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ABCNEWS:
Obama Faces Blowback for Attacking Romney Biz Career — The Obama campaign is in full damage-control mode one day after Newark Mayor Cory Booker publicly derided Democrats' assault on presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney over his record at Bain Capital. — Chief Obama strategist David …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Bain and Financial Industry Gave Over $565,000 To Newark Mayor Cory Booker For 2002 Campaign — Yesterday, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) attacked the Obama campaign for making an issue of Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital during an appearance on Meet the Press.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bankruptcy report on Bain-owned Ampad: Creditors repaid $.002 for every dollar owed — The Obama campaign is opening up a fresh line of attack on Bain Capital using the story of Ampad, an ultimately bankrupt company backed by Bain that laid off all 250 workers at an Indiana factory it purchased …
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msnbc.com, BuzzFeed, The Daily Dish and Daily Kos
Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
Big Bain Backfire
Big Bain Backfire
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msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, Political Economy, Moe_Lane's blog, Online NewsHour, Business Insider, Campaign 2012 and The Caucus
New York Times:
Facing Criticism, Obama Defends Ads Attacking Romney's Record at Bain Capital
Facing Criticism, Obama Defends Ads Attacking Romney's Record at Bain Capital
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Ezra Klein, Swampland, The Caucus and New York Magazine
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Booker: Obama's right, Romney at Bain is ‘fair game’
Booker: Obama's right, Romney at Bain is ‘fair game’
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The Moderate Voice, Ballot Box and CNN
BuzzFeed:
Obama: Bain “Is Not A Distraction, This Is What This Campaign Is Gonna Be About”
Obama: Bain “Is Not A Distraction, This Is What This Campaign Is Gonna Be About”
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The PJ Tatler
BuzzFeed:
Former Bain Executive: Romney Bears Blame For Ampad Layoffs
Former Bain Executive: Romney Bears Blame For Ampad Layoffs
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ABCNEWS, Washington Free Beacon, The Maddow Blog, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Boston Globe
Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
Obama Defends Attacks on Romney, Bain Capital
Obama Defends Attacks on Romney, Bain Capital
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The Lonely Conservative
Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
The changing complexity of congressional speech — (This post was prepared in collaboration with Dan Drinkard) — Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level …
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Newshoggers.com, The Raw Story, Wonkette, DCist, Las Vegas Sun, Business Insider, ABCNEWS, Politico, Indecision Forever, Dependable Renegade, NPR and Booman Tribune
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Lee Drutman / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Is Congress getting dumber, or just more plainspoken?
Is Congress getting dumber, or just more plainspoken?
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Mediaite, Firedoglake, Weasel Zippers, CNN, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Orlando Sentinel, Ezra Klein and Saint Petersblog
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Members Of Congress Speak Like High School Sophomores, Sunlight Foundation Report Says
Members Of Congress Speak Like High School Sophomores, Sunlight Foundation Report Says
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theGrio
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Never Doubt That God Answers Prayer — ‘Speedway Bomber’: Criminal terrorist Brett Kimberlin was convicted in 1981 — Law enforcement officials have been made aware that convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin appears to be engaged in an attempt to intimidate me into being silent about his sordid criminal history.
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Riehl World View, Allergic to Bull and The Lonely Conservative
Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV:
DC Comics To Switch The Sexual Orientation Of An Established Character — One question asked at the DC panel today at the Kapow comic convention in London, was about DC co-publisher Dan DiDio's interview with The Advocate. Specifically over the decision not to change any character's sexual orientation …
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Fox News, Weasel Zippers, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Towleroad News #gay and Human Rights Campaign
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
BREAKING: Cardinal Dolan of NY, Cardinal Wuerl of D.C., Notre Dame—And 40 Other Catholic Dioceses and Organizations—Sue Obama Administration — (CNSNews.com) - The archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., headed by Cardinal Donald Wuerl …
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Power Line, Preserve Religious Freedom, Fox News, ABCNEWS, LifeNews.com, Doug Ross, The Heritage Foundation, Campaign 2012, usccb.org, Wake up America, The Anchoress, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, “The Lid”, Atlas Shrugs, The PJ Tatler and The Lonely Conservative
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Kirstan Conley / New York Post:
WATCH: NYPD Sgt.'s filthy tirade captured in shocking cellphone video — A uniformed NYPD sergeant was caught on video unleashing a vulgar tirade against a group of Brooklyn men — threatening them with his gun even while condoning their criminal behavior, The Post has learned.
