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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000, Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest Since 1981 — it is just getting sad now. In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to — 88,419,000. This is the highest on record.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Economy adds 115,000 jobs; unemployment drops to 8.1 percent — The nation's economy added 115,00 jobs in April while the unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a point to 8.1 percent. — The figures are lower than a month ago and were also below what many analysts had expected.
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CNN, Reuters, Michelle Malkin, Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Annalyn Censky / CNNMoney.com:
April jobs report: Hiring slows, unemployment falls — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Hiring slowed in April and workers dropped out of the labor force in droves — not a good sign for the job market going forward. — The economy added just 115,000 jobs in the month, the Labor Department reported Friday …
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GOP 12, American Spectator, The Stranger … and Infowars
Calculated Risk:
April Employment Report: 115,000 Jobs, 8.1% Unemployment Rate — From the BLS: … This was below expectations of 165,000 payroll jobs added. — Click on graph for larger image. — Job growth started picking up early last year, but then the economy was hit by a series of shocks …
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Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, Free exchange, Business Insider, ABCNEWS and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job Growth Just 115,000 in April, Rate Drops to 8.1% — April's job report lived up to muted expectations, with the economy creating a meager 115,000 jobs during the month as the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent. — Job creation in the private sector was slightly better at 130,000 …
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American Prospect, The New Republic, WILLisms.com, NewsBusters.org, Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Added Only 115,000 Jobs in April; Rate Is 8.1%
U.S. Added Only 115,000 Jobs in April; Rate Is 8.1%
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Economix, Runnin' Scared, National Review and Gothamist
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Employers in U.S. Added Fewer Jobs Than Forecast in April
Employers in U.S. Added Fewer Jobs Than Forecast in April
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Scared Monkeys and The Page
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Economy added 115,000 jobs in April; unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent
Economy added 115,000 jobs in April; unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent
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Ezra Klein
Plain Dealer:
Mitt Romney issues Ohio challenge to President Obama — Welcome to Ohio. I have a simple question for you: Where are the jobs? — As we enter the fourth year of your term, unemployment is over 8 percent and has been for your entire term. Nearly 23 million men and women are unemployed …
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American Prospect, The Hill, Power Line, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, The Caucus and Business Insider
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CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Romney drops challenge for OH delegates — (CNN) - Governor Mitt Romney will drop his challenge for the four remaining delegates in Ohio, effectively giving them to Rick Santorum. — The delegates come from districts Santorum won but because he didn't have a full slate …
Discussion:
GOP 12 and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Washington Post:
Romney faces a narrow path to 270 electoral votes, but his team remains optimistic
Romney faces a narrow path to 270 electoral votes, but his team remains optimistic
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Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and ABCNEWS
Bob Kerrey / NY Daily News:
President Obama's Bin Laden indiscretion — He spoke too soon and said too much — In the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, 2011, President Obama and his national security team receive an update on the Osama Bin Laden raid. — The operation that resulted in the death …
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Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
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BuzzFeed:
Conservative Activist: More Navy SEALs to Attack Obama
Conservative Activist: More Navy SEALs to Attack Obama
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Taylor Marsh, The Last Tradition and Hullabaloo
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Al-Qaida memo to Bin Laden warns of ‘cunning methods’ of US news networks
Al-Qaida memo to Bin Laden warns of ‘cunning methods’ of US news networks
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Jihad Watch and Shot in the Dark
New York Times:
Clinton Cites ‘Progress’ on Chinese Dissident — BEIJING — In her first public comments on the dissident Chen Guangcheng since arriving in China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that she was encouraged by “progress” in a diplomatic crisis that has deeply embarrassed …
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Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
See the pale-faced Warren redden — Dances with truths about her ethnicity — Is “Liz Warren” how you say “affirmative action” in Cherokee? — When the “Faux-cahontas” story first broke, I looked at it mostly as a laugh line — a truth-stretching liberal hoist on the left's identity-politics petard.
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren brings no peace to Dems
Elizabeth Warren brings no peace to Dems
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Campaign Stops, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Jammie Wearing Fools
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The question we should be asking Elizabeth Warren.
The question we should be asking Elizabeth Warren.
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JustOneMinute
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Speaks Out On Grenell Resignation: We Don't Select People Based On ‘Their Sexual Preference’ — Mitt Romney spoke out about the resignation of ex-foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell during an appearance on Fox News this morning. In doing so, the former Massachusetts governor failed …
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Firedoglake, American Prospect, The PJ Tatler, Mother Jones and Hot Air
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn could face gang rape charges after US hotel orgy — Dominique Strauss-Kahn could face gang rape charges after an escort girl said the former International Monetary Fund chief and three others held her down and forced her to have anal sex. — Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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Reuters and The Raw Story
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Indianapolis Star:
Indiana senator: Poll gives Mourdock sizable lead over Lugar — A new poll shows Treasurer Richard Mourdock building a commanding lead over Sen. Richard Lugar. — The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll, conducted by two prominent Republican and Democratic pollsters, shows Mourdock with a 48 percent to 38 percent lead over Lugar.
Discussion:
Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
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climateconference.heartland.org:
Our Billboards — Do You Still Believe in Global Warming? — Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world's most notorious criminals say they “still believe in global warming” - and ask viewers if they do, too.
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ThinkProgress, American Prospect, Guardian and The Daily Dish
Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Ted Nugent to Keep Up Obama Flames — Ted Nugent speaks during a rally, Oct. 30, 2010 in Charleston, W.V. (Randy Snyder/Getty Images) — Ted Nugent, after a Secret Service investigation, a canceled Army concert and an outpouring of criticism, said presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's camp …
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The Moderate Voice, Politico and The Texas Tribune
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity — Before the Great Recession, I would sometimes give public lectures in which I would talk about rising inequality, making the point that the concentration of income at the top had reached levels not seen since 1929. Often, someone in the audience …
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Washington Post and LewRockwell.com Blog
BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA PRAISES NAZI SUPPORTER IN JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION — President Barack Obama issued a proclamation yesterday in celebration of Jewish Heritage Month that lauded Nazi supporter Gertrude Stein, the Algemeiner reports. — Stein, who was Jewish, supported the puppet Vichy regime …
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americanthinker.com, The Jawa Report and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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