Top Items:
The Politico:
Obama donors net government jobs — Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama's run for the presidency. — Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest …
Discussion:
Hot Air and New York Magazine
RELATED:
Agence France Presse:
Desert tortoise comes under fire from ‘Sheriff’ Biden — WASHINGTON (AFP) - As part of the White House's recently launched Campaign to Cut Waste, Vice President Joe Biden says one of his first wasteful spending targets is a website dedicated to the desert tortoise.
Fox News:
Lawmakers File Suit Against Obama Administration Over Libya Operation
Lawmakers File Suit Against Obama Administration Over Libya Operation
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and The Page
CNN:
House members to sue Obama administration over Libya mission
House members to sue Obama administration over Libya mission
Discussion:
JONATHAN TURLEY and FrumForum
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
John Boehner gets into War Powers Act
John Boehner gets into War Powers Act
Discussion:
The Daily Dish, The Nation, Swampland, ThinkProgress and The Agonist
Wall Street Journal:
Payroll Tax Cut Idea Joins Debt Talks
Payroll Tax Cut Idea Joins Debt Talks
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, The Hill and MarketBeat
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Booman Tribune, The Foundry, Associated Press and The Politico
Oliver Tree / Daily Mail:
Judgement day: Weiner's wife returns home to confront errant husband as new images emerge showing congressman cross dressing and ‘oiled up’ — Beleaguered congressman Anthony Weiner is set to face his humiliated wife Huma Abedin after she arrived at the family home in Washington home earlier today.
Discussion:
The Politico, The Jawa Report, The Hayride, Weasel Zippers, JammieWearingFool, iOwnTheWorld.com and Fox Nation
RELATED:
The Note:
Rep. Weiner's Porn Star Pen Pal to Face Reporters Today — ABC News' John R. Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) reports: — On the same day that Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Secretary of Clinton's close aide Huma Abedin, is set to return from a trip to the Middle East and Africa, one of the women …
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog and Political Punch
New York Post:
America poll-axes Weiner — By GEOFF EARLE and S.A. MILLER in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in NY — America has seen enough of Anthony Weiner. — The first national Weinergate poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the lewd lawmaker to quit Congress. — And a paltry 8 percent …
Discussion:
Gothamist, City Room and JammieWearingFool
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Candidates Show G.O.P. Less United on Goals of War — DERRY, N.H. — The hawkish consensus on national security that has dominated Republican foreign policy for the last decade is giving way to a more nuanced view, with some presidential candidates expressing a desire to withdraw from Afghanistan …
RELATED:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
Discussion:
The Daily Dish
The New Republic:
Mitt Romney: The Campaign Within the Conservative Movement to Take Him Down
Mitt Romney: The Campaign Within the Conservative Movement to Take Him Down
Discussion:
Healthwatch
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, msnbc.com, Swampland and GOP 12
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
Discussion:
Ben Smith's Blog, Riehl World View, News Desk and The New Republic
JSOnline:
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.
Discussion:
The Hill, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Reuters, NewsBusters.org blogs, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Politico, Power Line, The Greenroom, American Times, The BRAD BLOG, Firedoglake, Questions and Observations, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, The Raw Story, Hot Air, TPMDC, The Lonely Conservative, The Consumerist, Outside the Beltway, Don Surber, The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Other McCain and The Volokh Conspiracy
RELATED:
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“your comments about spiking footballs seem distinctly un-professorial” — In my post yesterday about the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning Judge Sumi, I opined: … In response, I received this email (emphasis mine): … Reaction? — Here's mine: — Ya see, this is what blogging does to the mind.
Discussion:
The Foundry, UrbanGrounds, americanthinker.com and Patterico's Pontifications
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights
Wisconsin Court Reinstates Law on Union Rights
Discussion:
wicourts.gov, National Review, Washington Post, AmSpecBlog, WisPolitics Budget Blog, NewsBusters.org blogs, Firedoglake, Althouse, Fox News and FrumForum
New York Times:
Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid — WASHINGTON — Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.
RELATED:
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, The Reaction, Pajamas Media and Wonkette
Lewis Page / The Register:
Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade — Physicists say sunspot cycle is ‘going into hibernation’ — What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity …
Discussion:
AMERICAN DIGEST, The Jawa Report, RedState, Hot Air, The Lonely Conservative and Barcepundit
TMZ.com:
Topless Newt Gingrich — On a Rock, In a Hard Place — TMZ has obtained a photo of a glistening Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich laying topless on a beach in Greece ... days before his campaign staff quit over the timing of his two-week vacation. — The photo was taken on June 2 …
Discussion:
The Note, Mediaite, Salon, Gawker, New York Magazine and Hotline On Call
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
In CA-36, Democrat Calls For Blanket Condemnation Of Stunning New Web Ad (VIDEO) — The special election to replace the retired Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) just took a turn for the spectacular. A new web video aimed at boosting the Republican chances for an upset win is
RELATED:
David Catanese / The Politico:
Most offensive ad yet: Hahn's Homeboyz
Most offensive ad yet: Hahn's Homeboyz
Discussion:
SFGate, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain
The Huffington Post:
Grover Norquist Rebuked By GOP … WASHINGTON — Grover Norquist's grip on the Republican Party's tax policy slipped dramatically on Tuesday, a development that is likely to have significant repercussions on the debate over spending, revenue and the federal deficit.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times, National Review, Outside the Beltway, The New Republic and FrumForum
RELATED:
Jimmy Vielkind / Albany Times Union:
GOP senator from Saratoga becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — GOP Sen. Roy McDonald becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — New York Rangers player Sean Avery, left, and ? Sex and The City? star Cynthia Nixon make their way to a news conference calling on the state legislature …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, AMERICAblog Gay, PolitickerNY and City Room
RELATED:
Ynetnews:
Glenn Beck's Jerusalem rally program unveiled — TV star's solidarity event is expected to draw thousands of Israelis, Americans with music, pyrotechnics. Sarah Palin, republican presidential candidates set to drop by — Tzvika Brot — Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans …
Discussion:
The Hill, Ben Smith's Blog, The New Republic, Weigel, GOP 12, Conservatives4Palin and FrumForum
The Atlantic Online:
In Which I Become a Republican — At least for purposes of admiring the panache and “a dish best served cold” gleeful nastiness of today's proclamation by Gov. John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, that the Dallas Mavericks and their friends, family, and fans are all Honorary Ohioans.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway
unionleader.com:
A nominee already? Romney skips ahead — Mitt Romney did a good job at Monday night's Republican presidential debate. But not that good. — The former Massachusetts governor used his previous presidential campaign experience to come across as polished and presidential in the debate.
Discussion:
CNN, Fox Nation and msnbc.com
Stephanie Banchero / Wall Street Journal:
Students Stumble Again on the Basics of History — National Test Shows Little Progress in Grasping Democracy, U.S. Role in World — WSJ's Stephanie Banchero has details of a National Assessment of Educational Progress study showing students at the fourth, eighth and twelfth grade levels struggle with basic history questions.
Discussion:
Hot Air, JONATHAN TURLEY, OpenMarket.org and The Lonely Conservative
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Cable worried about poverty, not Netflix — (Reuters) - For all the talk about competitive threats from the likes of Netflix Inc or Apple Inc, it is rising poverty among households that TV executives say is their biggest source of concern. — Executives from News Corp, Comcast Corp and Time Warner Inc …
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars