memeorandum: ‘Comforter-in-chief’ heading to tornado-ravaged Missouri for memorial service (Sam Youngman/The Hill)

9:55 AM ET, May 29, 2011

Top Items:

Lewd photo was hack, Weiner says — Rep. Anthony Weiner says social networking identity hacking is to blame for the lewd material that a conservative news website reported was sent from his Twitter and yfrog handles to an unidentified woman from Seattle, Washington.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Big Government, Big Journalism and The Other McCain, more at Techmeme »

Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:

Undies in a twist over ‘Weiner wiener’ — Call it Weiner-gate. — Twitter followers of Rep. Anthony Weiner were shocked when a lewd photo popped up on his official account late Friday night. — The photo of a bulging male member cloaked in gray briefs was directed to a single Twitter user …

Discussion: Big Government

Publius / Big Government:

Weinergate: Congressman Claims ‘Facebook Hacked’ as Lewd Photo Hits Twitter — Hacked or hung? — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9″) finds himself in a late night online pickle. — This evening a photo surfaced on Congressman Weiner's yfrog account and in his verified Twitter timeline of a man in his underwear with an erection.

Directorblue / Doug Ross:

Photos: Anthony Weiner's Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend is a 21-Year Old Coed, only 25 Years Younger Than the Married Congressman — Earlier today, Congressman Anthony Weiner appears to have made an underwhelming debut on Twitter. Which is to say, Weiner seems to have fat-fingered a direct message …

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Verum Serum, The Gateway Pundit and Patterico's Pontifications

Frances Martel / Mediaite:

A Twitter Whodunit: Big Government Posts Lewd Photo Claiming It's From Rep. Anthony Weiner — In what could develop into one of the most bizarre media stories in recent memory, Big Government is reporting that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) attempted to send a close-up photo — that's extreme in more ways than one — to a user via Twitter.

Discussion: The Raw Story and Big Journalism

Stranahan / Patterico's Pontifications:

Rep. Anthony Weiner Selectively Edits Himself — I'm one of those people who thinks sex scandals are funnier when they happen to Republicans. Sorry, I do. But this one is too funny. Anthony Weiner is a real favorite of a lot of Democrats because he's not afraid to put it out there.

Discussion: Capital Tonight

Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:

Gen. James Cartwright, on tap to lead Pentagon, became target for criticism — President Obama summoned one of his favorite and most trusted military advisers, Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, to the White House on May 21 for a one-on-one meeting. It was a Saturday, less than three weeks since …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Sam Youngman / The Hill:

‘Comforter-in-chief’ heading to tornado-ravaged Missouri for memorial service — President Obama on Sunday will speak at a memorial service for the more than 130 people who were killed last weekend when a tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. — The president will meet victims of the horrific disaster …

Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:

Republican Legislators Push to Tighten Voting Rules — MIAMI — Less than 18 months before the next presidential election, Republican-controlled statehouses around the country are rewriting voting laws to require photo identification at the polls, reduce the number of days of early voting or tighten registration rules.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

The Note:

Mitch Daniels Says He Could Have Beaten Obama If He Had Run — ABC News' Jessica Desvarieux reports: — Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says he has no regrets about his recent decision not to run for the Republican presidential nomination, but says be believes he could have beaten President Obama if he had run.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …

Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:

Judge Denies James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles' First Amendment Defense — James O'Keefe has had a mixed blessings week. The IRS has granted his ridiculously hacky “investigative” group C3 (non-profit) status. … I don't know, seems to me that illegal acts like attempting to break and enter …

Discussion: The Raw Story, AmSpecBlog and The BRAD BLOG

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

Egypt Lifts Blockade, Along With the Gazans' Hopes — RAFAH BORDER CROSSING, Egypt — Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip arrived here by the busload on Saturday to pass through the reopened border into Egypt, taking the first tangible steps out of a four-year Israeli blockade.

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Balloon Juice

BBC:
Egypt eases blockade at Gaza's Rafah border

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau, Firedoglake and Biased BBC

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:

Obama's Euro paean ends — WARSAW, Poland - It could be called a spring fling. — For six days, President Barack Obama hopscotched through Europe, greeted by rapturous crowds that remain obsessed with all things Obama, from the bulletproof Cadillac that whisks him around to the kitten heels on the first lady's feet.

Discussion: Pirate's Cove