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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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Yahoo! News:
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 …
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Townhall.com, New York Times, JustOneMinute, Big Hollywood, Houston Chronicle and Moe Lane
National Post:
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 …
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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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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Sally McGrane / New York Times:
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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Fox News:
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
The Right Scoop:
Gov. Jan Brewer sends a message to Obama — Obama said he would call and never did. Gov. Brewer says this is what she got instead of the phone call: — This is really getting old. Obama says he'll do his job, lies about it, and then we are left with a job undone while the American people …
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Election clock ticks for campaign finance bill written for midterms — Despite a hard-fought victory in the House, supporters of the Democratic campaign finance bill are now confronting a more dispiriting reality: the dwindling chances the legislation will affect the fall elections.
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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.
Karl / Hot Air:
The overlooked story from the Weigel kerfuffle — WaPo blogger Dave Weigel resigned today, after a slew of his anti-conservative comments and emails from the newly-defunct JournoList were leaked to FishbowlDC and the Daily Caller. However, by focusing on his invective and profanity …
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Riehl World View, The Daily Caller, The Greenroom, Pajamas Media, Macleans.ca and Comments from Left Field
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