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3:26 AM ET, May 13, 2010

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Questions surround Kagan's handling of White House eco-terrorist controversy  —  In 1995 and 1996, future Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was involved in a bizarre controversy in which the Clinton White House was accused of siding with an eco-terrorist group locked in a standoff with federal agents deep in the woods of Oregon.
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
HOW THEY DO IT  —  In 1993, Elena Kagan wrote an article …
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Elena Kagan is miles away from mainstream America
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Elena Kagan White House “Interview” Riles Reporters
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Kagan sparred with Clinton race panel
Discussion: The Politico
Pew Research Center:
Broad Approval For New Arizona Immigration Law  —  Democrats Divided, But Support key Provisions  —  The public broadly supports a new Arizona law aimed at dealing with illegal immigration and the law's provisions giving police increased powers to stop and detain people who are suspected of being in the country illegally.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
“Jobs” Drops to No. 2 on Americans' List of Top Problems
Discussion: Hot Air and The Politico
Susan Davis / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC Poll: Hispanics Strongly Oppose Ariz. Immigration Law
Wall Street Journal:
Voters Shifting to GOP  —  Republicans have solidified support among voters who had drifted from the party in recent elections, putting the GOP in position for a strong comeback in November's mid-term campaign, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World View
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Poll: Despite spill, support for oil drilling high
Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
SC Gov. Sanford saw Argentine lover in Florida  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he spent last weekend in Florida with his Argentine lover, hoping to rekindle the affair that wrecked his marriage and his political future and brought a formal rebuke from legislators for embarrassing the state.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gawker
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CNN:
TRENDING: Sanford reunites with Argentine mistress
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
L.A. City Council votes to ban travel and future contracts with Arizona because of tough new immigration law  —  The Los Angeles City Council, protesting Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration, on Wednesday voted to ban most city travel to Arizona and future contracts with companies in that state.
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Arizona tourism loses more business in wake of immigration law vote  —  Arizona took another hit Wednesday as Republicans cast a vote for the home of their 2012 convention.  Phoenix made the short list but lost out to Tampa.  —  It was little surprise to tourism officials in Arizona.
Ben Geman / The Hill:
1,000-page climate bill is unveiled  —  Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Wednesday unveiled their nearly 1,000-page climate change bill, flanked by environmentalists, religious and ex-military leaders and energy industry officials.  —  But the glaring absence …
Discussion: CNN
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CNN:
Top senators introduce comprehensive energy bill
Discussion: The Note and Ben Smith's Blog
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Arizona gov. signs bill targeting ethnic studies  —  PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure.  —  State schools chief Tom Horne …
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Ezra Klein:
Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit ‘is zero’  —  James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin.  He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit.
The White House:
Statement by President Obama on Financial Reform  —  Throughout the debate on Wall Street reform, I have urged members of the Senate to fight the efforts of special interests and their lobbyists to weaken consumer protections.  An amendment that the Senate will soon consider would do exactly that …
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Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
The Contrast in Mood Between Today and 1983  —  The most astonishing and surprising thing I find about Washington DC today is the contrast in mood between DC today and what DC was thinking a generation ago, in 1983, the last time the unemployment rate was kissing 10%.
Martin Chulov / Guardian:
Iraq violence delays US withdrawal  —  Withdrawal of first large phase of combat troops likely to be delayed for at least a month due to Iraq's instability  —  The White House is likely to delay the withdrawal of the first large phase of combat troops from Iraq for at least a month …
Discussion: Emptywheel and WarIsACrime.org
Scott Horton / Harper's:
Arrest of 13 CIA Agents Sought in Spain  —  Prosecutors attached to the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid are reportedly requesting that Judge Ismael Moreno issue an order for the arrest of thirteen CIA agents involved in an extraordinary rendition operation from 2004, the newspaper El País reports …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Suspicions about Specter aid Sestak  —  PITTSBURGH - The first time Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) slipped up here Tuesday night at the Allegheny County Democratic Committee's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, most in the audience pretended not to notice.  —  But at the end of his remarks when Specter again thanked the …
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NARAL Pro-Choice America:
NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Endorses Sestak in Pennsylvania Senate Primary Race
Discussion: The Caucus and Politics Daily
Adam Smith / The Buzz:
It's official: Charlie Crist won't give campaign refunds  —  Gov. Charlie Crist told MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on April 30 that he would “probably” give refunds to donors who don't approve of him leaving the GOP.  Some donors to his U.S. Senate campaign were told before the switch …
Washington Post:
Stupak: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws  —  A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a “useless” test version …
Glenn Somerville / Reuters:
U.S. posts 19th straight monthly budget deficit  —  (Reuters) - The United States posted an $82.69 billion deficit in April, nearly four times the $20.91 billion shortfall registered in April 2009 and the largest on record for that month, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
DADT statement from Milbloggers  —  There was a recent exchange of letters between Sen. Levin and Sec. Def.  Gates about the study the military is doing about Don't Ask, Don't Tell.  In it Sec. Gates confirmed that the military was looking at how best to implement the policy on the assumption that the rule would be changed.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Incredible Growing FinReg Bill  —  In the House of Representatives, we started out with an okay bill and then it got watered-down as it made its way through committee and onto the floor.  In the Senate, everyone assumed we'd start with a weaker bill and then see even more watering-down.
Discussion: Open Left, Daily Kos and Eschaton
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Jeff Merkley:
Senate Passes Merkley-Klobuchar Amendment to Protect Homeowners …
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
The New Poor: The Economy Shifts, Leaving Some Behind  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Many of the jobs lost during the recession are not coming back.  —  Period.  —  For the last two years, the weak economy has provided an opportunity for employers to do what they would have done anyway …
 
 
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Rand Paul coasting in new poll
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ABCNEWS:
Oil Spill, Smoke Screen?  BP's Stranglehold on Underwater Leak Footage
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CNN:
Obama administration begins legal defense of health care law
Discussion: The Politico
Martin Feldstein / Wall Street Journal:
Extend the Bush Tax Cuts—For Now
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Backing Off the Tax Pledge?
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Fighting terror like it's 1993
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