Top Items:
Rep. Bob Etheridge / Etheridge:
Etheridge Statement on Viral Video — Washington, DC, Jun 14 - U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) released the following statement on the viral video which appeared on the internet today: — “I have seen the video posted on several blogs. I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved.
RELATED:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Dems defend Etheridge, attack Breitbart — Bob Etheridge's abject apology for roughing up an anonymous conservative videographer is being accompanied by a defense of the congressman from national Democrats. — “Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this,” said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse just now.
Discussion:
TPMDC, CBS News, Big Government, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Right Now, Hot Air, Big Journalism, Gateway Pundit, CNN, Moonbattery and The Daily Caller
Reliable Source:
Rep. Bob Etheridge gets vicious in viral video — but who filmed it and why? — So, what really happened when Rep. Bob Etheridge ran into a couple of self-described “students” on the streets of D.C. last week? The video confrontation between the obscure seven-term North Carolina Dem …
Mike Flynn / Big Government:
Long Hot Summer Begins: Congressman Attacks Student — Maybe it is my Catholic upbringing, but I've always been cursed with a bit too much empathy. It is often difficult to witness people bearing the full weight of the consequences of their decisions, even when it is richly deserved.
Discussion:
Freedom's Lighthouse, Big Journalism, The Hill, Gates of Vienna, D.C. Now, Left Coast Rebel, Right Now, WTVD-TV, YID With LID, Stop The ACLU, Hit & Run, FishbowlDC, Hot Air, The Swamp, Michelle Malkin, Little Green Footballs, AmSpecBlog, Ben Smith's Blog, RedState, Breitbart.tv, 24Ahead, msnbc.com, Pajamas Media, Gawker, Mother Jones, The Blast, Questions and Observations, Raw Story, Cassy Fiano, Washington Wire, Power Line, Outside the Beltway, Glenn Thrush's Blog, Weasel Zippers, Instapundit, theblogprof, Pirate's Cove, CNN, Riehl World View, Sister Toldjah, five feet of fury., Wake up America, Politics Daily, Fausta's Blog, The Moderate Voice, The Other McCain, Gateway Pundit, JammieWearingFool, Neptunus Lex, American Power, Beltway Confidential, Cold Fury and Pundit & Pundette
David Weigel / Right Now:
Who TMZ'd Rep. Bob Etheridge?
Who TMZ'd Rep. Bob Etheridge?
Discussion:
Raleigh News & Observer, The Fix, Big Government, The Daily Dish, AmSpecBlog, The Impolitic, The Daily Caller, FishbowlDC, Hot Air, Vanity Fair, Swampland, Althouse, Wonkette, Patterico's Pontifications, JammieWearingFool, Moe Lane, The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, The Political Carnival, Ben Smith's Blog and Riehl World View
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Congressman Loses Cool To Students With A Flip Cam, But Comes Out The Hero?
Congressman Loses Cool To Students With A Flip Cam, But Comes Out The Hero?
Discussion:
Big Government, Moonbattery, Big Journalism, Ben Smith's Blog, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Daily Caller and Gawker
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Exclusive To Right Wing News: Bob Etheridge's Opponent, Renee …
Exclusive To Right Wing News: Bob Etheridge's Opponent, Renee …
Discussion:
PostPartisan, Hot Air, The Right Scoop, Mediaite, American Power, RedState, Sister Toldjah, Breitbart.tv, Confederate Yankee and Cassy Fiano
Political Correction RSS:
Steve King: Obama Favors The “Black Person” By Default — 1 hour and 40 minutes ago — Walid Zafar — Rep. Steve King (R-IA) appeared on the G. Gordon Liddy Show this morning to discuss Arizona's controversial immigration law and accused Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama …
RELATED:
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Because There Are No Racists... From Iowa congressman Steve King:
Because There Are No Racists... From Iowa congressman Steve King:
Discussion:
Balloon Juice
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: South Carolina Governor — South Carolina Governor: Haley (R) 55% Sheheen (D) 34% — State Representative Nikki Haley is running stronger than her Republican Primary runoff opponent in the general election for South Carolina's first open gubernatorial race since 1994.
Discussion:
Hot Air, FITSNews, Politics Daily, Real Clear Politics, Conservatives4Palin.com and Moe Lane
RELATED:
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Dems tout breakthrough on bill — House Democrats have reached an agreement with the National Rifle Association on campaign-finance legislation that would roll back the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, removing a major obstacle on the bill, according to House sources.
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog, Mother Jones, Sunlight Foundation, Swampland, DISSENTING JUSTICE and The Washington Independent
RELATED:
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Yet Again the NRA Sells Out Freedom to the Democrats … There are few organizations purportedly on the side of freedom that aggravate me more than the National Rifle Association. — In fact, these days I cringe when I see good conservatives with their lifetime member sticker from the NRA on the back of their cars.
