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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's War — The secret behind the bin Laden takedown is the president's new conception of terrorism. — Ever so gingerly, even as they praised President Obama's success against Osama bin Laden, some former senior Bush administration officials have sought to take a little credit for the mission themselves.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum: Obama 'Didn't Get Osama Bin Laden!' — Since President Obama's surprise announcement Sunday night that American forces had killed Osama bin Laden, conservatives and Bush loyalists have been trying to claim some of the glory and redeem the discredited torture policies of the Bush administration.
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Pam's House Blend, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Cato @ Liberty
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
P.S. Turns out now, those photos of Obama giving his ‘I caught Bin Laden’ speech were faked — Could the Obama White House communications folks have found anything else to step in over the presentation this week of their boss and the dramatic recounting and re-recounting of the execution …
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Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mudville Gazette
New York Times:
Probing Link to Bin Laden, U.S. Tells Pakistan to Name Agents — WASHINGTON — Pakistani officials say the Obama administration has demanded the identities of some of their top intelligence operatives as the United States tries to determine whether any of them had contact with Osama bin Laden …
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The Jawa Report
Daily Mail:
On this day of all days! Hundreds of militant Muslims stage mock funeral for Bin Laden outside U.S. embassy in London... as relatives of 7/7 terror attack victims weep at inquest just three miles away — A protest by hundreds of Osama Bin Laden supporters sparked fury outside the US Embassy …
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Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post:
Torture May Have Slowed Hunt For Bin Laden, Not Hastened It … Torture apologists are reaching precisely the wrong conclusion from the back-story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, say experienced interrogators and intelligence professionals. — Defenders of the Bush administration's interrogation policies …
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PERRspectives, Hullabaloo and FrumForum
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
John Yoo: Obama Afraid To Capture Bin Laden (VIDEO)
John Yoo: Obama Afraid To Capture Bin Laden (VIDEO)
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CNN, Balloon Juice, Salon, UNCOVERAGE.net, Washington Monthly, Swampland and Outside the Beltway
Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Evidence at bin Laden's home raises nuclear concerns
Evidence at bin Laden's home raises nuclear concerns
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1 The Long War Journal, ABCNEWS, Wall Street Journal, Pajamas Media, Hot Air and Associated Press
Matt Hadro / NewsBusters.org:
Michael Moore: You ‘Hate Being an American’ If You Wanted Bin Laden Killed Without a Trial
Michael Moore: You ‘Hate Being an American’ If You Wanted Bin Laden Killed Without a Trial
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Examiner and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama to special ops team that killed bin Laden: ‘Job well done’
Obama to special ops team that killed bin Laden: ‘Job well done’
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Fox Nation and The Politico
Daily Mail:
This just in from London-istan: Violent clashes outside U.S. Embassy after hundreds of UK Muslims …
This just in from London-istan: Violent clashes outside U.S. Embassy after hundreds of UK Muslims …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Jawa Report
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
The Waterboarding Trail to bin Laden
The Waterboarding Trail to bin Laden
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Emptywheel, Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Dish, National Review and neo-neocon
CNN:
Santorum: Obama doesn't understand America — Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had a ballroom packed with South Carolina Republican insiders all to himself on Friday night when he addressed the state party's annual fundraising banquet in Columbia.
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Outside the Beltway and Ben Smith's Blog
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Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Graham to absentees: Come next time — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday warned the Republicans who didn't show up this week for the state's first presidential primary debate, telling them “you sure as hell better come next time.” — And he jokingly warned a gathering …
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Weasel Zippers and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Inside the GOP debate: Pawlenty underwhelms, Cain struggles, Santorum scores
Inside the GOP debate: Pawlenty underwhelms, Cain struggles, Santorum scores
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Huntsman's service in administration gets pass from some GOPers
Huntsman's service in administration gets pass from some GOPers
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, Ben Smith's Blog, RedState, Fox News, msnbc.com, Bloomberg and The Note
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
SEIU drops mask, goes full commie — A May Day rally in Los Angeles, co-sponsored by the SEIU and various communist groups, as well as other unions, reflected yet another step in the normalization of self-identified communist and socialist ideologies in the Obama era.
