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8:40 PM ET, May 30, 2011

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The Politico:
Anthony Weiner hires attorney in Twitter incident  —  'This was a prank, and a silly one.  I'm focused on my work,' said Weiner of the Twitter mishap.  AP Photo  —  New York Rep. Anthony Weiner has retained an attorney to advise him “what civil or criminal actions should be taken” …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Gennette Was Not Alone... Weiner's Twitter Friends Include Pages of Young Luscious Fans  —  Gennette Nicole was not alone.  —  On Friday far left Rep. Anthony Weiner said his twitter and Facebook accounts were hacked.  He said this after a picture of his penis was reportedly sent out to a young woman in Seattle.
NY Daily News:
Rep. Anthony Weiner hires attorney to explore civil, criminal charges in lewd Twitter photo ‘prank’  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner isn't laughing at what he's calling an Internet “prank” - and he's hired an attorney to explore civil or criminal charges.  —  Weiner's office is playing off …
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Weiner spokesman: 'We've retained counsel to explore' possible ‘civil or criminal actions’  —  A spokesman for Rep. Anthony Weiner, New York Democrat, told The Daily Caller the Congressman's team has “retained counsel” and is exploring the “proper next steps” after his official Twitter account posted …
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Congressman Says Hacker Sent Lewd Photo Using His Name
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Confusion on Day 2 of Palin bus tour  —  Day 2 of Sarah Palin's bus tour, and the former vice presidential nominee has prompted little more than confusion over exactly what she is up to.  —  Palin started Memorial Day at the National Archives in Washington, but the only reporters …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Bernstein: Obama Economic Team Had “No Appetite” for Direct, Public Job Creation  —  Paul Krugman had a good column today on how America needed to end its “learned helplessness” on the jobs crisis.  He cited multiple options of things the government could do right now to create jobs …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Against Learned Helplessness  —  Unemployment is a terrible scourge across much of the Western world.  Almost 14 million Americans are jobless, and millions more are stuck with part-time work or jobs that fail to use their skills.  Some European countries have it even worse: 21 percent of Spanish workers are unemployed.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
What the media establishment refuses to understand  —  It was quite a roundtable on “Meet the Press” yesterday.  Viewers got to see a Republican strategist, a conservative pundit, a conservative Democrat, and an ostensibly center-left columnist who thinks that Democrats are big meanies when it comes to Medicare.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
As Physicians' Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics  —  AUGUSTA, Me.  — With Republicans in complete control of Maine's state government for the first time since 1962, State Senator Lois A. Snowe-Mello offered a bill in February to limit doctors' liability that she was sure the powerful doctors' lobby would cheer.
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
Muslim girl, 19, ‘stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest’  —  A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under ‘Sharia law’ after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.  —  Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Frank Newport / Gallup:
U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans Give Obama Lower Marks  —  Younger, active-duty military less likely to have an opinion on Obama either way  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. military veterans and those currently on active military duty are less likely to approve of President Obama's job performance …
David W. Blight / New York Times:
Forgetting Why We Remember  —  MOST Americans know that Memorial Day is about honoring the nation's war dead.  It is also a holiday devoted to department store sales, half-marathons, picnics, baseball and auto racing.  But where did it begin, who created it, and why?
Stephen Evans / BBC:
Germany: Nuclear power plants to close by 2022  —  Germany saw mass anti-nuclear protests in the wake of the Fukushima disaster  —  Germany's coalition government has announced a reversal of policy that will see all the country's nuclear power plants phased out by 2022.
Discussion: Truthdig
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Associated Press:
Germany Will Shut Down All Nuke Plants by 2022
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
 
 
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Al-Jazeera footage captures ‘western troops on the ground’ in Libya
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John Harwood / The Caucus:
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Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
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David Rogers / Reuters:
House Democrats unite on Afghanistan exit
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No, Seriously, What's the Democratic Plan?
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Pawlenty should rethink the ‘doofus’ line
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The Atlantic Online:
A Memorial Day Look at Afghanistan: May 2011
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