTON — In the spring of 1988, Justice Thurgood Marshall assigned a clerk, Elena Kagan, to write a first draft of his opinion in a case considering whether a school district could charge a poor family for busing a child to the nearest school, which was 16 miles away.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter praises Kagan after meeting with her
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Panel approves Liu nomination
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Specter softens on Kagan
Discussion: The Note and Election Law
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Sources: Dems Seek To Protect Lincoln By Delaying Action On Wall Street Reform  —  One of the most far-reaching pieces of the Senate's Wall Street reform bill has powerful enemies.  The White House doesn't like it.  FDIC chief Sheila Bair doesn't like it.  Obama adviser Paul Volcker …
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Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
Dodd: Amendments could kill bill
Discussion: CNN
The Hill:
Anti-porn provision sinks Dem jobs bill  —  House Democrats had to scrap their only substantive bill of the week Thursday after Republicans won a procedural vote that substantively altered the legislation with an anti-porn clause.  —  Democrats had labeled their COMPETES Act …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Boehner slams ‘inability to govern’
Discussion: CNN
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Arizona lawmaker laughs at McCain's border fence ad  —  Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) couldn't contain himself Thursday when he saw footage of Sen. John McCain's latest campaign ad.  —  Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) couldn't contain himself Thursday when he saw footage of Sen. John McCain's (R) latest campaign ad.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
McCain: Obama ‘false’ on immigration
Discussion: Swampland and Indecision Forever
Michelle Malkin:
Johnny-come-lately McCain: The sickly smell of desperation
Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Criminal charges likely from Gulf oil spill, legal experts say  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are likely to file criminal charges against at least one of the companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico spill, raising the prospects of significantly higher penalties than a current $75 million cap …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Oil spill: BP had wrong diagram to close blowout preventer  —  WASHINGTON — In the days after an oil well spun out of control in the Gulf of Mexico, BP engineers tried to activate a huge piece of underwater safety equipment but failed because the device had been so altered that diagrams BP got …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Revelations of Multiple Deepwater Horizon Failures; Criminal Charges Coming?
Discussion: Emptywheel
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Obama: Did what moment required  —  BUFFALO — Emboldened by positive jobs numbers and an uptick in his own polls, President Barack Obama stood squarely behind his economic record Thursday and accused Republicans of doing nothing to contribute to the growth.
Discussion: Guardian
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CNN:
When in Buffalo, Obama orders wings
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Supporter calls Obama a ‘hottie with a smokin’ little body'  —  President Obama got more than he expected when he stepped out for a bite to eat today.  —  Obama is visiting Buffalo, NY, and made a surprise visit to Duff's Wings, a local landmark a few miles outside the city.
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Mary Lu Carnevale / Washington Wire:
Obama in Buffalo: Wings for Lunch
Discussion: Dealbreaker
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Scott Brown satisfied with Kagan's answer on military recruiting  —  Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) met with Elena Kagan this afternoon and took the opportunity to ask about her attempt to bar military recruiters from Harvard Law School.  —  Kagan's move to bar recruiters from a campus facility …
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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City Journal:
A Hidden History of Evil  —  In the world's collective consciousness, the word “Nazi” is synonymous with evil.  It is widely understood that the Nazis' ideology—nationalism, anti-Semitism, the autarkic ethnic state, the Führer principle—led directly to the furnaces of Auschwitz.
Quinnipiac University:
Sestak Surges Against Toomey In November Matchup, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Corbett Has Small Lead In Governor's Race  —  U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who has narrowed the gap against Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, also is surging …
The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama, Campaign Manager: How The 2008 Playbook Passed Health Care  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in mid-December, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was driving through Washington D.C. when he received a nervous phone call from one of his trusted deputies, Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and The New Republic
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Fact Check: New York's Homeland Security Funding Is Rising  —  Rep. Peter King: “The fact that the Obama Administration would cut New York's homeland security funding just 11 days after the Times Square car bomb attempt is dangerous and unconscionable.  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House pushes back against criticism of NYC anti-terror funding
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Impolitic
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Christianity Today:
Psychologist Resigns from NARTH after Gay Prostitute's Claims  —  George Rekers has resigned from a reparative therapy group, saying, ‘I am not gay and never have been.’  —  Reparative therapy psychologist George Rekers has resigned from his position as a board member of the National Association …
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Washington Times:
Same-sex researcher's defamation claim backed
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Joe. My. God.
Seema Jilani / Guardian:
Deep prejudice about the deep south  —  I'm tired of elitist US liberals who ridicule southerners and then profess their love for Nina Simone and crawfish etouffee  —  I am tired of apologising.  I apologised for being Muslim, post-9/11 and more recently for my Pakistani origins.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
I Don't Like Roger Ebert  —  I love Twitter.  I use it all the time.  When I say use, hear it the way an addict would say it.  I use Twitter.  I'm pretty good at it too.  Not in the sense of having lots of followers, or being really popular, or anyone knowing who I am.
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE RACE: Tea Party power fuels Angle  —  Ex-Reno assemblywoman moves up in crowded GOP primary field  —  Fueled by a burst of support from the Tea Party, Sharron Angle has rocketed into a near dead heat with Sue Lowden in the white-hot U.S. Senate Republican primary …
 
 
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