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Dana Loesch / thedanashow.wordpress.com:
The Playboy Article on the Tea Party — I can't wait to tell my Baptist mother that her daughter is in Playboy. — This month's issue of Playboy features an interesting article on the tea party movement and in particular, focuses on a particular group of activists, myself included.
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Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, Aaron Gardner's …, Founding Bloggers, New York Magazine and Moe Lane
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David Weigel / Right Now:
Tea partyers push back against ‘The Rise of the New Right’ with boycott — Tea party groups are reacting strongly and negatively to MSNBC's documentary “The Rise of the New Right,” hosted by Chris Matthews. Yesterday, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey expressed personal disgust with Matthews …
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The Political Carnival
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Chris Matthews: ‘Rise Of The New Right’ Special Will ‘Scare The Heck Out’ Of Liberals (VIDEO) — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — MSNBC host Chris Matthews says he is sure his new special, “Rise of the New Right” — which airs tonight at 7PM — will stir people up, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum.
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
Chris Matthews' Documentary ‘Rise of the New Right’: A Curveball From the Left
CNN:
Language guru: Obama speech too ‘professorial’ — (CNN) — President Obama's speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday. — Tuesday night's speech from the Oval Office of the White House …
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Townhall.com, alicublog, Open Left, Weasel Zippers, New York Magazine, Wizbang and Balloon Juice
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats — ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Here is a fun fact for those in the political polling orthodoxy who liken Scott Rasmussen to a conjurer of Republican-friendly numbers: He works above a paranormal bookstore crowded with Ouija boards and psychics on the Jersey Shore.
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The Eye
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Arkansas Senate — Arkansas Senate: Boozman (R) 61%, Lincoln (D) 32% — Republican John Boozman now holds a near two-to-one lead over Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas' U.S. Senate race, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.
David Gardner / Daily Mail:
Bullied into a £13bn cave-in: Obama forces BP to set up huge compensation fund for U.S. oil spill victims - and British pensioners will pick up the bill — The crisis engulfing BP plumbed new depths last night as President Obama bullied the company into depositing £13.5billion …
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New York Times:
Israel to Ease Gaza Land Blockade — JERUSALEM — Weeks after its commandos killed nine people aboard an aid flotilla trying to breach its blockade of Gaza, Israel on Thursday announced what it called a liberalization of the three-year-old restrictions, promising to ease the importation …
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Janine Zacharia / Washington Post:
Israel announces easing of Gaza Strip blockade
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Townhall.com
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
In Illinois Race, a Teaching Career Is Questioned — WASHINGTON — Representative Mark S. Kirk of Illinois, a Republican candidate for the United States Senate, has often reminisced about his time as a teacher. — On the floor of the House, in campaign commercials and during interviews …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New RNC ad: How many rounds did you golf while the oil was leaking, champ? — A snappy montage illustrating Obama's “bloodless quality” and “emotional detachment” from the spill, as rabidly right-wing NYT columnist Maureen Dowd put it this morning. Sad to say, I don't think this meme's …
CNBC:
More Than 90 Banks Miss TARP Payments — More than 90 U.S. banks and thrifts missed making a May 17 payment to the U.S. government under its main bank bailout program, signaling a rising number of lenders are struggling to meet their obligations. — The statistics, compiled by SNL Financial …
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
House Democrats set to retire aren't paying their party's dues — House Democratic leaders want a going-away present from the members who are leaving Congress next year — their committee dues. — A dozen retiring House Democrats have racked up almost $2 million in outstanding balances …
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Townhall.com
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Red ink, not oil, is the best focus for Obama — Far be it from me to tell the crew of public relations officials who now occupy those West Wing offices as a reward for running one of the best presidential campaigns anyone has ever seen, but . . . If there is any value in President Obama's knocking himself …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Boring Speech Policy — On Monday night in Ohio, a 62-foot-tall statue of Jesus got hit by lightning and burned to the ground. (The adult bookstore across the street was unscathed.) Less than 12 hours later, Gen. David Petraeus — who is not God, although certain members of Congress …
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Prairie Weather
Washington Post:
Congress members overseeing firms involved in gulf spill held oil, gas stock — Nearly 30 members of the congressional committees overseeing oil and gas companies held personal assets in the industry totaling $9 million to $14.5 million late last year. That included at least $400,000 …
Ezra Klein:
Unemployment may be at 9.7%, but the Senate is moving on — Or, at the least, they care about the deficit more. By a vote of 52 to 45, the Senate rejected a jobs package that would've extended unemployment insurance, offered some tax breaks to individuals and businesses, kept doctors in the Medicare program and more.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
BRIAN TAMANAHA: Wake Up, Fellow Law Professors, to the Casualties of Our Enterprise. … Just casualties of the recession? Or more signs of a bursting bubble? The only positive angle I can contribute is this: With a college degree now functioning, essentially, the way a high-school diploma used to …
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Outside the Beltway, Joanne Jacobs, Above the Law, Vox Popoli, EconLog and The Volokh Conspiracy
BBC:
Bizarre getaway as student hurls puppy at German biker gang — A German student “mooned” a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.
Robert Skidelsky / Financial Times:
Once again we must ask: ‘Who governs?’ — In 1974, Edward Heath asked: “Who governs - government or trade unions?” Five years later British voters delivered a final verdict by electing Margaret Thatcher. The equivalent today would be: “Who governs - government or financial markets?”
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
GAO still encounters delays in access to federal agencies — Numerous government agencies are denying the investigative arm of Congress access to information, despite repeated attempts by officials and lawmakers to remedy the situation, according to a letter sent this week and obtained by The Hill.
BBC:
‘Terror cameras’ to be covered up — Bags are to be put over scores of surveillance cameras in parts of Birmingham with large Muslim populations, after local objections. — Safer Birmingham Partnerships (SBP) said 218 cameras had been installed, mainly in the Washwood Heath and Sparkbrook districts.
Associated Press:
AP-GfK poll shows gains for health care overhaul — WASHINGTON (AP) — The patient is alive and kicking. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds public support for President Barack Obama's new health care law has risen to its highest point. — The nation remains divided …
John Schwartz / New York Times:
With Criminal Charges for Oil Spill, Costs to BP Could Soar — As BP watches its bill rise quickly for the oil spill, including $20 billion it is setting aside for claims, it could find the tally growing much faster in coming months if the United States Department of Justice files criminal charges against the company.
David Rogers / The Politico:
Jobs bill trimmed by billions — Closing in on 60 votes, Senate Democrats trimmed billions more from their once ambitious jobs and economic relief bill Wednesday in hopes of winning over swing Republicans and breaking the stalemate this week. — The spending reductions …
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