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1:45 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: The Reaction, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, NewsWire, The Moderate Voice, Comments from Left Field, Sky Dancing, Gawker, Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune and TPMDC

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

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 and Sense of Events

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.

Discussion: USA Today, The Note, Salon and Mediaite

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

Discussion: Indecision Forever

Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
'It's like following Princess Diana'

Discussion: Big Journalism, Michelle Malkin, The Huffington Post, The Daley Gator, Conservatives4Palin, The Political Carnival, Moe Lane, William K. Wolfrum Chronicles, Althouse, National Review and Stop The ACLU

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: New York Times, Washington Wire, Washington Post, 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, Speaker, Associated Press, 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, Speaker, National Review, 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

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

Discussion: The Politico and CNN

The Politico:
Libya resolution clears House

Discussion: Political Punch

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

National Enquirer:

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS DUMPED BY MISTRESS! — Desperate to stay out of jail, bad boy politician JOHN EDWARDS begged his mistress and mother of his love child Rielle Hunter to cover up for him, but she flatly refused, sources say. — In a bombshell exclusive hitting newsstands …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Los Angeles Times, The Daley Gator and Fox Nation

Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
John Edwards indicted in affair coverup

Discussion: Proof Positive, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, ABCNEWS, Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice and The Politico

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

Discussion: Associated Press, Rumproast, Washington Post, McClatchy Washington Bureau, The Maddow Blog, TalkLeft, ThinkProgress, AmSpecBlog, Left Coast Rebel, Hot Air, Gothamist, Booman Tribune and Fausta's Blog

Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
John Edwards indicted on campaign finance charges

Discussion: The Huffington Post, National Review, The BLT, UNCOVERAGE.net, News Desk, Slate Magazine, Outside the Beltway, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, ABCNEWS, Michelle Malkin, Mudville Gazette, The Volokh Conspiracy, Unfogged, Patterico's Pontifications and Althouse

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: SFGate, Bookworm Room, American Glob, Datechguy's Blog, Atlas Shrugs 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

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: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Other McCain, The Politico, Top of the Ticket, Hot Air and PolitickerNY

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 and The New Republic

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

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 …

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

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and American Power

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, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, Paul Krugman, Ben Smith's Blog, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Oliver Willis

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.

Discussion: News Desk

New York Post:
Lewd-pic recipient worn out by Weiner scandal

Discussion: Big Government, Big Journalism, Scared Monkeys, Gothamist, Riehl World View, The Hill, Proof Positive, Weasel Zippers, Althouse, JammieWearingFool and The Gateway Pundit

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

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.

Discussion: Jihad Watch

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