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5:40 PM ET, June 12, 2009

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Big Hate  —  Back in April, there was a huge fuss over an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security warning that current conditions resemble those in the early 1990s — a time marked by an upsurge of right-wing extremism that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Think Progress:
Angered By His Holocaust Museum Shooting Coverage, The Far Right Goes After Shepard Smith  —  On Wednesday, Fox News' Shepard Smith responded to the tragic shooting at the Holocaust Museum by a white supremacist by saying that it was time to re-think the Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism that conservatives disparaged.
Jeffrey Goldberg:
What Judith Warner Left Out
Discussion: American Power and Power Line
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
About That DHS Report  —  Balko doesn't approve of the partisan spin …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Moe_Lane's blog
Judith Warner / New York Times:
The Wages of Hate
Discussion: Villainous Company
John Cook / Gawker:
Andrew Breitbart: Holocaust Museum Killer Was a ‘Multiculturalist’
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's behind Obama's sudden attempt to fire the AmeriCorps inspector general?  —  Some strange and potentially suspicious events tonight concerning the Obama White House and the AmeriCorps program.  I've been told that on Wednesday night the AmeriCorps inspector general, Gerald Walpin …
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Michelle Malkin:
Obama's Americorps scandal — and the First Lady's meddling  —  President Obama is hoping you won't notice his abrupt change of inspectors general over at Americorps, the government-run, taxpayer-subsidized “community service” boondoggle (which Republicans helped expand as part …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama cronyism: Going after AmeriCorps IG on behalf of contributor; Update: A Michelle Obama connection?  —  David Freddoso tried to explain that the only change Barack Obama would bring to the Beltway would be an introduction of the Chicago Machine politics that made him successful to the Beltway.
The Huffington Post:
Right-Wing Neocons Rooting For Ahmadinejad Win  —  American neoconservatives have often used the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to bolster their case for aggressive action against Iran.  So the assumption might be that they would be rooting for Iranians to take care of the problem themselves …
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CNN:
Ahmadinejad leads in early Iran returns
Discussion: American Footprints
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
Obama defends DOMA in federal court.  Says banning gay marriage is good for the federal budget.  Invokes incest and marrying children.  —  UPDATE: Obama spokesman caught lying to Politico.  —  Joe and I have been trying since last night to get a copy of the government's brief just filed in this case.
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Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
DOJ moves to dismiss first fed gay marriage case  —  The U.S. Justice Department has moved to dismiss the first gay marriage case filed in federal court, saying it is not the right venue to tackle legal questions raised by a couple already married in California.
Mike Murphy / Time:
The Ice Age Cometh  —  Despairing Republican friends have been asking me what I think we should do to rebuild the GOP and begin our certain and inevitable comeback.  My answer disappoints them: “Build an ark.”  —  I say this because I've made a career out of counting votes …
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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
House Health-Care Bill to Include $600 Billion in Tax Increases  —  Health-care overhaul legislation being drafted by House Democrats will include $600 billion in tax increases and $400 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats and the Health Tax Taboo
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Barack Obama Surveys the World  —  “And the Spirit of God hovered upon the face of the waters”  —  When President Obama returned from his first European trip, I observed that while over there he had been “acting the philosopher-king who hovers above the fray mediating” between America and the world.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Insta-Hack Watch  —  He's up to his partisan shenanigans again.  He must know that the huge deficits projected in the future have virtually nothing to do with Obama's proposals on healthcare or energy.  They are a function of inherited entitlement spending, the legacy of two open-ended wars …
Discussion: The Rhetorican
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CNN:
Former President GHW Bush stands up for Sotomayor  —  (CNN)-Former President George H.W. Bush stood up for his former judicial nominee Sonia Sotomayor Friday, telling CNN Anchor Robin Meade that GOP critics who called President Obama's Supreme Court pick a racist were off-base, and unfair.
Amanda Ruggeri / US News:
Ray LaHood: A ‘Transformational’ Time for the U.S. Transit System  —  Four months into his new position as secretary of transportation, Ray LaHood has a great deal on his plate.  As well as overseeing 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget, he's in charge of $48 billion in stimulus funds directed …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Blaming the Guy Who Came Before Doesn't Work Long  —  WASHINGTON — As President Obama struggles to turn around the moribund economy and confront multiple international issues, he wastes few opportunities to remind the country that the problems are not of his making.
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Decline and Fall  —  Face time with the president is political gold in Washington, so Donald Rumsfeld moved quickly after taking charge at the Pentagon to secure weekly private meetings with President George W. Bush.  Now, nearly six years and many meetings later, the defense secretary arrived …
Discussion: Raw Story and SWJ Blog
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
We Need a New National Anthem  —  In the Age of Karaoke, more people (including me) like to join in the singing when they strike up the national anthem at public occasions.  No one can stop you, no matter how embarrassed she might be by your obvious lack of talent.
Washington Post:
Obama Gives Up on Resettling Cleared Guantanamo Detainees in U.S., Officials Say  —  Administration Gives Up on Bringing Cleared Inmates to U.S., Officials Say  —  The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release to live …
dispatch.com:
Brunner requests blessing of deal  —  Senate campaign's use of equipment bought by state campaign is at issue  —  Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is asking the Federal Election Commission to determine the legality of a secret agreement designed to allow her U.S. Senate campaign …
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
The Economics of the HDMI Cable Ripoff  —  I just bought a blu-ray player.  (Actually my 10 and 7-year old bought it as a birthday gift for my wife; alas, neither they nor she were fooled for long, but I digress.)  To get the best performance you need an HDMI cable which must be purchased separately …
Ezra Klein:
Has Kent Conrad Solved the Public Plan Problem?  An Interview.  —  (Earlier today, Sen. Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a “potential compromise” on the public plan: A system of federally-chartered co-ops that could offer …
Elisabeth Eaves / Forbes:
The Recession Is Great  —  Low prices.  Nice people.  What's not to like?  —  This week I refinanced my mortgage at a new, better rate, lowering my monthly expenses with a stroke of the pen.  Even as I was doing the paperwork, I had to dodge calls trying to offer me similar and even better rates.
Discussion: Don Surber
WLUK TV:
Hundreds protest Obama's visit  —  GREEN BAY - Organizers said about 1,000 people lined the east side of Packerland Drive Thursday morning to protest President Obama's stop in Green Bay.  Stretching four blocks long, the protest parked itself along the motorcade route between Austin Straubel Airport and Green Bay Southwest High School.
 
 
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Leading White Nationalist To Speak At Pat Buchanan's American …
Neil Irwin / Washington Post:
Spike in Interest Rates Could Choke Recovery
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Indulge This: What The Anti-Obesity Movement Can Learn From The Defeat …
Discussion: MyDD
Bill Maher / Los Angeles Times:
Enough with the Obamathon
The Huffington Post:
Conservative Columnist Blames Obama For Letterman's Palin Joke
Discussion: BuzzFlash.org and Guardian
Jane Hamsher / Campaign Silo:
Supplemental Whip Count Update: 32 “No,” 15 “Leaning No” — We Need 39
Discussion: Congress Matters and Firedoglake
John E. Mulligan / Providence Journal:
Rep. Kennedy decides to ‘step away’ for medical treatment
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
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BBC:
Family hangs Palestinian teen ‘collaborator’
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The Huffington Post:
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