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Richard Harris / NPR:
Gulf Spill May Far Exceed Official Estimates … Watch the video of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — This graphic requires version 9 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player. Get the latest Flash Player. — In this handout from BP, the main oil leak at the end of the riser pipe is seen underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits — WASHINGTON — The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species …
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Size of Oil Spill in Gulf Underestimated, Scientists Say — Two weeks ago, the government put out a round estimate of the size of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico: 5,000 barrels a day. Repeated endlessly in news reports, it has become conventional wisdom.
Christine Dell'Amore / National Geographic:
If efforts fail to cap the leaking Deepwater Horizon wellhead …
If efforts fail to cap the leaking Deepwater Horizon wellhead …
Tim Webb / Guardian:
My job is at risk, admits BP boss
My job is at risk, admits BP boss
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
BREAKING: We Have Elena Kagan's College Thesis — This proves Elena Kagan is an open and avowed socialist. The woman declares that socialists must stick together instead of fracture in order to advance a socialist agenda, which Kagan advocates. 1 — You can see for yourself right here (PDF).
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The Nation:
Judging Elena Kagan — This article appeared in the May 31, 2010 edition of The Nation. — Recommended by 1 — In what is by now an oft-quoted snippet from one of her law review articles, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan castigated the confirmation hearings of Justices Souter, Kennedy …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Read Elena Kagan's college thesis and decide if she's “an open …
Read Elena Kagan's college thesis and decide if she's “an open …
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Charles Postel / Reuters:
Tea party: Dark side of conservatism — Tea partiers proudly proclaim themselves conservatives. And rightly so. — Tea party protesters repeat the conservative catchwords of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, who built their careers fighting the “creeping socialism” of civil rights legislation, Social Security and Medicare.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Sisterhood of the Traveling Grizzly Moms
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The Health Care Reform Already Costs More Than We Thought It Would — There's been a spate of bad news recently about the health care bill. — Henry Waxman canceled his War on Accounting, not because there was a sudden breakout of common sense on Capitol Hill, but because his committee's …
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Ezra Klein:
Discretionary spending is not the same as ‘new spending’ — Megan McArdle has a post up saying that health-care reform is “already at least a hundred billion dollars in the hole.” That's really not right, though it's certainly true that the CBO's estimate suggesting $115 billion in discretionary costs confused a lot of people.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
The New Normal on Abortion: Americans More “Pro-Life” — For second year straight, “pro-life” and “pro-choice” closely matched — PRINCETON, NJ — The conservative shift in Americans' views on abortion that Gallup first recorded a year ago has carried over into 2010.
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Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Palin in the Mainstream — Sarah Palin delivered the keynote address …
Palin in the Mainstream — Sarah Palin delivered the keynote address …
Walter Dellinger / Washington Post:
How I know Kagan isn't anti-military — The nomination of an anti-military leftist to the Supreme Court would make for a riveting story. But in the case of Elena Kagan, it's just not true. — When Kagan became dean of Harvard Law School in 2003, Harvard, like virtually every other law school …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dellinger on Harvard's “Anti-Military and Anti-ROTC Policies”
New York Post:
Wall Street bigs $kip O's glitzy Apple gala — By JENNIFER FERMINO in NY and GEOFF EARLE and CHARLES HURT in DC — Wall Street bigs snubbed President Obama last night at a big-bucks campaign fund-raiser at The St. Regis hotel in Midtown. — The gala — where tickets went for as much as $50,000 …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Republican: Holder 'doesn't deserve to be attorney general' — A key House Republican on Friday said that Attorney General Eric Holder “doesn't deserve” to keep his job because of his handling of the failed Times Square bombing attempt. — House Homeland Security Committee ranking Republican Pete King …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Holder hasn't read Arizona law he criticized
Holder hasn't read Arizona law he criticized
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Kos / Daily Kos:
PA-Sen: Sestak takes (statistically insignificant) lead — Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 5/10-12. Likely voters. MoE 4% (3/8-10 results) — Democratic primary, likely Democratic voters, MoE 5% — Arlen Specter (D) 43 (51) — Joe Sestak (D) 45 (32) — Undecided 12 (17)
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Jana Winter / Fox News:
School Official in Basketball Flap Is No Stranger to Controversy — The school official who nixed an Illinois girls high school basketball team trip to Arizona once supported a controversial program that required students to attend a “freshman advisory” class where gay upperclassmen shared stories …
Associated Press:
Miss., La. govs contrast in responses to oil spill — JACKSON, Miss. — The ambitious Republican governors of Mississippi and Louisiana are a study in contrasts as an oil spill threatens coastal economies still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. — Mississippi's Haley Barbour …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama rips executives, calls oil spill hearing a ‘ridiculous spectacle’ — President Barack Obama excoriated the companies involved in the Gulf oil spill Friday for failing to take responsibility. — In remarks from the Rose Garden after a meeting with cabinet officials about the ongoing spill …
Arizona Republic:
Governor out to rebrand Arizona over immigration law criticism — Acknowledging that Arizona has developed a serious image problem because of its tough new immigration law, Gov. Jan Brewer and tourism-industry leaders said Thursday that they will launch a new effort to stanch the flow of lost trade and convention business in the state.
Reuters:
Pakistani Taliban say America will “burn” — (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants have warned America that it will soon “burn” while calling for Pakistan's rulers to be overthrown for following “America's agenda”. — The United States is convinced Pakistani Taliban militants allied …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
New Jersey Gov. goes off on reporter — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had no patience for a reporter who questioned his “confrontational” tone. — At a press conference Thursday, Christie responded, “You know, Tom, you must be the thinnest-skinned guy in America …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Book: Rahm “begged” Obama for days not to pursue ambitious health reform — Rahm Emanuel spent nearly a week in the summer of 2009 aggressively trying to talk Obama out of moving foward with an ambitious version of health care reform, and by his own admission “begged” him not to do it, a book out next week reports.
The Huffington Post:
Group Sends Racially-Tinged Mailer Targeting Bill Halter In Arkansas Senate Race — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — The already racially-tinged attacks being launched against Lt. Gov Bill Halter in the Arkansas Democratic primary race took a turn for the worse on Thursday evening.
Tara Kelly / Time:
Internet Use Makes Us Happier, Says Mental-Health Study — When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop tweeting and toss out your iPhone …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Their Dirty Little Secret: GOP Senators Say Bailouts Worked — Just Please Don't Tell Anyone! — Perhaps the most fascinating political conundrum of the 2010 election is one faced by GOP senators, almost all of whom voted for TARP and supported some of the other bailouts in the thick of the financial crisis.