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7:15 PM ET, June 6, 2011

Top Items:

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 …

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.

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.

Discussion: Power Line, Weasel Zippers, Wake up America, Gawker, Pundit Press, Mediaite, Ricochet Conversation Feed, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications, Pajamas Media, Don Surber and Althouse

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: The Note, National Review, Pajamas Media, Guardian, Atlas Shrugs, The Gateway Pundit, POWIP, Washington Post and Verum Serum

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:

Weinergate Bombshell: New Woman Comes Forward Claiming Cache of Intimate Photos and Online Communications with Beleaguered Congressman — A new woman has come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). These appear to undermine severely …

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Hit & Run, NY Daily News, Pajamas Media, Modeled Behavior, Wake up America, AMERICAblog News, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, Indecision Forever and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

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, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Gawker and Fox Nation

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:

'It's Me': Rep. Weiner Sends Playful Photo to New Friend — Earlier today, BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com revealed that a woman had come forward with what she claims are photographs, chats, and emails she exchanged with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). — The following photograph …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Runnin' Scared, Pajamas Media, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line, Nice Deb, TBogg, Patterico's Pontifications, Gawker, The Other McCain and National Review, more at Mediagazer »

City Room:

Weiner Says He Sent Photos and Lied, But Won't Resign — At a news conference in Midtown Monday afternoon, Representative Anthony D. Weiner tearfully confessed to sending a photo of himself in his underwear to a woman over Twitter, then lying about it. — Mr. Weiner said the indiscretion …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Moonbattery, Balloon Juice, No More Mister Nice Blog and Wake up America

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:

‘Me and the pussys’: Weiner Sends Intimate Home Pic; Apparently Relishes Double Entendres, Too — Earlier this morning, BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com revealed that a woman had come forward with what she claims are intimate photographs, chats, and emails that she allegedly exchanged with Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY).

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Gothamist

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

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Salon

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

Discussion: Mediaite, Runnin' Scared, TPMDC, Washington Post and Pajamas Media

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

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

Discussion: The Raw Story and RedState

Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Andrew Breitbart takes over Anthony Weiner news conference

Discussion: Breitbart.tv

Danb / RADAR:
Weiner Used Jewish Sexual Stereotype To Facebook Sexting Partner

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

Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Roger Ailes Plays Nice

Discussion: Adweek, Don Surber, Gawker, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, NewsBusters.org and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Report: Weiner ‘sexting’

Discussion: FishbowlDC

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

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Datechguy's Blog

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

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Politico and Outside the Beltway

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.

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, Conservatives4Palin, neo-neocon, Mudville Gazette, Indecision Forever, Pajamas Media, Althouse, TPMDC and Washington Post

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

Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Historians: Palin Made an ‘Obvious Blooper’

Discussion: Weigel, Oliver Willis, ThinkProgress, Guardian, Wonkette and Mediaite

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
You know how Sarah Palin said Paul Revere warned the British? Well, he did. Now, who looks stupid?

Discussion: Hot Air, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, americanthinker.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, Maggie's Notebook, Mediaite, The Daily Dish and Cold Fury

Matt Schneider / Mediaite: Joe Scarborough On Sarah Palin's Paul Revere Defense: 'Everything's A Gotcha Question With Her'

Andy Ostroy / The Huffington Post: “I'm Paul Revere, and You Know Nothing of My Work!”

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.”

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, TPMDC, Lez Get Real and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Exclusive - Rick Santorum Will Run for President: 'We're In It to Win'

Discussion: National Review, The Politico, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Left Coast Rebel, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, The Moderate Voice and Boing Boing

Jillian Rayfield / TPMDC:
Santorum: D-Day Troops Fought For Health Care Freedom

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Politico and AmSpecBlog

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

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

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Hill and americanthinker.com

Newsweek:

Mormons Rock! — They've conquered Broadway, talk radio, the U.S. Senate-and they may win the White House. Why Mitt Romney and 6 million Mormons have the secret to success. — Say what you will about him, but Mitt Romney doesn't do, or not do, anything by accident.

Discussion: National Review, Patterico's Pontifications, No More Mister Nice Blog and Outside the Beltway

The Huffington Post:
Newsweek's Mitt Romney Mormon Cover (PHOTOS)

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Peter A. Diamond / New York Times:

When a Nobel Prize Isn't Enough — LAST October, I won the Nobel Prize in economics for my work on unemployment and the labor market. But I am unqualified to serve on the board of the Federal Reserve — at least according to the Republican senators who have blocked my nomination. How can this be?

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: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Don Surber

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 …

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Vouchercare Is Not Medicare — What's in a name? A lot, the National Republican Congressional Committee obviously believes. Last week, the committee sent a letter demanding that a TV station stop running an ad declaring that the House Republican budget plan would “end Medicare.”