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12:45 PM ET, June 6, 2010

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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Don't Get Mad, Mr. President.  Get Even.  —  IT turns out there is something harder to find than a fix for BP's leak: Barack Obama's boiling point.  —  The frantic and fruitless nationwide search for the president's temper is now our sole dependable comic relief from the tragedy in the gulf.
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Obama loses the Left: suddenly, it's cool to bash Barack
Discussion: Don Surber
Paul Krugman:
Lost Decade, Here We Come  —  The deficit hawks have taken over the G20: … It's basically incredible that this is happening with unemployment in the euro area still rising, and only slight labor market progress in the US.  —  But don't we need to worry about government debt?
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Josh Margolin / New Jersey Online:
Two N.J. men arrested at JFK airport before boarding plane to join Islamist terrorist group, authorities say  —  NEWARK — Two New Jersey men intent on killing American troops were arrested Saturday as they boarded flights to link up with a virulent jihadist group in Somalia, authorities said.
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Mike Levine / Liveshots:
Feds Arrest 2 NJ Men Headed To Terror Camps
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Political Punch:
Allen Has Ordered ‘Uninhibited Access’ to Oil Spill Operations  —  Admiral Thad Allen told me he has ordered that oil spill operations be open to the media.  The National Incident Commander for the oil spill efforts said in my “This Week” interview, “I put out a written directive and I can provide …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
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Lauren Johnston / NY Daily News:
Rush Limbaugh to wed gal pal Kathryn Rogers today in lavish Palm Beach ceremony  —  It's wedding bells for Rush Limbaugh - for the fourth time.  —  The conservative firebrand, 59, will exchange vows Saturday in Florida with Kathryn Rogers - a blond bombshell half his age …
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Jose Lambiet / Palm Beach & South Florida …:
Rush Limbaugh married, again  —  Limbaugh and Rogers, joined together for life (Click on the photo for more)  —  As the stifling evening fell on The Breakers Saturday in Palm Beach, Conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh tied the knot with his much younger sweetheart …
Discussion: Advocate
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
THOMAS UNDER FIRE FOR ISRAEL REMARKS  —  Longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas is coming under fire after a video circulated widely on Friday of her saying that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Poland and Germany.  —  The Hearst newspaper columnist …
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Matt Duss / Think Progress:
Thomas Has Apologized; When Will Huckabee?
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Washington Asks What to Do About Israel  —  WASHINGTON — Some topics are so inflammatory that they are never discussed without first inserting a number of caveats.  And so, when Anthony Cordesman, a foreign policy dignitary in this town's think tank circuit, dropped an article on Wednesday headlined …
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Haaretz:
Israel: We will not apologize to Turkey over Gaza flotilla deaths
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Crist says Greer allegations ‘absolutely untrue’  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Sunday that damaging charges made against him on Saturday by a former close ally are “absolutely untrue.”  —  Former Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chairman Jim Greer, through his attorney …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
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BBC:
BP ‘capturing half Gulf oil leak’  —  A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil a day, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward says.  —  The amount has risen since Saturday, and implies more than half the estimated 12,000 to 19,000 barrels leaking each day is now being captured.
Discussion: Guardian and Craig Murray
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BBC:
“We will stop the leak”  —  On Sunday 6 June Andrew Marr …
Discussion: The Hill, Politics Daily and Emptywheel
Reuters:
Iran Revolutionary Guards ready to escort Gaza ships  —  Source: Reuters  —  Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are ready to provide a military escort to cargo ships trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.
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Karin Laub / The Huffington Post:   Rachel Corrie, Aid Ship, Seized By Israel With No Resistance
Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE RACE: Angle takes lead in GOP primary  —  Percentage of undecided Republicans goes up  —  Continuing her stunning rise, Sharron Angle has shot into a clear lead in the U.S. Senate Republican primary, according to a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal that shows …
 
 
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Benjamin F. Carlson / The Atlantic Online:
Nicolas Carr on the ‘Superficial’ Webby Mind
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Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Intel chief nominee Clapper held disputed Iraq WMD view
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Yoav Zitun / Ynetnews:
Rightists slam ‘stinking Tel Avivians’
Discussion: Max Blumenthal and Promised Land
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
With U.S. Aid, Warlord Builds Afghan Empire
Discussion: Swampland, Taylor Marsh and SWJ Blog
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Inspector General's Memo: Census Says It Hired More Workers …
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Doron Rosenblum / Haaretz:
Israel's commando complex
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Clay Shirky / Wall Street Journal:
Does the Internet Make You Smarter?
Discussion: Gizmodo
Wall Street Journal:
Employers on Strike  —  Congress keeps giving business reasons not to hire.
Discussion: Dean's World
 

 
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info

Rolling Stone:
Ex-AMI CEO David Pecker testifies about agreeing to be Trump's “eyes and ears” and how the National Enquirer used Michael Cohen's prompts to bash Trump rivals

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Tubi partners with DAZN to launch FAST channels DAZN Women's Football and DAZN Ringside, which features boxing and MMA, in the US

 
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