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Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Wire:
G-20: Obama Gives Press the Slip — Holed up with seven other global leaders in the woods of Muskoka, Canada, President Barack Obama gave the White House press corps the slip last night. — The president is attending the G-8 and G-20 summits with his global counterparts this weekend.
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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
Kyl Puts Border Remarks in New Context — It seems that Senator Jon Kyl is not standing by his words after all. — Days ago a spokesman insisted that Mr. Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, “stands by his remarks” - made to a Phoenix Tea Party group and captured on a YouTube video …
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Statement Regarding Comments Overheard On FOX40.com Stream Following Sarah Palin Speech — SACRAMENTO - Thousands of people from California and around the world tuned in to FOX40.com to listen to a speech prepared by Sarah Palin Friday evening from the campus of California State University, Stanislaus.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
What Is Hidden and What Is Revealed — Something that pops up every time old/new media tensions emerge is the view—which I find, frankly, bizarre—common in the newspaper world that pretending to not have opinions makes your work better. One underlying presumption here is the odd notion …
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Grasping Reality …
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G8: Obama interested in Huntsville's golf courses: Clement — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (top, R), Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (top, L), U.S. President Barack Obama (bottom, R), and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pose for a group picture after a working session …
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Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP — It was treated as an oddball twist in the otherwise wrenching saga of the BP oil spill when Kevin Costner stepped forward to promote a device he said could work wonders in containing the spill's damage. But as Henry Fountain explains …
Howie Klein / Crooks and Liars:
Blue America Welcomes Tarryl Clark in Her Race Against Michele Bachmann — Hard to say who the worst member of Congress is. But there are few short lists that would exclude narrow-minded and extremist Minnesota religious fanatic Michele Bachmann. However, today isn't about Bachmann.
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The Huffington Post
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Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected — REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A “drug-free Parliament by 2020.” Iceland's Best Party, founded in December by a comedian, Jon Gnarr, to satirize his country's political system, ran a campaign that was one big joke.
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Outside the Beltway
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Widow of Houston Officer Killed by Illegal Immigrant ‘Shocked’ at ICE Appointment — Shown here are Rodney Johnson, right, a Houston police officer killed in 2006, and his widow Joslyn Johnson. (MyFoxHouston) — The widow of a Houston police officer killed by an illegal immigrant was …
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Scared Monkeys
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Closing Guantánamo Fades as a Priority — WASHINGTON — Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends in 2013.
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The Huffington Post:
Nancy Pelosi: Without Jobs Bill ‘We Could Slip Back And Have Another Recession’ — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that if Congress fails to reauthorize extended unemployment benefits and other domestic aid programs, the economy could head for a double-dip recession.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner to press bill to enforce Obama's order on abortion funding — House Minority Leader John Boehner intends to press Democratic leaders to vote on a bill to ban federal funding of abortions. — The Ohio Republican told anti-abortion activists gathered at the 40th annual National Right …
Andy Alexander / Ombudsman Blog:
Blogger loses job; Post loses standing among conservatives — Post blogger Dave Weigel, who wrote about the conservative movement, resigned amid controversy today following disclosure of disparaging e-mails he'd written about some of the very people he was hired to cover.
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