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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
The Newt Gingrich campaign implosion — Newt Gingrich's top staff quit en masse Thursday, throwing into question whether his already troubled presidential campaign can continue. — Two sources close to the situation confirmed that campaign manager Rob Johnson, strategists Sam Dawson and Dave Carney …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Gingrich presidential campaign implodes — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign imploded Thursday afternoon with his entire senior staff resigning en masse, according to multiple sources familiar with the moves. — “When the campaign and the candidate disagree on the path …
Rick Santorum / Associated Press:
Senior Gingrich aides resign campaign en masse — Other staffers say the former speaker intends to stay in the 2012 race — Below: — msnbc.com staff and news service reports — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's campaign manager, senior strategists …
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Jgalloway / Political Insider:
Newt Gingrich's staff resigns en masse
Newt Gingrich's staff resigns en masse
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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Gingrich's entire paid Iowa campaign team resigns
Gingrich's entire paid Iowa campaign team resigns
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Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs
New York Post:
Weiner says he has no plans to resign following sexting scandal — A defiant Rep. Anthony Weiner said today that he's not resigning. — In an exclusive interview with The Post, Weiner, 46, said the sexting scandal that has plagued him for the past week is not reason enough to give up his House seat.
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Evidence That Weiner Was Talking Dirty to Underage Girls? Part 2 — Here at patterico.com we have been covering the Weiner scandal from Day 1. In covering that story, we soon realized that one of the most disturbing aspects of the story was the possibility that Congressman Weiner had engaged in communications with underaged girls.
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Verum Serum, The Raw Story and National Review
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
House Democrats Step Up Calls for Weiner to Quit
House Democrats Step Up Calls for Weiner to Quit
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New York Magazine, Pajamas Media, Roll Call, Hot Air and Washington Post
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Lawmaker tweeting falls in week after Rep. Weiner's troubles
Lawmaker tweeting falls in week after Rep. Weiner's troubles
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Drumbeat grows for Weiner to step down
Drumbeat grows for Weiner to step down
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Reuters, The Politico and CNN
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Mitt Romney: No apologies on climate change stance — Mitt Romney won't be doing any apology tours on climate change. — The early GOP presidential front-runner has broken with his party's conservative ranks to declare global warming a real threat to the planet that merits some sort of action to curb heat-trapping emissions.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney draws early fire from conservatives over views on climate change
Romney draws early fire from conservatives over views on climate change
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Rick Santorum: Climate change is ‘junk science’
Rick Santorum: Climate change is ‘junk science’
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Bloomberg:
Obama Team Eyes Payroll Tax Break for Employers — President Barack Obama's advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
It's not just what gets cut, it's when
It's not just what gets cut, it's when
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Free exchange:
Feeling confident?
Feeling confident?
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Chris Christie draft stirs in South Carolina — Multiple South Carolina state representatives plan on holding a news conference next week to urge New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to enter the presidential race. — Republican state Rep. Kris Crawford told POLITICO the goal was to entice …
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Simonhernandezarthur / CNN:
Joe Wilson endorses Pawlenty in South Carolina
Joe Wilson endorses Pawlenty in South Carolina
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Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Herman Cain To CBS News: Homosexuality Is ‘A Sin’ And ‘A Choice’ — In an interview Wednesday with CBS News, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain described homosexuality as “a sin” and “a choice.” Appearing on the CBS News web program Washington Unplugged, Cain told CBSNews.com …
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New York Times:
Alaska to Release Sarah Palin's E-Mails — JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin is long gone from this capital, what with the new ranch in Arizona and the is-she-running-or-not bus blitz of American heritage landmarks Outside, as Alaskans like to call the other 49 states.
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Derek Willis / The Caucus:
Help Us Investigate the Sarah Palin E-Mail Records
Help Us Investigate the Sarah Palin E-Mail Records
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E. J. Montini / Arizona Republic:
Gabrielle Giffords' staffer talks about congresswoman's health — Pia Carusone knew the day would come when the questions about her boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, would become more indelicate. — After answering some of those questions, Carusone, Giffords' chief of staff, told me …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / New York Times:
You Left Out the Part About ... Last weekend, like seemingly half the country, I took my son to see “X-Men: First Class,” the latest, and best, big-screen incarnation of the popular comic book franchise. — My son and I represent two generations of X-fans.
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Larry P. Vellequette / Toledo Blade:
Noted during Obama visit, Chet's restaurant to close — Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss — A small north Toledo eatery whose origins date back to 1923 will close Sunday, just days after being feted in a speech to Chrysler workers by President Obama.
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CBS News, Ben Smith's Blog and JammieWearingFool
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Calls For The U.S. To Default On Its Obligations — House Republicans have been playing games with the nation's debt ceiling for months, threatening to not raise it — and thus invite all of the adverse economic consequences that would follow — unless they receive various concessions …
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Massachusetts Republican: Undocumented Immigrant Rape Victims ‘Should Be Afraid To Come Forward’ — Massachusetts GOP state Rep. Ryan Fattman has such contempt for illegal immigrants that he believes undocumented women who are raped should be afraid to go to the police.
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Right Wing Watch
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Case against ex-NSA manager accused of mishandling classified files narrows — Federal prosecutors will withdraw key documents from their case against a former National Security Agency manager charged with mishandling classified material, a move that experts say could signal the unraveling …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Ex-NSA manager has reportedly twice rejected plea bargains in Espionage Act case
Ex-NSA manager has reportedly twice rejected plea bargains in Espionage Act case
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Emptywheel, News Desk and Secrecy News
Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Climb in the U.S. — U.S. initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, a sign that the labor market is struggling to gain traction. — Jobless claims increased by 1,000 to 427,000 in the week ended June 4, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.
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Jaya Narain / Daily Mail:
The ultimate NHS indignity: Body of hospital patient left to die in corridor is ignored for hours... before staff simply drag him away — ‘He went to them for help and they left him out in the corridor to die’, says Peter Thompson's daughter — Nurses casually stepped over a patient as he lay dying on a hospital floor.
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Justin Wolfers / Freakonomics:
We're Halfway to a Lost Decade — Our current slump began a lot earlier than you think. Which means that we're half way to a lost decade. — Many people date the financial crisis as beginning when Lehman collapsed in September 2008. But the economy was already in recession.
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Joanna Molloy / NY Daily News:
Leona Helmsley's pampered Maltese ‘Trouble,’ one of the world's richest dogs, dies at age 12 — Leona Helmsley's pampered pooch “Trouble,” who inherited $12 million from the real estate mogul, has died at the age of 12. — That's 84 in dog years. — Like many Americans …
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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being — My friend Morgan Rank owned an art gallery in East Hampton several years ago. He moved to Italy, living in the quiet countryside there for nearly a decade. We had lost touch and then, at an art event in New York, someone approached me and said, “Morgan is back.”
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Zombie / Pajamas Media:
How a Teachers' Rally Made Me Anti-Education — I write this essay with a heavy heart. — I've always considered myself an ardent advocate for education. But a recent rally staged by teachers and students in favor of school funding forced me to reluctantly acknowledge an awful truth:
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