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5:25 AM ET, May 17, 2010

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Newt Gingrich says President Obama is Nazi-Commie “threat to our way of life.”  —  Will Howard Kurtz ask Chris Wallace why FOX News decided to make Newt Gingrich's new book their number one segment of the day?  Then they followed it up by interviewing Laura Bush and proceeded into their wingnut panel discussion.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The greatest political ad ever?  —  It's not the greatest ad ever.  If he had roped a calf or branded a steer or something, then it would have been the greatest ad ever.  I watched it twice before googling around to see if it was some sort of stunt candidacy or “Funny or Die” parody.  Nope.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
VIDEO: Best Ad Ever Produced for Agriculture Commissioner
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Kyl: GOP won't filibuster Kagan  —  Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is unlikely to face a Republican filibuster, the Senate's second-ranking Republican said Sunday.  —  “The filibuster should be relegated to extreme circumstances, and I don't think Elena Kagan represents that,” …
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Christopher Edley Jr / Washington Post:
Why elites do belong on the Supreme Court
Discussion: Power Line
Marin Cogan / Politico Live's Blog:
McConnell attacks Kagan over Citizens United
Discussion: driftglass and Hullabaloo
Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Top Republican Says Kagan ‘Violated the Law’
Discussion: Washington Post
msnbc.com:
May 16: McConnell, Schumer, roundtable
Discussion: The Hill, NewsReal Blog and Althouse
Peter Beinart / New York Review of Books:
The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment  —  In 2003, several prominent Jewish philanthropists hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz to explain why American Jewish college students were not more vigorously rebutting campus criticism of Israel.  In response, he unwittingly produced …
John / Power Line:
Apologizing For Arizona  —  This is unfreakingbelievable, even for the Obama administration: … What an idiot!  China murdered millions of its citizens who opposed the government's Communist policies and allows most of its people little or no freedom.  We, on the other hand, enforce our immigration laws.
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Michelle Malkin:
Who is Michael Posner, and why is he apologizing to China?  —  Actually, I phrased the title question wrong.  —  Question: Who the hell is Michael Posner, and why the hell is he apologizing to China?!  —  Answer: Michael Posner is the former head agitator at the transnationalist Human Rights First …
Discussion: lexisnexis.com
Jay Nordlinger / The Corner on National Review Online:
You've Got to Be Kidding . . . — By: Jay Nordlinger
Discussion: sisu, Weasel Zippers and Betsy's Page
Amira Hass / Haaretz:
Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel and West Bank  —  Interior Ministry seeking IDF approval to let American professor just into West Bank; rights group: Decision characteristic of totalitarian regime.  —  American linguist Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel on May 16, 2010
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CNN:
7-year-old killed in Detroit police raid  —  (CNN) — Police in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday expressed “profound sorrow” at the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in a police raid.  —  Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by police executing a search warrant as part of a homicide investigation …
Discussion: The Agitator and Balloon Juice
Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Glenn Beck delivers commencement address at Liberty Univ.  —  Here is the first 7 min of Beck's rambling and disjointed address yesterday.  Apologies for the video quality as it was recorded off the tv screen itself, by a fan of Beck I assume.  —  The Lynchburg News & Advance describes the spectacle as so:
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Liberty Graduation / News & Advance:
Liberty graduates last class to attend under leadership of Falwell Sr.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The Atlantic Online:
A Conservative's Case for Sarah Palin's Genius  —  (Tony Lee is a conservative writer who lives in Virginia.  Follow him on twitter: @TheTonyLee.  — MA)  —  I hadn't seen Sarah Palin speak in person since the 2008 elections.  If one just watched or read mainstream media accounts …
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu / Arutz Sheva:
Arab Media Cheer Obama for De-Linking Muslims from Terror  —  Follow Israel news on and .  —  A leading international Arab newspaper has hailed U.S. President Barack Obama for officially removing the description “Muslim terrorist” as part of his campaign “to reach out to the Muslim world.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The amazing campaign ads of Alabama  —  Alabama Republicans have, for reasons that I don't understand but which I hope a reader will explain, produced a raft of strange and memorable television ads this cycle: Young Boozer's broadside; ‘This is Alabama.  We speak English’; the scornful attack on an accused evolutionist.
Discussion: FrumForum
Justin Pritchard / Associated Press:
AP IMPACT: Fed'l inspections on rig not as claimed  —  LOS ANGELES - The federal agency responsible for ensuring that the Deepwater Horizon was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that the rig be inspected at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Tube Offers a ‘Limited Success’ in Oil Leak, BP Says  —  NEW ORLEANS, La. — An experimental attempt to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico experienced some limited success over the weekend, BP announced Sunday afternoon.  —  Engineers successfully inserted a tube into the damaged riser pipe …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Fox News:
BP Hopeful About Latest Oil Siphon Attempt
Discussion: American Power, CNN and Michelle Malkin
 
 
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Foreign Companies Chafe at China's Restrictions
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Burns, Critz close
Dick Cheney / Orange County Register:
Whitman stronger Republican candidate
Discussion: The Note and The Hill
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
Once boy wonder, Meacham hits a bump
Discussion: Balloon Juice and TalkLeft
Marin Cogan / Politico Live's Blog:
Specter, Sestak disagree on endorsements
Discussion: CNN and FrumForum
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Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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