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11:50 PM ET, May 20, 2011

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Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID:
SLAM!!  Bibi Diplomatically “Slaps” Obama During White House Press Op  —  It was a stunning tableau, a President of the United States sitting back and glaring while the Prime Minister of Israel pushed back against the words made by the POTUS yesterday.  Both parties made their presentations …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
In Oval Office, Bibi Offers History Lessons to Obama  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to think he needed to educate President Obama on some issues today, so in the Oval Office he described in some detail to the president a history of the refugee problem in the region dating back 63 years …
The Atlantic Online:
Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Speak to My President That Way  —  For whatever reason, I tend to react strongly when a foreign leader disrespects the United States, and its President.  I didn't like it when Hugo Chavez of Venezuela insulted President Bush; I don't like listening to Hamid Karzai …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Understanding Obama's shift on Israel and the ‘1967 lines’
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Hatch condemns Obama's stance on Israel border, plans disapproval measure
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Carney downplays tension between Obama, Netanyahu
Reuters:
Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast
The Atlantic Online:
The Rapture Is Not Saturday — It's Tonight  —  Doomsday prophet Harold Camping tells The Atlantic what to expect when the end of the world begins  —  LOS ANGELES — In his relentless study of the Bible, 89-year-old Oakland-based Harold Camping has seen the signs.  You may have also seen them recently.
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Make My Bed? But You Say the World's Ending
CourierPostOnline.com:
Cherry Hill student's challenge to Tea Party champion Michele Bachmann prompts ‘threats’  —  A Cherry Hill High School East sophomore who challenged Tea Party champion Michele Bachmann to a constitutional debate says she is concerned for her personal safety.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Blotter
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Associated Press:
Teen who challenged Bachmann to debate receiving threats
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Transcript: Exclusive Interview With Jon Huntsman  —  I sat down for an exclusive interview with Jon Huntsman yesterday.  Here is the full transcript and CLICK HERE for the full story.  —  George Stephanopoulos: Governor, thanks for doing this.  —  Jon Huntsman: It's an honor.
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Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Romney's Evangelical Problem
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Dems make Medicare central to 2012 presidential race?
Aharding / CNN:
S.C. Republican appearing with Romney, but not quite ready to endorse
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air and The Hill
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
“South Park” Jihadi Was '08 Obama Volunteer  —  Radicalized wannabe later decided Koran barred his voting … The radicalized knucklehead convicted of threatening the lives of the “South Park” creators signed up as a volunteer for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign …
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JSOnline:
Recount shows Prosser still the winner by more than 7,000 votes  —  By Patrick Marley and Mike Johnson of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison - With the weeks-long recount complete, unofficial numbers confirm that state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser narrowly defeated Assistant Attorney …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes responds to Chris Matthews' ‘Pathetic’ comment about Sarah Palin  —  Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes is responding to a shot Chris Matthews fired his way on his show last night.  —  After playing a clip of Sarah Palin discussing Newt Gingrich on Fox News, Matthews said, “This is so pathetic, watching her on television.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
New York Post:
Giving too much license to cops  —  A series of recent court rulings, in cluding one this week from the US Supreme Court, appear to erode one of our bedrock defenses against the arbitrary, abusive power of the state.  —  At risk: the Fourth Amendment guarantee to all American citizens of the right to be …
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JSOnline:
Sentence of life without parole for teen upheld
Discussion: TalkLeft
TMZ.com:
Macho Man Randy Savage Dies In Car Accident  —  Macho Man Randy Savage — one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time — died today in a car accident in Seminole, Florida ... TMZ has learned.  —  TMZ spoke with Randy's brother, Lanny Poffo, who tells us the wrestling legend suffered a heart attack …
Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Orbitz Snubs Media Matters' ‘Drop Fox’ Campaign: 'We Aren't Going To Engage In That Fight'  —  The effort by liberal media watchdog group Media Matters to convince half a dozen leading national advertisers to pull their dollars from the Fox News Channel got a high-profile snub Thursday when Orbitz …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Orbitz Backs Fox News Channel Amid Media Matters' ‘Smear Campaign’
Discussion: Big Journalism
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Ann Coulter explains why she will never use the ‘n-word’  —  As an outspoken commentator, Ann Coulter has received her share of criticism for using language deemed off-limits by the political correctness police.  In 2007, she took heat for using the word “faggot” when talking …
Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
Daily Mail:
Islands in the stream: The extraordinary homemade dams holding back the Mississippi as desperate residents try to save their homes  —  We've all undertaken home improvements but these residents in flood-stricken Mississippi have had to embark on major construction projects just to protect their houses and livelihoods.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The “Borking” of Goodwin Liu  —  Watching the left complain that Republicans have now done to one of theirs—once—what they have been doing to conservative judicial nominees for 25 years is just too much.  Ordinarily I don't cross-post too many items from NRO's Corner or the other two places I blog …
Tina Korbe / Hot Air:
Survey: Recent college grads wising up about Obama  —  A recent informal survey of 500 post-grads primarily between the ages of 22 and 28 — 83 percent of whom voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 — found just 27 percent of Obama's previous youth supporters plan to vote for him again, The Daily Caller reports.
Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:   Recent college grads sour on Obama, surveys say
The Huffington Post:
Profiling CEOs and Their Sociopathic Paychecks  —  The Wall Street Journal reported last week that “Executives and other highly compensated employees now receive more than one-third of all pay in the US.  Highly paid employees received nearly $2.1 trillion of the $6.4 trillion in total US pay in 2007, the latest figures available.”
Fernanda Santos / City Room:
Mayor Is Criticized for Comments on Parents at Poor Schools  —  Responding to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday seeking to prevent the city from closing 22 poor-performing schools, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made a comment that has sparked outrage among some community leaders.
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama asks Congress for a resolution of support on Libya  —  Sixty days after launching military action against Libya, President Obama on Friday sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to pass a resolution supporting the U.S. mission.  —  “I wish to express my support …
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels knocked in head at gym  —  An accident at the gym left Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels with 16 stitches on his forehead on Friday, his office announced.  —  Daniels, who is weighing a run for the White House, was standing near a door at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport in Indianapolis …
Discussion: Freedom's Lighthouse and The Note
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Aharding / CNN:   Mitch Daniels gets 16 stitches following workout accident
Chad Stone / Off the Charts Blog:
What's Driving Projected Debt?  —  As we've noted, my colleagues Kathy Ruffing and Jim Horney have updated CBPP's analysis showing that the economic downturn, President Bush's tax cuts, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq explain virtually the entire federal budget deficit over the next ten years.
 
 
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Cantor: Democrats have no plan to save Medicare
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Huntsman Was For Health Care Mandate Before He Was Against It
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