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11:30 AM ET, May 25, 2010

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Deal Reached for Ending Law on Gays in Military  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and leading Congressional Democrats reached agreement Monday on legislative language and a time frame for repealing the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy, but it was not clear whether the deal had secured …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama endorses 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise in Congress  —  President Obama has signed on to a “don't ask, don't tell” compromise between lawmakers and the Defense Department, the White House announced Monday, an agreement that removes a key obstacle to repealing the military's policy banning gays …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama  —  Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference?  He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago.  —  When Obama last held a big news conference …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCain laments effort to ‘jam through’ repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:   Sestak's Stall Not Working
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Palin suggests Obama oil ties impede spill cleanup
Discussion: Mother Jones and AMERICAblog News
Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
Sources say Rob Simmons will drop out of U.S. Senate race tomorrow.  —  Rob Simmons will hold a press conference for this morning in New London to announce he's leaving the U.S. Senate race, sources said late today.  —  The former congressman and Vietnam War veteran lost …
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Mark Pazniokas / ctmirror.org:
Source says Simmons told staff he is ending campaign  —  A Republican source says Rob Simmons told his staff Monday he will end his campaign for U.S. Senate at a press conference today in New London.  —  On Monday night, Simmons called a press conference for 9 a.m. in New London to make an …
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos and National Review
Ballot Box:
Simmons suspends Conn. Senate campaign
Discussion: The Note, CNN and The Politico
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Simmons expected to bow out of Conn. Senate race
Discussion: Power Line, The Caucus and The Page
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Private pay shrinks to historic lows  —  Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds.  —  At the same time, government-provided benefits …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Expands Secret Military Acts in Mideast and Beyond  —  WASHINGTON — The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region …
Washington Post / Ezra Klein:
The big offshore lie  —  The Obama administration, in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, has apparently decided that digging in on its misguided decision in March to expand offshore drilling is the way to go.  —  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar dug in to defend the administration's drilling plans last week.
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David S Morgan / CBS News:   U.S. Gov't: We're In Charge of Spill Response
The Politico:
W.H. takes heat over spill response
Erik Berte / FOXBusiness.com:
The Next Bailout: $165B for Unions  —  Taxpayers could be on the hook for another $165 billion if a bill to bail out private union pension funds makes it through Congress.
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Delightful: Democrats to stick American taxpayers with a $165 …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Townhall.com
David Frum / Washington Post:
Zev Chafets's ‘Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One,’ reviewed by David Frum  —  Sentinel.  229 pp.  $25.95  —  “Every great man has his disciples,” quipped Oscar Wilde.  “And it is always Judas who writes the biography.”  —  Not so for Rush Limbaugh.  Biographer Zev Chafets received unprecedented access …
CNN:
TRENDING: Haley turns to Palin in new television ad  —  Sarah Palin is featured in South Carolina Republican Nikki Haley's new ad.  —  (CNN) - After a South Carolina political blogger claimed Monday to have had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley …
Discussion: The Note and FITSNews
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off  —  It could be the cutbacks to the city's transportation system, or a general decline in urban civility.  Perhaps people are just in a collective bad mood.  —  What else could explain why New Yorkers — notoriously hardened to the slings …
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Tom Namako / New York Post:
Bus drivers take two months off when riders spit on them
Discussion: Beltway Confidential
New York Times:
Wall Street Tumbles Along With Europe and Asia  —  A sense of foreboding in global markets seemed to deepen on Tuesday.  —  Shares on all three continents skidded Tuesday and the euro resumed its fall, as reports that North Korea had threatened its southern neighbor jolted nerves already frayed …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Little Progress on Korea Dispute as China Talks End
Discussion: The Agonist and FrumForum
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Inspector General's Inquiry Faults Regulators  —  WASHINGTON — Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil — and then turned them over to the regulators …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Two Theories of Change  —  When I was in college I took a course in the Enlightenment.  In those days, when people spoke of the Enlightenment, they usually meant the French Enlightenment — thinkers like Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire and Condorcet.  —  These were philosophers who confronted …
Matt Aiken / The Dahlonega Nugget …:
BREAKING NEWS: Students in KKK robes cause stir at LCHS  —  A Lumpkin County High School history teacher was placed on administrative leave after she allowed a group of students to don homemade Ku Klux Klan costumes during an assignment on the history of racism in the United States.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 favor gays in the military  —  (CNN) - Most Americans say people who are openly gay should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, according to a new national poll.  —  A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that 78 percent …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
It's Like He Does it On Purpose — By: Jonah Goldberg  —  Thomas Friedman does it again.  He literally fantasizes about American becoming like China — but just for a day!  From Meet the Press yesterday: … Can someone please tell Tom Friedman that China only produces “suboptimal solutions” too.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill  —  THEY'RE WORRIED  —  Libtalkers Worry Public Outrage Shifting Toward Obama  —  Can blame for gross inaction on the Gulf oil spill be shifted away from Obama indefinitely?  Some on the left are clearly beginning to realize the anti-BP OUTRAGE …
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Patrick says Obama critics are ‘almost at the level of sedition’  —  Governor Deval Patrick, even as he decried partisanship in Washington, said today that Republican opposition to President Obama's agenda has become so obstinate that it “is almost at the level of sedition.”
CNN:
Gates issues tepid endorsement of plan to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'  —  Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued an endorsement Tuesday of a Democratic plan to repeal the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy.  —  Washington (CNN) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates issued …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and The Page
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Exclusive: FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers  —  I voted for you," the caller said in a voice mail to Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler's district office. “  If you vote for that stimulus package, I'm gonna kill you.  Simple as that.  The FBI says the caller was a 70-year-old resident …
Discussion: TPMMuckraker
 
 
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
David Byrne Sues Crist for Using ‘Road to Nowhere’
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Twitter's Free Love Era Comes to an End: Time for Developers …
Discussion: Scripting News and TechCrunch
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks
Tim Alberta / The Politico:
Tea party tempest in Idaho primary
Discussion: Roll Call
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Rep. James Moran's investments illustrate Congress's leeway in trading
Discussion: Wonkette and National Review
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Summers needs to take Explaining Econ 101
Mathias Hariyadi / Asianews.it:
West Java: Islamic authorities shut down church, Christians celebrate in the street