The Obama event registry  —  Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up?  —  Let your friends know how important this election is to you—register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift.  It's a great way to support the President on your big day.

Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas  —  Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.

POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks  —  POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.  —  On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …

Activists Take Out Frustration on ... Ronald Reagan  —  Victor Fiorillo reports for Phillymag.com:

How My View on Gay Marriage Changed  —  IN my 2007 book, “The Future of Marriage,” and in my 2010 court testimony concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, I took a stand against gay marriage.

Forkless Friday at Obama event  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. —Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama?  —  One wouldn't think so, given the hundreds of lunches and dinners he's attended ranging from state dinners to political fundraisers to run-of-the-mill stops on the rubber-chicken circuit.

Anti-Obama Artist Strikes Again  —  Jon McNaughton, the artist who depicted Obama burning the Constitution, has a new painting .  He's aiming to sell it to the highest bidder, between $50,000 and $100,000.  —  McNaughton's new piece of art, “The Empowered Man”

Saudi Arabia to fund Syria rebel army  —  Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition  —  Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned.

Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe  —  Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has married her long-time partner Heather Poe, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  Cheney spokeswoman Kara Ahern confirmed to TheDC that the couple married Friday morning in Washington, D.C.

Ryan Being Vetted for VP  —  I'm reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign.  Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination.  —  Ryan, one of the GOP's brightest young stars …

Wurzelbacher: Story of ad unfairly spun  —  House candidate says he 'wasn't talking about the Holocaust' in video  —  Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss  —  Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is not backing down from an anti-gun-control video released by his campaign this week …

On Vacation and Sick?  A Court Says Take Another  —  BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave.  But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled …

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Kathryn Jean Lopez: The saddest hack  —  It's time to take the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez seriously, as depressing as that is … Kathryn Jean Lopez is, as best I can tell, a Heritage Foundation intern who was awarded the job of “National Review Online Editor” …

Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low  —  In case you needed more confirmation that the priorities of US companies and the US economy are screwed up (specifically, they're engineered to create a country of a few million overlords and 300+ million serfs), here are three charts for you:

Kimberlin Vs. Walker: Walker Fights Back  —  Back on May 29th, Brett Kimberlin won a peace order hearing in Maryland District Court against Aaron Walker, claiming that Walker's blogging and tweeting of Kimberlin's violent past and his previous interactions with Kimberlin in court constituted harassment.

The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia  —  How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape  —  Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia.  Of course, you won't hear …

The Only Nine Things You Need To Know From The Huffington Post Politico Profile That You Can't Read Online  —  We just downloaded The Huffington Post's profile by Michael Calderone of how Politico is supposedly in disarray.  You can't read it online because it's only on the iPad.

Elizabeth Warren's Birthday Gift From GOP: An Ancestry.com Account  —  Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren turns 63 today, and among her birthday gifts is one she probably won't appreciate very much.  She's in a tight race against the GOP incumbent, Scott Brown.

With Elections Awash in Cash, There's Blame to Go Around  —  WASHINGTON — David Axelrod, President Obama's political strategist, recently invoked a common perception about the 2012 campaign by blaming the Supreme Court for empowering 21st-century “robber barons trying to take over the government.”

Oregon Study Reveals Benefits, and Costs, of Insuring the Uninsured  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — When Wendy Parris shattered her ankle, the emergency room put in an air cast and sent her on her way.  Because she had no insurance, doctors did not operate to fix it.

Bad news: Jon Stewart not exactly buying the executive-privilege claim  —  Via Katie Pavlich, that's not the only bad news here for Eric Holder and Barack Obama.  Not only does Jon Stewart tell an audience inclined towards supporting Obama in November exactly why Operation Fast and Furious …

Philadelphia's Msgr.  William J. Lynn Is Convicted of Allowing Abuse  —  PHILADELPHIA — Msgr.  William J. Lynn, a former archbishop's aide, was found guilty Friday of one count of endangering children, becoming the first senior official of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States …