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Power Line, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, GayPatriot, Nice Deb, Pirate's Cove and Riehl World View
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Tried but Failed to Kill Yemeni Cleric — A U.S. drone strike in Yemen Thursday was aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric suspected of orchestrating terrorist attacks in the U.S, but the missile missed its target, according to Yemeni and U.S. officials.
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Pat Dollard, msnbc.com, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Pundit Press and Gawker
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
WTF at WTC? Obama Has American Flag Removed From Ground Zero Site Moments Before Photo Shoot! [Updated: or Perhaps Tapper Just Confused All of Us] — ABC's Jake Tapper was on the scene. He disbelievingly tweeted: — Here's his photo of the take-down.
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Gawker, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Salon, Wonkette, Right Wing Nut House, Little Green Footballs, Weasel Zippers, Michelle Malkin and Pirate's Cove
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Oliver Willis / Media Matters for America:
No, President Obama Didn't Have A Flag Removed From Ground Zero
No, President Obama Didn't Have A Flag Removed From Ground Zero
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Runnin' Scared, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Conservative Bloggers Contend That President Obama Hates the American Flag
Conservative Bloggers Contend That President Obama Hates the American Flag
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Balloon Juice
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Motivational Poster for George W. Bush's Library — A motivational poster, sent in from a reader: — In case the font is too small, the words at the bottom are: “VINDICATION: When the loudest critic of your policies achieves his greatest success because of them.”
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The Lonely Conservative, The Gateway Pundit and GayPatriot
Spiegel Online:
Judge Files Complaint against Merkel over Bin Laden Comments — A Hamburg judge has filed a criminal complaint against Chancellor Angela Merkel for “endorsing a crime” after she stated she was “glad” that Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces. Meanwhile a new poll reveals that a majority …
Christian Reiermann / Spiegel Online:
Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone — A protest against austerity measures in Athens. Greece is considering leaving the euro zone, according to sources in the German government. — The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, naked capitalism, Politics, Guardian, Free exchange, Early Warning and Marginal Revolution
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's ‘Gangster Politics’ — The president is about to order companies that do business with the federal government to disclose their political donations. — President Obama has officially kicked off his 2012 re-election campaign, and don't Republicans know it.
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Booman Tribune and Betsy's Page
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Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Republican leaders blast disclosure order as ‘blatant’ assault on free speech
Republican leaders blast disclosure order as ‘blatant’ assault on free speech
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The Politico, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Pawlenty Hopes 'I'm Sorry' Is Enough — It's a question every candidate faces: how to deal with political liabilities. Do you face them head-on and try to get them out of the way, or try to work around them in the hope that voters will lose interest? — Last night, at the first Republican …
JSOnline:
Unions might drop state status — Some would skip facing difficult annual recertification votes — By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — If Gov. Scott Walker's union bargaining measure becomes law and forces do-or-die recertification votes for public employee unions …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Politics of Solipsism — The United States, as you know, was founded as a republic, not simply as a democracy. The distinction has been lost over the past few decades, but it is an important one. — The believers in a democracy have unlimited faith in the character and judgment …
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Balkinization, Paul Krugman, Salon and No More Mister Nice Blog
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Try Not to Think of a Waterboard — Everyone's talking about how we shouldn't talk about “torture.” — (Best of the Tube Tonight: We'll be on “Hannity” as part of the “Great American Panel.” Fox News Channel, 9 p.m. ET, with a repeat showing at midnight ET.)
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RedState, Washington Monthly, NewsBusters.org and Danger Room
Press Association:
Vote 2011: UK rejects alternative vote — The UK has voted overwhelmingly to reject changing the way MPs are elected - dealing a bitter blow to Nick Clegg on top of heavy Lib Dem poll losses. — Officials say 19.1m people voted in the second UK-wide referendum in history - a higher than expected turnout of 41%.
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Firedoglake, Pajamas Media, Guardian, Online NewsHour and Harry's Place
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Hélène Mulholland / Guardian:
Election results 2011: Lib Dems suffer worst losses in a generation
Election results 2011: Lib Dems suffer worst losses in a generation
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PoliPundit.com, Telegraph and blogs.telegraph.co.uk