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New York Times:
Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden — Statement from the family of Sheikh Osama bin Laden — I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) have noted wide coverage of the news of the death of our father, but we are not convinced …
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Bin Laden death now part of Obama's re-elect message — President Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Austin, Tex. Tuesday. (Jim Young/Reuters) — Reporting from Austin, Tex.— Osama bin Laden, mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, is now an applause line in a presidential campaign speech.
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Outside the Beltway, Illinois Review, No Sheeples Here, ABCNEWS, Wizbang and Political Punch
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama at fundraiser: Killing Bin Laden should inspire us to finish what we started — by reelecting me — He didn't bring up Bin Laden himself — an audience member did — but we're going to be hearing about OBL on the trail from now until election day so we might as well get used to it.
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RealClearPolitics Video Log, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media, National Review and The Gateway Pundit
Pam Benson / CNN:
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress
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Wonkette, CBS News, Hot Air, The Note, The Politico, Public Policy Polling and New York Magazine
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Obama hits Fox News — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama used an immigration speech Tuesday to take a jab at News Corporation CEO, Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News Channel. — Obama quoted the CEO, an Australian native, who said “Immigrants have made America great as the world leader in business …
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Democrats to reintroduce DREAM Act
Democrats to reintroduce DREAM Act
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Wall Street Journal, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, CNN, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Washington Post
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Potential presidential candidate Jon Huntsman makes a stop in St. Petersburg — Jon Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, met with potential donors Tuesday night in Snell Isle in St. Petersburg. Homeowner James MacDougald introduced Huntsman. Al Austin, standing by the chair, led Tampa's successful bid for the 2012 GOP convention.
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Ben Smith's Blog, GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
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McKay Coppins / The Daily Beast:
Huntsman's 2012 Buzz Caused Friction With Obama Team
Huntsman's 2012 Buzz Caused Friction With Obama Team
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Ben Smith's Blog, Erick's blog and Washington Post
Kevin Lamarque / The Atlantic Online:
How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology — Since the last realist president, George H.W. Bush, left office, two groups— neoconservatives and liberal interventionists—have overtaken American foreign policy — The United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.
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Outside the Beltway
Wall Street Journal:
President to Renew Muslim Outreach — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is preparing a fresh outreach to the Muslim world in coming days, senior U.S. officials say, one that will ask those in the Middle East and beyond to reject Islamic militancy in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death and embrace a new era of relations with the U.S.
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ThinkProgress, Fox News, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, The Page and FrumForum
Jim McNerney / Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Is Pro-Growth, Not Anti-Union — Washington's actions have assaulted the capitalist principles that have sustained America's competitiveness since it became the world's largest economy nearly 140 years ago. — Deep into the recent recession, Boeing decided to invest more than $1 billion in a new factory in South Carolina.
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Questions and Observations and Shopfloor
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Rand Paul Suggests Conspiracy In Labor Fight: ‘Mr. President, Do You Have An Enemies List?’
Rand Paul Suggests Conspiracy In Labor Fight: ‘Mr. President, Do You Have An Enemies List?’
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Oliver Willis and Washington Post
Christian Heinze / Ballot Box:
Palin and Trump: It's complicated — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Donald Trump have formed a political bond, one united by their populist ideology and contempt for the mainstream media. — Their kinship grew during the height of the birther controversy.
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Prairie Weather
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Humbled Gingrich to launch 2012 bid — Sees strength in adviser team — Newt Gingrich vowed Tuesday that his 2012 run for the GOP presidential nomination will be free of the intellectual arrogance and personal disorganization that he concedes marred his tenure as speaker of the U.S. House in the 1990s.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich's route: Leave no state behind
Newt Gingrich's route: Leave no state behind
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The Note, Boston Globe, Online NewsHour, msnbc.com, Ben Smith's Blog and Reuters
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Palin and the Curse of a Thin Skin — In the June Atlantic, Joshua Green has a terrific piece called “The Tragedy of Sarah Palin” that gets at the maddening aspect of Palin's gifts and strengths as a politician better than any single article has with the exception of Yuval Levin's COMMENTARY piece two years ago.