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Hit & Run, Gothamist, The Agitator, Towleroad News #gay, Joe. My. God., Mediaite, The Raw Story and ANIMAL
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
NY Times: Businessmen Are Psycho! No, Wait... On May 12, the New York Times published a deeply contemptible op-ed by someone named William Deresiewicz, described as “[a]n essayist, critic and the author of ‘A Jane Austen Education.’” Titled “Capitalists and Other Psychopaths,” …
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NewsBusters.org
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
George Lucas's Plans in Marin County Upset Wealthy Neighbors — SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — In 1978, a year after “Star Wars” was released, George Lucas began building his movie production company far from Hollywood, in the quiet hills and valley of Marin County here just north of San Francisco.
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Sister Toldjah and Althouse
Caleb Troop / WCNC-TV:
Teacher suspended after telling students not to criticize the president — SPENCER, N.C. - A teacher at a Rowan County school has been suspended after getting national attention for a YouTube video video that surfaced last week showing her yelling at her students, saying it's wrong to criticize the president.
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Hot Air, Jammie Wearing Fools and Weasel Zippers
Andrew Michalscheck / KASW-TV:
Hawaii responds to Bennett's Obama birth records request — PHOENIX — The state of Hawaii has responded to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett's request for proof that President Barack Obama was in fact born in the Aloha State. — The Hawaii attorney general's office has reportedly told Bennett …
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Mediaite, Business Insider and The Strata-Sphere
Mj Lee / Politico:
Candidate: I'll smoke a joint on Hill — Andy Caffrey, a candidate for Congress in California, has made a rather unusual campaign promise: If he wins, he'll smoke a joint — right on the steps of Capitol Hill. — The 54-year-old is running on a seven-step platform that prioritizes battling …
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San Francisco Chronicle, Outside the Beltway and The Raw Story
Ben Birnbaum / Washington Times:
9/11 ‘truther’ leading Egyptian presidential race — An Islamist who believes that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States were an American conspiracy is the front-runner in Egypt's presidential race, a new poll shows. — Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, formerly a leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and Power Line
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Rutgers Webcam-Spying Defendant Sentenced to 30-Day Jail Term — NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A judge here sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail on Monday for using a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate having sex with a man, in a case that galvanized concern about suicide among gay teenagers …
Paul Krugman:
None So Blind — As those who will not see. — Eddie Lazear has an op-ed in the WSJ on the fiscal cliff that, among other things, pooh-poohs any concerns that sudden cuts in spending might hurt the economy. He weasels a bit, but basically conveys the impression that there's no evidence for Keynesian effects.
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Brad DeLong and Connecting.the.Dots
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Edward P. Lazear / Wall Street Journal:
Edward Lazear: Three Views of the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Edward Lazear: Three Views of the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
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Firedoglake
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay:
NC Pastor Wants To Build Electrified Fence To Contain, Starve And Ultimately Kill Gays: VIDEO — In a sermon blasting President Obama for his same-sex marriage support, Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina, offered a novel — and horrific …
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Dangerous Minds, Gay Blog, Wonkette, ThinkProgress, Truth Wins Out, Good As You and Joe. My. God.
David Weigel / Slate:
Scott Walker: Voter Fraud is Worth “One or Two Points” in Wisconsin … - A Map That Shows Poverty Is Getting Worse Almost Everywhere - What Exactly Are Baby Vegetables? Are They Midget Vegetables or Just Very Young? - The Real Reason Dan Harmon Was Fired From Community …
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Daily Kos
TBogg:
Internet Man Does Not Want To Be On The Google Anymore — Hi. I'm back and, no, I didn't bring presents. — So where were we? — Oh yes. Recently (May 8th to be exact) I did a post on potty-mouthed golf caddy George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina who, for some reason …
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Booman Tribune, Balloon Juice and Juanita Jean's
CNN:
Obama to Joplin High School grads: You're the source of inspiration — Joplin, Missouri (CNN) - On the eve of the one year anniversary of the tornado that ripped apart the southern Missouri town of Joplin, Missouri, killing 161 residents and injuring 900 others, President Barack Obama told …
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Politico
Benny Johnson / TheBlaze.com:
NEW BLACK PANTHER FIELD MARSHAL: WHITES 'SHOULD BE THANKFUL WE'RE NOT HANGING CRACKERS BY NOOSES...YET, YET, YET' — According to National Field Marshal for the New Black Panthers King Samir Shabazz: — “I hate the g*ddamn white man, woman, and child, grandma, aunt, uncle, Pappa Billy Bob, and whoever else.”
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The Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative