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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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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.
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.
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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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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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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.
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
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
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:
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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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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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 …
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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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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.
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.
Jimmy Orr / Top of the Ticket:
Rand Paul can't play “Tom Sawyer” on the campaign trail? Rush says no! — Who doesn't like the rock band Rush? — Well, judging from the attendees of their concerts — women. But that's beside the point. — Rand Paul, the Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky, is a big fan.
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.”
Carla Hinton / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma City woman's art featuring weapon-toting Virgin Mary gaining national spotlight — An Oklahoma City woman's art of a gun-toting Virgin Mary is gaining national attention for combining a beloved religious icon with weaponry. — Marilyn Artus' exhibit “Our Lady of the Anti-Personnel Weapon …
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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