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Daily Mail:
SEALs slam Obama for using them as ‘ammunition’ in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign — Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney undermines his own argument about Bin Laden — Today Mitt Romney was asked whether he would have given the order to launch the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, as Obama did. — “Of course,” Romney said. “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival and 2012 Decoded
CNN:
Obama campaign's latest ad targets Romney's ‘Swiss bank account’
Obama campaign's latest ad targets Romney's ‘Swiss bank account’
Discussion:
GOP 12, Campaign 2012 and The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
McCain on Bin Laden raid: 'The thing about heroes, they don't brag'
McCain on Bin Laden raid: 'The thing about heroes, they don't brag'
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Wall Street Journal, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, BuzzFeed and Slate
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — The Five Stages Of GOP Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death — And What's Next
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney needs to go on offense on national security
Romney needs to go on offense on national security
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The Enterprise Blog and Washington Free Beacon
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
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Betsy's Page, NewsBusters.org, Nice Deb, Ricochet Conversations Feed and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says
Romney might convince me, Christie says
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ABCNEWS, Yahoo! News, Politico, HotAirPundit, National Review and The Page
Los Angeles Times:
Obama denies ‘excessive celebration’ over Bin Laden anniversary
Obama denies ‘excessive celebration’ over Bin Laden anniversary
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Pundit & Pundette, Hot Air and National Review
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown
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ABCNEWS, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Time, Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism — The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism. — Many Communist and radical publications …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
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americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Finally: Team Obama unveils its new slogan; Update: “Was Reply-All taken?”
Finally: Team Obama unveils its new slogan; Update: “Was Reply-All taken?”
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Right Wing News, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice and Viking Pundit
Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner...
On Saturday night I was honored to be invited to the White House Correspondents Association dinner...
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Daily Kos, The Hill and Ballot Box
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say — Elizabeth Warren, the likely Democratic challenger to Senator Scott P. Brown in the closely watched Senate race in Massachusetts, released statements on Monday night from officials at all of the law schools …
Discussion:
The Volokh Conspiracy, Boston Globe, Althouse, American Power, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York Post
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Elizabeth Warren campaign, challenged on Native American heritage claims, 'digging up some sort …
Elizabeth Warren campaign, challenged on Native American heritage claims, 'digging up some sort …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, The Harvard Crimson, iOwnTheWorld.com and Unfogged
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Boston Globe and Washington Wire
BBC:
Rupert Murdoch ‘not a fit person’ to lead News Corp - MPs — The MPs were “misled repeatedly”, says chairman John Whittingdale — Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, MPs have said. — The culture committee questioned journalists …
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Politico, Towleroad News #gay and US Politics
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CNN:
Rupert Murdoch not fit to run business, UK lawmakers rule — London (CNN) — Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is not a “fit and proper person” to run a major international company, British lawmakers investigating phone hacking at his tabloid the News of the World reported Tuesday.
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Guardian, News: News blog, Poynter, Mediaite and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
TV in real dime — Viewers who stream network TV shows may soon discover the free ride is not so free. — Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers will have to prove they are a pay-TV customer …
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TechCrunch, GigaOM, Mashable, Techdirt, ThinkProgress and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT TECH: Consumer groups slam Hulu decision to switch to pay model
OVERNIGHT TECH: Consumer groups slam Hulu decision to switch to pay model
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RedState
Island Packet:
Bluffton Middle School teacher accused of assault, calling student “Jew” — From staff reports — Feeds | | Search the Archive — A Bluffton Middle School teacher is accused of grabbing a student by his shirt collar, forcing him under a desk and telling him …
Discussion:
The Other McCain
Ofer Aderet / Haaretz:
Pioneer of global peace studies hints at link between Norway massacre and Mossad — In several anti-Semitic remarks, Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung also defends ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ and says Jewish influence was one of the factors leading to Auschwitz. — Get Haaretz on iPhone
Discussion:
americanthinker.com, Via Meadia, Harry's Place and Israel Matzav
Carol Cratty / CNN:
Homeland Security investigation Secret Service — Washington (CNN) — The acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security is launching a separate investigation into the Secret Service prostitution scandal. — The “field work is beginning immediately,” …
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Politico
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
NORTH CAROLINA: Man Films Himself Firing A Shotgun Into Neighbor's Yard Sign Against Amendment One — How is NOM going to spin THIS? Somebody please mirror this clip immediately onto your own YouTube channel and send me a back-up link. — UPDATE: Thanks folks, we've now got back-up copies of this shameless a**holery.
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Holy Bullies …, The Impolitic, Gawker and NOM Blog
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Fails to Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed on Bush — Barack Obama campaigned four years ago assailing President George W. Bush for wage losses suffered by the middle class. More than three years into Obama's own presidency, those declines have only deepened.
Discussion:
Ezra Klein, americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS and GayPatriot
New York Times:
Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm — About a month after Mitt Romney ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in February 2008, his eldest son, Tagg, and Spencer Zwick, the campaign's top fund-raiser, met with a beef company executive who had been a major campaign donor …
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ABCNEWS, Prairie Weather and The Page
Megan DeMarco / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie shakes off Jimmy Kimmel's jabs at his weight — TRENTON — Getting called fat isn't so bad when Sofia Vergara is there to make you feel better. — “When you have her next to you to console you, let me tell you, you don't care what the heck Jimmy Kimmel said,” …
Stephen King / The Daily Beast:
Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake! — The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. — Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain't Santa Claus.
Bristol Palin:
Defending the “Palin Pick” — Most of you know I'd rather post photos of my family and write about Alaska than talk about politics. But after reading and watching some recent commentary, I can't help myself. — The chattering class is talking - endlessly - about Mitt Romney's choice of a Vice Presidential running mate.
Discussion:
GOP 12, Wonkette, Politico and Conservatives4Palin