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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit — World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. — They entered a capital that had become a military encampment …
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Cat Corben / American Thinker:
Obama Attends Non-Existent Soccer Game? — Reading the story about President Obama breaking tradition and ditching the presidential press pool over the weekend to watch one of his daughter's soccer games, it appears harmless, right? Not so. It is rather disturbing when you dissect it.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Wave In The Soccer Moms (And Dads!) — I love a mystery as well as the next person, but the American Thinker is leaving me feeling shortchanged. Cat Corben puzzled over a gap in Obama's schedule when he ditched the press pool, and came back with this: … Let's skip to the dissection:
Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
At nuclear summit, Obama snubs an ally — Forty-seven world leaders are Barack Obama's guests in Washington Tuesday at the nuclear security summit. Obama is holding bilateral meetings with just twelve of them. That's led to some awkward exclusions — and some unfortunate appearances, as well.
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Michelle Malkin:
A cautionary note about the beating in New Orleans; Update: No Palin pins involved — Scroll for updates... I'm getting bombarded with angry e-mails about the terrible assault on Louisiana GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal's campaign fundraising chief, Allee Bautsch, and her boyfriend in the French Quarter of New Orleans over the weekend.
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Breitbart peddles misleading video, again — His “proof” that black congressmen lied about being called “nigger” is as useless as his ACORN clips — Andrew Breitbart isn't fit to spit-shine the shoes of civil rights hero and Congressman John Lewis. It's ludicrous to think that the right …
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Jesse Washington / Associated Press:
Wrong video of health protest spurs N-word feud
Wrong video of health protest spurs N-word feud
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Staffers' accounts paint more detailed, troubling picture of Massa's office — Just three months after Eric Massa was elected to Congress, his young male employees on Capitol Hill began complaining to supervisors that the lawmaker was making aggressive, sexual overtures toward them, according to new interviews and internal documents.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Who wins an Obama vs. Palin matchup? — A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that President Barack Obama would top the former Alaska governor by double digits in a possible 2012 general election showdown. — Washington (CNN) - She may be the best …
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The Politico:
Lincoln Wall Street bill tacks left — A new proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln would require sweeping changes to the $450 trillion derivatives market, including forcing big banks to spin off “swaps desks” that handle the complex financial instruments …
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Elie Mystal / Above the Law:
U.S. News Rankings Leaked? This Happens Every Year. — We anticipated that the new U.S. News Law School Rankings would come out this week. That means we anticipated that the new rankings would be leaked beforehand. It happened last year; apparently U.S. News has more moles than Jack Bauer's office at CTU.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S.: Syria Gave Scuds to Hezbollah — JERUSALEM—Syria has transferred long-range Scud missiles to the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, Israeli and U.S. officials alleged, in a move that threatens to alter the Middle East's military balance and sets back a major diplomatic outreach effort …
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msnbc.com:
First moonwalker blasts Obama's space plan — NBC News: Neil Armstrong says rocket cancellation is ‘devastating’ — The first man to walk on the moon blasted President Barack Obama's decision to cancel NASA's back-to-the-moon program on Tuesday, saying that the move is “devastating” to America's space effort.
The Anchoress:
Obama: Makin' Friends! — Obama wags his finger in the face of Canadian PM Harper — When people wag a finger in my face, I reach out and cover their hand and say some variation of “don't say another word to me until you put that finger away.” The variations are not always courtly, but they get the point across.
Robert Wright / Opinionator:
The Price of Assassination — I wouldn't have believed you if you'd told me 20 years ago that America would someday be routinely firing missiles into countries it's not at war with. For that matter, I wouldn't have believed you if you'd told me a few months ago that America would soon …
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Obama secures 47-nation pact at nuclear summit — President Obama persuaded 46 countries Tuesday to sign on to a plan to put the world's nuclear material beyond the reach of terrorists within four years, but the commitments are voluntary, and experts said reaching the goal will be difficult.
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Julian Borger / Guardian:
Georgia ‘foiled plot to sell uranium’
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Reid Hits Pause Button on Immigration — Senator Harry Reid today retreated from the notion of the Senate moving quickly on immigration law changes, saying any overhaul would have to wait. — “We won't get to immigration reform this work period,” Mr. Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader …
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Larry Kudlow / Money & Politics Blog:
A V-Shaped Boom Is Coming — Conservatives shouldn't fight the tale of the tape. — Sometimes you have to take out your political lenses and look at the actual statistics to get a true picture of the health of the American economy. Right now, those statistics are saying …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
76 Senators sign on to Israel letter — More than three quarters of the U.S. Senate, including 38 Democrats, have signed on to a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton implicitly rebuking the Obama Administration for its confrontational stance toward Israel.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Puts His Own Mark on Foreign Policy Issues — WASHINGTON — When he took office last year, President Obama told his foreign policy advisers that he had two baskets of issues to deal with. The first would be the legacy issues left from his predecessor, like Iraq, Afghanistan and America's image in the world.
Andrew Porter / Telegraph:
General Election 2010: we need people power not state power, says David Cameron — David Cameron unveiled an ambitious plan to roll back the size of the state with an election manifesto that placed responsibility and self-reliance at the heart of the nation's regeneration.
Melissa Bartick / The Huffington Post:
Peaceful Revolution: Motherhood and the $13 Billion Guilt — Since this month's publication of my paper “The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States” in Pediatrics with Arnold Reinhold, I'm often asked by reporters what the US can do better to improve our breastfeeding rates.
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Michael Howard Saul / Wall Street Journal:
Pataki Declines to Join New York Senate Race — Former New York Republican Gov. George E. Pataki has decided not to mount an election challenge against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall. — Instead, he said in an interview Tuesday that he would create a new national organization aimed …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Yes, 47% of Households Owe No Taxes. Look Closer. — Forty-seven percent. — That's the portion of American households that owe no income tax for 2009. The number is up from 38 percent in 2007, and it has become a popular talking point on cable television and talk radio.
Glenn Beck:
Vote for your favorite cover! — Glenn Beck's new novel, The Overton Window, will be released on June 15th. Glenn wants your feedback, what's your favorite book cover? Take a look below and then vote. The results will be released at a later date...