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10:30 AM ET, June 2, 2014

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Jake Tapper / CNN:

Fellow soldiers call Bowe Bergdahl a deserter, not a hero — (CNN) — The sense of pride expressed by officials of the Obama administration at the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is not shared by many of those who served with him — veterans and soldiers who call him a deserter whose …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, New York Times, The PJ Tatler, JONATHAN TURLEY, No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, ThinkProgress and The Reaction

Nathan Bradley Bethea / The Daily Beast:

We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night — For five years, soldiers have been forced to stay silent about the disappearance and search for Bergdahl. Now we can talk about what really happened. — It was June 30, 2009, and I was in the city of Sharana …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Liberaland, New York Times, Weekly Standard, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:

Debate Stirs Over US-Taliban Captive Swap — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can expect a buoyant homecoming after five years in Taliban hands, but those in the government who worked for his release face mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won his freedom.

Discussion: The Agonist

Washington Post:
Mixed reaction to Bergdahl's recovery by service members who consider him a deserter

Discussion: Fox News, Lawfare, Hot Air and CNN

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Bergdahl bumps VA from spotlight

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Daily Beast, Christian Science Monitor, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and CNN

Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Bergdahl Deal Could Be First Step to Emptying Gitmo

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNN, NO QUARTER USA NET, Hinterland Gazette, The Hill, Politico and Taylor Marsh

Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Chuck Hagel, Susan Rice defend decision to trade terror suspects for Bergdahl

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Scared Monkeys, Power Line and Hot Air

Doug Powers / Twitchy:
‘Working to free all Guantanamo prisoners’ tweet from account of released soldier's father deleted

Discussion: Daily Mail, American Thinker, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Ed Driscoll and Agence France-Presse

Michael Gartland / New York Post:
The bizarre tale of America's last known POW

Discussion: Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Joe For America, Power Line and The Raw Story

Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:

Obama's new climate war opens — President Obama is opening a climate change war with Republicans on Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency's unveiling of sweeping new standards on carbon emissions from power plants. — The new rules are a central part of Obama's climate change agenda meant …

Discussion: CNN

epa.gov:

Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule — Get Involved — On June 2, 2014, EPA proposed a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. States, cities and businesses across the country are already taking action to address the risks of climate change.

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider and Wall Street Journal

Fox News:

Obama administration unveils controversial emissions cap on power plants — March 14, 2014: The coal-fired Jim Bridger Power Plant outside Point of the Rocks, Wyoming.REUTERS — The Obama administration took aim at the coal industry on Monday by mandating a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Say Anything and The PJ Tatler

New York Times:
Trying to Reclaim Leadership on Climate Change

Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune

Bloomberg: Obama Said to Propose Deep Cuts to Power-Plant Emissions

Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama to Take Action to Slash Coal Pollution

Discussion: CNN, Vox, The New Republic, Legal Planet, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The BRAD BLOG and Marginal REVOLUTION

Amy Harder / Wall Street Journal:
EPA to Seek 30% Cut in Emissions at Power Plants

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Gawker, Grist, CleanTechnica, Politico, Mashable, KDVR.com, Liberaland and ThinkProgress

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

On Inequality Denial — A while back I published an article titled “The Rich, the Right, and the Facts,” in which I described politically motivated efforts to deny the obvious — the sharp rise in U.S. inequality, especially at the very top of the income scale.

Discussion: Shakesville, UK Blog on The Huffington Post and Daily Kos

VoxEU.org:
Is Piketty's ‘Second Law of Capitalism’ fundamental?

Discussion: Washington Center …

Politico:

THE OBAMA PARADOX — The ritual started in earnest last fall in the midst of the biggest humiliation of Barack Obama's presidency, the failure of the health care website. Anytime he heard a sliver of good news, the president reacted the same way: He knocked on the polished cherry wood table in the Roosevelt Room.

Discussion: Althouse

CNN:

Spain's King Juan Carlos I to abdicate — Madrid, Spain (CNN) — After nearly 40 years on the throne, King Juan Carlos I of Spain will be stepping down, the country's prime minister said Monday. — Crown Prince Felipe, 46, will succeed his father, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced in nationally televised address.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Barcepundit and The Agonist

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

The Senate's failed, irrelevant plan to throw $20 billion at Veterans Affairs problems — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS BERNIE SANDERS — Last February, before the Veterans Affairs health care scandal broke, Sen. Bernard Sanders, chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs …

Discussion: Fox News and Betsy's Page

The Sunday Times:

Huge email cache reveals secrets of Qatar's shock victory — THE secret payments that helped Qatar to win the World Cup bid are revealed for the first time this weekend in a bombshell cache of millions of documents leaked to The Sunday Times. — The files expose how Qatar's astonishing victory …

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg View, Africa and Guardian

Bobby McMahon / Forbes:
How The 2022 World Cup Could Reach A Doomsday Scenario

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler and BBC

CBS News:

FBI manhunt on for San Francisco man, Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, who may have explosives — Shares - — SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI has issued a nationwide alert to law enforcement agencies about a San Francisco social media consultant they consider armed and dangerous who is wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives.

Discussion: KTVU-TV, Hot Air, CBS San Francisco, The Week and The Gateway Pundit

Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:

Ann B. Davis, Alice on ‘Brady Bunch,’ dies — Everyone's favorite housekeeper, Alice Nelson, was played by Ann B. Davis on the sitcom. Davis died on Sunday, June 1, after suffering a subdural hematoma the day before. She never regained consciousness. Davis retired from show business in the late '70s, but popped up here and there.

Discussion: NBC News, Associated Press, KLTV-TV, Mashable, Scared Monkeys, TMZ.com, The Latest Word, Joe. My. God., The Moderate Voice, Jezebel, Liberal Values and Hollywood Life

Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:

Herman Cain Says He Might Run For President Again In 2016 — Herman Cain, don't tease us so. — The pizza magnate, who at one point topped all Republican challengers during the 2012 Republican presidential primary before dropping out amidst allegations of multiple affairs …