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12:35 PM ET, May 29, 2011

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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:
Undies in a twist over ‘Weiner wiener’  —  Call it Weiner-gate.  —  Twitter followers of Rep. Anthony Weiner were shocked when a lewd photo popped up on his official account late Friday night.  —  The photo of a bulging male member cloaked in gray briefs was directed to a single Twitter user …
Dan Riehl / Big Government:
Weinergate: Why Would Rep Weiner Care What Time It Was In Seattle?  —  Given the current mystery surrounding Weinergate, there's an interesting Tweet that (as of this writing) still remains in Rep. Weiner's Tweet stream.  While we've gone to some length to protect the identity of the woman involved …
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Photos: Anthony Weiner's Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend is a 21-Year Old Coed, only 25 Years Younger …
Stranahan / Patterico's Pontifications:
Rep. Anthony Weiner Selectively Edits Himself
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
McCain: Palin can beat Obama  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has said he thinks Sarah Palin could defeat President Obama in next year's presidential election, but he's far from certain that she will actually jump into the race.  —  The GOP's standard-bearer in 2008 also shrugged off …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Sarah Palin's political mystery tour  —  The New Hampshire Republican Party found out Sarah Palin would be coming to town by hearing about it in the news.  —  Where would she be stopping?  They didn't know.  Palin's staff wouldn't even return their calls, leaving them to ask reporters for more answers.
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Molly Ball / The Politico:
Palin goes behind enemy lines
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Pro-Obama media always shocked by bad economic news  — TAGS: - Barack Obama - Bloomberg News - Business Insider - Christina Romer - cnbc.com - commerce department - Congressional Budget Office - Council of Economics Advisers - David Leonhardt - durable goods - George W. Bush - Glenn Reynolds …
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Republican Legislators Push to Tighten Voting Rules  —  MIAMI — Less than 18 months before the next presidential election, Republican-controlled statehouses around the country are rewriting voting laws to require photo identification at the polls, reduce the number of days of early voting or tighten registration rules.
Peter Dobrin / Philly.com:
THE ARTS  —  Cutbacks, changes in Philadelphia Orchestra's new strategic plan  —  The Philadelphia Orchestra will shrink the number of its subscription concerts 15 percent and cut its artistic budget an equal amount.  —  International touring will go on hiatus unless it can be fully funded …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Gen. James Cartwright, on tap to lead Pentagon, became target for criticism  —  President Obama summoned one of his favorite and most trusted military advisers, Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, to the White House on May 21 for a one-on-one meeting.  It was a Saturday, less than three weeks since …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
‘Comforter-in-chief’ heading to tornado-ravaged Missouri for memorial service
Discussion: The Hill
The Note:
Mitch Daniels Says He Could Have Beaten Obama If He Had Run  —  ABC News' Jessica Desvarieux reports:  —  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says he has no regrets about his recent decision not to run for the Republican presidential nomination, but says he believes he could have beaten President Obama if he had run.
Discussion: CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
Online NewsHour:
Shields, Brooks on Patriot Act, N.Y. Race Upset, Medicare Politics, Palin Tour  —  Transcript  —  JUDY WOODRUFF: Now it's time for our weekly analysis from Shields and Brooks.  That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.  —  Welcome, gentlemen.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Salon
Jamie Doward / Guardian:
UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring  —  • British military personnel run courses for snipers  —  • Human rights groups furious over Riyadh link  —  Britain is training Saudi Arabia's national guard - the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain …
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:   A Coming Arab Winter?
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Vows to Unplug Internet  —  An Iranian engineer who helped design and run the country's Internet filters says he subtly undermined some censorship until fleeing into exile  —  Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship: a so-called national Internet that could …
 
 
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