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7:25 AM ET, June 2, 2011

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Joseph / CANNONFIRE:
CASE CLOSED!  CONGRESSMAN WEINER WAS FRAMED!  (An important update to “The Weiner affair: Close to solution (but I need your help!)”  —  WARNING — NOW HEAR THIS (added at 10:13, EST): I welcome comments from people who hope to prove me wrong.  Disagreement is fine.
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
Case Closed?  Leftblog Claims Definitive Proof Weiner Was Framed.  —  Case closed?  Not so much.  There is a post up at a the blog Cannonfire today titled: CASE CLOSED!  CONGRESSMAN WEINER WAS FRAMED!  Tweets of this article are blowing up on the #p2 hashtag on Twitter …
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Weiner: ‘Picture of a Wiener’ Clearly a Prank  —  A defiant Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York told ABC News he did not post a lewd photograph to his Twitter account Friday — but he could not say whether or not the photograph in question is of him.  —  “I did not send that photo.
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
All the Weiner You Can Handle: Why MSM Can't Ignore This Scandal Now  —  Thanks to Tim Daniel at Left Coast Rebel for locating this video of Luke Russert's devastating interview with Rep. Anthony Weiner:  —  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Lawmaker Denies Sending Suggestive Photo but Doesn't Rule Out It's of Him
Discussion: Hot Air
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Rep. Weiner Tells Maddow Twitter Photo ‘Maybe Started Out Being A Photo Of Mine’
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rep. Anthony Weiner 'can't say with certitude' photo isn't him
Publius / Big Government:   Did Rep. Weiner Violate House Rules?
Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Anthony Weiner “Can't Say With Certitude” Whether Picture Is His
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Daily Mail:
'I can't say with certitude if it's my crotch': But Congressman Weiner DENIES sending lewd photo …
Daily Mail:
Revealed: The glamorous Twitter girls followed by Congressman Weiner as he denies sending lewd picture
Discussion: New York Post and American Power
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority gives thumbs down to Ryan plan  —  Washington (CNN) - A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans don't like what they've heard so far about congressional Republicans' plans to change Medicare.  —  According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker rejects White House trip, says he won't be ‘lectured to’ by Obama  —  A freshman GOP lawmaker rejected an invitation to the White House on Wednesday, saying he didn't want to be “lectured” by President Obama.  —  “I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today …
David Nather / The Politico:
A guide to the Barack Obama - Paul Ryan smackdown
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The Note:
How is Sarah Palin Paying for Road Trip?  —  ABC News' Sheila Marikar (@sheilaym) reports:  —  So, how's Sarah Palin paying for this grand tour anyway?  —  At the Statue of Liberty today, ABC News asked the former Alaska governor how much her tour has cost so far and how she's paying for it.
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CNN:
Palin meets with Fox News officials
Discussion: RedState, GayPatriot and Politics
Michael Potemra / National Review:
RE: Palin and Trump
Discussion: The Daily Dish and alicublog
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Discovery of ‘worms from hell’ deep beneath Earth's surface raises new questions  —  For the first time, scientists have found complex, multi-celled creatures living a mile and more below the planet's surface — raising new possibilities about both the spread of life on Earth and potential subsurface life on other planets and moons.
Discussion: his vorpal sword and Shakesville
Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: HHS rejects Indiana Medicaid plan  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and Human Services Department is telling the state of Indiana that its Medicaid plan, which bans funding to Planned Parenthood, is illegal and must be changed.  —  In a letter sent to Indiana's Medicaid director …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Obama Admin Denies Indiana Request to De-Fund Planned Parenthood
msnbc.com:
‘Handcuffed by policy’: Fire crews watch man die  —  First responders, up to 75 others watch suicidal man stand in water for an hour until he drowns  —  Below:  —  msnbc.com staff and news service reports  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Fire crews and police could only watch after a man waded …
Ctucker / Cynthia Tucker:
Voting Rights Act: I was wrong about racial gerrymandering  —  WASHINGTON — I won't procrastinate.  I'll get the most difficult part of this column over right now: I was wrong.  I was shortsighted, naïve and narrow-minded to endorse the concept of drawing Congressional districts to take racial demographics into account.
Discussion: Don Surber and National Review
Observer:
Global war on drugs has ‘failed’ say former leaders  —  Opiate use increased by 35% worldwide from 1998-2008, in spite of anti-drug efforts  —  The global war on drugs has “failed” according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders.
Royal Wedding- / KLRT-TV:
Middle school yearbook groups Adolph Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush  —  Open up the Russellville Middle School yearbook.  You'll see the students' pictures, the administration, and a pretty controversial list that's supposed to be covered with a piece of black tape.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable  —  Making small talk with your pot dealer sucks.  Buying cocaine can get you shot.  What if you could buy and sell drugs online like books or light bulbs?  Now you can: Welcome to Silk Road.  —  About three weeks ago …
Discussion: Hit & Run
Margo D. Beller / CNBC:
Wall Street Baffled by Slowing Economy, Low Yields: Trader  —  Wall Street is having a hard time figuring out what to do now that the U.S. economy appears to be sputtering and yields are so low, Peter Yastrow, market strategist for Yastrow Origer, told CNBC.
John DiStaso / unionleader.com:
John DiStaso's Granite Status: Exclusive: Palin to host Seacoast clambake  —  WEDNESDAY UPDATE: YES, SHE'LL BE HERE.  Sarah Palin is making plans to be in New Hampshire on Thursday evening.  —  The Granite Status has learned that Palin's staff has reached out to a number of New Hampshire Republicans …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin, CNN and Boston Globe
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Plaintiff's buy weakens health suit  —  A federal appeals panel questioned Wednesday whether a conservative legal center's challenge to the health law is still valid after the revelation last week that a key plaintiff had already bought health insurance.  —  The Thomas More Law Center told …
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
 
 
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David R. Henderson / Hoover Institution:
Northern Exposure  —  A prudent Canada shows up debt-ridden America.
Discussion: Power Line
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Reports See Generation Y, Poverty as Key Challenges for Pay TV Firms
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Wall Street Journal:
SAC Faces Probe of Biotech Trading
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's worst nightmare: The slow economy slows some more
Free exchange:
Mining the safe harbour
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
A Venture Capitalist Makes The Case Against Software Patents
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 Earlier Items: 
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
From New York Democrats, ‘schadenfreude’
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Big Jewish donors ignoring the right's campaign to falsify Obama's Israel stance
Eugene Kiely / FactCheck.org:
DNC Chair Throws Truth to ‘Wolves’
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Arkansas News:
Huckabee: Door open to 2012 presidential bid
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and Hot Air
Janie Lorber / Roll Call:
Some Immigrants Turn to Tea Party
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel