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11:15 AM ET, May 13, 2011

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David Martin / CBS News:
SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid  —  More accurate version of what happened includes details that bin Laden first emerged on third floor, retreated to bedroom after shot fired  —  WASHINGTON - A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped …
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Pakistan Army Chief Balks at U.S. Demands to Cooperate  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Despite mounting pressure from the United States since the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, seems unlikely to respond to American demands to root …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:   CIA not bringing photos of bin Laden's body onto Capitol Hill
Washington Post:
Bin Laden's preoccupation with U.S. said to be source of friction with followers
Discussion: Danger Room
Gallup:
Americans Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling, 47% to 19%  —  Thirty-four percent don't know enough about the issue to say  —  PRINCETON, NJ — By a 47% to 19% margin, Americans say they would want their member of Congress to vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, while 34% don't know enough to say.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Mitch McConnell's not-so-secret strategy  —  When it comes to raising the debt ceiling, House Republican leaders have been sticking to an aggressive hostage strategy: give them the (unspecified) cuts or the GOP will create a recession on purpose.  Thus far, Senate Republicans haven't played much of a role …
Discussion: Slate and Suburban Guerrilla
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Seniors, Guns and Money  —  This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in “Mediscare” tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
McConnell demands spending cuts, Medicare overhaul for deal on debt limit
Avik Roy / National Review:
Mitt Romney's Illogical, Terrible Health-Care Address  —  Mitt Romney just gave a more articulate defense of Obamacare than President Obama ever has.  He continues to believe that the individual mandate is a good idea, despite the fact that the “free-rider” problem is a myth.
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney's Daredevil Act  —  On health care, Mitt tries to bridge the unbridgeable.  —  F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Daniels closer to deciding on presidential bid  —  INDIANAPOLIS — With 1,100 people chanting “Run Mitch, Run,” Gov. Mitch Daniels took the stage here Thursday night and did something he's never done before: He introduced his wife Cheri, and then he turned the microphone over to her to address the sold-out crowd.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels, the reluctant candidate
Discussion: CNN and Right Wing News
Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Getting to Yes for Mitch and Cheri Daniels
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought  —  For many middle-class Americans, it is the most coveted brand in real estate, synonymous with sky-piercing luxury and can't-miss quality: Donald J. Trump.  —  Far from the New York City towers that bear his name, in cities like Tampa, Fla. …
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 80 in Pakistan  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 80 paramilitary soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning at a military training center in northwest Pakistan, a commander of the Frontier Constabulary said.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Scouted Multiple Reporters to Be His New Communications Director  —  Joe Biden has a thing for reporters.  Back in December 2008, the vice-president hired former Time Washington bureau chief Jay Carney to be his communications director.  When Carney was promoted earlier this year …
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
March On Wall Street: Thousands Of Teachers, Advocates Rally Against Bloomberg Cuts (PHOTOS)  —  Thousands of teachers, social workers, union members and more took part in a march Thursday against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plans for wide-ranging budget cuts — and against the Wall Street bankers they blame for the city's budget woes.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama: My reelection not guaranteed by bin Laden killing  —  President Obama said Thursday that he agrees with Republicans who say his reelection isn't guaranteed by the killing of Osama bin Laden.  —  Obama downplayed the political windfall he stands to collect from the discovery …
Discussion: FrumForum
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Haley Barbour Shrugs As Mississippi Floods  —  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour just gave small government a whole new meaning.  Small, as in mean and cold-hearted.  While Barbour bows and scrapes to the Conservative God of the Almighty Dollar, people are bracing to lose everything in what could be the worst flooding in history.
Rich Johnston / Bleeding Cool Comic Book …:
Superman Loves America Again - It's Official  —  In Action Comics #900, a back up strip by David Goyer, showed Superman announcing he was to go to the UN and give up his citizenship of the USA, so to ensure his actions were not mistaken for US government policy.  —  And the news exploded.
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Europe moves to close borders in migrant row  —  European interior ministers agree to ‘radical revision’ of Schengen amid fears of a flood of migrants from north Africa  —  European nations moved to reverse decades of unfettered travel across the continent when a majority of EU governments agreed …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Instapundit
Axel W. Caballero / The Huffington Post:
Immigrants For Sale  —  Georgia is the latest state to pass an anti-immigrant bill like SB1070, with Governor Nathan Deal expected to sign it tomorrow.  Georgia is also home to the largest private prison in the country.  Coincidence?  Not even close.  —  It's hardly a secret …
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
I.R.S. Moves to Tax Gifts to Groups Active in Politics  —  Big donors like David H. Koch and George Soros may owe taxes on their millions of dollars in contributions to nonprofit advocacy groups that are playing an increasing role in American politics.  —  The Internal Revenue Service confirmed …
 
 
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Pawlenty Attracts Wealthy Donors
Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:
Mike Huckabee touts ‘Learn Our History’ videos for kids to correct ‘blame America first’ attitude
Marc Ambinder / NationalJournal.com:
Then Came ‘Geronimo’  —  Before the raid on Osama bin Laden's …
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If you want a federal contract, better be nice to Obama
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White Americans See Anti-White Bias on the Rise
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Despite adviser's warnings, Obama calls bin Laden ‘jihad’ leader
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Jeff Jarvis / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and liberal critics blast the NYT and other US news outlets for “sanewashing”, false equivalence, and more, and call for sharper political reporting

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