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4:45 PM ET, June 4, 2010

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Washington Post:
Those troublesome Jews  —  The world is outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza.  Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc.  The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in.  The Obama administration dithers.  —  But as Leslie Gelb, former president of the Council …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Israel Derangement Syndrome  —  To read Charles Krauthammer today is to enter a twilight zone of an alternate reality.  A country permanently occupying and colonizing a neighboring region, and treating its original inhabitants as dangerous interlopers, is the victim.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Turkish ambassador calls for Hamas to take part in “final solution”  —  In an unfortunate turn of phrase, the Turkish ambassador to Washington twice said Friday that the terrorist group Hamas is a necessary and important part of the “final solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Keep America Safe:
Statement By Liz Cheney On President Obama's Response To The Flotilla Incident  —  Today, Keep America Safe's Liz Cheney released the following statement on President Obama's response to the flotilla incident:  —  “Yesterday, President Obama said the Israeli action to stop the flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip was “tragic.
Foreign Policy:
If Egypt were to accept Gaza refugees...  If Egypt were to accept Gaza refugees, how would that work out for both in short and medium time frames?  Suppose the US were to favor an open pipeline into Gaza; can Egypt do that, given Israeli ability to cordon the S. Gaza border closed again.
Discussion: Elder of Ziyon
Eric Posner / Wall Street Journal:
The Gaza Blockade and International Law
Free Times:
THIS JUST IN  —  With a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face outside a Columbia bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters.
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The State:
Knotts uses slur to describe Haley, Obama  —  State Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, used the word, “raghead” to describe Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Nikki Haley, also of Lexington County, and President Barack Obama during an online political talk show Thursday evening.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
SC senator: We've 'got one raghead in the White House, we don't need …
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Alleged Sex Scandals Tangle S.C. Primary Race
Discussion: The State and Politics Daily
New York Times:
Obama Arrives in Gulf Region as Well Cap Effort Proceeds  —  NEW ORLEANS — President Obama arrived here Friday for his third visit to the gulf coast since oil began gushing into the water from a stricken undersea well nearly seven weeks ago, as officials said that a cap placed over the leaking well showed tentative signs of progress.
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Tony Hayward / Wall Street Journal:
What BP Is Doing About the Gulf Gusher  —  The ultimate solution is to drill a relief well.  In the meantime we believe we can substantially reduce the flow of oil.  —  Last week, I attended the memorial service for the 11 men who died aboard the Transocean Deepwater Horizon on April 20.
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
BP Turns to Political Shop for $50 Million Ad Buy to Convince …
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and TigerHawk
Connie Hair / Human Events:
Boehner to Bashing Beatle: Apologize!  —  Sir Paul McCartney's cheap shot aimed at former President George W. Bush at a White House event on Wednesday has prompted House Minority Leader John Boehner to demand an apology from the Beatle.  —  McCartney literally gushed over President Obama throughout his East Room concert.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE WOULD-BE SPEAKER.... When the unemployment reports are terrific …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NOTE TO GOP: LET IT BE.... President Obama hosted an event …
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
U.S. Added 431,000 Jobs in May, Mostly From Census  —  Employers added 431,000 nonfarm jobs nationwide in May, the biggest increase in a single month in a decade, the Labor Department said Friday.  But the bulk of the growth was in government jobs, driven by hiring for the Census, and private-sector job growth was weak.
