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2:55 PM ET, June 4, 2010

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Washington Post:
Those troublesome Jews  —  The world is outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza.  Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc.  The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in.  The Obama administration dithers.  —  But as Leslie Gelb, former president of the Council …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Israel Derangement Syndrome  —  To read Charles Krauthammer today is to enter a twilight zone of an alternate reality.  A country permanently occupying and colonizing a neighboring region, and treating its original inhabitants as dangerous interlopers, is the victim.
Discussion: Mondoweiss
Foreign Policy:
If Egypt were to accept Gaza refugees...  If Egypt were to accept Gaza refugees, how would that work out for both in short and medium time frames?  Suppose the US were to favor an open pipeline into Gaza; can Egypt do that, given Israeli ability to cordon the S. Gaza border closed again.
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon and Ezra Klein
Eric Posner / Wall Street Journal:
The Gaza Blockade and International Law
Discussion: Opinio Juris and Weekly Standard
Charles Krauthammer / Seattle Times:
Israel refuses to commit suicide
Free Times:
THIS JUST IN  —  With a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face outside a Columbia bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters.
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
SC senator: We've 'got one raghead in the White House, we don't need a raghead in the governor's mansion.'  —  Today, the Christian Broadcasting Network published a story about Nikki Haley, the frontrunner to become South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial nominee, saying that she …
The State:
Knotts uses slur to describe Haley, Obama  —  State Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, used the word, “raghead” to describe Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Nikki Haley, also of Lexington County, and President Barack Obama during an online political talk show Thursday evening.
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Alleged Sex Scandals Tangle S.C. Primary Race
Discussion: The Politico, Mediaite and The State
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
U.S. Added 431,000 Jobs in May, Mostly From Census  —  Employers added 431,000 nonfarm jobs nationwide in May, the biggest increase in a single month in a decade, the Labor Department said Friday.  But the bulk of the growth was in government jobs, driven by hiring for the Census, and private-sector job growth was weak.
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Robert Reich / The Huffington Post:
Why We're Falling Into a Double-Dip Recession  —  We're falling into a double-dip recession.  —  The Labor Department reports this morning that the private sector added a measly 41,000 net new jobs in May.  But at least 100,000 new jobs are needed every month just to keep up with population growth.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Moonbattery
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
We had no choice, commando who killed 6 tells ‘Post’  —  “They were coming at us with murder in their eyes,” says S., describing the “battlefield” aboard the ‘Mavi Marmara’; He hit the deck to see three officers lying wounded.  —  Talkbacks (18)  —  Make JPOST.COM your Home Page  —  Iranian Threat
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New York Times:
Cap Is Collecting Oil, but Result of Effort Is Still Unclear  —  NEW ORLEANS -The cap that has been placed over the leaking oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico has begun to collect some of the oil, officials said Friday, but it was not yet clear whether the latest attempt to contain the spill would succeed.
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Connie Hair / Human Events:
Boehner to Bashing Beatle: Apologize!  —  Sir Paul McCartney's cheap shot aimed at former President George W. Bush at a White House event on Wednesday has prompted House Minority Leader John Boehner to demand an apology from the Beatle.  —  McCartney literally gushed over President Obama throughout his East Room concert.
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Kagan's Liberal Opinion on Social Issues  —  Elena Kagan has kept her cards so close to the vest that in the days after President Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, some on the left worried she was too moderate to replace liberal Justice John Paul Stevens.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Support for Confirming Kagan Trails That of Recent Nominees
Discussion: Washington Wire
Sammy Benoit / YID With LID:
Helen Thomas Says Jews Should Get the Hell Out of Palestine and Back To Germany-MUST SEE VIDEO  —  Helen Thomas is as fair and open minded as she is good looking.  The most Senior of White-House Correspondents has given up being a real reporter and instead spends her time spewing venom toward America's war …
Discussion: Solomonia
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Far Left Media Darling Helen Thomas Tells Jews: “Get the Hell …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Moonbattery
Washington Post:
U.S. ‘secret war’ expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role  —  Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups …
Tony Hayward / Wall Street Journal:
What BP Is Doing About the Gulf Gusher  —  The ultimate solution is to drill a relief well.  In the meantime we believe we can substantially reduce the flow of oil.  —  Last week, I attended the memorial service for the 11 men who died aboard the Transocean Deepwater Horizon on April 20.
