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12:35 PM ET, June 2, 2011

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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: Moe Lane
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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.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
The Curious Case Of Hayley Williams  —  WeinerGate has hit, and I do use this term advisedly, the decadent phase, where people are just trying to outclever each other with outre and novel theories of the case.  Even among conservatives, or those who initially doubted Rep. Weiner's bizarre story …
Discussion: The Politico and Pajamas Media
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 …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP's Cantor urges Weiner to ‘come clean’ on controversy
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Weasel Zippers
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Rep. Weiner Tells Maddow Twitter Photo ‘Maybe Started Out Being A Photo Of Mine’
Los Angeles Times:
President Obama, House Republicans meet on debt ceiling  —  Rather than making progress toward a deal to raise the limit to cover spending, they accuse each other of partisanship and posturing.  —  House Republicans leave the White House after a largely unproductive meeting with President Obama on the debt ceiling.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Making the hostage strategy explicit
Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama, Paul Ryan clash in White House meeting on debt
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin: Timing of New Hampshire visit ‘coincidental’  —  Boston (CNN) - Sarah Palin said Thursday her decision to appear in New Hampshire on the very same day Mitt Romney is announcing his 2012 presidential campaign there is purely a coincidence, not meant to step on the former Massachusetts governor's big day.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Romney will say Obama ‘has failed America’ in 2012 launch speech
National Review:
Romney's Second Primary Act
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney to Announce White House Bid, Declare ‘Obama has Failed America’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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.
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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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 …
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 …
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.
New Jersey Online:
Christie refuses to reimburse N.J. for traveling by helicopter to see son's baseball game  —  TRENTON — Facing broad criticism for flying by helicopter to watch his son's high school baseball game in Bergen County, Gov. Chris Christie refused today to refund the state for Tuesday's $2,500-an-hour flight.
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 …
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.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: The fine lines between a Palin vacation and Palin tour  —  When most families go on a summer vacation, they don't have a political-action committee to pay the bills.  —  Not so for Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor …
The Politico:
America on the march: Left, right  —  Using questions from Pew Research Center surveys conducted in 1987, 1994, 2002 and 2009 that offered facsimiles of those used by Free and Cantril, we were able to demonstrate that these attitudes persist to this day.  Across the four surveys …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Peter Foster / Telegraph:
Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2  —  A Chinese teenager was so desperate to acquire the new iPad 2 that he sold one of his kidneys for just £2,000 to pay for it, according to reports.  —  The iPad2  —  The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his surname, “Zheng” …
Discussion: Mediaite and Runnin' Scared
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
New ad dings Obama on Israel  —  The Emergency Committee for Israel, a conservative pro-Israel group, is up with a new ad — celebrating Democrats who support Israel.  Here it is:  —  The point of the ad is hard to miss: There is strong bipartisan consensus in support of Israel …
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Jobless claims fall as labor costs tepid  —  (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but not enough to assuage fears the labor market recovery has taken a step back.  —  Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 422,000 …
Discussion: Hot Air
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Iraq not ready to stand on own, lawmakers say  —  A war-weary Congress and American public must realize the U.S. mission in Iraq will stretch years beyond a December troop-withdrawal goal, two prominent House members said Wednesday.  —  Under a Washington-Baghdad pact …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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CNN's American Morning: Romney, Weiner, Me.
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Los Angeles Times:
Early release proposed for crack cocaine offenders
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Discussion: Right Wing News
Michelle Malkin:
GOP blocks Obama land grab
Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Ind. warned on Planned Parenthood
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Roseanne Colletti / NBC New York:
Sarah Palin Dons Star of David Necklace for NYC Visit
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Power Line
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
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CBS News:
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