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2:40 AM ET, June 7, 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.

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Salon, Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, Runnin' Scared, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs, Maggie's Notebook and Verum Serum, more at Mediagazer »

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

Nancy Pelosi calls for Anthony Weiner ethics inquiry — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are calling for an investigation into Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) over the series of sexually explicit conservations …

Discussion: Fox News, The Lonely Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Fox Nation, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and New York Magazine

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Other McCain and Patterico's Pontifications

The Atlantic Online:

Anthony Weiner Admits to Sending Racy Photos: Should We Really Ignore It? — My colleague makes a persuasive argument for ignoring sex scandals—they have opportunity cost, after all, and what business is it of ours? Does it tell us anything about how they do their job? — Allow me to suggest that maybe it does.

Discussion: A plain blog about politics and Outside the Beltway

Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Sexting Partner Reveals Her Identity, Says: ‘He Called Me On Congress Phone!’

Discussion: Pajamas Media and Gawker

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Creepy must-see flashback: Weiner lies shamelessly to ABC about what happened

Discussion: National Review, Slate Magazine and Pajamas Media

The Atlantic Online:
Should We Care About Anthony Weiner's Photo Scandal?

Discussion: Salon and Crooks and Liars

The Note:
Weiner Flashback: “I Was the Victim of This”

Discussion: Pajamas Media and POWIP

The Huffington Post:
Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal: New Photos Emerge (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, National Review and RedState

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Anthony Weiner Press Conference UPDATE: Admits Trying to Send DM UPDATE: Weiner Will Not Resign UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED

Discussion: Big Government, National Review, GayPatriot, Maggie's Notebook, TPMDC, Nice Deb, The Sundries Shack, Fausta's Blog, Datechguy's Blog and Hot Air

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
ABC News ‘likely’ to name woman who says she received shirtless Weiner pic, source says

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Moe_Lane's blog, Runnin' Scared and Pajamas Media

CBS News:
Anthony Weiner admits to online relationships, sending explicit photo; says he will not step down

Discussion: Hit & Run, TPMDC, Don Surber and Mediaite

City Room:
Web Site Posts Image Said to Be of Bare-Chested Weiner

Discussion: Mediaite, Big Government, Washington Post, Power Line, Runnin' Scared, TPMDC, JammieWearingFool and Pajamas Media

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

Charles Johnson: I Won't Apologize to Breitbart — Earlier today I noted that numerous people owed Andrew Breitbart an apology. — Among those people was Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs who accused Andrew Bretibart of “smearing” Weiner with “phony” accuastions.

Discussion: Nice Deb, Weasel Zippers, Little Green Footballs and Daily Kos

The Politico:

Andrew Breitbart's day of vindication — In Andrew Breitbart's up-and-down career as a conservative agitator, it doesn't get any better than this. — Ten days ago, he broke the Rep. Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal on his website, Big Government, then on Monday pushed it to its conclusion …

Discussion: YID With LID

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, Founding Bloggers, Althouse, FrumForum and Shakesville

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner admits tweet, will not resign

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Yahoo! News, Hot Air, AMERICAblog News, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, UrbanGrounds, Modeled Behavior, Indecision Forever, The Democratic Daily and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Carolyn Hax / Washington Post:
‘The picture was of me, and I sent it’

Discussion: alicublog, Truthdig and Runnin' Scared

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Weiner Admits He Sent Lewd Photos; Seeks Not to Resign

Discussion: The Politico

City Room:
Weiner Says He Sent Photos and Lied, But Won't Resign

Discussion: AlterNet, Moonbattery, Balloon Juice and No More Mister Nice Blog

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Can Weiner keep his seat?

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
Anthony Weiner Schedules Press Conference to Deal with Latest Accusations

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Weiner apologizes for lying, ‘terrible mistakes,’ refuses to resign

Discussion: Concurring Opinions, The Politico, This Just In, The Moderate Voice and Outside the Beltway

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: AmSpecBlog, Ben Smith's Blog and GOP 12

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.”

Discussion: Oliver Willis, Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress, Crooks and Liars, Runnin' Scared, The Raw Story, Mediaite and TPMDC

Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Experts back Sarah Palin's historical account

Discussion: Sheya, Conservatives4Palin, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, Althouse, Indecision Forever, Mudville Gazette, Pajamas Media, neo-neocon, Top of the Ticket, National Review, Don Surber, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Dish, Hot Air, Maggie's Notebook, Washington Post and Little Green Footballs

David Weigel / Weigel:
Editing Wikipedia to Make Palin Right About Paul Revere

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Wonkette, Guardian and Washington Post

Jackie Calmes / New York Times:

Top Obama Economic Player to Return to University Post — WASHINGTON — Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Obama and the only economist left on his core economic team, plans to leave as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers by September, after a year in the job, to return to the University of Chicago.

Discussion: Firedoglake and Economist's View

Mike Allen / The Politico:
Austan Goolsbee to leave White House

Discussion: CNN and Gawker

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, The Sundries Shack, Sister Toldjah, Pajamas Media, The Blaze, GayPatriot, Weasel Zippers, Wizbang and Fox Nation

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Wasserman Schultz retracts Jim Crow analogy

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Monthly and americanthinker.com

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Don Surber

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 …

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, Don Surber, Pajamas Media and HotAirPundit

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

House Republicans propose Social Security opt-out — House Republicans on Friday introduced legislation that would allow workers to partially opt out of Social Security immediately, and fully opt out after 15 years. — Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), who chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

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.