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4:20 PM ET, June 2, 2012

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Kenneth Quinnell / Crooks and Liars:
Is Scott Walker Going to Be Indicted Soon?  —  On the Young Turks Friday, David Shuster claimed that he is almost certain that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be indicted in the coming months for his role in the numerous scandals floating around his first campaign for governor.
Discussion: Uppity Wisconsin
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Rush Limbaugh:
Bill Clinton Basically Endorses Mitt Romney
Discussion: Rumproast and aflcio.org
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton: Mitt comments were twisted
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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NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Trump: Media are biggest threat to Romney's presidential campaign  —  Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney talks about today's bleak jobs report, repealing Obamacare and his role in private equity.  —  By NBC's Andrew Rafferty  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Donald Trump on Friday warned …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Raw Story
Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
MA DEMOCRATS: NO ENTRY TO CONVENTION WITHOUT PHOTO ID  —  In recent years, Democrats have argued that requiring voters to show photo IDs prior to voting is an egregious act of voter suppression.  Ben Jealous, of the NAACP, has gone so far as to argue that such requirements are tantamount to modern-day Jim Crow laws.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Black & Right X
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren neck and neck in new poll  —  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, a Republican, as she heads into Saturday's state party convention, a new Globe poll shows.
Daily Mail:
Revealed: Victim of Canadian porn star cannibal is Chinese gay lover as police reveal ‘murderer’ is on the run in France... dressed as a woman  —  A man who filmed himself chopping up his lover before posting body parts to politicians was being hunted across Europe last night.
Discussion: Althouse and Riehl World View
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
Discussion: The Jawa Report and US Politics
Al Baker / New York Times:
In Brooklyn, Suspect Robs 3 Banks in 30 Minutes  —  A robber in a hurry struck at three banks along a stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn in a span of about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, the police said.  —  In the first and third robberies, tellers handed over cash to the robber …
Discussion: Gothamist
Brad Knickerbocker / Christian Science Monitor:
Amelia Earhart: New evidence tells of her last days on a Pacific atoll  —  New information gives a clearer picture of what happened 75 years ago to Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, where they came down and how they likely survived - for a while, at least - as castaways on a remote island.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Gawker
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
National Review Writer: Conservatives Should ‘Beat’ Young People Who ‘Think Socialism Is Better Than Capitalism’  —  The National Review's Jonah Goldberg is claiming that 18-year-olds should be denied the right to vote because they are “so frickin' stupid about so many things.”
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Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:
Conservative editor: Young Americans ‘so frickin’ stupid' they shouldn't get to vote
Discussion: TBogg and Firedoglake
Dara Kam / Palm Beach Post:
Florida voter purge gets pushback from elections supervisors, U.S. Justice  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida elections supervisors said Friday they will discontinue a state-directed effort to remove names from county voter rolls because they believe the state data is flawed and because the U.S. Department …
Discussion: Firedoglake and ThinkProgress
 
 
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