The Huffington Post:
Bush's Glib Waterboarding Admission Sparks Outrage  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  George W. Bush's casual acknowledgment Wednesday that he had Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waterboarded — and would do it again — has horrified some former military and intelligence officials who argue …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Why Sarah Palin Endorsed Terry Branstad in Iowa  —  There's a simple answer to the question, I think.  He's going to be the next governor of Iowa, assuming that there are no stunning surprises next week and Chet Culver, the Democrat, doesn't mount a miraculous election year comeback.
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Top of the ballot: Sue Lowden will be working this weekend
David Brooks / New York Times:
Race to Sanity  —  Sometimes it seems as if we're doomed to fight a new culture war between orthodox liberals who have lavish faith in the power of government and orthodox conservatives who have almost no faith at all.  —  But occasionally a politician comes along with a more measured vision of a limited but energetic government.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Cars Are Expensive, Poor People Need Transit  —  Mike DeBonis has an excellent article about Vincent Gray's streetcar flipflop and the blog-led activist backlash against him.  But I do want to object to the characterization of people with a stake in seeing improved mass transit as “well-off …
Discussion: Washington Post
Investor's Business Daily:
Bloody-Minded Union  —  Big Labor: Is there any low to which the SEIU won't stoop?  Now it's interrupting blood donations in a strike against the American Red Cross.  The Boy Scouts and Baptist churches are also on unions' enemies list.  —  Demanding higher wages and better benefits …
Discussion: Moonbattery and Confederate Yankee
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
ABC's Davis to SEIU  —  Another jump from the media to politics: ABC News's deputy political director, Teddy Davis, emails that he's leaving the network to join SEIU's already-muscular communications and politics operation.  —  He'll be Assistant Director of Communications at the giant union …
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
CHRISTIAN LOVE: Family Research Council Lobbied Congress Against Resolution Denouncing Uganda's Kill Gays Bill  —  It's time for the Southern Poverty Law Center to reclassify the Family Research Council as an official hate group, not merely anti-gay as they are now listed.
Jose Martinez / NY Daily News:
Debrahlee Lorenzana sues Citigroup, claims bank fired her for being too sexy  —  Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, of Queens, is suing her ex-employer, Citigroup, for sexual harassment, alleging she was fired because she wore clothes that were ‘too distracting.’  —  A Latina lovely says her bosses …
Bloomberg:
Hungary in ‘Grave’ State, Official Says; Forint Falls  —  Hungary's economy is in a “very grave situation,” a government official said, adding to concern about Europe's sovereign debt crisis, hurting U.S. stock futures and sending to forint to a 12-month low.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Report says Burma is taking steps toward nuclear weapons program  —  Burma has begun secretly acquiring key components for a nuclear weapons program, including specialized equipment used to make uranium metal for nuclear bombs, according to a report that cites documents and photos …
Discussion: Commentary and The Page
 
 
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Turkish PM describes Hamas as fighting for own lands
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Ezra Klein:
More on the job numbers  —  Last week, pressure from deficit …
The Huffington Post:
Dave Reichert Flip-Flops on Republican Health Care Repeal Effort
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Oklahoma City woman's art featuring weapon-toting Virgin Mary …
New York Post:
Rick Lazio upstaged by Jeb Bush, Carl Paladino
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Eamon Javers / The Politico:
Job growth disappoints
Christina Romer / White House.gov Blog Feed:
The Employment Situation in May  —  Today's employment situation …
Alex Pepper / ABCNEWS:
California Considers ‘Top Two’ Primary System
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann is cool to mainstream media, and an increasingly hot property
Discussion: five feet of fury. and Romenesko
ABCNEWS:
Laura Bush: Obama Doing All He Can on Spill
Discussion: PostPartisan and New York Magazine
Joe Lauria / Wall Street Journal:
Turkish Imam Criticizes Flotilla
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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