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12:45 PM ET, June 2, 2012

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton hits a home run in Wisconsin.  Will it be enough?  —  Bill Clinton, in his speech in Wisconsin just now, framed the recall election as a stark choice between unity and division, between cooperation and conflict, and between shared prosperity and right wing winner-take-all economics.
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Tim Mak / Politico:
Bill Clinton slams Scott Walker agenda  —  Former President Bill Clinton encouraged cooperation between the two parties Friday at a rally in support of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett — even as he savaged Barrett opponent Gov. Scott Walker (R) ahead of the Wisconsin recall election on Tuesday.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Jobs numbers remind Obama that he must do more than just attack  —  Friday's dismal jobs report and some unexpected words from Bill Clinton delivered a bracing reminder to President Obama and his advisers that the election remains primarily a referendum on his record and that their path …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton: Mitt comments were twisted
Rodney Hawkins / CBS News:
Bill Clinton: Praising Romney's business record doesn't connote endorsement
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren on Scott Brown's heels in Globe poll  —  Challenger trails by 2 points despite heritage questions  —  Despite a five-week drubbing over her claims to Native American heritage, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren remains neck and neck with US Senator Scott Brown …
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Boston Herald:
Records: Prof profited by buying, selling homes  —  Elizabeth Warren, who has railed against predatory banks and heartless foreclosures, took part in about a dozen Oklahoma real estate deals that netted her and her family hefty profits through maneuvers such as “flipping” properties, records show.
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Washington Examiner:
In tough fight with Romney, Obama longs for McCain  —  US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) and Republican John McCain stand together at the end of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on October 15, 2008.  (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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CNN:
Poll: Obama-Romney race tied; Obama supporters appear more energized
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptian Court Sentences Mubarak to Life in Prison  —  CAIRO — An Egyptian judge on Saturday sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for the killing of unarmed demonstrators during protests that ended his rule.  It was the first verdict of an Arab ruler brought before the law …
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Ben Wedeman / CNN:
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison for role in killing of protesters  —  Protesters in Cairo shout slogans against former President Hosni Mubarak as they await the verdict in his case on Saturday, June 2, 2012.  Mubarak is the only autocrat fallen during the Arab Spring to be put on trial.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and US Politics
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To ‘Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Video, African Americans, Chicago Schools, Jesse Jackson, Joe Walsh, Joe Walsh African Americans, Joe Walsh Jesse Jackson, Joe Wash Tea Party, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Black Voters, Blacks, Politics News
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Good News: People Eat Other People on a Pretty Regular Basis … May 8 … April 14 … April 7 … March 27 … March 26 … March 24 … January 12
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Obama on nudity, drag-racing and how to write: 20 details from Maraniss' ‘Barack Obama: The Story’  —  In the forthcoming biography “Barack Obama: The Story,” due in bookstores June 19, David Maraniss tells the largely untold story of Obama's family, his life growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“We're sending this mailing to you and your neighbors to publicize who does and does not vote.”  —  Incredibly creepy mail today from the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund:  —  I obscured names and addresses, but be assured, this was a list of real names and addresses of people who live near me …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
Judge revokes George Zimmerman bond in Trayvon Martin killing  —  April 20, 2012: In this file photo, George Zimmerman, left, answers a question from attorney Mark O'Mara during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla.AP/ORLANDO SENTINEL  —  SANFORD, FLA - URGENT: A judge on Friday revoked the bond …
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CNN:
Judge revokes Zimmerman's bond
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BuzzFeed:
The Number That Will Matter In Wisconsin  —  In the epic showdown between Big Blue and Big Red, Walker's margin may be the number being watched from Chicago and Boston.  A Walker blowout means trouble for the president.  —  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (L) and Republican Wisconsin Governor …
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Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Cool On Wisconsin
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
The road not taken  —  About a year ago, the job market looked a lot like it does now — after a strong winter, the economy stumbled badly in May and job growth stalled.  Once the Republicans' debt-ceiling crisis was resolved, President Obama shifted gears, refocused his agenda, and unveiled the American Jobs Act.
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John Koblin / New York Times:
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