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10:30 AM ET, May 6, 2010

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CBS News:
Faisal Shahzad on Homeland Security List Since 1999  —  Posted by CBS News Investigates 4 comments - Share - - - Share - E-mail - Print - Font Sources tell CBS News that would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a Department of Homeland Security travel lookout list …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Congress, Up In Arms  —  There seems to be a strong sentiment in Congress that the only constitutional right suspected terrorists have is the right to bear arms.  —  “I think you're going too far here,” said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal:
Suspect's Links to Taliban Probed  —  Islamabad Official Claims Shahzad Received Instructions From Suicide-Bomber Trainer; Group Has Been Targeted by CIA Drones  —  By ZAHID HUSSAIN and TOM WRIGHT in Islamabad and KEITH JOHNSON in Washington  —  A boy peers through the main gate …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WSJ: Yep, looks like Shahzad is a bona fide Taliban-trained agent  —  Remember, until this point, the only evidence that there was a Taliban link was that videotape put out on Saturday night in which bombmaker-in-chief Qari Hussain took credit for the attack.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and NPR
New York Times:
Fear Itself  —  There are many important and urgent questions about the man accused of trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square.  —  Officials say Faisal Shahzad admitted to the attempt and said he learned bomb-making at a camp in Pakistan.  Is Mr. Shahzad indeed connected to the Pakistani Taliban …
Associated Press:
NY car bomb suspect believed to act alone in US
New York Times:
Evidence Mounts for Taliban Role in Car Bomb Plot
Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans New Broadband Rules  —  WASHINGTON—In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks.  —  The decision, by Federal Communications …
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
FCC will seek to regulate Internet providers
Discussion: Swampland and The Enterprise Blog
Josh Silver / The Huffington Post:
FCC to Restore Authority Over Net Neutrality, Broadband Service …
Discussion: Eschaton
Political Punch:
While Oil Slick Spread, Interior Department Chief of Staff Rafted with Wife on “Work-Focused” Trip in Grand Canyon  —  Though his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland …
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The Onion:
Supreme Court Upholds Freedom Of Speech In Obscenity-Filled Ruling  —  WASHINGTON—In a decisive and vulgar 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court once again upheld the constitution's First Amendment this week, calling the freedom of expression among the most “inalienable and important rights that a motherf**ker can have.”
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
High Court Long Shot Has a Reputation for Persuasion
Discussion: Law Blog
Washington Post:
Obama to make Supreme Court decision soon, aides say
CNN:
National Day of Prayer to go on despite ruling  —  Washington (CNN) — Some 58 years after President Truman signed a bill proclaiming a National Day of Prayer, Thursday's observance may be one of the last to be officially recognized by Washington.  —  A federal judge declared the law unconstitutional …
Discussion: Think Progress
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The Politico:
Despite arrest, W.H. on defensive
Discussion: The Hill and The Swamp
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Obama uses Cinco de Mayo to call for immigration reform, criticize Ariz. law  —  President Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to begin work on immigration reform this year.  —  In remarks at a Cinco de Mayo event at the White House, Obama said the controversial immigration law passed …
Discussion: The Politico and Weasel Zippers
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Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash Says On ESPN Viva “Los Suns”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNN:   Obama calls for Congress to work now on immigration reform
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Students punished for wearing American flags on Cinco de Mayo  —  Five students at a California high school were forced to leave school and then face disciplinary action yesterday for the crime of wearing clothing printed with American flag designs.  —  If you're wondering how being patriotic …
Jack Brammer / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Kentucky Poll: Paul holds commanding lead; Mongiardo ahead  —  FRANKFORT — A new Kentucky Poll shows novice political candidate Rand Paul with a commanding 12-point lead over Trey Grayson, the Republican Party establishment's choice in the GOP race for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
The Politico:
Rove, GOP plot vast network to reclaim power  —  The Republican Party's best-connected political operatives have quietly built a massive fundraising, organizing and advertising machine based on the model assembled by Democrats early in the decade, and with the same ambitious goal — to recapture Congress and the White House.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Right Now
Gov. Jan Brewer / ESPN:
Arizona governor: Boycott is misguided  —  Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, responds to calls for sports boycotts of her state  —  In my 28 years of public service, I have made a lot of tough calls.  But with a federal government unwilling to secure our border for years and years, Arizona is left with little choice.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Nashville Flood 2010: The Disaster You May Not Have Heard About  —  A great American city is currently buried under a sea of water, but you may not know much about it given all the attention media have given to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the failed car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square.
Washington Post:
As Britain goes to polls, shake-up in Parliament is forecast  —  LONDON — Britain's Conservative Party was pressing for an outright victory as voters went to the polls here Thursday, following a hard-fought campaign that could produce this nation's most fragile government in a generation.
Alan Zibel / Associated Press:
Freddie Mac seeks $10.6B in aid after 1Q loss  —  WASHINGTON - Freddie Mac is asking for $10.6 billion in additional federal aid after posting a big loss in the first three months of the year.  It's another sign that the taxpayer bill for stabilizing the housing market will keep mounting.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Right and Journalism  —  Laura McGann has an interesting story in The Washington Monthly about conservative efforts to get into the reporting game: … To ruin the punchline, though, the subhead asks of these new outlets “can their reporting survive their politics?” and the answer seems to be “no, it can't.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Meacham on Buying Newsweek: 'I'm Going to Take a Look at This' … Newsweek is up for sale, and editor Jon Meacham is going to explore the possibility of rounding up some bidders to buy the magazine himself.  —  “I believe this is an important American institution,” he said in an interview.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Liberals Move to Toughen Financial Regulation  —  WASHINGTON — Liberal Democrats in the Senate, emboldened by a wave of populism, are trying to make financial regulatory legislation far tougher on Wall Street, potentially restricting or breaking up the biggest banks and financial companies.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Dennis Ross links Middle East peace to Iran  —  The National Security Council's Dennis Ross is the latest U.S. official to link the Obama administration's drive to secure peace between Israelis and Arabs to the overall goal of bringing greater stability to the region and combating the threat from Iran.
Discussion: Commentary
George F. Will / Washington Post:
In Afghanistan, the clock is ticking  —  The ticking clock does not disturb the preternatural serenity that Gen. David H. Petraeus maintains regarding Afghanistan.  Officially, the U.S. Central Command is located here; actually, it is wherever he is, which is never in one place for very long.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
 
 
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