memeorandum: House Republicans propose Social Security opt-out (Pete Kasperowicz/The Hill)

12:55 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: The Gateway Pundit, Salon, National Review, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs, Maggie's Notebook and Verum Serum

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: Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air, Ricochet Conversation Feed, Gawker, FishbowlDC, Power Line, Weasel Zippers, Pundit Press, Mediaite, Wake up America, The Daily Caller, americanthinker.com, Althouse, Pajamas Media and Patterico's Pontifications

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, UNCOVERAGE.net, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Fox Nation, Towleroad News #gay, Gawker and New York Magazine

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: Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Patterico's Pontifications and UNCOVERAGE.net

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, UrbanGrounds, AMERICAblog News, The Moderate Voice, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, Modeled Behavior, Wake up America, Indecision Forever, The Democratic Daily and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

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: Outside the Beltway and A plain blog about politics

Danb / RADAR:

Weiner Sexting Partner Reveals Her Identity, Says: ‘He Called Me On Congress Phone!’ — The woman who carried on a nine-month sexting relationship with Rep. Anthony Weiner is a 40-year-old Las Vegas blackjack dealer named Lisa Weiss. — Following a bombshell joint investigation …

Discussion: Gawker and Pajamas Media

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

Discussion: Breitbart.tv, Althouse and Shakesville

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

Discussion: National Review, Pajamas Media and POWIP

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

Discussion: Salon and Crooks and Liars

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

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

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

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

Discussion: Runnin' Scared

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

Discussion: The Raw Story, Wake up America and The Daily Caller

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
‘Me and the pussys’: Weiner Sends Intimate Home Pic; Apparently Relishes Double Entendres, Too

Discussion: Gothamist, Proof Positive, The Gateway Pundit, Runnin' Scared and Patterico's Pontifications

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Moe Lane and Pajamas Media

Andrew Breitbart / Big Government:
'It's Me': Rep. Weiner Sends Playful Photo to New Friend

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Politico, Pajamas Media, The Atlantic Online, Politisite, Runnin' Scared, Power Line, Nice Deb, New York Magazine, Patterico's Pontifications, Hot Air, The Other McCain, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker, UrbanGrounds, Maggie's Notebook and Weasel Zippers, more at Mediagazer »

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

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

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Pelosi calls for House ethics investigation of Weiner

Discussion: Washington Post, Weasel Zippers and Right Wing News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Little Green Footballs, Weasel Zippers, Nice Deb 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 …

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

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

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, Babalú Blog, Don Surber and Moe Lane

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

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

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Monthly and americanthinker.com

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.

Discussion: UNCOVERAGE.net, The Big Picture, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Pundit Press and Vox Popoli

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

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.”