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10:45 PM ET, June 6, 2011

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Chris Cuomo / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Anthony Weiner: ‘The Picture Was of Me and I Sent It’  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Déjà Vu: Another Congressman Bares Naked Torso (and More) for Online Pal  —  BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com have reported throughout the morning about the emergence of new details in the Weinergate saga, after a young woman came forward with new information that tends …
Meagan Broussard / Big Government:
My Story  —  My name is Meagan Broussard.  I am 26 years old.  I served in the U.S. Army, and I am a full-time college student and a single mom.  —  I admired Rep. Anthony Weiner because I had seen a video of him standing up for the 9/11 responders.  It was a rant, but he came across …
Dylan Howard / RADAR:
Weinergate Grows: Another Woman Provides Sex Messages From His Account  —  Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger.  —  Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner.
Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Used Jewish Sexual Stereotype To Facebook Sexting Partner  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner used an unflattering Jewish sexual stereotype during another Facebook sexting session with a middle-aged woman, RadarOnline.com and Star magazine are exclusively reporting in a joint newsgathering operation.
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner admits tweet, will not resign  —  A tearful Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted Monday that he has sent photographs and other sexually suggestive messages to at least a half dozen women he's met online over the last three years, but will not resign.  —  “I am deeply regretting …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Andrew Breitbart takes over Anthony Weiner news conference  —  Andrew Breitbart took over the press conference in New York that was supposed to feature Rep. Anthony Weiner Monday, declaring that everything he's posted on his conservative Web site BigGovernment.com has proven to be true.
Discussion: Breitbart.tv and Althouse
Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Sexting Partner Reveals Her Identity, Says: ‘He Called Me On Congress Phone!’
Discussion: Gawker and Pajamas Media
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
Weinergate Bombshell: New Woman Comes Forward Claiming Cache of Intimate Photos and Online …
The Atlantic Online:
Should We Care About Anthony Weiner's Photo Scandal?
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Salon and Crooks and Liars
The Note:
Weiner Flashback: “I Was the Victim of This”
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:   Weiner Admits He Sent Lewd Photos; Seeks Not to Resign
The Atlantic Online:
Anthony Weiner Admits to Sending Racy Photos: Should We Really Ignore It?
Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
‘Me and the pussys’: Weiner Sends Intimate Home Pic; Apparently Relishes Double Entendres, Too
The Huffington Post:
Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal: New Photos Emerge (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
ABC News ‘likely’ to name woman who says she received shirtless Weiner pic, source says
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Moe Lane
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Can Weiner keep his seat?
Discussion: Runnin' Scared
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Pelosi calls for House ethics investigation of Weiner
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Report: Weiner ‘sexting’
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Historians: Palin Made an ‘Obvious Blooper’  —  Sarah Palin said that Paul Revere warned the British during his midnight ride in 1775.  Historians beg to differ.  —  “He didn't warn the British,” said James Giblin, author of “The Many Rides of Paul Revere.”  “That's her most obvious blooper.”
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Joel J. Miller / National Review:
What Sarah Palin Got Wrong — And We Did, Too  —  Before we all ride the Palin-Revere fiasco utterly into the ground, it's worth noting what she really got wrong, and what the rest of us did as well.  —  Sarah Palin said that Paul Revere “warned the British that they weren't gonna be taking away our arms …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Experts back Sarah Palin's historical account  —  You betcha she was right!  —  Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate.
Russ Britt / MarketWatch:
Firms to cut health plans as reform starts: survey  —  30% of companies say they'll stop offering coverage  — Front Page - News Viewer - Commentary - Markets - Investing - Personal Finance - Community - Games  —  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start …
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Bachmann Taps Rollins to Run Campaign  —  As she prepares to enter the race in Iowa later this month, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins to run her presidential campaign, according to two sources close to Bachmann.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Veteran GOP strategist Ed Rollins aiding Bachmann presidential effort
Discussion: CNN
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DWS: GOP wants to bring back ‘Jim Crow’  —  Raising the rhetorical stakes around local battles over voting laws, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz yesterday compared Republican efforts to tighten access to the polls to notorious segregation-era Jim Crow laws.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Wasserman Schultz retracts Jim Crow analogy
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Carville: 2012 could be ‘very rough’ for Obama, says civil unrest ‘imminently possible’  —  Who ever thought the saying, “It's the economy stupid” from James Carville in 1992 would become a staple in presidential elections 20 years later?  —  That expression made its way into the campaign …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Austan Goolsbee to leave White House  —  Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, plans to resign this summer and return to teaching economics at the University of Chicago, a Democratic official said Monday.  —  Goolsbee has been on leave for four years …
Discussion: CNN
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum's 12 Most Offensive Statements  —  This morning, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R) announced his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination, telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos, “We are ready to announce that we are going to be in this race and we're in it to win.”
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Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Santorum: D-Day Troops Fought For Health Care Freedom
CNN:
3 nuclear reactors melted down after quake, Japan confirms  —  Tokyo (CNN) — Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced full meltdowns at three reactors in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami in March, the country's Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters said Monday.
David Frum / CNN:
Don't doom GOP's chance to win in 2012  —  Editor's note: David Frum writes a weekly column for CNN.com.  A special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002, he is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and is the editor of FrumForum.
 
 
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