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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
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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Sister Toldjah, Popehat, EBL, Bob Owens, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, All American Blogger, The Jawa Report, Conservative Commune, Belmont Club, Datechguy's Blog, FilmLadd Blogs, Truth Before Dishonor, Dedicated Tenther, The Lonely Conservative, The Mahablog, Wake up America, askmarion, iOwnTheWorld.com, Polliwog's poliblog, The PJ Tatler, The Daley Gator, American Power, hogewash, That Innocuous Girl, American Glob, Instapundit, The Camp Of The Saints, An Ex-Con's View, That Mr. G Guy's Blog, Thoughts and Rantings, Daily Pundit and GraniteGrok
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Dmoynihan / Munsey's Technosnarl:
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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The Other McCain, Nice Deb, The Daley Gator, Conservative Hideout 2.0 and American Power
Tiffany Gabbay / TheBlaze.com:
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 Last Tradition, Examiner and Pat Dollard
Chris Smith / Twitchy:
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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OpenMarket.org, Pink Flamingo Bar, Michelle Malkin, The Radio Patriot, The Spectacle Blog and An Ex-Con's View
SOOPERMEXICAN:
Judge in Kimberlin Hearing Woefully ignorant of Internet, Twitter
Judge in Kimberlin Hearing Woefully ignorant of Internet, Twitter
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An Ex-Con's View
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Aaron Walker, Brett Kimberlin, and the Fog of Litigation
Aaron Walker, Brett Kimberlin, and the Fog of Litigation
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Atlas Shrugs and Flopping Aces
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
And you thought justice was blind... [update]
And you thought justice was blind... [update]
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The POH Diaries, American Spectator and Truth Before Dishonor
Donald Trump / CNN:
TRENDING: 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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BuzzFeed:
This Is What Mitt Romney's Birth Certificate Looks Like — ...in case you were wondering. The campaign released a copy of it to Reuters the same day Romney planned to appear with noted birther Donald Trump at a Las Vegas fundraiser. — McKay Coppins — a half hour ago — 5 responses
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ThinkProgress
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Why Won't Mitt Romney Disavow Birther Donald Trump?
Why Won't Mitt Romney Disavow Birther Donald Trump?
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Hot Air, Washington Post, Washington Wire, msnbc.com, ThinkProgress, American Prospect and The Daily Dish
BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Accuses Obama Campaign Of “Reverse Psychology” On Birther Issue
Donald Trump Accuses Obama Campaign Of “Reverse Psychology” On Birther Issue
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Washington Post and The Right Scoop
Benjy Sarlin / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Donald Trump Lets Loose With Birther Rant After Romney Reaffirms Support
TPM2012 — Donald Trump Lets Loose With Birther Rant After Romney Reaffirms Support
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The Caucus, Mother Jones, Sky Dancing, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed, Gothamist and Daily Kos
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Doubles Down On Birther Nonsense, Gets Flogged By Wolf Blitzer
Donald Trump Doubles Down On Birther Nonsense, Gets Flogged By Wolf Blitzer
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The Moderate Voice and Inside Cable News
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Trump, Romney's surrogate, goes on ‘birther’ offensive
Trump, Romney's surrogate, goes on ‘birther’ offensive
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Reuters, CNN, Politico, Washington Post, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh, Liberal Values and Prairie Weather
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Causes Outrage with Reference to ‘Polish Death Camp’ — Poles and Polish-Americans expressed outrage today at President Obama's reference earlier to “a Polish death camp” — as opposed to a Nazi death camp in German-occupied Poland. — “The White House will apologize …
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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and Adrienne's Corner
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BuzzFeed:
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
E.L. / Eastern approaches:
Mind your language — FEW things annoy Poles more than being blamed for the crimes committed by the Nazi occupiers of their homeland. For many years, Polish media, diplomats and politicians have tried to persuade outsiders to stop using the phrase “Polish death camps” …
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Politico, The Huffington Post and All American Blogger
Lachlan Markay / The Heritage Foundation:
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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Campaign 2012, Ironic Surrealism, WyBlog, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, The Daley Gator and Pat Dollard
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Geneva Sands / The Hill:
Obama awards Dylan Medal of Freedom, ‘I am a really big fan’
Obama awards Dylan Medal of Freedom, ‘I am a really big fan’
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ABCNEWS
New York Times:
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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Firedoglake, Hot Air, World Now, Salon, The Confluence, The Daily Beast, Pat Dollard, American Glob, The Long War Journal, At War, Hit & Run, ACS Blog, The Heritage Foundation, New York Magazine, National Review, NO QUARTER, Naked DC, emptywheel, americanthinker.com, 2012 Decoded, The Volokh Conspiracy, Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Global Guerrillas, Politico, Lawfare, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Glittering Eye, Althouse, Little Green Footballs, ABCNEWS, Swampland, The PJ Tatler, The Agonist, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, LewRockwell.com Blog, Prairie Weather, The Page, Campaign 2012 and Connecting.the.Dots
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Closest Political Adviser Attended Obama's ‘Kill List’ Meetings
Closest Political Adviser Attended Obama's ‘Kill List’ Meetings
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Firedoglake, Salon, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative, New York Times, The Confluence and Mediaite
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Stubborn Infection, Spread by Insects, Is Called ‘The New AIDS of the Americas’ — Chagas disease, caused by parasites transmitted to humans by blood-sucking insects, has been named “the new AIDS of the Americas” in a lengthy editorial published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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Jezebel and The Daley Gator
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
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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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
NBC Willfully Undermines Chris Hayes With Today Show Segment
NBC Willfully Undermines Chris Hayes With Today Show Segment
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NewsBusters.org, Inside Cable News and Hullabaloo, more at Mediagazer »
David Smith / Guardian:
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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The Herald …, Weasel Zippers, FP Passport, Wonkette, msnbc.com, National Post, Michelle Malkin, The PJ Tatler, Via Meadia and Fausta's Blog
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
The job of the White House Press Secretary is simple: to answer questions from the press* without actually answering them. To form aloud words that are assembled into sentences and then stacked up into paragraphs, giving the appearance of communication, but without communicating.
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Hot Air, Hit & Run, hogewash and American Glob
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
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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TheBlaze.com
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
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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Jezebel, LifeNews.com, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, Little Green Footballs, Sister Toldjah, The Neosecularist, RedState, The Lonely Conservative, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, UrbanGrounds, The Right Scoop, Red Alert Politics, The Mental Recession, Examiner, Babalú Blog, Chicks on the Right, Hyscience and Althouse
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Releases “With Mitt” iPhone App, Misspells “America” — In the word of one Democratic operative, it's basically “Mittstagram.” App allows supporters to overlay pro-Romney text over images and share with friends. — Zeke Miller — a half hour ago — 4 responses
Max Pizarro / Politicker NJ:
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.
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
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
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
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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Firedoglake, Lippmann's Ghost, Ballot Box, Liberal Values, Swampland and Politico
CBS Miami:
Causeway Cannibal Identified; Fears Grow Over Drug Possibly Involved — MIAMI (CBSMiami) - The crime shocked South Florida and has drawn the attention of the world. A naked man is shot by Miami Police while eating another naked man's face on the MacArthur Causeway.
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Riptide 2.0, The Raw Story, Hit & Run, Rush Limbaugh and 2.0: The Blogmocracy
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has authorized new posters featuring first lady Michelle Obama to be placed in elevators throughout the Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C. — These new posters feature a large photo of Michelle Obama and a picture of Solis, along with a few choice quotes about Memorial Day.
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Weasel Zippers