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1:40 PM ET, June 2, 2011

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First Read / msnbc.com:
Palin fires shot at Romney at Bunker Hill  —  By NBC's Shawna Thomas, Alex Moe, and Mark Murray  —  In remarks made at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts — of all places — Sarah Palin fired a shot at Mitt Romney over the health-care mandate that Romney signed into law in the state in 2006.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Someday, Romney will pick a persona and stick with it  —  Any minute now, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will stand on a New Hampshire stage and launch his second presidential campaign, following a third-place finish in 2008.  He'll have a hard-hitting message to share, which we certainly haven't heard from Romney before.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin attacks Romney's record on his announcement day  —  Boston (CNN) - Less than an hour before Mitt Romney was to announce his second bid for the White House in New Hampshire, Sarah Palin appeared in Romney's hometown and set about picking apart the health care plan he supported as governor …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Hill
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin: Timing of New Hampshire visit ‘coincidental’
First Read / msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Romney takes center stage
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Why Going Rogue Won't Work  —  Sarah Palin is dominating the political conversation.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:   Romney to Announce White House Bid, Declare ‘Obama has Failed America’
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Employment Data May Be the Key to the President's Job  —  WASHINGTON — No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent.  —  Seventeen months before the next election, it is increasingly clear …
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Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Why Barack Obama may be heading for electoral disaster in 2012  —  On a recent visit to London I was struck by how much faith many British politicians, journalists and political advisers have in Barack Obama being re-elected in 2012.  In the aftermath of the hugely successful Special Forces operation …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Presidents, unemployment rates, and context
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
The Curious Case Of Hayley Williams  —  WeinerGate has hit, and I do use this term advisedly, the decadent phase, where people are just trying to outclever each other with outre and novel theories of the case.  Even among conservatives, or those who initially doubted Rep. Weiner's bizarre story …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
GOP's Cantor urges Weiner to ‘come clean’ on controversy  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Thursday pressured Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to “come clean” about his Twitter controversy.  —  Cantor said Weiner has a responsibility to his wife and constituents to get the facts straight.
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and Weasel Zippers
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Case Closed? Leftblog Claims Definitive Proof Weiner Was Framed.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Making the hostage strategy explicit  —  President Obama met with several leading congressional Republicans yesterday to discuss budget cuts and the debt ceiling, and not surprisingly, there wasn't much in the way of progress.  GOP leaders postured; Obama pressed for compromise; and by the end …
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Obama, Paul Ryan clash in White House meeting on debt
The Hill:
Speaker Boehner calls for debt ceiling deal by end of June
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Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:   Gov. Christie Thinks A Family Making $6,000 A Year Is Too Rich To Qualify For Medicaid
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
2 Iowa visitors: Christie left door slightly open
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Abramson to Replace Keller as The Times's Executive Editor  —  Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, will become the paper's executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for the paper.
Carolyn Hax / Washington Post:
Listen up, fellas: Naked man-parts?  Not so sexy.  —  A general note for men:  —  Over the weekend, it was revealed that Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), or someone pretending to be Weiner, allegedly sent a photo of his bulging briefs to one of his Twitter followers.
Discussion: Moe Lane
The Official Google Blog:
Ensuring your information is safe online  —  The Internet has been an amazing force for good in the world—opening up communications, boosting economic growth and promoting free expression.  But like all technologies, it can also be used for bad things.  Today, despite the efforts …
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.
The Politico:
America on the march: Left, right  —  Using questions from Pew Research Center surveys conducted in 1987, 1994, 2002 and 2009 that offered facsimiles of those used by Free and Cantril, we were able to demonstrate that these attitudes persist to this day.  Across the four surveys …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Glenn Beck's Last Day On Fox News Will Be June 30th  —  Mediaite has learned that Glenn Beck's last day on Fox News is currently scheduled to be June 30th.  Fox News has confirmed this information to Mediaite.  —  In the past month, ratings for Beck's ratings saw a double digit decline …
Michelle Malkin:
GOP blocks Obama land grab  —  Map via Frank Jacobs, Strange Maps blog/Big Think  —  Yes, dear readers, corruptocrat Interior Secretary Ken Salazar can be stopped.  —  Since day one of the Obama administration, I've chronicled Loathsome Cowboy Ken Salazar's War on the West, War on Jobs, and War on Science/Rule of Law.
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The Declining ‘Need’ For Doctors  —  Looking back on it, I don't think I expressed my point about technology and the quantity of teachers very well the other day.  One way of getting at one I mean about this might be to ask yourself about the past 100 years' worth of growth in the number of doctors.
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.
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Pelosi: Medicare Reform Will Doom GOP  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told ABC News in an exclusive interview that Democrats “have a very good chance of winning the House” majority in the 2012 elections, pointing to Medicare as the key issue that could propel her party …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The WH/Politico attack on Seymour Hersh  —  Seymour Hersh has a new article in The New Yorker arguing that there is no credible evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons; to the contrary, he writes, “the U.S. could be in danger of repeating a mistake similar to the one made with Saddam …
CBS News:
Probe could give Weiner more headaches: expert  —  CBS News Legal Analyst says politician likely not pursuing official law enforcement investigation to avoid statements under oath  —  New York City Congressman Anthony Weiner has not asked the FBI or U.S. Capitol Police to investigate …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: The fine lines between a Palin vacation and Palin tour  —  When most families go on a summer vacation, they don't have a political-action committee to pay the bills.  —  Not so for Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor …
 
 
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