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10:10 AM ET, June 7, 2010

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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Skip Town Halls to Avoid Voter Rage  —  BEL AIR, Md. — The reception that Representative Frank Kratovil Jr., a Democrat, received here one night last week as he faced a small group of constituents was far more pleasant than his encounters during a Congressional recess last summer.
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U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe  —  Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Barack Obama Ignores D-Day Anniversary - Goes to Theatre Party Instead  —  On June 6, 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.  America lost 2,499 of its finest men that day.  —  (Enterprise News)
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Natasha T. Metzler / Associated Press:
Obamas to attend Ford's Theatre gala
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Drudge Report:
OBAMA OFF TO THE THEATER
Discussion: Don Surber
Craig Crawford / Craig Crawford's Trail Mix:
With Regrets  —  I concur with the following response from my agent to Helen Thomas' lamentable remarks about Israel, and will no longer be working with Helen on our book projects.  — Craig Crawford
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Terry Branstad's camp covers most sectors of GOP  —  Majorities of born-again Christians, supporters of the tea party movement and first-time Republican primary voters say they back Terry Branstad to be the GOP nominee for governor, according to the latest Iowa Poll.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Eye
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Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll shows GOP majority favors Terry Branstad in governor's race
Steve Fishman / New York Magazine:
Bernie Madoff, Free at Last  —  In prison he doesn't have to hide his lack of conscience.  In fact, he's a hero for it.  —  Last August, shortly after his arrival at the federal correctional complex in Butner, North Carolina, Bernard L. Madoff was waiting on the evening pill line …
La Shawn Barber / Michelle Malkin:
Obama Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Napolitano-Endorsed Immigration Law  —  I've convinced the federal government has no intention of enforcing immigration laws against illegal aliens from Mexico.  —  But that isn't the worst.  The government wants to give illegal aliens from Mexico amnesty and a “path” to citizenship.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Elton John Sings at Rush Limbaugh's 4th Wedding  —  Talk about an odd couple: conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh and outspoken gay-marriage advocate Elton John.  —  But, according to a News Corporation (which owns Fox News) wire report, the Rocket Man, 63, serenaded the 400 guests …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
White House and Allies Set to Build Up Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama and his allies, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, are orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law, including a new tax-exempt group that will spend millions …
Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
China's ‘cancer villages’ reveal dark side of economic boom  —  Polluting factories in rural communities are forming a deadly toxic cocktail for villagers, leading to surging rates of cancer  —  Zheng Gumei thought she was down with a cold until the doctor told her to wait outside the room so he could talk to her son alone.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
More Obama change to believe in: Americans now see him as a partisan Democrat  —  One of the 2007-08 Obama presidential campaign's changes that Americans believed in by the many millions was his oft-repeated promise to work with all sides no matter what and change the harsh political tone of Washington.
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Excelsior!  Upwards of Eight Thousand Protest 911 Mega Mosque on D Day!  —  Despite weather forecasts of thunderstorms and rain, the skies were clear and beautiful — but not as beautiful as this patriotic crowd of great Americans and Europeans.  It was a real cross section of humanity . …
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El Marco / Looking at the Left:
Prayer Time at the Ground Zero Mosque
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Reuters:
Clinton warns of Iran “stunt”  —  (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Sunday of Iran “stunts” ahead of a visit to Latin America where regional powerhouse Brazil opposes the U.S. drive for new U.N. sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple's Magic Trackpad revealed?  —  Of all the surprises we expected to hear about in the WWDC keynote, a multitouch trackpad peripheral didn't exactly pop into our brains.  But — whoomp — here it is.  What we appear to be looking at is a brand new input device that Apple has dreamed …
Discussion: MacRumors and Mashable!
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it.  —  Not just for a day or two, but 12 days.  He finally saw it while sifting through old messages …
Discussion: newsfeed.time.com
New York Post:
US relations are not A-UK  —  Thanks in large part to a deadly debacle at sea, things are getting shockingly tense between the US and a critical ally.  —  Israel?  Yes.  But also Britain.  —  President Obama's drill-sergeant policy toward BP — yell more, maybe they'll shoot straighter …
Stewart Baker / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Going Wobbly on Russia's Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the Obama Administration was ready to engage in talks with Russia about on cyberspace disarmament.  I finally had a chance to read the remarks, by the new head of Cyber Command …
Discussion: Opinio Juris
 
 
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
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Rand Paul / Daily News:
Individual rights  —  I support Civil Rights Act …
Ian Black / Guardian:
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Byron York / Beltway Confidential:
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The Huffington Post:
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David Barrett / Telegraph:
Civil servants feared inquiry into 7/7 bombings would focus negatively on Muslims