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9:30 AM ET, June 2, 2011

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Joseph / CANNONFIRE:
CASE CLOSED!  CONGRESSMAN WEINER WAS FRAMED!  (An important update to “The Weiner affair: Close to solution (but I need your help!)”  —  WARNING — NOW HEAR THIS (added at 10:13, EST): I welcome comments from people who hope to prove me wrong.  Disagreement is fine.
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Case Closed?  Leftblog Claims Definitive Proof Weiner Was Framed.  —  Case closed?  Not so much.  There is a post up at a the blog Cannonfire today titled: CASE CLOSED!  CONGRESSMAN WEINER WAS FRAMED!  Tweets of this article are blowing up on the #p2 hashtag on Twitter …
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
Weiner's Penis Photo Dispute To Be Settled In Small Claims Court  —  Sometimes I wonder if Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., is too nice for his own good.  —  An evil swine hacks into Weiner's Twitter account and posts an embarrassing photo of spindly legs topped by a small erect penis draped …
First Read / msnbc.com:
Weiner 'can't say with certitude' that lewd photo isn't of him  —  UPDATED AT 4:30 PM ET WITH A REPORT FROM ANOTHER WEINER PRESS CONFERENCE.  Weiner attempts a joke, saying he regrets being a little “stiff” with reporters yesterday.  —  From NBC's Luke Russert and Carrie Dann
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Weiner: ‘Picture of a Wiener’ Clearly a Prank  —  A defiant Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York told ABC News he did not post a lewd photograph to his Twitter account Friday — but he could not say whether or not the photograph in question is of him.  —  “I did not send that photo.
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
All the Weiner You Can Handle: Why MSM Can't Ignore This Scandal Now  —  Thanks to Tim Daniel at Left Coast Rebel for locating this video of Luke Russert's devastating interview with Rep. Anthony Weiner:  —  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Lawmaker Denies Sending Suggestive Photo but Doesn't Rule Out It's of Him  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony D. Weiner, trying to put to rest a bizarre episode that is overshadowing his role as liberal pugilist and threatening his dream of becoming New York's mayor …
Discussion: The Caucus, Hotline On Call and Hot Air
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Rep. Weiner Tells Maddow Twitter Photo ‘Maybe Started Out Being A Photo Of Mine’  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner finally made his last media stop of the day, this time sitting down with Rachel Maddow- who interviewed Rep. Weiner just as his Twitter account released a skimpy underwear photo.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
The Curious Case Of Hayley Williams
Discussion: The Politico
Publius / Big Government:   Did Rep. Weiner Violate House Rules?
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rep. Anthony Weiner 'can't say with certitude' photo isn't him
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority gives thumbs down to Ryan plan  —  Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans don't like what they've heard so far about congressional Republicans' plans to change Medicare.  —  According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey …
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David Nather / The Politico:
A guide to the Barack Obama - Paul Ryan smackdown
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Pelosi Says Democrats Have ‘Very Good Chance’ to Win Back the House in 2012
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
John DiStaso / unionleader.com:
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Exclusive: Palin to host Seacoast clambake  —  WEDNESDAY UPDATE: YES, SHE'LL BE HERE.  Sarah Palin is making plans to be in New Hampshire on Thursday evening.  —  The Granite Status has learned that Palin's staff has reached out to a number of New Hampshire Republicans …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney will say Obama ‘has failed America’ in 2012 launch speech  —  President Obama “has failed America,” former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will say in a Thursday speech in New Hampshire launching his presidential campaign.  —  Romney's speech to formally declare that he'll again seek …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and ThinkProgress
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
New Hampshire: Mitt Romney's must-win state
Discussion: CNN, WMUR Political Scoop and The Note
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dems welcome Romney to presidential race as ‘flip-flopper’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Official Google Blog:
Ensuring your information is safe online  —  The Internet has been an amazing force for good in the world—opening up communications, boosting economic growth and promoting free expression.  But like all technologies, it can also be used for bad things.  Today, despite the efforts …
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Observer:
Global war on drugs has ‘failed’ say former leaders  —  Opiate use increased by 35% worldwide from 1998-2008, in spite of anti-drug efforts  —  The global war on drugs has “failed” according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders.
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Discovery of ‘worms from hell’ deep beneath Earth's surface raises new questions  —  For the first time, scientists have found complex, multi-celled creatures living a mile and more below the planet's surface — raising new possibilities about both the spread of life on Earth and potential subsurface life on other planets and moons.
Discussion: his vorpal sword and Shakesville
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 …
The Note:
How is Sarah Palin Paying for Road Trip?  —  ABC News' Sheila Marikar (@sheilaym) reports:  —  So, how's Sarah Palin paying for this grand tour anyway?  —  At the Statue of Liberty today, ABC News asked the former Alaska governor how much her tour has cost so far and how she's paying for it.
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CNN:
Palin meets with Fox News officials
Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: HHS rejects Indiana Medicaid plan  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and Human Services Department is telling the state of Indiana that its Medicaid plan, which bans funding to Planned Parenthood, is illegal and must be changed.  —  In a letter sent to Indiana's Medicaid director …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Obama Admin Denies Indiana Request to De-Fund Planned Parenthood
msnbc.com:
‘Handcuffed by policy’: Fire crews watch man die  —  First responders, up to 75 others watch suicidal man stand in water for an hour until he drowns  —  Below:  —  msnbc.com staff and news service reports  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Fire crews and police could only watch after a man waded …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker rejects White House trip, says he won't be ‘lectured to’ by Obama
 
 
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Andrew Lansley / Telegraph:
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Gerard Matthews / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Huckabee on GOP primary, being VP
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David R. Henderson / Hoover Institution:
Northern Exposure  —  A prudent Canada shows up debt-ridden America.
Discussion: Power Line
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Reports See Generation Y, Poverty as Key Challenges for Pay TV Firms
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Health reform lawsuit in jeopardy?
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's worst nightmare: The slow economy slows some more
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Middle school yearbook groups Adolph Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush
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