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9:30 AM ET, May 17, 2011

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Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff  —  His wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood mansion earlier this year after the former governor acknowledged the child was his.  The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
The Note:
How Serious Was Donald Trump About 2012?  ‘More Serious Than...People Realize,’ Political Adviser Says  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports:  —  Had Donald Trump decided to run for president he and his aides were planning an announcement event in an iconic location …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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The Note:
Trump Not Running for President: ‘Decision Does Not Come Easily Or Without Regret’  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone, Jennifer Wlach, Sara Just and Devin Dwyer report:  —  After a roller-coaster flirtation with a presidential bid, Donald Trump bowed out of the 2012 contest in true Trump fashion on Monday …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
What Trump can teach the GOP field
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I'm fired
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Iowan to Gingrich: Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself  —  Dubuque, Ia.  — Newt Gingrich got a not-so-nice welcome here today.  —  As he was getting ready to leave a speaking engagement Dubuque resident Russell Fuhrman approached him in the lobby of the Holiday Inn:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich to House GOP: Drop Dead  —  Newt undermines his former comrades on Medicare.  —  The Republican Presidential campaign is off to a slow start, but judging by the last week not slow enough.  First Mitt Romney defends his ObamaCare prototype in Massachusetts, and now Newt Gingrich …
A.B. Stoddard / Presidential Campaign:
From the '12 shelves
Discussion: The Politico
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
CINDY CRAWFORD FLIP-FLOPS FOR MITT ROMNEY  —  During her modeling career, Cindy Crawford was skilled at switching outfits.  Now, she's switching presidential candidates, it seems.  —  Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Mitt Romney, took to Twitter Monday to oh-so-subtly boast that Team Romney …
Discussion: Don Surber and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million
Discussion: The Politico, The Note and Wonkette
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's money machine cranks up
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Donald Trump / Associated Press:
In effort to let money show his might, Team Romney raises $10.25 million in a single day
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
The Lede:
French Shocked by I.M.F. Chief's ‘Perp Walk’  —  As our colleagues Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold report, “The arrest in New York of one of France's leading global figures and a possible next president, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on charges of attempted rape produced an earthquake of shock …
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New York Times:
Judge Denies Bail to I.M.F. Chief in Sexual Assault Case
WilliamPenn / The Smoking Gun:
Filing Details Alleged Attack By IMF Chief
The Huffington Post:
Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers [EXCLUSIVE] … WASHINGTON — A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation's five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased …
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Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
New York Investigates Banks' Role in Fiscal Crisis  —  Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating the existence …
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
LED bulbs hit 100 watts as federal ban looms  —  NEW YORK - Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January.  —  Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show …
Inside Higher Ed:
In for Nasty Weather  —  Maybe it's because tenured professors are so disproportionately white male baby boomers that classic rock seems like a natural way to capture the sense that tenured faculty existence is vanishing.  —  First, summon the image of a tweed-clad, gray-haired professor exiting …
The Politico:
Thompson plans to run for Senate  —  Tommy Thompson, the Republican former Wisconsin governor and George W. Bush's first secretary of Health and Human Services, has told friends he plans to run for the open Senate seat in Wisconsin, according to top Wisconsin sources.
Discussion: JSOnline and The Greenroom
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
OOPS!  Historic ‘Spending Cut’ Bill Increased Spending By $3 Billion  —  Republicans stormed Capitol Hill in January vowing to slash discretionary spending by $100 billion right off the bat.  In their pledge to America, they promised that, “[w]ith common-sense exceptions for seniors …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi's district  —  Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama's administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels …
David Catanese / The Politico:
Ryan telling GOPers he's unlikely to run  —  Rep. Paul Ryan is reaching out to potential Senate candidates in Wisconsin, informing them he's unlikely to run for Herb Kohl's seat next year, according to two sources familiar with the conversations.  —  The House Budget Committee chairman …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Ryan Defends Medicare Privatization As Strengthening ‘Welfare For Those Who Need It’
Budget Committee:
Shared Scarcity versus Renewed Prosperity  —  Thank you so much, Anne, for the kind introduction.  —  I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak.  It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I'm a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans.  —  But that doesn't mean we can't work together.
Josh Barro / National Review:
The Debt Limit and Uncertainty  —  Over the last couple of years, a common conservative talking point about federal policy changes has been that uncertainty is dangerous.  When people don't know what future government policies will look like, the risk inherent in business investment is greater, without average returns being higher.
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Post:
Dems' thuggery knows no bounds  —  Orrin Hatch, the senior senator from Utah, didn't mince words the other day on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show.  The Democrats, he said, “play politics very, very tough, they play it well, and they don't give a damn about what's right and what's wrong.”
Discussion: Cold Fury and National Review
 
 
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Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
The Real Social Security and Medicare Problem (and a Doable Fix)
The Atlantic Online:
Black Confederates Revealed
Discussion: Moe Lane
Guardian:
Bomb threatens Queen's visit to Ireland
Discussion: msnbc.com and FrumForum
Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
Thailand jungles mask surprise rise in tiger numbers
Washington Post:
U.S. speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Discussion: FrumForum
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Leader Outlines Points Before U.S. Trip
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Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
New Bopp Super PAC wants Republicans to help it raise unlimited funds
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Matthew Knee / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Irony Meter Explodes As Jewish Voice For Peace et al.  Stage Al-Nakba Day Protest Against The Museum of Tolerance
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Chris Murphy: GOP Congressman Told Me He's Afraid To Openly Criticize Afghanistan War
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Exclusive: Private letter from CIA chief undercuts claim torture was key to killing Bin Laden