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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Sarah Palin's History Lesson: Paul Revere Warned The British — In what is somehow “not a publicity seeking tour,” Tea Party maven Sarah Palin is traipsing around the nation's historic landmarks in her “One Nation” bus to “take Americans back to their roots.”
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Paul Revere redux — All Palin knows about history is what she learned from Disney cartoons. — Posted By: All Palin knows about history is what she learned from Disney cartoons. June 03, 2011 at 12:55 PM — Palin is not helping our cause at all. Please, Sarah take a deep breath and lay low until after Romney defeats Obama.
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Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Sarah Palin Reveals Fascinating New Account of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride — Many Americans think they have a solid understanding of the country's founding. No taxation without representation, tea party, Boston Massacre, George Washington, all that jazz.
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Paul Revere's Ride, Reimagined by Sarah Palin
Paul Revere's Ride, Reimagined by Sarah Palin
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New York Post:
Lewd-pic recipient worn out by Weiner scandal — By REUVEN FENTON in Seattle and JEANE MacINTOSH in NY — “Weinergate” has put a Seattle college cutie through the wringer — jeopardizing her academic dreams, embarrassing her family and shattering her privacy.
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Breitbart Source for Weiner Smear Deletes Twitter Account — Today we find that Andrew Breitbart's source for the smear attack against Rep. Anthony Weiner, Dan Wolfe (aka @patriotusa76) has deleted his entire Twitter account. — There's been a bad smell about this story from the beginning, and it just got exponentially worse.
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner and the law's peril
Anthony Weiner and the law's peril
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner cancels speech at Wisconsin state Dem convention in wake of ‘Weinergate’
Rep. Weiner cancels speech at Wisconsin state Dem convention in wake of ‘Weinergate’
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Golf summit for Barack Obama and John Boehner — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will finally hit the links for a round of golf - and al fresco negotiation - on June 18, a White House official told POLITICO. — Obama's offer — and Boehner's acceptance …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Bipartisan Congress rebuffs Obama on Libya mission — Crossing party lines to deliver a stunning rebuke to the commander in chief, the vast majority of the House voted Friday for resolutions telling President Obama he has broken the constitutional chain of authority by committing U.S. troops …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rebukes Obama on Libya — The House on Friday approved a resolution from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that scolds the Obama administration for failing to seek congressional authority under the War Powers Act for military operations in Libya. — The resolution demands …
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Ros Krasny / Reuters:
“The world is getting warmer”: Romney — (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy on Friday by saying he believes that humans are responsible, at least to some extent, for climate change. — “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama looking good in Iowa
Obama looking good in Iowa
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Edwards Pleads Not Guilty in Campaign Fund Case — John Edwards, the former Democratic senator from North Carolina, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he conspired to cover up an extramarital affair while running for president in 2008 by “secretly obtaining,” misusing …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate Magazine:
A Cover-Up, Not a Crime. — Why the case against John Edwards may be hard to prove.
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
'It's like following Princess Diana' — SEABROOK, N.H. — Sarah Palin's bus is plastered with a mockup of the U.S. Constitution. But her entourage — both the three-vehicle motorcade that includes the bus and the smaller, two-SUV version she uses for smaller events — hasn't been very respectful of the traffic laws.
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The Politico:
Sarah Palin's bus tour leaves GOP cold
Sarah Palin's bus tour leaves GOP cold
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Edward Morrissey / CNN:
Media chase Palin, and her sway grows
Media chase Palin, and her sway grows
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Andrew Breitbart Did Not Run ‘Weinergate’ Evidence Which Turned Out To Be Fake — The “Weinergate” story has been a veritable clinic in the pitfalls of new media-influenced journalism, and one such pitfall has come to a head. Andrew Breitbart has been repeatedly accused of engineering …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Republicans demand TV station yank ad claiming GOP plan would ‘end Medicare’ — Attention, people, this is important: The battle over whether it's true that the Republican plan would “end Medicare” is about to play out in a critical way in New Hampshire. — The National Republican …
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Third Impression of the Jobs Report — OK, a slight bit more substance. — You never want to freak out over one month's numbers in this biz, but when a monthly result reflects other stuff going on in the economy—in this case, slowing growth—you want to give that monthly number a little more weight.
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CBS Minnesota:
Police: Woman Stabs 2 Outside Bloomington Library — BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) — Two people were stabbed in a seemingly random attack at a Twin Cities library. — After the incident Wednesday night at the Oxboro Library in Bloomington, 35-year-old Samira Abdalla Salim was arrested.
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Republican Who Can Win — The candidate would know Americans are more worried about their jobs and their savings than abstractions like ‘big government.’ — To win the presidency in 2012, the Republican candidate will require certain strengths. Among them, a credible passion for ideas …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Dems to announce that they will try to recall Scott Walker — There's a long way to go, and the goal seems like a very tough one to reach, but Wisconsin Democrats are set to go for it: They will announce at their annual convention later today that they intend to launch an effort …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Hiring in U.S. Slowed in May With 54,000 Jobs Added — After several months of strong job growth, hiring slowed sharply in May, raising concerns once again about the underlying strength of the economic recovery. — The Labor Department reported on Friday that the United States added 54 …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
On the Maddeningly Inexact Relationship Between Unemployment and Re-Election — Make no mistake: The higher the unemployment rate in November 2012, the less likely President Obama is to win a second term. — But we should be careful about asserting that there is any particular threshold …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Huntsman: Announcement very soon — Washington (CNN) - Jon Huntsman's official entry into the race for the White House won't happen before the June 13 GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire, but it could happen soon after the debate. — Speaking to reporters Friday after addressing …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN announces 7 candidates in June 13 debate
CNN announces 7 candidates in June 13 debate
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
George Allen apologizes for ‘macaca’ moment — 'You don't brood over mistakes. You learn from ‘em and you improve,’ Allen said. — George Allen apologized Friday for using the term “macaca” to describe a campaign tracker during his losing 2006 campaign. — “You don't brood over mistakes.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
George Allen Offers Emotional Apology For Macaca Incident
George Allen Offers Emotional Apology For Macaca Incident
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Daily Mail:
Did a pork-coated bullet kill Bin Laden? Yes, says firm who claim its pig fat gun oil is bought by U.S. military personnel — Was Osama bin Laden shot with a bullet soaked in pork fat, denying him a place in paradise? — Yes, if one rather shady website, that peddles gun oil containing liquefied pig fat, is to be believed.
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Dan Hirschhorn / Reuters:
Haley Barbour: ‘Purity’ will lose 2012 race — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour issued a stern warning to conservatives on Friday: relent on ideological purity in the primaries or risk losing the general election. — “We're going to nominate someone for president who doesn't agree …
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Daily Mail:
'I thought I was going to die... so I tried to kill as many as I could': Hero Gurkha receives bravery medal from the Queen — A Gurkha soldier who single-handedly defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters has been awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross by the Queen.
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