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7:50 PM ET, May 30, 2010

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘SERVES HIM RIGHT’.... Conservative columnist George Will said this morning that President Obama is “being unfairly blamed” for the response to the BP oil spill disaster.  But, Will added, he's glad the president is receiving the unfair criticism anyway.  —  As the columnist sees it …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Once More, With Feeling  —  President Spock's behavior is illogical.  —  Once more, he has willfully and inexplicably resisted fulfilling a signal part of his job: being a prism in moments of fear and pride, reflecting what Americans feel so they know he gets it.
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Barack Obama's credibility hits rock bottom after oil spill and Sestak scandal  —  The combination of Obama's passivity over the Gulf oil spill catastrophe and his cynical political manoeuvrings could spell disaster for him, argues Toby Harnden  —  The first thing Barack Obama probably …
Andrew Roberts / The Daily Beast:
Nick Kristof's Unhinged Attack on Ayaan Hirsi Ali  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Historian Andrew Roberts blasts Nick Kristof's condescending New York Times review of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and her new book, Nomad.  —  The bravest woman I know …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Washington Post:
BP says crude may continue flowing into gulf until August  —  As BP prepared to implement another fallback plan to contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Obama administration and BP officials said crude could continue flowing into the Gulf of Mexico until August.
Discussion: Emptywheel and NO QUARTER
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New York Times:
U.S. Plans ‘for Worst’ in Gulf, Seeing Risk in Leak Strategy  —  After the failure of an effort to seal off a well spewing oil one mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico, a top Obama administration environmental official said the government is “prepared for the worst” in case oil keeps gushing until relief wells …
Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
Covering Obama, press encounters Nation of Islam  —  President Obama's home is in the same Chicago neighborhood as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.  On Saturday night, the overlapping of Obama's and Farrakhan's worlds made for a strange, and sometimes testy, encounter between the Secret Service …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Ed Case ends his campaign for Hawaii House seat  —  Former Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) announced Sunday he won't pursue the Democratic nomination to face Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii), which improves his party's chances of retaking the seat it lost in the recent special election.
Donald Douglas / American Power:
Immigrants and Socialists March Against SB 1070 in Phoenix  —  This is why I covered it.  Reading the morning newspapers on yesterday's illegal immigrant march in Phoenix, you'd think it was just a nice outing for families to stand up against Arizona's SB 1070.  But this was no weekend picnic.
Discussion: NewsReal Blog and RaceWire
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kindle Woes  —  I've written several times before about the uncannily functional Kindle, which, aesthetic discomfort notwithstanding, has pretty much totally weened me from physical books.  But today I'm writing with a more tragic tale.  More or less out of the blue, my Kindle's screen has decided to commit suicide.
Michael Moss / New York Times:
The Hard Sell on Salt  —  Salt ponds in San Francisco Bay help satisfy Americans' appetite for salt.  By some estimates, deep cuts in salt use could save thousands of lives a year.  More Photos »  —  With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation's health …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Greenroom and Gawker
Lauren Seifert / CBS News:
Is BP “Lying,” Asks Dem, or Just “Incompetent”?  —  Discussing What Went Wrong in the Gulf, Rep. Markey Says Oil Company Is “Making It Up as They Go Along”  —  (CBS) Rep. Bob Markey, D-Mass., said today that BP knew the initial estimates of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the site …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Wizbang
Washington Post:
To join the Army's Old Guard, Iraq war veteran learns to sweat the small stuff  —  They are crazy about creases in the Old Guard, which is why it takes Army Sgt. Nicholas Pata more than an hour to press his uniform the night before inspection.  —  They are obsessive about loose threads …
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Helen O'Neill / Associated Press:   At Arlington, each soldier has a special lady
 
 
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Masaccio / Firedoglake:
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
U.S. ‘on track’ to meet Iraq troop reduction deadline of Aug. 31
Discussion: CNN
Uzi Mahnaimi / Times of London:
Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Foes and Supporters of New Law Gather in Arizona
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Truthdig
Ben Smith / The Politico:
'Don't ask' deal spotlights Sarvis
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David Leppard / Times of London:
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Los Angeles Times:
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Daniel Indiviglio / The Atlantic Online:
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Western conservatives and Southern conservatives battle for the soul …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Metablog