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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.
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The Moderate Voice, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Fox News, American Power, Whiskey Fire and driftglass
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The Huffington Post:
Gingrich: Obama Should Withdraw Kagan Nomination — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on President Obama to withdraw the nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, calling her views anti-military and airing, for one of the first times …
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Think Progress, Outside The Beltway, Jules Crittenden, FrumForum, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and PoliBlog
Marin Cogan / Politico Live's Blog:
McConnell attacks Kagan over Citizens United
McConnell attacks Kagan over Citizens United
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Hullabaloo
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Kyl: GOP won't filibuster Kagan
Kyl: GOP won't filibuster Kagan
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Washington Post, Outside The Beltway, Main Justice, FrumForum, American Power and New York Times
Christopher Edley Jr / Washington Post:
Why elites do belong on the Supreme Court
Why elites do belong on the Supreme Court
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Power Line
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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Amira Hass / Haaretz:
Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel — Left-wing linguist, who was scheduled to speak at Bir Zeit University, told by Israeli inspectors at Allenby Bridge that a reason for the refusal would be sent to the American embassy. — American linguist Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel on May 16, 2010
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The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, American Power, Ynetnews, Liberal Values, Taylor Marsh, The Washington Note and Runnin' Scared
Jerusalem Post:
Chomsky: denied entry for my views — Radical intellectual was set to speak at Bir Zeit University. — Talkbacks (17) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel
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Taylor Marsh
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 …
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 …
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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Gawker, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, Erick's blog and The Other McCain
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.
Liberty graduates last class to attend under leadership of Falwell Sr.
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The Moderate Voice
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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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.
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 …
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Conservatives4Palin.com
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 …
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Daily Kos
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