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10:55 AM ET, June 1, 2012

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Jeff Cox / CNBC:

US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2% — The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent. — As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …

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Associated Press:

US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year — US economy added 69,000 jobs in May, fewest in a year; unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker. — U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up.

Discussion: GOP 12, The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys

Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:

Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth braked sharply in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time since June, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy further to shore up the sputtering recovery.

Discussion: GOP 12, Roger L. Simon and Vodkapundit

Shaila Dewan / New York Times:

Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom — The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a dismal showing that reflected mounting evidence of a global slowdown. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 in April, largely because more people began looking for work.

Discussion: Power Line, Economix and The Caucus

Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed Sharply in May — Payrolls Rise by Just 69,000; Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 8.2% — WASHINGTON—U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, the latest indication that the economy has lost momentum. — Nonfarm payrolls grew by a 69,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday, the smallest gain in a year.

Discussion: White House Dossier and The Lonely Conservative

Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:

Employment In U.S. Increased 69,000 In May — American employers in May added the smallest number of workers in a year and the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased as job-seekers re-entered the workforce, further evidence that the labor-market recovery is stalling.

Discussion: Reuters, International Liberty, Instapundit and The Page

David Hogberg / Investor's Business Daily:

Core 25-54 Employment Rates Still Near Historic Lows — The unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2% in May, holding above 8% for the 40th straight month, the Labor Department reported Friday. But actual employment rates of core working age Americans suggests the true jobs situation is even worse.

Peter Morici / Fox News:
What to expect from Friday's jobs report

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012

Bill Clinton / CNN:

TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’ — (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …

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BuzzFeed:

Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama — Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump. “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor. — Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, BuzzFeed, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and GOP 12

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
WHEN ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK, POLITICO DECLARES THE DAY ‘NASTY’

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CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad

Discussion: Politico, The Caucus, The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler

Washington Examiner:
Combative Romney team hits Obama coast-to-coast

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran — WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …

Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, MFS - The Other News, VentureBeat, emptywheel, The Caucus, Guardian, Israel Matzav, The Raw Story, Pirate's Cove, Lawfare, The Volokh Conspiracy and Balloon Juice

Monica Davey / New York Times:

Recall Election Could Foretell November Vote — WAUKESHA, Wis. — If this was ever an election just about Wisconsin, it is far more than that now. — With more than $30 million raised from conservative donors, many of them from other states, and visits from a who's who of high-profile Republican governors …

Discussion: Althouse, The Page and FOX6Now.com

Washington Examiner:
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.

Discussion: Hot Air, Shot in the Dark, hogewash and Wall Street Journal

Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Barrett focuses on probe of Walker aides in final recall debate

Discussion: Ballot Box, Hotline On Call, naked capitalism, Center for Media and Democracy, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Weekly Standard

Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall

Discussion: The Raw Story, Politico, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post and The Hill

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls — The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.

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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups

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Joseph Williams / Politico:
DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens

Discussion: CNN

Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:

Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules — Obama Needs More Time to Redo Health Care — President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, Washington Post and National Review

Anupama Narayanswamy / Sunlight Foundation …: Big donors to Democratic super PACs visited White House

Mark Landler / New York Times:
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled

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Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
White House Visitor Logs Show Barack Obama Has Spent More Time With George Clooney Than DEA Chief Michele Leonhart

Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers

Brian McGrory / The Boston Globe:

Warren: 'I won't deny who I am' — Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year. She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry. — She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …

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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention

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Wall Street Journal:

Holder's Racial Incitement — When looking for the Attorney General's motives, think lower. — The United States of America has a black President whose chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric Holder, is also black. They have a lot of political power. So how are they using it?

Discussion: The Huffington Post

Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Pedophilia, Incest Often ‘Not By Choice,’ But Being Gay Is ‘A Lifestyle Choice’ — On Thursday morning, Early Start co-anchor Ashleigh Banfield felt compelled to weigh in on a story involving New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor Curtis Knapp, who made headlines for saying …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The New Civil Rights Movement, Towleroad News #gay, LGBTQ Nation and Advocate

Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:

DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero — One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. — The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.” — Alan Scott - formerly …

Discussion: Hit & Run, The New Civil Rights Movement, Weasel Zippers, Gawker, The Daily Caller, Guardian and The Jawa Report

Brian Z. Tamanaha / New York Times:

How to Make Law School Affordable — THE economics of legal education are broken. The problem is that the cost of a law degree is now vastly out of proportion to the economic opportunities obtained by the majority of graduates. The average debt of law graduates tops $100,000 …

Washington Post:

John Edwards should not be retried — THE ACQUITTAL Thursday of former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the jurors' inability to reach a unanimous verdict on five other counts …

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