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6:30 AM ET, May 2, 2012

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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell hounded from Romney campaign by anti-gay conservatives — Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, has resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives.

BuzzFeed:

In Romney's Gay Rights Mess, Silence Wasn't An Option — The candidate stayed mum while his gay aide was being blasted by the right. Now gay rights groups blame Romney, whose aides say it was never about sexuality. — (AP / Henny Ray Abrams) — With the departure of his openly gay …

Discussion: GayPatriot, Talking Points Memo and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Kyle Mantyla / rightwingwatch.org:

Fischer: Grenell Resignation a ‘Huge Win’ for the Religious Right — It was just last week that Bryan Fischer was declaring that if Mitt Romney wants to win in November, he'd “better start listening to me.” And the first thing that Romney needed to do was fire Richard Grenell …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite, Good As You, Towleroad News #gay and ThinkProgress

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:

Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney spokesman, resigns — Richard Grenell is resigning from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign less than two weeks after being hired. — The foreign policy spokesman came under fire for some crude (and since deleted) tweets about women.

Discussion: MLive.com

Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS:
Richard Grenell, Openly Gay Romney Spokesman, Resigns From Post

Discussion: Washington Post, BuzzFeed and GayPatriot

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney's Openly-Gay Spokesperson Resigns After Facing Pressure From Anti-Gay Right Wing

Discussion: The Impolitic and Mediaite

BuzzFeed:

How The White House Smothered The News Of Obama's Trip To Afghanistan — How the White House played whack-a-mole, and why I deleted my tweet. Drudge wouldn't budge. — Shortly before 9:19 a.m. this morning the Afghanistan-based 24-hour broadcast news station TOLONews tweeted that President Barack Obama had landed in Afghanistan.

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Mark Landler / New York Times:

Obama Signs Pact in Kabul, Turning Page in Afghan War — KABUL, Afghanistan — President Obama, speaking to an American television audience on Tuesday night from an American air base here, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan …

Discussion: WPLG-TV, CNN, Politico, New York Magazine, Gothamist, The Caucus, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Truthdig and The Mahablog

CNN:

New Obama Campaign Video: Gingrich v Romney in His own Words — (CNN) - The Obama campaign is out with a new web video featuring some of Newt Gingrich's fiercest attacks on Mitt Romney, the same day Gingrich is expected to show support for Romney's candidacy.

Discussion: ABCNEWS

Jim Inhofe / CNN:

Inhofe fires off on Obama over trip — (CNN) - Longtime Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma criticized President Barack Obama over the president's surprise trip to Afghanistan Tuesday, describing the visit as “campaign related” and an “attempt to shore up his national security credentials.”

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Politico, The Reaction, Weasel Zippers, p m carpenter's commentary and Campaign 2012

The White House:
Excerpts of the President's Address to the Nation from Afghanistan

Discussion: Truthdig, The Moderate Voice and Taylor Marsh

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Football spiked: Obama to address nation on Bin Laden anniversary live from Afghanistan

Discussion: New York Times, USA Today, Swampland, GayPatriot, Sister Toldjah, Pirate's Cove and Weekly Standard

ABCNEWS:
Obama Greets Troops in Afghanistan on Bin Laden Anniversary

Discussion: Politico, CNN, The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS, Washington Post and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

BuzzFeed: Obama Looks To End Of Afghanistan War

CNN:
Excerpts of president's Afghanistan speech released

Discussion: Politico, The Stranger … and ABCNEWS

Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Obama to make televised speech from Afghanistan at 7:30 p.m.

Discussion: ABCNEWS and Yahoo! Politics!

Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:

“Occupy” Movement Was Infiltrated By FBI Informant In Cleveland Bridge Bombing Probe — Buster — The federal probe that resulted last night in the arrest of five purported anarchists for allegedly plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge began last year at an Occupy Wall Street rally in Cleveland …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, iOwnTheWorld.com and WEWS-TV

Jason Ryan / ABCNEWS:
Anarchists Wanted to Attack NATO, Republican Convention: Feds

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and HotAirPundit

Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
Happy May Day! CNN reports: … Cyco, Skabby, Tony …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BREITBART.COM and Fox News

Stable Hand / The Jawa Report:
OccupyCleveland Cancels May Day Event After Bomb Suspects Arrest (Updated)

Discussion: Belmont Club, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Romney heckled at event with Giuliani — Mitt Romney was heckled Tuesday at a New York City event marking the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. — Romney was campaigning with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at an event at the firehouse where the city of New York set …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Gothamist

Daily Mail:
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Joel Siegel / ABCNEWS:
Giuliani Marks OBL Anniversary With Romney at NY Firehouse

Discussion: The Reaction and LewRockwell.com Blog

Katy Hall / The Huffington Post:

Breeze Beretta Johnston: Levi Johnston & Sunny Oglesby Announce Baby Name … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Levi Johnston, Video, Breeze Baretta Johnston, Breeze Beretta Johnston, Levi Johnston Daughter, Photo Galleries, Sunny Oglesby, Sunny Oglesby Baby, Politics News

Discussion: International Business Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Daily Caller

Adam Davidson / New York Times:

The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy — Ever since the financial crisis started, we've heard plenty from the 1 percent. We've heard them giving defensive testimony in Congressional hearings or issuing anodyne statements flanked by lawyers and image consultants.

Discussion: Planet Money, Wonkette, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo and Politico

CREW:

CREW Calls for FCC to Revoke Murdoch's Broadcast Licenses — Requests for Investigation, Federal Agencies, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), News, News Corp. , Press Releases, Rupert Murdoch — Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) …

Discussion: Guardian, more at Mediagazer »

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Obama leads in Virginia — Barack Obama continues to look like the favorite to win Virginia this fall. He has a 51-43 lead over Mitt Romney in the state. We have consistently found Obama leading in Virginia by margins similar to his 6 point victory there in 2008- he led Romney by 6 in December …

Discussion: M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …, Hot Air, Firedoglake, American Prospect and Ballot Box

G-A-Y / Good As You:

Video: Amendment 1 pastor gives parents ‘special dispensation’ to use violence against LGBT kids!!! — “Crack that wrist!” — “Give 'em a good punch!” — “Vote for Amendment 1!” … Uhm—"Praise Jesus"? — **EARLIER: Video: Amendment 1 pastor warns same-sex marriage could cause Muslims to ‘take over us’

Discussion: Firedoglake, Truth Wins Out, Holy Bullies …, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa / IHT Rendezvous:

Cuba May Be the Most Feminist Country in Latin America — NEW YORK — Cuba may just be the most feminist country in Latin America. — It ranks No. 3 in the world when it comes to the political participation of women in Parliament, according to a United Nations survey on women in politics.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Weasel Zippers and Center for Democracy …

Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:

Elizabeth Warren's embattled campaign: Cherokee tie found 5 generations ago — Cherokee tie found 5 generations ago — Desperately scrambling to validate Democrat Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage amid questions about whether she used her minority status to further her career …