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Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Are Engaged! — Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reveal exclusively in the new Us Weekly that they are getting married. — And, they tell Us Weekly, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been kept in the dark about their plans ... until now.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN AN ENTIRE POLITICAL PARTY MOVES TO BIZARRO WORLD.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) probably didn't realize the impact his remarks would have. The right-wing Arizonan was asked on Fox News how his party would pay for $678 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, which Republicans are currently demanding.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
It's Unanimous! GOP Says No To Unemployment Benefits, Yes To Tax Cuts For The Rich — For weeks, Senate Republicans have filibustered an extension of unemployment benefits on the grounds that Democrats aren't willing to cut spending or raise taxes to pay for them.
Associated Press:
Iowa billboard compares Obama to Hitler; draws criticism — (AP) —A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is being condemned by other tea party activists. — The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the sign in Mason City last week.
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Tunku Varadarajan / The Daily Beast:
The Tea Party Isn't Racist — At this week's NAACP annual meeting, members voted to censure the Tea Party as “racist.” But it's the NAACP that's the throwback, argues Tunku Varadarajan. — NAACP: Can we all agree that it stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Cynical Politics?
Cheryl Corley / NPR:
NAACP, Tea Party Volley Over Racism Claims … The NAACP has approved a resolution condemning what it calls “racist elements” within the Tea Party. The vote has sparked a war of words between the two groups, and NAACP leaders hope the move will help fire up its membership with midterm elections approaching.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
NAACP Passes Tea Party Racism Resolution
NAACP Passes Tea Party Racism Resolution
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist — In an interview earlier today with the South African Broadcasting Corporation to air in a few hours, President Obama disparaged al Qaeda and affiliated groups' willingness to kill Africans in a manner that White House aides say was an argument that the terrorist groups are racist.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New White House talking point: Al Qaeda is racist
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Support for Arizona Immigration Law Hits 57 Percent — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Public support for Arizona's controversial new immigration law has increased slightly, a new CBS News poll shows …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Americans Say Bad Economy Will Linger
Poll: Americans Say Bad Economy Will Linger
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Jack M. / Ace of Spades HQ:
Megyn Kelly-Kirsten Powers Cat Fight! UPDATE: Video Added — The 10 Minutes fight between Megyn Kelly and Kirsten Powers on FNC may be the greatest ten minutes of television, ever. — I mean it. — Somebody please send me this clip. Not only did Kelly reveal Powers …
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The Politico:
Pelosi vents about Gibbs — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Tuesday night, even as the president's top spokesman continued to backpedal from his assertion that Democrats could lose control of the House in the November election.
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Bill Press Blames ‘Spoiled Americans’ For Obama's Poll Collapse — IT'S YOUR FAULT — Lefty Meltdown Over WaPo Poll, Libtalker Lashes Out — Are you ready to accept your share of the blame for Obama's collapsing poll numbers? If only “spoiled Americans” …
Lee C. Bollinger / Wall Street Journal:
Journalism Needs Government Help — Media budgets have been decimated as the Internet facilitates a communications revolution. More public funding for news-gathering is the answer. — We have entered a momentous period in the history of the American press.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Cops could face death in post-Katrina shootings — NEW ORLEANS — Four New Orleans police officers could face the death penalty after being accused of gunning down two unarmed people in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the latest twist for a corruption-plagued department that already faces several federal investigations.
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Reuters:
Time for Obama to make sacrifices — Later this week, the White House budget office is due to produce its midyear report on the nation's fiscal health. — If history is any guide, the administration will try to paint a rosy picture, but the truth is already obvious: Washington under President Barack Obama …
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Expletives Policy Ruled Unconstitutional — A federal appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission policy on indecency Tuesday, saying that regulations barring the use of “fleeting expletives” on radio and television violated the First Amendment because they were vague and could inhibit free speech.
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Armstrong Williams / Pundits Blog:
Kagan vote delayed — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky questioned Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on a series of notes she had written while serving as a political adviser in the Clinton administration. — On one page, Kagan scribbled that a proposed ban on soft-money donations would “affects Repubs, not Dems!”
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New York Times:
Commander in Iraq Warns of Attacks on U.S. Bases — BAGHDAD — Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of United States forces in Iraq, said Tuesday that Iranian-backed Shiite militias might increase attacks on American military bases this summer as thousands of American soldiers begin leaving Iraq.
Quinnipiac University:
Sestak Catches Toomey To Tie Pennsylvania Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More Voters Say Obama Doesn't Deserve Second Term — Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey are locked in a 43 - 43 percent tie in their race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania …