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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Romney's pants on fire — There are those who tell the truth. There are those who distort the truth. And then there's Mitt Romney. — Every political campaign exaggerates and dissembles. This practice may not be admirable — it's surely one reason so many Americans are disenchanted with politics …
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Hot Air, Wake up America, Patterico's Pontifications, NewsBusters.org, Althouse and US Politics
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Donald Trump / CNN:
Romney doesn't back away from ‘birther’ Trump — (CNN) - Mitt Romney said Monday he wasn't concerned about Donald Trump's commitment to the “birther” conspiracy, one day before the GOP presidential candidate hosts a fund-raiser alongside the celebrity business magnate.
ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Says He Needs Donald Trump's Support Despite Views on Obama's Birth Certificate — Mitt Romney did not distance himself from Donald Trump today, despite the reality TV and real estate mogul's continued skepticism about President Barack Obama's birth certificate.
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msnbc.com, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway, Campaign 2012, GayPatriot, Ballot Access News, TheBlaze.com and americanthinker.com
Mike Allen / Politico:
Mitt Romney camp to attack the stimulus — Mitt Romney's campaign events and the firepower of American Crossroads will both focus this week on President Barack Obama's jobs record as a way to fight off charges about the Republican candidate's private-sector experience, with a Romney aide attacking …
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Washington Monthly, CNN, The New Republic, Wake up America, Politicker, Daily Kos, The Agonist, Campaign 2012 and National Review
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Stop letting Mitt Romney off easy — Mitt Romney wants the presidential election to be all about Barack Obama. If the press doesn't start asking Romney some difficult questions about the core arguments upon which his entire presidential candidacy is based, he may very well get his way.
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American Prospect, ABCNEWS, Associated Press, Campaign 2012, CNN, Washington Wire and Mother Jones
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Mitt Romney's high-end fundraiser riles critics
Mitt Romney's high-end fundraiser riles critics
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Washington Monthly, Jammie Wearing Fools, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
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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Mike Allen / Politico:
BAIN COUNTERATTACK: ROMNEY TO HIT SPECIFIC STIMULUS GRANTS …
BAIN COUNTERATTACK: ROMNEY TO HIT SPECIFIC STIMULUS GRANTS …
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Red Alert Politics
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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LifeNews.com, The Mental Recession, Chicks on the Right, The Lonely Conservative and The Right Scoop
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
New Live Action video shows Planned Parenthood encouraging gender-selective abortion, Medicaid fraud — Want to see a real war on women? Not one defined by the opposition to the imposition of a Hubby State and subsidies, but one in which women of the future are systematically eliminated?
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The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, LifeNews.com, Red Alert Politics, Babalú Blog, Catholic Bandita, Pat Dollard, Hyscience and The PJ Tatler
Maggie Habermanand Emily Schultheis / Reuters:
New Sarah Palin approach; better results — Everyone has wondered who the Sarah Palin of 2012 would be. The answer is...Sarah Palin. — Palin's star power faded along with that of the other conservative Mitt Romney alternatives and her media presence has dwindled.
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ABCNEWS and Taylor Marsh
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
In Texas, a rising conservative star takes on the establishment — (CBS News) Hoping to build on momentum from Richard Mourdock's Tea Party-driven victory over Richard Lugar in the Indiana Senate primary earlier this month, the Tea Party is setting its sights on another possible win Tuesday, this time in Texas.
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Washington Wire, Guardian, National Review, NewsBusters.org and Left Coast Rebel
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Ruben Navarrette Jr. / CNN:
GOP's problem with Latinos — as big as Texas
GOP's problem with Latinos — as big as Texas
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Texas Primary: What to Watch
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.
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Politico, New Jersey Online, Washington Post, Mediaite, Politicker, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
Michelle Obama sponsors Navy's first submarine with all-female crew — The USS Illinois, the first Navy submarine to be staffed by an all-female crew, received the support of the White House on Memorial Day. — On Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama officially sponsored the Virginia-class submarine …
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Politico, Lynn Sweet, Shakesville, The PJ Tatler, Sky Dancing, Weekly Standard, Weasel Zippers and The Page
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Michelle Obama on her garden, her future and the campaign
Michelle Obama on her garden, her future and the campaign
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Weasel Zippers, TheBlaze.com and Lynn Sweet
Leonard N. Fleming / detroitnews.com:
McCotter running as write in — Congressman accepts responsibility for not getting on Aug. ballot — Admitting there were some irregularities in his signatures to qualify for the ballot, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter said today he is running for re-election to Congress as a write-in candidate.
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Politico and Outside the Beltway
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
REPORT: Aaron Walker Arrested After Maryland Hearing on Kimberlin Case — Aaron Walker, whose complaint against convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin became a conservative cause célèbre this past week, was reportedly taken into custody today after a court hearing in Rockville, Maryland.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits Begin to Wind Down — Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Americans are receiving their final unemployment checks sooner than they expected, even though Congress renewed extended benefits until the end of the year. — The checks are stopping …
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New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Questions and Observations and The Page
Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Real-life Hannibal Lecter who ate face of naked homeless man identified as Rudy Eugene, 31 — Cannibal was gunned down by cops during grisly crime — Rudy Eugene in an undated mug shot. — This is the face of the naked homeless man who was gunned down by a Miami cop while eating the face of another nude man.
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Riptide 2.0, msnbc.com, MiamiHerald.com and Althouse
Bloomberg:
Debt-Ceiling Deja Vu Could Sink Economy — Europe is crumbling. China is slowing. The Federal Reserve is dithering. Yet the biggest threat to the emerging U.S. economic recovery may be Congress. — John Boehner, the leader of the House Republicans, has promised yet another fight …
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ThinkProgress and American Prospect
New York Post:
Not worth the debt — I've been writing for years about a bubble in higher education: too much demand, causing sky-high prices — all because of cheap government money, much like the housing bubble. Now those warnings have become conventional wisdom — so conventional that they've reached The New York Times and even 60 Minutes.
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Betsy's Page
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Chris Hayes Apologizes For Saying He Feels ‘Uncomfortable’ Calling Killed Soldiers ‘Heroes’ (VIDEO) — Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … FOLLOW: — MSNBC, Video, Chris Hayes, Memorial Day, Chris Hayes Heroes, Chris Hayes Soldiers, Chris Hayes Uncomfortable, Media News
rt.com:
'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, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit