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New York Times:
G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama — WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney ‘Repudiates’ Conservative Group's Planned Rev. Wright Attacks — In an exclusive interview with Townhall, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rebuked a conservative group that is reportedly planning to assail President Obama over his 20-year relationship …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Statement: Ricketts rejects ‘Ricketts plan’ — Brian Baker, president of the Ending Spending Action Fund, has released the following statement on behalf of Joe Ricketts, the conservative billionaire behind the proposal to attack President Obama's connections to Rev. Jeremiah Wright,:
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nation.foxnews.com and CBS Chicago
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Romney Raises $40.1 Million in April, Nearly Matching Obama — Mitt Romney almost matched President Obama in fund-raising during April after securing his party's presidential nomination and joining forces with the Republican National Committee, the campaign will announce on Thursday.
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Ricketts flack says Wright attack plan has been rejected — TD Ameritrade billionaire and super PAC financier Joe Ricketts has rejected a plan to attack President Barack Obama for his association with the firebrand preacher Jeremiah Wright, according to a spokesman for Ricketts.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
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Washington Post and The Stranger …
Politico:
Romney repudiates Jeremiah Wright plan
Romney repudiates Jeremiah Wright plan
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ABCNEWS, Washington Wire, msnbc.com and The Raw Story
Jeremiah Wright / CNN:
Billionaire denounces potential Rev. Wright ad
Billionaire denounces potential Rev. Wright ad
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
McCain, Romney Camps Decry Super-PAC Proposal to Attack Obama on Rev. Wright
McCain, Romney Camps Decry Super-PAC Proposal to Attack Obama on Rev. Wright
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The Daily Caller, Washington Post and Daily Kos
ABCNEWS:
Senators to Unveil the ‘Ex-Patriot Act’ to Respond to Facebook's Saverin's Tax ‘Scheme’ — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again.
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Quentin Hardy / New York Times:
A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward — Eduardo Saverin can escape the United States, but he can't slip Facebook. — “Everything I do in my personal life, in my professional life, it's completely there,” said Mr. Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, in his first major interview.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems take aim at Facebook founder for renouncing citizenship
Dems take aim at Facebook founder for renouncing citizenship
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ABCNEWS, Bloomberg and New York Magazine
Kyle Clark / KUSA-TV:
Rep. Mike Coffman: Obama in his heart ‘not an American’ — “I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that,” Coffman said. “But I do know this, that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.”
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
WASHINGTON — After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States. — Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 49.6 percent of all births in the 12-month period that ended last July …
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Washington Post:
Census: Minority babies are now majority in United States — For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation's babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures that signal the dawn of an era in which whites no longer will be in the majority.
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Booman Tribune, National Review, Feministe and Althouse
DealBook:
JPMorgan's Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50% — The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank's initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses. — When Jamie Dimon …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Elizabeth Warren Expresses No Confidence in Current Bank Accountability Measures
Elizabeth Warren Expresses No Confidence in Current Bank Accountability Measures
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Livewire, The Boston Globe and Ballot Box
New York Post:
RFK Jr.'s wife hangs herself — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Mary arrive at Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral in 2009. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, who battled her husband's rumored philandering by turning to alcohol and prescription drugs, hanged herself in a barn …
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americanthinker.com, Althouse, iOwnTheWorld.com and Gothamist
Serge F. Kovaleski / New York Times:
Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Series of Police Missteps — SANFORD, Fla. — The killing of Trayvon Martin here two and a half months ago has been cast as the latest test of race relations and equal justice in America. But it was also a test of a small city police department that does …
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the daily howler, Prairie Weather, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh and Fox News
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msnbc.com:
Trayvon Martin killed by single gunshot fired from ‘intermediate range,’ autopsy shows
Trayvon Martin killed by single gunshot fired from ‘intermediate range,’ autopsy shows
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Little Green Footballs
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Zimmerman Case - Keeping Hate Alive At The Times
Zimmerman Case - Keeping Hate Alive At The Times
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Taylor Marsh, Conservative Hideout 2.0, Mediaite, American Power, Balloon Juice and New York Magazine
Bloomberg:
Military Detention Law Blocked by New York Judge (Update 2) — Opponents of a U.S. law they claim may subject them to indefinite military detention for activities including news reporting and political activism persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block the measure.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Federal court enjoins NDAA
Federal court enjoins NDAA
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Kiki Von Glinow / The Huffington Post:
Donna Summer Dead: Queen Of Disco Dies At 63 … FOLLOW: — Video, Bad Girls, Celebrity Deaths, Donna Summer, Donna Summer 63, Donna Summer Cancer, Donna Summer Dead, Donna Summer Dies, Donna Summer Disco, Donna Summer Songs, Hot Stuff, Love To Love You Baby, Queen Of Disco, Slideexpand, Celebrity News
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TMZ.com, The Moderate Voice and Gawker
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
A Pro-Austerity Chart, and Why the President Is Touting It — This chart, put together by Michael Linden at the Center for American Progress, shows the Obama Administration's performance on fiscal policy over his term in office. It shows that spending, taxes and the deficit are all lower …
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Hullabaloo, BBC and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
RNC, Romney campaign will erect new organization to bypass state GOP — UPDATE: Late yesterday, GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, trying to slow down any move to make the party irrelevant, worked with the RNC and released a statement designed to undercut the Clark County party's call …
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Washington Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ballot Box, Politico and Hot Air
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Jim Tankersley / NationalJournal.com:
Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality — If you're plugged into the Internet, chances are you've seen a TED talk - the wonky, provocative web videos that have become a sort of nerd franchise. TED.com is where you go to find Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explaining why the world has too few female leaders …
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Restoration Roundtable, Ezra Klein, Wonkette, Gawker, Mother Jones, The Raw Story, The Stranger …, Business Insider, Balloon Juice and Guardian
Reuters:
Plans to strike Iran “ready,” says U.S. Israel envoy — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is “fully available”, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.
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The Hill, National Review and emptywheel
Associated Press:
Massachusetts marks 8th anniversary of same-sex marriages — BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is marking eight years since it became the first state in the country where same sex couples could legally wed. — Thursday marks the anniversary of the day when the historic Supreme Judicial Court ruling took effect and couples could marry.
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