memeorandum: Barney Frank: What I Read (John Hudson/The Atlantic Wire)

9:20 AM ET, June 4, 2011

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

So Now All These People Will Apologize to Sarah Palin About Paul Revere, Right? — As with most people, I simply took at face value the popular version that Paul Revere warned that the British were coming, the British were coming. — Not having any real reason to look into it any deeper …

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Patterico's Pontifications, The Gateway Pundit, Sense of Events and Gawker

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.

Discussion: The Policy Page, Conservatives4Palin, Top of the Ticket, neo-neocon and GOP 12

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.”

Discussion: Riehl World View, NewsWire, The Reaction, Crooks and Liars, The Moderate Voice, Datechguy's Blog, Sky Dancing, Comments from Left Field, Gawker, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, TPMDC, The Politico and Booman Tribune

Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Sarah Palin Reveals Fascinating New Account of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, USA Today, Salon, The Note and Mediaite

Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Paul Revere's Ride, Reimagined by Sarah Palin

Discussion: Indecision Forever

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Wire, New York Times, The Lonely Conservative, HotAirPundit, Don Surber, Sister Toldjah and Gawker

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
House Rebukes Obama for Continuing Libyan Mission Without Its Consent

Discussion: PolitickerNY and Outside the Beltway

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Bipartisan Congress rebuffs Obama on Libya mission

Discussion: Hot Air, Hit & Run, Associated Press, Speaker, Nice Deb, Pajamas Media and White House Dossier

Ben White / The Politico:
Obama's economic options limited

Discussion: Pirate's Cove, Guardian, Don Surber, The Lonely Conservative and The Other McCain

Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
House Rebukes Obama Administration On Libya Intervention

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, NewsWire and Taylor Marsh

The Politico:
Libya resolution clears House

Discussion: Political Punch

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rebukes Obama on Libya

Discussion: The Monkey Cage, The Nation, The Politico, National Review, Speaker, CNN and New York Magazine

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Touting auto recovery, Obama says ‘We still face some tough times’

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

Zombie / Pajamas Media:

Proof that S.F.'s circumcision ban Is anti-Semitic — As you may have heard by now, San Francisco will be voting this November on whether or not to ban circumcision in the city. — Defenders of the measure say it's all about “human rights” and “protecting babies” from unnecessary procedures.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Datechguy's Blog, Bookworm Room, SFGate, Atlas Shrugs, The Other McCain and iOwnTheWorld.com

Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:

Literature for SF's anti-circumcision measure stars “monster” rabbis and blonde superheroes — San Francisco's anti-circumcision measure will be decided by voters in November, but the literature for the movement aims to sway them with some disturbing images — including dark …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Joe. My. God. and American Power

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 …

Discussion: YID With LID, Pirate's Cove, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, Weasel Zippers, Doug Ross, UNCOVERAGE.net, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Shakesville, Hotline On Call, Little Green Footballs, Oliver Willis and AmSpecBlog

Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:

Trump jabs at China, Obama, Weiner and the press at voters' forum — Businessman Donald Trump once again called for the revenue from Iraq's oil reserves to be diverted to the U.S. Treasury and lambasted China, President Obama, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and the press in a rambling speech Friday.

Discussion: The Politico

Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:

Donald Trump: I Could Win The Presidency As An Independent — So much for dropping out — Donald Trump tells TPM he believes he can win the White House as an independent candidate, keeping his name in the presidential game despite declaring last month he would not run for the GOP nomination.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and HotAirPundit

CNN:

TRENDING: House Democratic leadership privately push Weiner — Washington (CNN) - Members of the House Democratic leadership have talked repeatedly to Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-New York, to try to get him to end what several Democrats call an unwelcome political distraction, a member of the party's leadership tells CNN.

Discussion: Baltimore Sun, The Other McCain, New York Post, Big Government, Lisa Graas, Hot Air, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, PolitickerNY and Top of the Ticket

Ryan Lizza / News Desk:

The New Mitt — The most interesting aspect of the speech Mitt Romney gave Thursday, announcing that he is running for President, is how different it was from the one he gave in 2007. Back then, Romney was making the transition from moderate governor of a liberal state to conservative stalwart …

Discussion: Firedoglake

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama looking good in Iowa

Discussion: Daily Kos and The Washington Independent

Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Pawlenty, Romney focus fire on Obama, spare each other

Discussion: The Politico

John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:

Barney Frank: What I Read — How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all? What sources can't they live without? To find out, we regularly reach out to well-informed people to learn more about their media diets. This is taken from a conversation …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, FishbowlDC and Hit & Run

RIA Novosti:

Egyptian journalist attacked during Cairo protest — A female Egyptian journalist was attacked while covering a demonstration on Cairo's central Tahrir Square demanding an immediate trial for ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, local media reported. — The journalist was interviewing …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:

The Dark Past Of The “Weinergate” Co-Pilot — Twitter avenger Mike Stack not your typical conservative agitator … The Twitter user who first floated the rumor that a lewd photo scandal was brewing for Representative Anthony Weiner is not your typical conservative avenger, an investigation by The Smoking Gun has determined.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, CANNONFIRE and The Huffington Post

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.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Firedoglake, The New Republic and Off the Charts Blog

cbpp.org:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Discussion: Off the Charts Blog

Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:

China Has Divested 97 Percent of Its Holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills — (CNSNews.com) - China has dropped 97 percent of its holdings in U.S. Treasury bills, decreasing its ownership of the short-term U.S. government securities from a peak of $210.4 billion in May 2009 to $5.69 billion in March 2011 …

Discussion: UNCOVERAGE.net and Doug Ross

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

James Arness, Marshal on ‘Gunsmoke,’ Dies at 88 — James Arness, who burnished the legend of America's epic West as Marshal Matt Dillon, the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City on “Gunsmoke,” one of the longest-running dramatic series in television history, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Outside the Beltway, Don Surber and Prairie Weather