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6:20 AM ET, June 4, 2011

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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.”

Discussion: NewsWire, The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, Sky Dancing, Crooks and Liars, Comments from Left Field, Washington Post, Gawker, The Politico, Washington Monthly, TPMDC and Booman Tribune

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: 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

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, Don Surber, HotAirPundit, Sister Toldjah, Gawker and White House Dossier

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

House Rebukes Obama for Continuing Libyan Mission Without Its Consent — WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Friday to rebuke President Obama for continuing to maintain an American role in NATO operations in Libya without the express consent of Congress, and directed the administration …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and PolitickerNY

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

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rebukes Obama on Libya

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

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

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

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

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

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

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: 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: New York Post, Big Government, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hot Air, The Other McCain, PolitickerNY, Top of the Ticket and The Politico

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

Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:

John Edwards indicted in affair coverup — WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury Friday indicted former North Carolina senator John Edwards for violating election laws by accepting nearly $1 million from supporters to cover up an extramarital affair during his 2008 presidential campaign.

Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots, Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice, Wall Street Journal, ABCNEWS and The Politico

Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Edwards Charged With Election Finance Fraud

Discussion: Associated Press, Rumproast, National Review, Washington Post, The Maddow Blog, ThinkProgress, TalkLeft, McClatchy Washington Bureau, AmSpecBlog, Booman Tribune, Gothamist, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, Michelle Malkin, Fausta's Blog and Althouse

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Andrew Breitbart Did Not Run ‘Weinergate’ Evidence Which Turned Out To Be Fake — Markos Moulitsas Refuses To Protect Girls' Identities" — Then, on Thursday, a blogger at DailyKos published a diary rife with wild speculation, and unfounded insinuations, including an unredacted version …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and American Power

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Andrew Breitbart Did Not Run ‘Weinergate’ Evidence Which Turned Out To Be Fake

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Daily Caller, YID With LID, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Other McCain, Hot Air, POWIP, Big Journalism and Eschaton

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: Weasel Zippers, FishbowlDC and Hit & Run

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 …

Discussion: National Review, American Power, TPMDC, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Paul Krugman, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Ben Smith's Blog and Oliver Willis

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

Frank Newport / Gallup:

More Than 9 in 10 Americans Continue to Believe in God — Professed belief is lower among younger Americans, Easterners, and liberals — PRINCETON, NJ — More than 9 in 10 Americans still say “yes” when asked the basic question “Do you believe in God?”; this is down only slightly from the 1940s …

Discussion: The Foundry, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and American Power

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, The Gateway Pundit and The Jawa Report

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