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Robert Reich / The Huffington Post:
Why We're Falling Into a Double-Dip Recession  —  We're falling into a double-dip recession.  —  The Labor Department reports this morning that the private sector added a measly 41,000 net new jobs in May.  But at least 100,000 new jobs are needed every month just to keep up with population growth.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Moonbattery
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
We had no choice, commando who killed 6 tells ‘Post’  —  “They were coming at us with murder in their eyes,” says S., describing the “battlefield” aboard the ‘Mavi Marmara’; He hit the deck to see three officers lying wounded.  —  Talkbacks (18)  —  Make JPOST.COM your Home Page  —  Iranian Threat
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Sammy Benoit / YID With LID:
Helen Thomas Says Jews Should Get the Hell Out of Palestine and Back To Germany-MUST SEE VIDEO  —  Helen Thomas is as fair and open minded as she is good looking.  The most Senior of White-House Correspondents has given up being a real reporter and instead spends her time spewing venom toward America's war …
Discussion: Big Journalism and Solomonia
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Far Left Media Darling Helen Thomas Tells Jews: “Get the Hell …
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Kagan's Liberal Opinion on Social Issues  —  Elena Kagan has kept her cards so close to the vest that in the days after President Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, some on the left worried she was too moderate to replace liberal Justice John Paul Stevens.
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Washington Post:
U.S. ‘secret war’ expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role  —  Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups …
Newsweek:
The Dems' Secret Plan to Hold Congress  —  Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much these days.  But lately it seems that they've been willing to set aside their vast, irreconcilable differences and publicly concur on at least one thing: that the Democrats are going to do really, really badly in November's midterm elections.
Discussion: Swing State Project
The Huffington Post:
Bush's Glib Waterboarding Admission Sparks Outrage  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  George W. Bush's casual acknowledgment Wednesday that he had Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waterboarded — and would do it again — has horrified some former military and intelligence officials who argue …
Investor's Business Daily:
Bloody-Minded Union  —  Big Labor: Is there any low to which the SEIU won't stoop?  Now it's interrupting blood donations in a strike against the American Red Cross.  The Boy Scouts and Baptist churches are also on unions' enemies list.  —  Demanding higher wages and better benefits …
Discussion: Confederate Yankee and Moonbattery
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Obama To Nominate Clapper For DNI Tomorrow  —  President Obama intends to nominate Gen. James Clapper (Ret)., the current undersecretary of defense for intelligence, as Director of National Intelligence.  —  Pending weather, the announcement will be made in the Rose Garden tomorrow.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Democrat Tells Libtalker He Wants Republicans Sent To Prison  —  JAIL MY FOES  —  Grayson: Michael Steele Should Be Imprisoned  —  While it's already no secret that far-left Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) is a loose cannon, there's no question his fiery rhetoric has been cranked up a few notches in recent days.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
Why Democrats Are Going After Fred Malek.  —  Recent revelations in Slate and the Washington Post about longtime Republican leader Fred Malek's attempts to fire Jewish government officials during the '70s are being used by Democrats to go after the GOP.  What's this have to do with politics today?
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Why Sarah Palin Endorsed Terry Branstad in Iowa  —  There's a simple answer to the question, I think.  He's going to be the next governor of Iowa, assuming that there are no stunning surprises next week and Chet Culver, the Democrat, doesn't mount a miraculous election year comeback.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
ABC's Davis to SEIU  —  Another jump from the media to politics: ABC News's deputy political director, Teddy Davis, emails that he's leaving the network to join SEIU's already-muscular communications and politics operation.  —  He'll be Assistant Director of Communications at the giant union …
 
 
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Telegraph:
Gaza flotilla: Israel accused of ‘sabotaging’ Irish aid ship Rachel Corrie
James Bianco / The Big Picture:
Cumulative Total Return of U.S. Equities (Monthly) from 1802 to 2010
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Cars Are Expensive, Poor People Need Transit
Discussion: Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Hungary in ‘Grave’ State, Official Says; Forint Falls
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Rush Limbaugh: The Movie?
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Sandra Lee Enters Semi-Campaign Mode
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Ezra Klein:
More on the job numbers  —  Last week, pressure from deficit …
Eamon Javers / The Politico:
Job growth disappoints
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann is cool to mainstream media, and an increasingly hot property
Discussion: five feet of fury. and Romenesko
ABCNEWS:
Laura Bush: Obama Doing All He Can on Spill
Joe Lauria / Wall Street Journal:
Turkish Imam Criticizes Flotilla
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