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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
BREAKING: We Have Elena Kagan's College Thesis — This proves Elena Kagan is an open and avowed socialist. The woman declares that socialists must stick together instead of fracture in order to advance a socialist agenda, which Kagan advocates. 1 — You can see for yourself right here (PDF).
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kagan Scrutinized for Hiring Record at Harvard — BOSTON — When Elena Kagan became dean of Harvard Law School in 2003, she could have taken the endowed chair named for Isaac Royall Jr. The Royall family had donated more than 2,100 acres to Harvard in the 1700s, but the family had earned its fortune on the backs of the slave trade.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Elena Kagan: A smart woman with fewer choices?
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Charles J. Ogletree Jr / THEROOT.COM:
Your Take: Why Elena Kagan is a Good Choice for the Supreme Court
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Size of Oil Spill in Gulf Underestimated, Scientists Say — Two weeks ago, the government put out a round estimate of the size of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico: 5,000 barrels a day. Repeated endlessly in news reports, it has become conventional wisdom.
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Richard Harris / NPR:
Gulf Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Believed — This graphic requires version 9 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player. Get the latest Flash Player. — In this handout from BP, the main oil leak at the end of the riser pipe is seen underwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits — WASHINGTON — The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Holder hasn't read Arizona law he criticized — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television. — Mr. Holder is conducting a review of the law …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
AG Eric Holder Refuses to Say ‘Radical Islam’ Is a Cause of Terrorism Committed by Muslims — By: Andy McCarthy — This YouTube clip from the attorney general's testimony today will be the most painful two minutes of video you will ever watch. Mr. Holder would obviously rather get a root-canal …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Chris Christie destroys reporter for calling him confrontational — Via Ace. Dude, I'm starting to think this might be the guy. A solid first term, then reelection in 2014, and suddenly the wide-open 2016 primaries are right around the corner... Elsewhere today …
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Chris Megerian / New Jersey Online:
N.J. Senate committee approves school voucher bill during raucous hearing
Brad Thor / Big Government:
BREAKING: Oliver North Confirms Mullah Omar Capture — Late this afternoon Lt. Colonel Oliver North confirmed that Taliban leader and Osama bin Laden ally, Mullah Mohammed Omar has been captured. The exclusive news of Omar's capture was broken by Big Government Monday evening.
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Lt. Col. Oliver L. North / Big Government:
Oliver North Confirms Big Government Report ** Intelligence Sources …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP's harsh immigration stance will cost it — Has the Republican Party become, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently charged, the “anti-immigrant party”? — The accusation is overbroad. Republicans (and others) who are offended by chaos at the southern border …
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New York Times:
Night Beat: Angry Obama Expected Tomorrow — President Obama is angry about the oil spill, its magnitude, BP's stalling and tomorrow, he is going to let his frustrations spill out at a late-morning press availability after he meets with senior officials. — Tonight, Obama raised $1.3 million …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Glimmers of Hope — If you're elected president or prime minister in pretty much any country in the developed world today, you're faced with the same set of challenges: to reduce national deficits without choking off a fragile recovery; to trim the welfare state and raise taxes while still funding …
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Penny Starr / CNSNews:
The Federal Fat Police: Bill Would Require Government to Track Body Mass of American Children — (CNSNews.com) - A bill introduced this month in Congress would put the federal and state governments in the business of tracking how fat, or skinny, American children are.
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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Charlie Crist unleashed: A wide-ranging interview with the newly independent one — ST. PETERSBURG — Something peculiar is going on with Charlie Crist. — He's on the cusp of losing public office, his lifelong party is attacking him mercilessly, and some of his closest friends are yanking …
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Hey Girls, Play Ball! — This has-been ball player/Wasilla Warrior would like to send a shout out of support to the Highland Park High School Giants Girls Basketball Team in Illinois. These girls have been working, having bake sales, and saving money for months in order play in a hoop tournament in Arizona.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Inhofe Says U.S. Soldiers Will Be Unwilling To Fight And Die For Their Gay Comrades — In an interview with American Family Association (AFA) radio yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) argued against repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), arguing that basically, members of the U.S. military …
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Finance:
US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England — Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe. He also believes that European Union must become a federalised fiscal union (in other words …
Deadline.com:
NBC CANCELS ‘LAW & ORDER’ FLAGSHIP: Dick Wolf Furious That Net Reneged On Deal And May Take Show To TNT; Should NBC Reconsider? — BREAKING NEWS! KEEP REFRESHING! 3:30 PM UPDATE! Here's the latest news on this fast-moving story. A deal was in place if NBC picked up the Law & Order flagship …
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