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Skschust / CBS New York:
Weiner's Office Calls Police After CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer Asks For An Interview — WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) — Congressman Anthony Weiner said Thursday he's finished talking about the lewd photo sent from his Twitter account. — But he still wouldn't say whether he's the one in the picture.
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Mediaite, Hot Air, NewsBusters.org, American Power, The New Republic, Washington Times, REPUBLICAN REDEFINED, Nice Deb, The Gateway Pundit, The Other McCain, Datechguy's Blog, George Gooding, minx.cc, Gawker, Doug Ross, Don Surber, American Glob, National Review, Verum Serum and JammieWearingFool
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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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Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Weiner Now Silent Over Lewd Photo
Weiner Now Silent Over Lewd Photo
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The Other McCain and The Note
The Politico:
Sarah Palin's bus tour leaves GOP cold — As it played out on TV this week, Sarah Palin's “One Nation” road trip of U.S. historical sites was a masterpiece of political mischief-making - a wild dash up the East Coast that delighted her fans and cornered the market on 2012 coverage for days on end.
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Stop The ACLU, GOP 12, CNN and Los Angeles Times
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Watch CNN Anchor's Deadpan Reaction To Sarah Palin's Version Of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride — Sarah Palin is in Boston today, meeting with supporters and other curious elements. She is also chatting about how meaningful being in such a historic region is to her on her One Nation tour.
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REPUBLICAN REDEFINED and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
In New Hampshire, Sarah Palin blasts Timothy Geithner, fishing regulations
In New Hampshire, Sarah Palin blasts Timothy Geithner, fishing regulations
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CNN, The Note, Conservatives4Palin and Washington Monthly
iowahawk:
Farewell, My Weiner — Excerpts from the new Inspector Dan Rather mystery — Secrets are funny things. The harder you try to keep them under wraps, the harder they spring up in the most embarrassing places. And in my line of business, you learn that no matter how you try thinking …
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Power Line
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The Smoking Gun:
The Wolfe At Anthony Weiner's Front Door
The Wolfe At Anthony Weiner's Front Door
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Balloon Juice, Angry Black Lady Chronicles, CANNONFIRE, Datechguy's Blog, sisu, STRANAHAN dot COM, Runnin' Scared, POWIP, New York Magazine, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Joe Report, Liberal Values, The Note, The Other McCain, FilmLadd, Joe. My. God. and Simply Left BehindThe …, more at Mediagazer »
Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
On Having the Last Name Weiner, an Open Letter to Anthony Weiner
On Having the Last Name Weiner, an Open Letter to Anthony Weiner
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, Michelle Malkin, UNCOVERAGE.net, The Daily Beast, New York Magazine and Swampland
Justin Elliott / Salon:
Embarrassing emails from Weiner tweeter leaked
Embarrassing emails from Weiner tweeter leaked
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American Spectator, CANNONFIRE, Gawker, The Mahablog, Slate Magazine and Big Government
Bob Woodruff / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards to Face Indictment Today — Unless a last-minute deal comes through, John Edwards will be indicted today on criminal charges after a two-year investigation seeking to connect the former senator to an allegedly illegal scheme to cover-up his extra-marital affair, ABC News has learned.
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The Hill
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Edwards charges expected Friday — Criminal charges are expected to be filed Friday against two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the result of an investigation into campaign cash allegedly funneled to the woman he had an out-of-wedlock child with.
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CNN, ThinkProgress and ABCNEWS
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Mistake of 2010 — Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a blog post about the “mistake of 1937,” the premature fiscal and monetary pullback that aborted an ongoing economic recovery and prolonged the Great Depression. As Gauti Eggertsson, the post's author …
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The Politico and Arkansas News, more at Mediagazer »
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
On the road with Sec. Gates in Singapore …
On the road with Sec. Gates in Singapore …
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Mashable! and Pajamas Media
Political Punch:
Speaker Boehner Throws Down the War Powers Act Gauntlet On Libya — In the immortal words of the vice president, this could be a big $%^ing deal: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is throwing what one Republican calls “a legal and political hot potato at the President.”
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Fox Nation, Outside the Beltway, Open Congress, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Left Coast Rebel, The Note and CNN
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Our salutary debt-ceiling scare
Our salutary debt-ceiling scare
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National Review and Betsy's Page
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner introduces new resolution seeking Libya mission clarity
Boehner introduces new resolution seeking Libya mission clarity
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American Thinker
Jim Siegel / The Columbus Dispatch:
Twitter doesn't speak for Ohio House speaker
Twitter doesn't speak for Ohio House speaker
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JammieWearingFool, Pajamas Media, New York Magazine, The Raw Story and Gawker
CNBC:
Paltry New Job Growth of 54,000 Sends Rate to 9.1% — U.S. employment rose far less than expected in May to record its weakest reading since September, while the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent as high energy prices and the effects of Japan's earthquake bogged down the economy.
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Scared Monkeys and Don Surber
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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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Washington Monthly, Felix Salmon, Daily Kos, Calculated Risk, ThinkProgress and New York Magazine
Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN announces 7 candidates in June 13 debate — Washington (CNN) — After months of criss-crossing the country and trying to woo potential supporters in early voting states, seven Republicans hoping to capture their party's presidential nomination will meet this month for the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 election.
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GOP 12 and Taegan Goddard's …
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Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Romney: Obama treating Israel with suspicion, distrust
Romney: Obama treating Israel with suspicion, distrust
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Israel Matzav
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Huntsman Bags Some Big Bundlers — As he mulls jumping into the presidential race, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is corralling some big GOP fund-raisers—and even a few who helped Hillary Clinton in 2008. … A list of prominent Huntsman bundlers obtained by Washington Wire includes Georgette Mosbacher …
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GOP 12 and AmSpecBlog
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney announces 2012 presidential bid
Mitt Romney announces 2012 presidential bid
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The Politico, Prairie Weather, Philly.com, Boston Globe, Towleroad News #gay and msnbc.com
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Won't Extend Bush Tax Cuts Again: Pledge To House Dems … WASHINGTON — In a meeting with House Democrats on Thursday, President Obama stressed that his administration would draw a firm line on taxes and revenues both in the deficit- and debt-reduction debates and in the buildup to the 2012 elections.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Money & Company, Comments from Left Field and AMERICAblog News
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Obama Rebuffs Democratic Plea To Be More Forceful
Obama Rebuffs Democratic Plea To Be More Forceful
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Suburban Guerrilla
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 …
Thomas Lifson / americanthinker.com:
The Jewish video Obama doesn't want on the web — Mysteriously, the Office of the President has requested that a video of a Jewish singing group performing at the White House be removed from the web. Matzav.com reports: — Matzav.com, in the Featured Video section …
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
the Ellen DeGeneres / Telegraph:
MI6 attacks al-Qaeda in ‘Operation Cupcake’ — British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes. — The cyber-warfare operation was launched by MI6 and GCHQ in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda …
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The Jawa Report, The Political Carnival, Weasel Zippers and Boing Boing
Ahmed Al-Haj / Associated Press:
Yemen president wounded in rocket strike — SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A government official says Yemen's president was lightly injured and four top officials wounded when opposition tribesmen struck his palace with rockets. — It was the first time that tribesmen have targeted President Ali …
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New York Magazine and New York Times