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Meg Whitman Was Accused of Shoving eBay Employee — SAN FRANCISCO — During her 10 years as chief executive of eBay, Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor of California, was known as a demanding leader who did not hesitate to express displeasure with employees who failed to live up to her standards.
blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
I admit it: I was wrong to have supported Barack Obama — In three and a half years of blogging, this has been my single most unpopular post. There's little point, I know, in reminding readers that my support for Barack Obama was qualified; that I simultaneously endorsed GOP Congressional candidates …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Cameras role on ‘Atlas’ — Production ends 30-year trek to bring pic to screen — The long-brewing feature version of author Ayn Rand's “Atlas Shrugged” has begun shooting in Los Angeles as a $5 million indie produced by John Aglialoro and Harmon Kaslow.
Jason R. Latham / Las Vegas News …:
Hosts Mangle Angle's ‘FOX & Friends’ Debut — Inaccuracies Tar GOP Nominee's National Debut — LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid may not need to spend millions of dollars to marginalize his opponent in the U.S. Senate race. — He can just let “FOX & Friends” handle it.
RELATED:
Dave Zirin / NPR:
The Nation: Why the Far Right Hates Soccer — Every World Cup, it arrives like clockwork. As sure as the ultimate soccer spectacle brings guaranteed adrenaline and agony to fans across the United States, it also drives the right-wing noise machine utterly insane.
David Muir / ABCNEWS:
Jindal Orders Barrier Wall Off Gulf Shore — Louisiana Gov. Takes Matters Into Own Hands, But Will BP Foot the Bill? — Eight weeks into the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of the Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there's no time left to wait for BP …
CNN:
Armed pair held at Central Command base — MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (CNN) — A heavily armed man and woman were in custody Monday after trying to enter the Air Force base that houses the headquarters for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan without authorization, an Air Force spokeswoman said.
Arthur Herman / New York Post:
The new threat to America: NATO — It's not just the euro (and with it the European Union) that's in danger of sinking out of sight. So, too, is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Unless the United States takes a long, hard look at its connections with this Cold War relic, we may find ourselves caught in the undertow.
RELATED:
Bret Stephens / Commentary:
Iran Cannot Be Contained
Glenn D. Rudebusch / FRBSF:
The Fed's Exit Strategy for Monetary Policy … To many observers, the Federal Reserve's extraordinary policy actions during the recent crisis averted a financial Armageddon and curtailed the depth and duration of the recession (Rudebusch 2009). To combat panic and dislocation in financial markets …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Will Take to Oval Office With a Familiar Theme — WASHINGTON — The venue says it all. By choosing to speak to the nation on Tuesday night for the first time from the Oval Office, where his predecessors have spoken of wars and disasters, President Obama is conveying the gravity of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Neil Sears / Daily Mail:
Parents of twins mauled by fox gets police guard after web attacks by animal rights activists — The family whose babies were savaged by a fox in their cots are being given police protection over fears of an attack by animal rights activists. — Nine-month-old twins Lola and Isabella Koupparis …
Michelle Malkin:
TN Dem attacks female Republicans: “You have to lift their skirts to find out if they are women.” — When liberals can't handle GOP women, they infantilize, sexualize, demonize, and dehumanize them. I diagnosed the Four Stages of Conservative Female Abuse a few years ago. Here's how I described the 4th Stage:
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Bush's daughter Barbara ‘glad’ ObamaCare passed: Health care ‘should be a right for everyone.’ — Yesterday, President Bush's 28-year old daughter Barbara was named Fox News Sunday's “Power Player of the Week” for her work as co-founder of Global Health Corps, a group of young professionals promoting global health equality.
Discussion:
Marbury, Wonkette, CNN, The Impolitic, The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and Mediaite
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
German government close to collapse — • German coalition faces trouble on several fronts — • Election of new president could prove to be catalyst — German chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition government looked to be close to collapse today …
Discussion:
Pajamas Media
The Politico:
Amos slated to lead Marine Corps — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended that Gen. James Amos will be the next commandant of the Marine Corps, POLITICO has learned. Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford has been recommended to be assistant commandant. — President Obama has not yet nominated …
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Mineral Wealth Estimate Excites Afghan Officials — KABUL, Afghanistan — Government officials sounded headily optimistic Monday as they fielded questions from local and international reporters about a new report on the extent of Afghanistan's mineral wealth that suggests considerable potential …
RELATED:
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
The Mineral Miracle? Or a Massive Information Operation?
The Mineral Miracle? Or a Massive Information Operation?
Discussion:
Telegraph, Informed Comment, American Power, Raw Story, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Firedoglake, The Lede, Laura Rozen's Blog, NPR, Pundita, Mother Jones, Democracy in America, Vanity Fair, The Reality-Based Community, TPMMuckraker, New Atlanticist, Left Coast Rebel, Ross Douthat, Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice