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REPORT: Aaron Walker Arrested After Maryland Hearing on Kimberlin Case UPDATE: Walker Now Released — UPDATE 6:25 p.m. ET: Sources say that blogger Aaron Walker has been released from custody in Rockville, Maryland. He was charged with “incitement,” but released on his own recognizance.
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When Your Honor, This Man Is a Convicted Domestic Terrorist Is Not Enough — Update: Apparently Walker was arrested on Battery Charges filed by Kimberlin over an iPad at the close of the hearing. Also, welcome everyone, this site is mostly about free ebooks, especially pulp fiction …
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BLAZE CONFIRMS: CONSERVATIVE BLOGGER ARRESTED FOLLOWING COURT HEARING WITH CONVICTED SPEEDWAY BOMBER BRETT KIMBERLIN — This is a breaking story. Please check back frequently for updates. — UPDATE I: The Blaze spoke to a clerk at the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County …
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Examiner, Atlas Shrugs and Pat Dollard


Blogger and Brett Kimberlin target Aaron Walker arrested in Maryland … This is absolutely outrageous. In a positively Kafka-esque turn of events, a Maryland judge has ordered that Walker be taken into police custody while serial harasser, terrorist, and killer Kimberlin remains free.
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The Radio Patriot, Michelle Malkin, Pink Flamingo Bar, An Ex-Con's View and The Daley Gator

And you thought justice was blind... [update] — “Aaron Worthing” / Aaron Walker was arrested after a hearing in MD for violating “peace order” against convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin. According to sketchy early accounts, Kimberlin claimed he'd received death threats as a result …
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Truth Before Dishonor and That Innocuous Girl


Judge in Kimberlin Hearing Woefully ignorant of Internet, Twitter — From @OlympiaPress, who attended the Brett Kimberlin hearing [I added emphases]: … Read the entire post here — Update — I inquired of @OlympiaPress about the death threats:
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Everyone Blog About Aaron Walker Day Is Right Now — Brett Kimberlin has managed to get Aaron Walker arrested. The Other McCain has the details: … As far as I can tell, Aaron Walker was arrested for writing. — I have seen no claim that Walker himself made any threats against Brett Kimberlin.

Blitzer and Trump go at it over Trump's ‘birther’ claims — (CNN) - Donald Trump did not back down Tuesday from his questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace, instead arguing heatedly with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that “a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate,” …
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Trump, Romney's surrogate, goes on ‘birther’ offensive
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Politico, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, CNN, Washington Post, Liberal Values and Prairie Weather

Why Won't Mitt Romney Disavow Birther Donald Trump?
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Donald Trump Accuses Obama Campaign Of “Reverse Psychology” On Birther Issue
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Washington Post and The Right Scoop


Mitt Romney Spoke Out Against The Vietnam War In College
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The Morning Plum: Stop letting Mitt Romney off easy
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Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will — WASHINGTON — This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high school yearbook layout.
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GLENN GREENWALD — “Militants”: media propaganda
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Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to Democratic Socialists of America Chair — President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday to Dolores Huerta, an 82-year-old labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers union. — Huerta is also an honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Obama awards Dylan Medal of Freedom, ‘I am a really big fan’
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Pro-life group's hidden camera footage shows complicity in ‘sex-selective’ abortions — Live Action says Planned Parenthood and other U.S. abortion providers are willing to assist in the termination of baby girls for pregnant women who choose abortion because they want to have baby boys.
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Planned Parenthood Sting Caught On Video, Released By Anti-Abortion Activists
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LifeNews.com, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Wintery Knight, Adrienne's Corner and The PJ Tatler


Robert Mugabe appointed as UN international envoy for tourism — The Zimbabwe president, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, asked to champion tourism — With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin …
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In Defense of Chris Hayes — The MSNBC host is getting beat up for remarks he made about the heroism of American soldiers. Really, his critics are the ones who should be apologizing. — Very few Americans wake up early on weekend mornings to watch public intellectuals chat.
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NBC Willfully Undermines Chris Hayes With Today Show Segment
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Edwards put move on gal, 25 — GREENSBORO, NC — Horndog hubby John Edwards shamelessly hit on comely co-eds just months after his wife, Elizabeth, died of cancer. — Edwards, 58, who is on trial on charges of campaign-finance violations, flexed his trial-lawyer charm on pretty Andrea Love …
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Poles Demand Obama Apology For “Polish Death Camps” Comment — The president referred to “Polish death camps” while awarding a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Polish professor Jan Karski, a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance. UPDATE: “The President misspoke,” says Vietor. — Rosie Gray — an hour ago
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Weekly Standard

Booker communications director resigns — Anne Torres, communications director for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, is resigning, effective today. — Sources say her resignation comes amid internal adminstration strife in the aftermath of Booker's appearance on Meet the Press.

Obama safe in Michigan — Barack Obama won't have to worry too much about holding Michigan for the Democrats this fall- he leads Mitt Romney 53-39 there, a lead little changed from PPP's last poll of the state in February when his advantage was 54-38. — Romney just doesn't have much of a home field advantage in the state.
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Lena Dunham's Looks, the Misogyny of the ‘Girls’ Backlash, and Staying In Your Assigned Story — In a much-circulated comment in a thread about this week's episode of Girls, the AV Club's Todd VanDerWerff, in response to a commenter declaring that Lena Dunham needs to be funnier …
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Balloon Juice and The A.V. Club

Commerce considers labeling Arab Americans a disadvantaged minority — The Commerce Department is considering naming Arab Americans a socially and economically disadvantaged minority group that is eligible for special business assistance. — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee …
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Pat Dollard and Israel Matzav


FARRAKHAN LAMENTS: ‘SAD THAT MEXICO LOST CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO’ THROUGH AMERICAN ‘TRICKERY’; SOON WHITES ‘WILL BE THE MINORITY’ IN THE COUNTRY THEY ‘TOOK’ — The day before Memorial Day, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan lamented that Mexico had lost territory …
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Weasel Zippers, Rush Limbaugh and Moonbattery


The Twitter account for “Attack Watch,” the combative in-house spin machine for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, has gone dark as of Tuesday morning. According to Twitter, the account is now private. — Through “Attack Watch,” the Obama campaign was watching The Daily Caller …
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Weasel Zippers and Vodkapundit


'Allah's enemy!' Radio host slash-attacked for anti-Islam rant on air — Photo from www.radiomayak.ru — A radio host has been hospitalized after being cut 15 times by an unidentified criminal. Two weeks ago the journalist ventured to criticize the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, on air.
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Atlas Shrugs, Guardian, Bare Naked Islam, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit

Wetlands expert suspended by DEP after she refuses to approve permit — Florida's top state wetlands expert has been suspended after she refused to issue a permit on a controversial project — one that she said her boss was willing to bend the rules to approve.
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A ‘Military Vote’ That Doesn't Really Exist — Research shows veterans and active-duty personnel aren't a cohesive voting bloc. — Vice President Joe Biden meets with veterans and their families last year at the American Legion in Manchester, N.H. — Myth 1: President Obama will win …
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