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Rep. Weiner Used Congressional Gym As Backdrop — Rep. Anthony Weiner took numerous photos of himself — clothed and partially nude — at the House Members Gym and sent them to at least one woman ... raising questions about whether he used Congressional resources in his online exploits.
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Rep. Anthony Weiner finally considering he may have to resign amid sexting scandal, says source — WASHINGTON - As a cache of embarrassing new photos appeared Sunday, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally began considering the possibility that he may have to resign. — A source close to the congressman told …
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Weasel Zippers, Runnin' Scared and JammieWearingFool


More Anthony Weiner photos surface online — Rep. Anthony Weiner took several pictures of himself grabbing his privates, part of a new batch of embarrassing photos that surfaced online Sunday morning. — The gossip website TMZ.com posted 11 photos it claimed were taken in the House member's gym …
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The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, CNN, American Power, Ben Smith's Blog and FrumForum

Ryan, Hoyer call for Weiner's resignation
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The Gateway Pundit and Patterico's Pontifications


‘Trig will be a joy’: Sarah Palin plays God in touching email about her unborn son's Down's Syndrome — Sarah Palin ‘played God’ in a deeply touching email she wrote two weeks before her fifth child, Trig, was born with Down's Syndrome, it was revealed today.
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The Gateway Pundit, UrbanGrounds, JammieWearingFool, iOwnTheWorld.com, Balloon Juice and The Politico

Open, and Revolting, Anti-Obama Racism at Fox — This is psychologically fascinating: The mind of Fox Business host Eric Bolling, when confronted with images of President Obama meeting with Gabon's president, Ali Bongo, instantly recalls other black people who have met with President Obama …
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Mediaite and Runnin' Scared

Obama bullies Israel; so much for promises at AIPAC — Since the president's Arab Spring speech, friends of Israel have been nervous about at least two issues: the promise Israel would not have to sit down with those who seek its destruction and the negotiations based on the “1967 borders with land swaps.”


GOP Voting Factors: Look Out for Marital Infidelity — Mitt Romney's religion is far less of a concern to potential Republican voters than it once was, and a candidate's race or sex are non-issues for vast majorities. But if a GOP contender supports gay civil unions — or has committed marital infidelity — all bets are off.
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Mitt Romney leads the Drudge primary
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Ben Smith's Blog, CNN and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog


Gabrielle Giffords photographs released — PHOENIX — Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound to the head. — The Facebook photos, the first clear snapshots of Giffords since …
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Crooks and Liars, Scared Monkeys, Runnin' Scared, Balloon Juice, Guardian and New York Magazine
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Gabrielle Giffords photos inspire friends and strangers alike
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Wake up America

Santorum: Doctors Providing Abortions To Rape And Incest Victims Should Be Criminally Charged — Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press this morning, former Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum offered two stunningly maximalist positions on abortion — abortion should be flatly banned …
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Booman Tribune


For the Executive With Everything, a $230,000 Dog to Protect It — MINNEAPOLIS — Don't call her a guard dog. — When she costs $230,000, as Julia did, the preferred title is “executive protection dog.” This 3-year-old German shepherd, who commutes by private jet between a Minnesota estate …
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No More Mister Nice Blog

It's the Health Care Costs, Stupid — I've already written about Joe Lieberman's very bad, no good idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age. Austin Frakt and Aaron Carroll show that it's even worse than I thought: Americans near 65 who don't have good health insurance delay needed treatment …
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ThinkProgress, PERRspectives, Hullabaloo and Firedoglake

East Bay Doomsayer Harold Camping suffers stroke — ALAMEDA — Harold Camping, the Doomsday radio preacher who sparked international media attention by predicting the end of the world last month, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his Alameda home Thursday night.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Gothamist

Obama Somehow Gets in Some Golf — I know this will be surprising to everyone, but the president has gone golfing. — Having clearly had enough of the solitude of Camp David, where he and the family were making a rare weekend sojourn, the president choppered early this morning directly …
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PoliPundit.com, Weasel Zippers and JammieWearingFool


Syrian unrest: Army in control of Jisr al-Shughour — Troops have been in the area of Jisr al-Shughour for several days — The Syrian army has taken control of the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour following what state media has described as heavy fighting.
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