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10:55 AM ET, May 30, 2012

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Power Line, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, americanthinker.com, Conservative Commune, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Freedom's Lighthouse, Pat Dollard, Stop The ACLU, The Daily Dish, New York Magazine, WyBlog and Adrienne's Corner

premier.gov.pl:

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statement on the words of United States President Barack Obama — The words uttered yesterday by the President of the United States Barack Obama concerning “Polish death camps” touched all Poles. We always react in the same way when ignorance, lack of knowledge …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers and msnbc.com

Agence France Presse:

Obama Nazi death camp gaffe ‘hurt all Poles’: PM — Poland's prime minister said Wednesday that remarks by President Barack Obama erroneously identifying a Nazi death camp as Polish had hurt all Poles and he expected more from the US than “regret”. — “I am convinced that our American friends …

Discussion: Marathon Pundit and iOwnTheWorld.com

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

Discussion: The Radio Patriot, Mediaite, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Washington Wire, Israel Matzav, Taylor Marsh, The Lonely Conservative, Chicks on the Right, BackyardConservative, Weekly Standard and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

premier.gov.pl:
Prime Minister on President Obama's speech

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Donovan Slack / Politico:
Obama ‘misspoke’ on ‘Polish death camp,’ spokesman says

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Washington Free Beacon and White House Dossier

Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Barack Obama has insulted 38 million Poles with his crass and ignorant ‘Polish death camp’ remark

Discussion: Vodkapundit, Right Truth and Mcnorman's Weblog

E.L. / Eastern approaches:
Mind your language — FEW things annoy Poles more than being blamed …

Discussion: Macleans.ca, Poynter, The Huffington Post, HillBuzz.org, The Jawa Report and All American Blogger, more at Mediagazer »

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Good news: Obama alienates Poland by referring to “Polish death camps”

Discussion: The Coalition Of The Swilling, Five Feet of Fury and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
White House: Obama misspoke on ‘Polish death camp’

Discussion: Right Truth and The Other McCain

Mark Hosenball / Reuters:

Romney's birth certificate evokes his father's controversy — (Reuters) - Finally, there is definitive proof: The presidential candidate was born in the United States, and his father was not. — Yes, Republican Mitt Romney appears eligible to be president, according to a copy …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Sweetness & Light, Stop The ACLU, Riehl World View, New York Magazine, CNN, Hot Air, Mediaite and msnbc.com

CNN:

Planned Parenthood's new ad zeroes in on Romney — (CNN) - Planned Parenthood Action Fund unveiled an advertising campaign Wednesday in swing states painting Mitt Romney as the wrong choice for women, a critical voting bloc in the battle for the White House.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Ashley Parker / New York Times:

Romney, on His Big Day, Finds Himself Upstaged — LAS VEGAS — It was supposed to be a day of triumph for Mitt Romney, when he would at last formally claim the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in the Texas primary. And Mr. Romney was to focus attention on an aggressive …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Mediaite, 2012 Decoded, Sweetness & Light, Reuters, ABCNEWS, The Atlantic Online, msnbc.com, The Mahablog, The Page, CBS Philly and The Caucus

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A new conspiracy theory: Is Romney a unicorn?

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Christian Science Monitor, The Brody File, No More Mister Nice Blog, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times and Gawker

Donald Trump / CNN:
TRENDING: Blitzer and Trump go at it over Trump's ‘birther’ claims

Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Romney clinches GOP nod as he raises cash with Trump

Discussion: The Agonist

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Planned Parenthood Ads to Target Romney

Discussion: Mashable!, National Review and Connecting.the.Dots

Mike Allenand Jim Vandehei / Reuters:

GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz — Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives - including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November's elections …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, New York Times, The Maddow Blog, americanthinker.com, The PJ Tatler and PoliPundit.com

Ed Andrieski / ABCNEWS:

Obama Campaign Mounts New Assault on Romney's Record as Massachusetts Governor — The Obama campaign is opening a new front in its war against GOP rival Mitt Romney, ABC News has learned, with planned attacks to begin this week on Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts and the campaign promises Democrats say he left unfulfilled.

Discussion: Politico, American Prospect, Washington Post, The Maddow Blog, protein wisdom, Taegan Goddard's …, Daily Kos and National Review

New York Times:
Nomination His, Romney Steps Up Attack on Obama

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal, The Caucus, Ballot Box, ABCNEWS, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and San Francisco Chronicle

First Read / msnbc.com:
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Discussion: Washington Monthly and Jammie Wearing Fools

Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Senate Democrats Outspent 3 To 1 On Ads By Super-Pacs

Discussion: The Page

Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Gingrich defends Romney's appearance with Trump

Discussion: askmarion, ABCNEWS and American Thinker

Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney: Not gonna play repudiation game

Discussion: Hot Air, National Review and GayPatriot

Patterico's Pontifications:

Aaron Walker Arrested for Blogging? Clearing Some of the Fog Surrounding Today's Litigation — Well, partially dispelling. — Aaron Walker (aka Worthing) was arrested today in a Maryland courtroom. Several days ago, convicted bomber and perjurer Brett Kimberlin had obtained a …

David Hogberg / Capital Hill:

IBD At Kimberlin Hearing: Walker Handcuffed, 1st Amendment Muzzled — With all of the attention surrounding Brett Kimberlin, I attended Tuesday's hearing in his “peace order” vs. Aaron Walker in the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County. In the end, the judge granted Kimberlin's peace order …

David Catanese / Politico:

Texas Senate primary: Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst to run-off — The Texas Senate race will go another round. — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst failed to capture the 50 percent necessary to win the Republican nomination Tuesday, forcing him into an unpredictable nine week run-off campaign …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, americanthinker.com, Outside the Beltway and The Volokh Conspiracy

Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Ted Cruz forces runoff against David Dewhurst in Texas Senate race

Discussion: CNN and Lawrence Person's …

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.

Discussion: Campaign 2012, The Gateway Pundit, Sweetness & Light, The Lonely Conservative, The Hill, The POH Diaries, Left Coast Rebel, Nice Deb, Capitol Commentary's …, Ironic Surrealism, Weasel Zippers, WyBlog, Pat Dollard and The Daley Gator

The White House:
Remarks by the President at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony

Discussion: Law Blog, Gawker and White House.gov Blog

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.

Discussion: Jezebel and The Daley Gator

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.

Discussion: The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, Betsy's Page, The Mental Recession, Hit & Run, hogewash and American Glob

Peter Whoriskey / Ezra Klein:

Job recovery is scant for Americans in prime working years — The proportion of Americans in their prime working years who have jobs is smaller than it has been at any time in the 23 years before the recession, according to federal statistics, reflecting the profound and lasting effects …

Discussion: Hot Air, Campaign 2012, Shakesville and Washington Free Beacon

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Michelle Obama Remains Popular in U.S. — Sixty-six percent have a positive view of the first lady — PRINCETON, NJ — Sixty-six percent of Americans have a favorable view of first lady Michelle Obama, unchanged from nearly two years ago and in line with her ratings since Barack Obama was inaugurated as president.

Discussion: CNN, Politico and The PJ Tatler