memeorandum: Priebus: Same-sex marriage isn't a civil rights issue (CNN)

10:30 PM ET, May 13, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Newsweek Cover: ‘The First Gay President’ — The May 21, 2012, issue of Newsweek (used with permission of the publisher). — “'Let the games begin,” Tina Brown said last week after Time Magazine released its controversial breastfeeding cover. — Brown, whose tenure as editor at Newsweek …

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Meghan Keneally / Daily Mail:

‘First Gay President’: Newsweek marks Obama's landmark announcement with controversial cover — In a gutsy move, Newsweek has released the cover of their next issue, on the cover of which they depict President Obama with a rainbow halo and the title of ‘The First Gay President’.

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Even Tony Perkins Thinks Rand Paul's Anti-Gay Joke Was Unacceptable — Speaking at a Christian conservative group in Iowa on Friday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made an anti-gay joke at President Obama's expense: “Call me cynical, but I wasn't sure his views on marriage could get any gayer.”

Discussion: The Libertarian Patriot, Mediaite and Los Angeles Times

New York Post:

The ‘bribe’ to silence Wright — When sermons of Obama's Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced during the Iowa primaries, it threatened to derail Obama's campaign. ABC aired one where Wright screamed, “Goddamn America!” Edward Klein interviewed Wright, who told him Obama's team tried to buy his silence.

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Edward Klein / New York Post:

Jealous Michelle vs. Oprah — In his new book, “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House,” journalist Edward Klein reveals how even former friends and political allies of the president have become frustrated with his remoteness and bungling of crises. Klein, former editor …

Discussion: Hot Air, Hullabaloo and Althouse

CBS News:

Warren: JPMorgan CEO should resign from NY Fed — (CBS/AP) Democratic U.S. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren is calling on the CEO of JPMorgan to resign from the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank after the largest bank in the U.S. claimed a surprise $2 billion loss by one of its trading groups.

Erik Wasson / The Hill:
JPMorgan chief: $2B loss gives regulators new ammunition

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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Dimon On Whether JP Morgan's $2 Billion Loss Proves Banks Are Still Too Risky: 'I Don't Think So'

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CNN:

Priebus: Same-sex marriage isn't a civil rights issue — Washington (CNN) - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said the Republican Party stands by dignity and respect for gay Americans, but that those sentiments do not change his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine

Juana Summers / Politico:
RNC chairman: Gays deserve ‘dignity and respect,’ but not marriage

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:

Arizona Ron Paul supporters boo Romney's son off stage — Supporters of Ron Paul booed the son of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney off the stage Saturday at the Arizona Republican Party convention as he sought to solidify support for his father's nomination.

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Paul Krugman:

Eurodämmerung — Some of us have been talking it over, and here's what we think the end game looks like: — 1. Greek euro exit, very possibly next month. — 2. Huge withdrawals from Spanish and Italian banks, as depositors try to move their money to Germany. — 3a.

Discussion: Calculated Risk

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone — PORING through Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel's new book, “What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,” I found myself over and over again turning pages and saying, “I had no idea.” — I had no idea that in the year 2000, as Sandel notes …

Discussion: Economist's View and Balloon Juice

New York Times:

Greek Coalition Talks Near Collapse, Threatening Debt Deal — ATHENS — Talks to form a new Greek government appeared near collapse on Sunday after the leader of a left-wing party that favors rejecting Greece's loan agreement with foreign creditors again refused to join a unity coalition, making new elections almost a given.

Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway and Guardian

Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:

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