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1:40 PM ET, June 2, 2012

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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.
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Rodney Hawkins / CBS News:
Bill Clinton: Praising Romney's business record doesn't connote endorsement
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clinton: Mitt comments were twisted
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
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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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 …
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
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 …
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
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
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
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Zimmerman Bond Revoked  —  Here is a plot twist:  —  URGENT: A judge on Friday revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours.  —  Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said that George Zimmerman and his wife …
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CNN:   Judge revokes Zimmerman's bond
 
 
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Returns to Chicago Home to Sleep, Cook, ‘Putter in My Backyard’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Cool On Wisconsin
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney worth between $190 and $250 million
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Free exchange:
A central-bank failure of epic proportions
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama Friend Whitaker Denies Wright Allegation of Bribe
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People.com:
Rielle Hunter's Tell-All Memoir Coming Out this Month
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are
David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:
Exclusive: One Million Moms Deletes ‘Green Lantern Is Gay’ Post After Flood Of Pro-Gay Comments
 

 
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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
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