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1:25 AM ET, May 14, 2012

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek Cover: ‘The First Gay President’  —  The May 21, 2012, issue of Newsweek (used with permission of the publisher).  —  “'Let the games begin,” Tina Brown said last week after Time Magazine released its controversial breastfeeding cover.  —  Brown, whose tenure as editor at Newsweek …
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Meghan Keneally / Daily Mail:
‘First Gay President’: Newsweek marks Obama's landmark announcement with controversial cover  —  In a gutsy move, Newsweek has released the cover of their next issue, on the cover of which they depict President Obama with a rainbow halo and the title of ‘The First Gay President’.
Discussion: Philly.com
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Ron Paul supporters boo Romney's son off stage  —  Supporters of Ron Paul booed the son of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney off the stage Saturday at the Arizona Republican Party convention as he sought to solidify support for his father's nomination.
New York Post:
The ‘bribe’ to silence Wright  —  When sermons of Obama's Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced during the Iowa primaries, it threatened to derail Obama's campaign.  ABC aired one where Wright screamed, “Goddamn America!”  Edward Klein interviewed Wright, who told him Obama's team tried to buy his silence.
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Edward Klein / New York Post:
Jealous Michelle vs. Oprah  —  In his new book, “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House,” journalist Edward Klein reveals how even former friends and political allies of the president have become frustrated with his remoteness and bungling of crises.  Klein, former editor …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo and Althouse
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Jeremiah Wright claims Obama ally offered $150,000 bribe in 2008 to shut up
Paul Krugman:
Eurodämmerung  —  Some of us have been talking it over, and here's what we think the end game looks like:  —  1. Greek euro exit, very possibly next month.  —  2. Huge withdrawals from Spanish and Italian banks, as depositors try to move their money to Germany.  —  3a.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Calculated Risk
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
John Edwards and the “reality-based” community  —  I have tried to avert my eyes from the John Edwards trial, but this snippet from a report of that event in the Washington Post caught my eye.  It seems that Edwards' own attorney told the trial judge this week: “No one is going to deny that Mr. Edwards lied and lied and lied and lied.”
CBS News:
Warren: JPMorgan CEO should resign from NY Fed  —  (CBS/AP) Democratic U.S. Sen. hopeful Elizabeth Warren is calling on the CEO of JPMorgan to resign from the Board of Directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank after the largest bank in the U.S. claimed a surprise $2 billion loss by one of its trading groups.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
JPMorgan chief: $2B loss gives regulators new ammunition
Discussion: Politico and ABCNEWS
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Dimon On Whether JP Morgan's $2 Billion Loss Proves Banks Are Still Too Risky: 'I Don't Think So'
NY1.com:
Obama To Deliver Barnard Commencement Address … After the presidential campaign has been focusing on female reproductive rights and other women's issues, President Barack Obama is coming to the city Monday to deliver the commencement address at all-female Barnard College and attend two high-profile fundraisers.
CNN:
Priebus: Same-sex marriage isn't a civil rights issue  —  Washington (CNN) - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said the Republican Party stands by dignity and respect for gay Americans, but that those sentiments do not change his opposition to same-sex marriage.
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
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Juana Summers / Politico:
RNC chairman: Gays deserve ‘dignity and respect,’ but not marriage
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone  —  PORING through Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel's new book, “What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,” I found myself over and over again turning pages and saying, “I had no idea.”  —  I had no idea that in the year 2000, as Sandel notes …
Discussion: Economist's View and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Greek Coalition Talks Near Collapse, Threatening Debt Deal  —  ATHENS — Talks to form a new Greek government appeared near collapse on Sunday after the leader of a left-wing party that favors rejecting Greece's loan agreement with foreign creditors again refused to join a unity coalition, making new elections almost a given.
 
 
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Telegraph:
Al-Nusra Front jihadists claim Damascus suicide bombs
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Elizabeth Day / Guardian:
Lagging at school, the butt of cruel jokes: are males the new Second Sex?
Discussion: US Politics
Dylan Stableford / ABCNEWS:
Secret Service sex scandal: Congressional hearing set for May 23
Discussion: Reuters
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Even Tony Perkins Thinks Rand Paul's Anti-Gay Joke Was Unacceptable
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama 2012 Takes Multiple Pages From GOP Playbook
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Thune cautions against more bank regulations after JP Morgan losses
Discussion: CNN and Hullabaloo
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Sen. Feinstein: Leak in new underwear bomb case must be prosecuted
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Traister / Washington Post:
How the ‘war on women’ quashed feminist stereotypes
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
The Human Disaster of Unemployment
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
TIME TO PANIC?: ROMNEY TAKES EIGHT POINT LEAD OVER OBAMA
rt.com:
War not necessary to ‘destroy’ Israel - Ahmadinejad
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Degrees of Debt: Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt