memeorandum: Walker Blasts Democrats' ‘Crap’ Attacks (Christian Schneider/National Review)

4:20 AM ET, June 4, 2012

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Updated: Verified - Woman Denies Walker Fathered Baby - MJS Columnist Daniel Bice — The story that Scott Walker abandoned his pregnant girlfriend in college (dKos diary link) apparently failed the first test of verification by a professional reporter. Daniel Bice, the “Watchdog” …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wisconsin Citizens Media Co-op, Balloon Juice and Firedoglake

Non Member / Wisconsin Citizens Media Co-op:

Integrity: The Child Scott Walker Left Behind — For an explanation on why our media cooperative chose to run this article, please read our editorial: http://wcmcoop.com/members/editorial- on-integrity/ — [Editor's note: What follows is one woman's account of the Scott Walker she knew at Marquette University.

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Twitchy:

Last minute smear job: Dems claim Scott Walker fathered ‘love child’ 24 years ago; Update: Debunked by reporter … With two days to go before Wisconsin's recall election, Gov. Walker is looking very strong in the polls. According to Intrade, he has a 96 percent chance of winning on Tuesday.

Discussion: Power Line and neo-neocon

Susan Edelman / New York Post:

New minority label at CUNY: ‘Jewish’ — Something isn't kosher about a CUNY scheme to single out Jews, angry professors charge. — Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.”

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:

France: Muslim mob beats three Jewish students with hammers, iron bars — On Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, Muslims troll for Jews to beat senseless. Three young Jewish students were attacked by a gang of twelve Muslims in Lyons, France, yesterday on Shabbat.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Jon Swaine / Telegraph:

War in the White House: attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama adviser David Axelrod ‘had to be separated’ — Eric Holder, Barack Obama's attorney general and David Axelrod, his top political adviser had to be separated after squaring up during a furious row over attempts to impose White House operatives in the justice department.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Dreaming of a Superhero — ON Friday night, the nation's capital …

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Kevin Hechtkopf / CBS News:
Obama strategist David Axelrod: Romney isn't a “job creator”

Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill and Mediaite

Christian Schneider / National Review:

Walker Blasts Democrats' ‘Crap’ Attacks — Fitchburg, Wis. — Governor Scott Walker visited the Madison suburb of Fitchburg tonight, ending a long day that saw earlier stops in the Green Bay and Milwaukee. Before a crowd of about 50 volunteers, Walker delivered his usual stump speech …

Discussion: wisdems.org

Gary Taubes / New York Times:

Opinion: We Only Think We Know the Truth About Salt — THE first time I questioned the conventional wisdom on the nature of a healthy diet, I was in my salad days, almost 40 years ago, and the subject was salt. Researchers were claiming that salt supplementation was unnecessary after strenuous exercise …

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Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:

Look beyond interest rates to get out of the gloom — With the past week's dismal US jobs data, signs of increasing financial strain in Europe and discouraging news from China, the proposition that the global economy is returning to a path of healthy growth looks highly implausible.

Discussion: Firedoglake

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

What It's Like At America's Most Polarized Dairy Breakfast — June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin. The recall election is Tuesday. — DE PERE, Wisc. — Governor Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, stood thirty feet away from each other at the biggest political event …

Discussion: Althouse, RedState and National Review

First Read / msnbc.com: Walker, Barrett almost cross paths at Wisconsin breakfast

Brendan Prunty / New Jersey Online:

Comedian Bill Maher buys minority stake in ownership of Mets, calls team ‘a great investment’ — NEW YORK — No joke: Bill Maher has bought a minority ownership stake in the Mets. — In a surprise announcement made by the comedian and political commentator before Sunday night's game against the Cardinals …

Discussion: Mediaite and New York Magazine

Alexander Burns / Politico:

Pelosi: Clinton ‘our shot’ in 2016 — Nancy Pelosi, who touched off a new wave of Hillary Clinton-for-president buzz two months ago by talking up the secretary of state as a 2016 candidate, keeps it up in an interview with the Chronicle's Carla Marinucci:

Discussion: BuzzFeed and New York Magazine

Mark Leibovich / New York Times:

Intersecting Worlds of Romney and Obama — WASHINGTON — Points of unity: Mitt Romney and President Obama both like process-driven decisions, iPads, ABC's “Modern Family” and chicken. — Grilled chicken, not fried, in keeping with the shared body-mindedness of the combatants …

Discussion: Gothamist and New York Magazine