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The Atlantic Online, Right Wing News, FishbowlDC and Prairie Weather
The Business Insider:
Irish Bombshell: Government Raids PRIVATE Pensions To Pay For Spending — The Irish government plans to institute a tax on private pensions to drive jobs growth, according to its jobs program strategy, delivered today. — Without the ability sell debt due to soaring interest rates …
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The Market Ticker
kff.org:
House Republican Budget Plan: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing — This analysis projects the state-by-state impact of converting Medicaid into a block grant and eliminating the planned expansion of the program by repealing the health reform law, as called for under the House Budget Plan.
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The Incidental Economist, Hullabaloo, Wonk Room, Saint Petersblog and Online NewsHour
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Netanyahu waited too long to strike Iran — Aluf Benn reflects on developments in Israel's policies toward Iran, claiming Netanyahu makes ‘hollow threats’. — 1. Barack Obama's achievement: From the day he assumed office, the president of the United States made preventing an Israeli military strike …
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The Atlantic Online and Ben Smith's Blog
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Neo-Nazi Father Is Killed; Son, 10, Steeped in Beliefs, Is Accused — RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The day before he allegedly shot his father, the sandy-haired 10-year-old boy showed off a prized possession to a visitor. It was a thin leather belt emblazoned with a silver insignia of the Nazi SS.
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JONATHAN TURLEY and Guardian
Fox News:
Navy Halts Move to Allow Gay Marriages by Chaplains After Complaints From Lawmakers — The Navy has abruptly reversed its decision to allow chaplains to perform same-sex marriages once the military's ban on openly gay service members is lifted, after dozens of House lawmakers complained.
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Hot Air
Lindsey Boerma / NationalJournal.com:
Trump Stumped: No Big Announcement on Celebrity Apprentice Finale — Reset your DVRs! You can make that Sunday night dinner with mom after all: Contrary to his own personally advanced hype, Donald Trump will not be making any kind of announcement about his presidential plans on the Celebrity Apprentice season finale.
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The Moderate Voice, Top of the Ticket, Outside the Beltway and YID With LID
NBC New York:
NJ State Police “Outraged” Over Rapper Invite to White House — Common at the 2011 Common Ground Foundation gala fundraiser at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago last month. — The invitation of rapper Common to the White House this week is drawing the ire of the union representing New Jersey state police.
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic Online, Top of the Ticket and News Desk
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP faces messaging challenge in selling 2012 budget — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Wednesday that Republicans are running into a “communications challenge” in selling their 2012 budget proposal to Americans. — Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee who authored the 2012 budget …
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Associated Press:
Uganda's anti-gay bill not on agenda after outcry — Below: — KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda's parliament appeared Wednesday to have dropped plans to debate a controversial anti-gay bill after a global outcry from U.S. leaders, rights groups and an Internet campaign. — Only on msnbc.com
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Wonk Room, Runnin' Scared and Feministing
Reuters:
Exclusive: Wall Street says cuts alone won't fix budget — (Reuters) - A majority of top Wall Street bond dealers and money managers say spending cuts alone cannot solve the U.S. budget problems and tax increases must be part of the mix. — In a Reuters survey conducted on Tuesday …
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Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
New to Teaching, Idealistic, at Risk for Layoff — Samantha Sherwood had lofty aspirations when she settled on a family-studies major at the University of Connecticut, like redrawing welfare rules or weaving together a sturdier safety net for people in need.
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Joanne Jacobs
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Southern border is more secure, but not thanks to Obama, says Cornyn — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) conceded this week that security on the Mexican border has improved under the Obama administration - but not, he said, because of the president's policies. — “We are better than we were …
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New York Times and JammieWearingFool
BBC:
Syria tanks ‘shell’ protest city of Homs — A witness in Homs heard “severe and heavy” shooting for about three hours — Syrian army tanks have been shelling the third biggest city of Homs, as security forces continue their nationwide crackdown on weeks of anti-government protests.
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Online NewsHour, Left Foot Forward, Syria Comment, New York Times and The Page
Galactic Empire Times:
Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says — CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader announced on Sunday.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
IRS gift tax move could hit new anonymous groups — The Internal Revenue Service appears to have begun to enforce a tax on gifts to the non-profit organizations that were a key vehicle for anonymous politics in the last five years and had promised to play a large role in the presidential cycle …
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