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5:40 PM ET, June 2, 2011

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First Read / msnbc.com:
Palin fires shot at Romney at Bunker Hill  —  By NBC's Shawna Thomas, Alex Moe, and Mark Murray  —  In remarks made at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts — of all places — Sarah Palin fired a shot at Mitt Romney over the health-care mandate that Romney signed into law in the state in 2006.
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Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Why Going Rogue Won't Work  —  Sarah Palin is dominating the political conversation.  But if she really wants to be president, she's going about it all wrong.  —  Even before donning biker leather and mounting a Harley-Davidson for a motorcycle rally in Washington last weekend …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Someday, Romney will pick a persona and stick with it  —  Any minute now, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will stand on a New Hampshire stage and launch his second presidential campaign, following a third-place finish in 2008.  He'll have a hard-hitting message to share, which we certainly haven't heard from Romney before.
Discussion: msnbc.com and Prairie Weather
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney, Palin lead the way  —  PPP's first national poll looking at the Republican Presidential race since Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump announced they wouldn't run finds Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin in a tie at the top with 16% each.  Tim Pawlenty at 13% and Herman Cain at 12% …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin attacks Romney's record on his announcement day
The Note:
Mitt Romney Targeted by Joe Miller's Tea Party Group
Discussion: Daily Kos
The Note:
Romney Talks to ABC News About Health Care, Jobs, Ties and Red Sox
Discussion: ABCNEWS and AmSpecBlog
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's strange counting of pages to distinguish ‘Romneycare’ from ‘Obamacare’
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
Embarrassing emails from Weiner tweeter leaked  —  Did Andrew Breitbart leak embarrassing personal emails sent to him by the mystery Twitter user at the center of the Anthony Weiner crotch shot scandal?  Possibly.  —  This gets in the weeds of the Weiner saga, but it could help shed light …
CBS News:   Probe could give Weiner more headaches: expert
Emily Miller / Washington Times:
(AUDIO) MILLER: Anthony Weiner's lewd jokes
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP's Cantor urges Weiner to ‘come clean’ on controversy
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Weasel Zippers
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
The Curious Case Of Hayley Williams
Ginger Gibson / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie reimburses N.J. for use of state helicopter to attend son's baseball games  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie and the state Republican Party will repay the state for two trips on a State Police helicopter to get to his son's baseball games.  —  The most recent ride, on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Politico and Gawker
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid  —  Despite recent polls that show Americans are just as protective of Medicaid as they are of Medicare, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is trying to gut the popular program in his state and prevent 23,000 people from receiving benefits.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Gov. Christie reimburses state for helicopter ride to baseball game
The Star-Ledger Editorial Page:
Christie should pay for chopper ride to ballgame
Discussion: WyBlog and Washington Monthly
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Employment Data May Be the Key to the President's Job  —  WASHINGTON — No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent.  —  Seventeen months before the next election, it is increasingly clear …
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Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Why Barack Obama may be heading for electoral disaster in 2012  —  On a recent visit to London I was struck by how much faith many British politicians, journalists and political advisers have in Barack Obama being re-elected in 2012.  In the aftermath of the hugely successful Special Forces operation …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Abramson to Replace Keller as The Times's Executive Editor  —  Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, will become the paper's executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for the paper.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP bill disapproving Libya mission gains steam in the House  —  A House Republican is gathering fast support for a resolution expressing disapproval of the U.S. military intervention in Libya, raising the possibility of a rare congressional rebuke of President Obama on foreign policy.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Boehner says president must clarify U.S. military operations
Discussion: The Politico
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Glenn Beck's Last Day On Fox News Will Be June 30th  —  Mediaite has learned that Glenn Beck's last day on Fox News is currently scheduled to be June 30th.  Fox News has confirmed this information to Mediaite.  —  In the past month, ratings for Beck's ratings saw a double digit decline …
The Note:
Moody's Will Review U.S. Credit Rating if No Debt Limit Progress in the Coming Weeks  —  ABC News' Dan Arnall (@abcmoneyguy) reports: In a release this afternoon, the Moody's ratings agency said it would put the U.S. credit rating under review if Congress and the Obama administration don't make progress on increasing the debt limit.
Discussion: National Review and Pajamas Media
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Moody's:
Announcement: Moody's Updates on Rating Implications of US Debt Limit, Long-Term Budget Negotiations
Carolyn Hax / Washington Post:
Listen up, fellas: Naked man-parts?  Not so sexy.  —  A general note for men:  —  Over the weekend, it was revealed that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), or someone pretending to be Weiner, allegedly sent a photo of his bulging briefs to one of his Twitter followers.
Discussion: Feministe and Moe Lane
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
The Lame Justification For Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking  —  John Taylor, the Hoover Institute economist who always supports the Republican position, has an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal supporting the Republican position on the debt ceiling.  How could an economist justify a policy …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Making the hostage strategy explicit
James Gilbert / Yuma Daily Sun:
Suspect in multiple shootings is dead, police say  —  Updated 1:08 p.m. - The suspect in a series of shootings around Yuma County is dead, police said.  Carey Hal Dyess, 73, of Yuma, apparently shot and killed one person in Yuma and three people in Yuma County before shooting himself …
Townhall.com:
Steve Breen Political Cartoons  —  Townhall Cartoons Steve Breen  —  Stephen Paul Breen (born April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist.  He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1998 and 2009.  —  He graduated from Huntington Beach High School in 1988 …
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
CBS Baltimore:
MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Pictures  —  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Transit Administration says more training may be called for after three MTA officers detained a man for taking pictures at a light rail station.  —  Pat Warren has more on the incident.
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
O'Donnell: FEC complaint dismissed  —  Former Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell says the Federal Elections Commission has dropped a campaign finance complaint filed against her last year by the state's Republican Party.  —  O'Donnell's attorney, Cleta Mitchell …
Discussion: National Review and Joe. My. God.
 
 
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World Video … They've foiled the evil Gargamel time and again …
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NationalJournal.com:
Price Tag of Official Time Spent on Union Activities Grows
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BBC:
Egypt revolution leaves Sinai increasingly lawless
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
White House Counsel Bob Bauer to step down
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The WH/Politico attack on Seymour Hersh
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and The Raw Story
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Jon Huntsman's thorny path to the GOP nomination
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2
Discussion: Mediaite and Runnin' Scared
The Politico:
America on the march: Left, right
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Michelle Malkin:
GOP blocks Obama land grab
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Declining ‘Need’ For Doctors