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12:30 AM ET, May 17, 2011

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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 …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
What Trump can teach the GOP field  —  Wealthy businessman Donald Trump's Icarus-like rise and fall in the 2012 presidential race is likely to wind up as no more than a footnote in the story of this election.  —  But, that doesn't mean the Trump saga — and, it was a saga …
The Atlantic Online:
Why Trump Wimped Out  —  Per ABC News, Donald Trump has just put out a statement announcing he will not run for president.  At this point, the news is hardly shocking.  It's hard to recall anyone in the recent history of American politics who managed to humiliate himself as quickly …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
The Donald ducks
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I'm fired
CNN:
Full release:  —  “After considerable deliberation and reflection …
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 …
Discussion: Philly.com and Crooked Timber
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New York Post:
French gals burned by pol ‘in heat’
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Ryan swipes at Gingrich: ‘With allies like that, who needs the left?’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took a swipe Monday at Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich after the former House Speaker criticized hiss proposed Medicare reforms.  —  “With allies like that, who needs the left?”
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Medicare Revamp Exposes Divisions Within the GOP  —  Newt Gingrich's dismissal of the House Republican plan to overhaul Medicare provoked a rebuttal from the proposal's author, Rep. Paul Ryan, highlighting a split in the party over how hard to push a priority for the House GOP majority.
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) announced a one-day haul of over $10 million to support his presidential campaign.  —  Romney's team said the former governor had brought in $10.25 million in a daylong event …
Discussion: The Note, The Politico and Wonkette
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Donald Trump / Associated Press:
In effort to let money show his might, Team Romney raises $10.25 million in a single day
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive?  —  Here we go again.  —  It's been only two weeks since President Obama reported on national television that an American commando team in four military helicopters had killed Osama bin Laden in his Pakistan bedroom.
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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 …
Democrat And Chronicle:
Tea Party Express backs Jane Corwin in 26th District  —  GREECE — Members of the national Tea Party Express visited the Rochester area this morning to publicly throw their support behind Republican Assemblywoman Jane Corwin's bid for Congress and to excoriate her opponent Jack Davis for co-opting the “Tea Party” moniker as his own.
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Stuart Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
New York 26: Move to Toss-Up/Tilt Democratic
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
As Debt Limit Reached, Agreement Still Far Off  —  The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default.  —  The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WWRD (What Would Reagan Do) on the debt limit
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Philly.com
The Atlantic Online:
Debt and Taxes  —  So, today we banged our head against the current debt ceiling for the first time.  Think of the country like a tall person who has just moved into an unusually cheap and small basement apartment.  The first bang is the most surprising, but it's not catastrophic.
Discussion: Viking Pundit
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:   A few thoughts on the debt ceiling
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Exclusive: Private letter from CIA chief undercuts claim torture was key to killing Bin Laden  —  CIA chief Leon Panetta has written a private letter to Senator John McCain that offers the most detailed answer yet to questions about the relationship between torture and Osama Bin Laden's death …
Ian Sample / Guardian:
Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'  —  In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the cosmologist shares his thoughts on death, M-theory, human purpose and our chance existence  —  A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a “fairy story” for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said.
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: National Review
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Allow Search if Police Hear Evidence Being Destroyed  —  WASHINGTON — The police do not need a warrant to enter a home if they smell burning marijuana, knock loudly, announce themselves and hear what they think is the sound of evidence being destroyed, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in an 8-to-1 decision.
 
 
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Irony Meter Explodes As Jewish Voice For Peace et al.  Stage Al-Nakba Day Protest Against The Museum of Tolerance
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Brit Hume warns Obama is ‘toast’ if current conditions persist
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Chris Murphy: GOP Congressman Told Me He's Afraid To Openly Criticize Afghanistan War
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Benoit Denizet-Lewis / The Good Men Project Magazine:
The Dan Savage Interview
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
End Big Oil Subsidies?
The Politico:
Democratic analysis: GOP's 2010 win short-lived
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The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck Announces ‘Restoring Courage,’ Rally In Jerusalem (VIDEO)
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