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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Can Palin ever come back? — A closer look at the words of Obama, Depeche Mode and U2. Plus: Why do straight actresses make the best lesbo porn? — Dear Camille, — Just wondering. Do you still think Sarah Palin is ready for the big stage? — James L. Somers — Good question!
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Palin's support still strong among GOP — WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin's bombshell that she will resign as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, though it also has dented her standing among Democrats and independents.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
How will Sarah Palin's resignation affect book sales? — Sarah Palin's sudden announcement that she will resign as Alaska's governor has thrown unforeseen risk into the already uncertain market for books about her — and by her. Earlier this year, Palin inked a deal with HarperCollins for her memoir, due out in spring 2010.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin: A Round-Up — Some readers have asked me to put all the various odd lies of Sarah Palin that the Dish has compiled in one helpful place. So that's what we've done. A couple of months ago, I asked an intern to re-fact-check all of them to make sure new details hadn't emerged that might debunk some.
John Fund / Wall Street Journal:
Why Palin Quit — Death by a Thousand FOIAs — People close to Sarah Palin say national political reporters and pundits have missed the real reasons for her surprising decision to resign as Alaska governor. The national media have dismissed or downplayed her real motives …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:Reading (Too Much?) Into Palin's Resignation
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Noah Millman / The American Scene:Re-Entering the Palin-Drome — Looks like Ross inaugurated Sarah Palin …
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Roll Call:
Reid to Baucus: Stop Chasing GOP Votes on Health Care — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.
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New York Times:
Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs — WASHINGTON — The deals, trumpeted loudly by the White House, would each help pay for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. — First, it was a broad consortium of health industry groups — doctors, hospitals, drug makers and insurers …
Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Emanuel Reassures Democrats on Public Insurance Option — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reassured House Democrats on Tuesday night that President Barack Obama strongly backs a government-run health insurance plan, seeking to quell a firestorm among liberals upset at Emanuel's comments …
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CNN:
Obama girls take Russia by storm — MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — An unexpected visitor wandered into the bedroom of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the wee hours of Tuesday morning — but the Secret Service wasn't worried about a security breach.
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The Official Google Blog:
Introducing the Google Chrome OS — It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Madigan Declines Senate, Gov Bids — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will run for re-election to her current post in 2010, according to a Democratic source aware of the decision, ending months of speculation about whether she might make the leap to a Senate or gubernatorial bid.
Michael Lewis / Vanity Fair:
The Man Who Crashed the World — Almost a year after A.I.G.'s collapse, despite a tidal wave of outrage, there still has been no clear explanation of what toppled the insurance giant. The author decides to ask the people involved—the silent, shell-shocked traders of the A.I.G. Financial Products unit …
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Henry Waxman: GOP ‘rooting against’ USA — Waxman: GOP ‘rooting against’ USA — Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legislation and the stimulus indicates they're cheering against the good ol' US of A.
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Lights, Camera, Lots of Action. Forget the Script. — The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn't wait to get my next script,” she said. — There's no reason to look at them anymore, she said, because her movies now call almost exclusively for action.
Wall Street Journal:
Does Obama Want to Own the Airlines? — Welcome to government for the benefit of government officials and their hangers-on. — Printer — Friendly — Only luck and falling oil prices saved Washington from having to face mass bankruptcy of the airline industry last year. Now the specter is rising again.
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Reuters:
Obama makes pointed quip on Russian sale of Alaska — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama made a pointed quip Tuesday about Russia's sale of Alaska to the United States in the 19th century. — Referring to the long history of Russia-U.S. trade stretching back more than two centuries …
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Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
In Retooled Health-Care System, Who Will Set Limits? — The question came from a Colorado neurologist. “Mr. President,” he said at a recent forum, “what can you do to convince the American public that there actually are limits to what we can pay for with our American health-care system?
Daniel Martin / Daily Mail:
£6m drive to cut teen pregnancies sees them DOUBLE — A multi-million pound initiative to reduce teenage pregnancies more than doubled the number of girls conceiving. — The Government-backed scheme tried to persuade teenage girls not to get pregnant by handing out condoms and teaching them about sex.
ABCNEWS:
‘Shocking’ Security Breaches at Federal Buildings — Government Investigators Smuggle in Bomb Parts, Find Guards Sleeping on the Job — It only took 27 seconds for him to smuggle live bomb components through security detail in a federal building. Later, he assembled a bomb in the restroom …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. May Not Free Acquitted Detainees — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it may continue to imprison non-U.S. citizens indefinitely even if they have been acquitted of terrorism charges by a U.S. military commission. — Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department's chief lawyer …
Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
ACLU sues to block Maplewood funeral protest ban — ST. LOUIS - The American Civil Liberties Union sued Maplewood today on behalf of a controversial Kansas-based church that protests at the funerals of soldiers, alleging that the city's funeral protest ban is unconstitutional.
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Jim Myers / Tulsa World:
Senators share a laugh, hug — Inhofe said the “clown” comment about Franken has a happy ending. — WASHINGTON — One week after calling him “the clown from Minnesota,” Sen. Jim Inhofe shared a hug Tuesday with Al Franken, the newly minted senator from the North Star State.
Kirk James Murphy, M.D. / Firedoglake:
Without Health Care, My Patients Will Die: Please Don't Sacrifice Them for Single Payer — Over the last six years I've evaluated and treated hundreds of patients who have very little access to health care. These patients qualified for mental health care, but a great many didn't qualify …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Ad Paints Franken As Angry Maniac — Using Footage Of Him Talking About Paul Wellstone — The National Republican Senatorial Committee has just released a new Web ad featuring footage of Senator Al Franken that makes him look like an out-of-control, Red Bull-guzzling cross between Jim Carrey and the Hulk.
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Matt Welch / Reason:
California Screaming — The Golden State's political class comes unglued in the face of a citizens' revolt. — On May 19, California voters went to the polls to decide whether to pass a package of six tax-and-gimmick ballot propositions. Its supporters—Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The corrupting effect of his off-the-record salons. — The off-the-record-for-dollars salon scheme that got Katharine Weymouth and the Washington Post in so much trouble last week prompted TPM Muckraker to flush David Bradley—owner and publisher of the Atlantic—into the open about his salon-happy organization.
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
What happened to those bad bank assets? So far, nothing — WASHINGTON — In March, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a Public-Private Investment Program in which the government and private firms would bid together to purchase toxic assets from banks, freeing them to increase lending and help revive the economy.
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