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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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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 …
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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.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
S.C. Republicans condemn ‘raghead’ comment — South Carolina Republicans were quick Thursday evening to condemn the remarks of a prominent Republican State Senator, Jake Knotts, who referred to a gubernatorial candidate as a “raghead” on an online political show today.
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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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Israel Navy: 3 commandos nearly taken hostage in Gaza flotilla raid — According to preliminary navy investigation, some passengers on the Mavi Marmara boat dragged three unconscious commandos into one of the passenger halls below deck. — During Israel's takeover of a Turkish ship …
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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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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
Support for Confirming Kagan Trails That of Recent Nominees
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
In Supreme Court Work, Early Views of Kagan
In Supreme Court Work, Early Views of Kagan
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Bloomberg:
Obama Heads to Gulf as Spill ‘Furor’ Shifts Toward White House — President Barack Obama showed he knew a thing or two about oil tar balls when he arrived last week on Fourchon Beach in Louisiana. — “Either the boom soaks stuff up, or manually you can pick up these tar balls as they're coming ashore,” he told a group of reporters.
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New York Times:
Preoccupied by Oil Spill, White House Delays Pacific Trip — 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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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Top of the ballot: Sue Lowden will be working this weekend — New polls show a top Nevada Republican trailing in her party's Senate primary, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) closes with Bill Clinton ahead of Tuesday's runoff and Sarah Palin endorses former Gov. Terry Branstad (R) via — what else?
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Why Sarah Palin Endorsed Terry Branstad in Iowa
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 …
David Catanese / The Politico:
Jobs flap seeps across Senate map — Blowback from White House attempts to dangle administration jobs in front of insurgent Democratic challengers is now threatening to burn candidates in some of the most competitive Senate contests in the nation, expanding the scope of damage well beyond the two states where the furor originated.
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Amateur blogosphere, RIP … Only five years ago, the progressive political blogosphere was still predominately a gathering place for amateur (that is, unpaid or barely paid) journalists and activists unattached to existing media companies and advocacy organizations. Those days are almost completely over.
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 …
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 …
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.
Boston Globe:
Caught in the oil — A short entry - AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana's East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.
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Ezra Klein:
More on the job numbers — Last week, pressure from deficit hawks forced the House of Representatives to cut the size of their jobs bill in half. As David Leonhardt wrote, “the case against the jobs bill starts with the idea that the economy is recovering.”
The Huffington Post:
Dave Reichert Flip-Flops on Republican Health Care Repeal Effort — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — When he's in Washington, D.C., Dave Reichert wants to repeal health care reform. Back in Washington state, the Republican Congressman says that calls for repeal are mere political posturing.