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10:30 AM ET, May 25, 2010

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Deal Reached for Ending Law on Gays in Military  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and leading Congressional Democrats reached agreement Monday on legislative language and a time frame for repealing the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy, but it was not clear whether the deal had secured …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama endorses 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise in Congress  —  President Obama has signed on to a “don't ask, don't tell” compromise between lawmakers and the Defense Department, the White House announced Monday, an agreement that removes a key obstacle to repealing the military's policy banning gays …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama  —  Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference?  He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago.  —  When Obama last held a big news conference …
Los Angeles Times:
Deal could end 'don't ask, don't tell'
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Palin suggests Obama oil ties impede spill cleanup
Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
Sources say Rob Simmons will drop out of U.S. Senate race tomorrow.  —  Rob Simmons will hold a press conference for this morning in New London to announce he's leaving the U.S. Senate race, sources said late today.  —  The former congressman and Vietnam War veteran lost …
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Mark Pazniokas / ctmirror.org:
Source says Simmons told staff he is ending campaign  —  A Republican source says Rob Simmons told his staff Monday he will end his campaign for U.S. Senate at a press conference today in New London.  —  On Monday night, Simmons called a press conference for 9 a.m. in New London to make an …
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and National Review
Ballot Box:
Simmons suspends Conn. Senate campaign
Discussion: The Politico
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Simmons expected to bow out of Conn. Senate race
Discussion: Power Line, The Caucus and The Page
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Expands Secret Military Acts in Mideast and Beyond  —  WASHINGTON — The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region …
David S Morgan / CBS News:
U.S. Gov't: We're In Charge of Spill Response  —  Feds Say They Need BP's Expertise to Plug Hole, Are Working to Implement States' Plans to Protect Sensitive Areas  —  Following the back-and-forth of the past few days about who ultimately is in charge of stopping the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico …
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Los Angeles Times:
BP told to cut back on toxic remedy
Erik Berte / FOXBusiness.com:
The Next Bailout: $165B for Unions  —  Taxpayers could be on the hook for another $165 billion if a bill to bail out private union pension funds makes it through Congress.
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Delightful: Democrats to stick American taxpayers with a $165 …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Townhall.com
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off  —  It could be the cutbacks to the city's transportation system, or a general decline in urban civility.  Perhaps people are just in a collective bad mood.  —  What else could explain why New Yorkers — notoriously hardened to the slings …
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Tom Namako / New York Post:
Bus drivers take two months off when riders spit on them
Discussion: Beltway Confidential
David Frum / Washington Post:
Zev Chafets's ‘Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One,’ reviewed by David Frum  —  Sentinel.  229 pp.  $25.95  —  “Every great man has his disciples,” quipped Oscar Wilde.  “And it is always Judas who writes the biography.”  —  Not so for Rush Limbaugh.  Biographer Zev Chafets received unprecedented access …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Inspector General's Inquiry Faults Regulators  —  WASHINGTON — Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil — and then turned them over to the regulators …
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Patrick says Obama critics are ‘almost at the level of sedition’  —  Governor Deval Patrick, even as he decried partisanship in Washington, said today that Republican opposition to President Obama's agenda has become so obstinate that it “is almost at the level of sedition.”
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill  —  THEY'RE WORRIED  —  Libtalkers Worry Public Outrage Shifting Toward Obama  —  Can blame for gross inaction on the Gulf oil spill be shifted away from Obama indefinitely?  Some on the left are clearly beginning to realize the anti-BP OUTRAGE …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Two Theories of Change  —  When I was in college I took a course in the Enlightenment.  In those days, when people spoke of the Enlightenment, they usually meant the French Enlightenment — thinkers like Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire and Condorcet.  —  These were philosophers who confronted …
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
It's Like He Does it On Purpose — By: Jonah Goldberg  —  Thomas Friedman does it again.  He literally fantasizes about American becoming like China — but just for a day!  From Meet the Press yesterday: … Can someone please tell Tom Friedman that China only produces “suboptimal solutions” too.
Washington Post:
Rep. James Moran's investments illustrate Congress's leeway in trading  —  He was a stockbroker before he became a politician, and he continued playing the markets during his rise through Congress.  —  Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee …
Discussion: Wonkette and National Review
Tim Alberta / The Politico:
Tea party tempest in Idaho primary  —  There isn't much of national interest on the Idaho primary ballot Tuesday, but there's one race that's well worth watching for a unique look into tea party movement politics—the 1st District Republican primary.  —  In that contest, Raul Labrador …
Discussion: Roll Call
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Private pay shrinks to historic lows  —  Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds.  —  At the same time, government-provided benefits …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Pajamas Media
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Exclusive: FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers  —  I voted for you," the caller said in a voice mail to Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler's district office. “  If you vote for that stimulus package, I'm gonna kill you.  Simple as that.  The FBI says the caller was a 70-year-old resident …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
Scott / Power Line:
A thug too far, part 3  —  Do you recall what was revealed the day that SEIU sicced a mob on the suburban D.C. home of the Bank of America deputy general counsel?  Nina Easton filed an illuminating report.  The mainstream media are studiously avoiding this story.
The Politico:
Source: Rossi plans Senate run  —  Dino Rossi will announce Wednesday that he will seek the Republican Senate nomination in Washington state, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.  —  Rossi, a two-time gubernatorial candidate, had been publicly mulling a bid against Sen. Patty Murray …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Hayworth: ‘In My History’ U.S. Didn't Formally Declare War On Nazi Germany (VIDEO)  —  Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), who is challenging Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary, said that the United States did not formally declare war on Germany in World War II — at least, that's how it went in his history.
The Huffington Post:
Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Members of Congress with any inclination to balk at President Obama's massive emergency war-funding request have found their case strengthened by two recent reports that question …
 
 
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Twitter's Free Love Era Comes to an End: Time for Developers …
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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
OIL SHOCKS  —  In September of 1968, Union Oil Company of California …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Grist
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Britons' Fears Turn to Doubts About Climate Change
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Summers needs to take Explaining Econ 101
M.S. / Democracy in America:
Slick operators
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Mathias Hariyadi / Asianews.it:
West Java: Islamic authorities shut down church, Christians celebrate in the street
CQ Politics:
Freshmen Run Away From Obama
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Eye
 Earlier Items: 
Stephen Rodrick / New York Magazine:
Tea-Vee Time  —  John Stossel, Libertarian newsman, is often anxious.
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Haaretz:
Syria: Obama has failed in peace efforts and lost influence in Mideast
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Jawa Report
Erick Erickson / RedState:
This Stuff Is Not Supposed to Happen in America
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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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