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11:00 PM ET, June 16, 2011

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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner's plans.
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The Politico:
Anthony Weiner resigns from Congress  —  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In the same room where he launched his first campaign for City Council two decades ago in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) announced his resignation from Congress on Thursday.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Weiner's exit  —  Anthony Weiner's pained resignation, staged at a senior center in the Brooklyn neighborhood called Gravesend, may have finally burned out the incredible media storm around him.  —  There was more press here than I've seen in 10 years of covering New York political events …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Weiner Gives Up the Ghost
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Anthony Weiner, Tainting Our Political Class
The Atlantic Online:
Anthony Weiner Resigns: ‘Distraction’ Makes It Impossible to Stay
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
The Hill:
Senate kills off ethanol tax credits in possible break with tax pledge  —  The Senate voted 73-27 Thursday to kill a major tax break that benefits the ethanol industry, handing a political win to a bipartisan group of lawmakers that call the incentive needless and expensive.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ethanol Suffers Rare Loss in Senate  —  A bipartisan majority of the Senate voted Thursday to end more than three decades of federal subsidies for ethanol, signaling that other long-sacrosanct programs could be at risk as Democrats and Republicans negotiate a sweeping deficit-reduction deal.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hit & Run
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Niche tax breaks targeted; Senate kills ethanol credit
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Senate Dumps Ethanol Subsidies
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Romney: 'I'm Also Unemployed'  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney sat at the head of the table at a coffee shop here on Thursday, listening to a group of unemployed Floridians explain the challenges of looking for work.  When they finished, he weighed in with a predicament of his own.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Is Not Unemployed
The Note:
Jon Huntsman Cancels Appearance At Republican Leadership Conference Due To Illness  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports:  —  Although he was slated to speak at a major gathering of Republicans taking place in New Orleans this weekend — just days before the official rollout …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Romney, Bachmann, Cain Lead The Pack Among GOP Primary Voters
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads as GOP prioritizes electability
Rasmussen Reports:
45% of GOP Primary Voters Say It's Bad for Party If Palin Enters Presidential Race
Discussion: Hot Air, GOP 12 and FrumForum
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
2012 Voter Preferences for Obama, “Republican” Remain Close  —  Forty-four percent prefer the Republican; 39%, Obama  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-four percent of registered voters say they are more likely to vote for “the Republican Party's candidate” and 39% for Barack Obama …
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Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:
What the talking heads don't tell you about the NBC/WSJ poll internals  —  There are a lot of numbers being thrown around about the NBC poll today.  On Morning Joe they point out Obama's is given a 49% approval, but there are some internal numbers in this poll that you need in order to understand …
Larry Flynt / The Huffington Post:
My Job Offer for Anthony Weiner  —  Mr. Weiner:  —  After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your Congressional post, I would like to make you an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our Internet group.  As a Congressman, you are known for your intensity and perseverance.
Associated Press:
Union leader compares NJ gov to Hitler at rally  —  Thousands participate in a rally to protest a Senate Budget Committee hearing on employee benefits at the State House Annex in Trenton, N.J.,Thursday, June 16, 2011.  Labor leaders rallying for collective bargaining rights in New Jersey went …
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Union leader calls New Jersey gov ‘Adolf Christie,’ compares pension battle to ‘World War III’ [VIDEO]
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Union executive: Chris Christie is Hitler
Discussion: Don Surber
The Note:
Glitter Bandits Strike Pawlenty  —  ABC News' Matt Jaffe (@jaffematt) and Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) report:  —  Another glittered bandit struck out at a GOP presidential candidate.  —  A few weeks ago it was Newt Gingrich who was doused in glitter by a liberal activist.  On Thursday, it was Tim Pawlenty.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Pawlenty concedes he missed an opportunity to attack Romney at debate
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Alexander Burns / The Politico:   Tim Pawlenty gets glittered
The Atlantic Online:
Obama Fails to Justify the Legality of War in Libya  —  In a letter to John Boehner and a 38-page report, the White House could not prove it complied with the War Powers Resolution  —  Is the U.S. at war in Libya, putting President Obama in violation of the War Powers Resolution?
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James Risen / New York Times:
Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic  —  WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information on a prominent American critic of the Iraq war in order to discredit him.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Dan Choi Rips Up Obama Flyer: 'I Won't Support Obama If He Doesn't Endorse Marriage Equality'  —  Lt. Dan Choi ripped up an Obama For America (OFA) flyer this afternoon during a panel at Netroots Nation when he was confronted by an Obama volunteer who attempted to explain away the President's opposition to same-sex marriage:
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:   NETROOTS: Choi slams Obama volunteer for lack of support for marriage equality
James Hill / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards Sought Millions From Heiress as Feds Closed In - ABC News Exclusive  —  Just weeks before federal prosecutors charged John Edwards in a six-count felony indictment, ABC News has been told, the two-time Democratic presidential candidate requested millions of dollars from Rachel …
Discussion: FrumForum
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Our Lefty Military  —  As we search for paths out of America's economic crisis, many suggest business as a paradigm for cutting costs.  According to my back-of-the-envelope math, top C.E.O.'s earn as much as $1 a second around the clock, partly by cutting medical benefits for employees.
Nick Reisman / Capital Tonight:
Bloomberg: Marriage Bill Passes With More Than ‘Bare Majority’  —  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg met privately with Senate Republicans for about 45 minutes today to discuss the same-sex marriage bill and emerged to say at a Q and A that he expects the measure to pass beyond just 32 votes.
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Associated Press:
All eyes on NY as heavy national, local pressure targets key Republicans in gay marriage test
Discussion: Truthdig
Fareed Zakaria / Time:
How Today's Conservatism Lost Touch with Reality  —  “Conservatism is true.”  That's what George Will told me when I interviewed him as an eager student many years ago.  His formulation might have been a touch arrogant, but Will's basic point was intelligent.  Conservatism, he explained, was rooted in reality.
Discussion: The Big Picture and The Daily Dish
 
 
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Henry Payne / National Review:
Cost of Obama's Green-Car Mandate: 260,000 jobs
Aharding / CNN:
Biden: Debt talks make progress but differences remain
Discussion: The Note
Ynetnews:
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Scott Walker Violates Transparency Pledge Again With 3:00 AM Vote
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Andrew Cuomo Faces Strategic Choices In Filling Anthony Weiner's Seat
Agence France Presse:
US vows to hunt down, kill new Al-Qaeda leader
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Norah O'Donnell moves to CBS
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Discussion: ThinkProgress
Washington Examiner:
More regulations: EPA's fantasy solution to unemployment
NBC New York:
Possible Al-Qaida Hit List Targets Specific Americans
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Runnin' Scared
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Mufti of Lebanon: Palestinians are ‘trash’, not welcome
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Bruce Japsen / Chicago Tribune:
AMA to reconsider support of health insurance requirement
 

 
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