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11:10 AM ET, June 2, 2009

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Justices Gone Wild  —  Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings won't happen for over a month, but it's easy to predict how they will go.  In a series of preening, long-winded questions, the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will attempt to divine Sotomayor's position on a variety …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Leader Of Conservative Opposition To Sotomayor Was Nailed For Hacking And Spying On Senate Dems  —  Manuel Miranda is back!  —  The New York Times reports that a coalition of heavyweight conservative groups has signed a letter pressuring Senate Republicans to filibuster Sonia Sotomayor.
Discussion: Think Progress
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Dems pressure Obama on Israel  —  As President Barack Obama prepares to depart for his first trip to the Arab world, the administration's escalating pressure on Israel to freeze all growth of its settlements on Palestinian land has begun to stir concern among Israel's numerous allies in both parties on Capitol Hill.
Rick Santorum / The Politico:   Why I would oppose Sotomayor
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Sonia Sotomayor: Up From the Projects
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:   Republicans back off ‘racist’ accusations
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William M. Welch / USA Today:
Recruiter shot dead outside Army office  —  A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday.  —  “This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular …
Jeffrey Goldberg:   A Conspiracy of Euphemism  —  The eight a.m. NPR news update …
Associated Press:
One soldier killed, one injured, in Arkansas shooting
Discussion: Hyscience and RedState
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
O'Reilly Responds To The Tiller Murder: ‘No Backpedaling Here...Every Single Thing We Said About Tiller Was True’  —  After yesterday's brutal shooting of George Tiller, a Kansas doctor who administered abortions, many anti-choice groups quickly condemned the murder and attempted to separate themselves from the actions of the killer.
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Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Obama to Name N.Y. Congressman the Army Secretary  —  Representative John M. McHugh, a Republican congressman from New York, will be nominated by President Obama to be secretary of the Army, according to officials, as the administration continues to reach into the ranks of the opposition for executive appointments.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McHugh to Be Army Secretary, Special Election Looms  —  New York Rep. John McHugh is President Obama's choice to be the new secretary of the army, a decision likely to set off an extremely competitive special election for the Republican's 23rd district House seat.
Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press:
Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate  —  LONDON — President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful.  —  In a BBC interview broadcast Tuesday, he also restated plans …
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David Gardner / Daily Mail:
How Obamas' romantic £120 trip to Broadway racked up a £45,000 bill  —  ...that's for three private jets, two helicopter rides, extra planes for security and closing roads for motorcade  —  It was a campaign pledge that Barack Obama didn't dare break - a promise to take his wife …
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
The cost of a NYC weekend
Discussion: Townhall.com and Scared Monkeys
Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
N. Korean Leader's Youngest Son Named Successor  —  North Korea's ailing leader has chosen his youngest son — who is just 26, attended a Swiss boarding school and reportedly admires basketball great Michael Jordan — as heir to the family dynasty that rules the secretive state …
Discussion: Hot Air and Reuters
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Jeremy P. Jacobs / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Kim Jong Il selects youngest son as successor
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
BBC:   N Korea 'names Kim's successor'
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
It's official: Playboy is a hate site; Update: Playboy pulled it
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Most oppose closing Gitmo  —  WASHINGTON — Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.  —  By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn't be closed.
New York Times:
Foreclosures: No End in Sight  —  A continuing steep drop in home prices combined with rising unemployment is powering a new wave of foreclosures.  Unfortunately, there's little evidence, so far, that the Obama administration's anti-foreclosure plan will be able to stop it.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
A New Iran Overture, With Hot Dogs  —  SAN SALVADOR — Having sent the Iranian people a video greeting on their New Year, President Obama is now inviting them to help celebrate a quintessentially American holiday, the Fourth of July.  —  Last Friday, the State Department sent a cable …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Many Americans hold unfavorable view of Muslim world  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hours before President Barack Obama departs for a trip to the Middle East, a new national poll suggests that only one in five Americans has a favorable view of Muslim countries.
Wall Street Journal:
Why Obama Voted Against Roberts  —  ‘He has used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.’  —  The following is from then-Sen. Barack Obama's floor statement explaining why he would vote against confirming Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (September 2005):
Discussion: Donklephant
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quagmire Ahead  —  On Jan. 21, 1988, a General Motors executive named Elmer Johnson wrote a brave and prophetic memo.  Its main point was contained in this sentence: “We have vastly underestimated how deeply ingrained are the organizational and cultural rigidities that hamper our ability to execute.”
David Enrich / Wall Street Journal:
Citigroup Is Halting Some Payouts  —  Bank Tells Executives It Won't Dispense Tens of Millions as Promised  —  Citigroup Inc. has told about five former top executives that it won't pay them tens of millions of dollars in promised severance payouts, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Dealbreaker and DailyFinance
 
 
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BBC:
Pakistan releases ‘top militant’
Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
The Robert Wone Killing Remains ‘a Head-Scratcher’
Natalia Antelava / BBC:
Inside Hezbollah  —  Hezbollah's behaves as a normal political party …
Wall Street Journal:
A Saga of Decline and Denial
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Uyghur Detainees at Gitmo Compare U.S. to Hitler
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Discussion: Fox News and JammieWearingFool
Andrew Gelman / FiveThirtyEight:
Would Mike Dukakis Have Won the 2008 Election?
Discussion: INSTAPUTZ and Open Left
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The Justice Department's Antitrust Bomb
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