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12:45 PM ET, May 31, 2012

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Jim Vandeheiand Mike Allen / Politico:
To GOP, blatant bias in vetting  —  On the front page of its Sunday edition, the New York Times gave a big spread to Ann Romney spending lots of time and tons of money on an exotic genre of horse-riding.  The clear implication: The Romneys are silly rich, move in rarefied and exotic circles, and are perhaps a tad shady.
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC-Marist polls: Obama, Romney deadlocked in three key states  —  President Obama phones Mitt Romney to congratulate him for locking up the GOP nomination.  NBC's Steve Handelsman reports.  —  President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney are deadlocked …
Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Obama, Romney Neck-and-Neck in Swing-State Polls
Marist Poll:
5/31: Obama and Romney Vie for Lead in Colorado
Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN, Politico and Hot Air
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Bloomberg Plans a Ban on Large Sugared Drinks  —  New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.
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NY1.com:
Mayor Bloomberg Seeks Ban On Large Sugary Drinks In City Eateries
Boston Globe:
Warren says she told schools of heritage  —  Acknowledges identifying as Native American after hirings  —  Governor Deval Patrick (right) endorsed Elizabeth Warren's Senate candidacy at a campaign event on Wednesday.  (Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff)  —  Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth …
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Joshua Roberts / ABCNEWS:
Warren Admits Telling Harvard of Cherokee Heritage  —  After weeks of controversy, Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday night that she did indeed tell the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University that she was Native American.
Discussion: Guardian and National Review
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Declare DOMA Unconstitutional  —  A three judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just handed down a decision declaring the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.  Notably, the panel included Judges Juan Torruella and Michael Boudin …
Associated Press:
Appeals Court Rules Against Defense of Marriage Act  —  BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Federal appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.  —  In the ruling, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston …
Discussion: Politico
Denise Lavoie / Associated Press:
DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appeals Court … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Gay Marriage, Video, Defense Of Marriage Act, Defense Of Marriage Act Unconstitutional, Doma, Doma Appeals Court, Doma Unconstitutional, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News  —  BOSTON — An appeals court ruled Thursday …
Discussion: Firedoglake and GayPatriot
David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama team bashes Romney record as governor  —  President Obama's re-election team kicks off its campaign against Mitt Romney's term as governor of Massachusetts today with a new video and anti-Romney testimony from state Democrats.  —  The four-minute film notes that Romney raised state fees …
Discussion: The Reaction
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Dems, Axelrod plan Massachusetts presser to slam Romney
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The PJ Tatler
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama hits Romney's ‘broken promises’ as Mass. governor
Discussion: New York Magazine and GOP 12
Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin Unions See Ranks Drop Ahead of Recall Vote  —  Public-employee unions in Wisconsin have experienced a dramatic drop in membership—by more than half for the second-biggest union—since a law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker sharply curtailed their ability to bargain over wages and working conditions.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2012 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2012 (preliminary estimate)  —  Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …
Allison Hayward / Politico:
Jail for Edwards over Bunny money?  —  As the John Edwards jury deliberates, we should focus not just on his potential incarceration, but on what a guilty verdict could mean for all campaign finance regulation.  —  If Edwards is successfully prosecuted, we may be entering an “Alice in Wonderland” …
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New York Times:
On Edwards Jury's Eighth Day, Alternates Are Sent Home
Discussion: The Page and WHNT-TV
Greg Allen / NPR:
World War II Vet Caught Up In Florida's Voter Purge Controversy  —  Bill Internicola, a 91-year-old veteran of World War II, was one of the voters targeted by Florida as a potential noncitizen.  Internicola was ordered to prove his citizenship or lose the right to vote.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republican's abortion bill risks alienating Asian Americans  —  Republicans long ago lost African American voters.  They are well on their way to losing Latinos.  And if Trent Franks prevails, they may lose Asian Americans, too.  —  The Arizona Republican's latest antiabortion salvo …
TMZ.com:
Puts Church on Lockdown Pastor Gets Death Threats  —  Members of an Indiana church say they've been flooded with death threats since video of a 3-year-old proudly singing, “Ain't no homos gonna make it to heaven” ... was posted on the Internet.  —  Multiple members of the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church …
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Dan Savage / The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper:
O They Will Know We Are Christians...
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers  —  Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to dismissal from the priesthood when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Walmart Ends Financial Support For ALEC  —  The world's largest retailer, Walmart, has become the nineteenth group to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council.  Walmart's departure from the right-wing legislation-crafting group is particularly salient because the big box chain …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Montana bucks the court  —  Montana uses an interesting argument to justify defiance of a Supreme Court decision: Because the state is particularly prone to political corruption, it should be trusted to constrict First Amendment protections of political speech.
David Ariosto / CNN:
Porn actor suspected of dismembering acquaintance still on the loose  —  (CNN) — The search continued Thursday for a gay porn actor suspected of dismembering his acquaintance, posting the video of the incident online and mailing the severed limbs to different locations in Ottawa …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Fox's “Four years of hope and change”; Update: “Not authorized at the senior executive level of the network”  —  Considering the source.  —  I don't disagree with much, if anything, in this video presented earlier today on Fox & Friends.  Neither, I suspect, will many of our readers.
 
 
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Crossroads blasts Sen. McCaskill as ‘Obama-Claire’ for votes with president
Discussion: CNN
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Mega-donors: Quit picking on us
Chris Moody / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich on Super PAC ad war: 'It's going to be a mess'
Discussion: CNN and Yahoo! News
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Lawmakers introduce measure to fight UN regulation of the Net
Associated Press:
Bush is back: Portrait event stirs up odd politics
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Los Angeles Times:
Porn video shot on Coliseum grounds
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Gingrich: Romney's kitchen sink was bigger
 Earlier Items: 
Jake Shermanand John Bresnahan / Politico:
Congress flummoxed by can't-miss bills
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
As College Grads Cluster, Some Cities Are Left Behind
Discussion: The New Republic
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Buddy Roemer quits 2012 race
Discussion: CNN and Indecision Forever
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Anti-abortion groups turn ‘war on women’ charge against Democrats
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette and LifeNews.com
Chip Somodevilla / Rolling Stone:
SEC: Taking on Big Firms is ‘Tempting,’ But We Prefer Whaling on Little Guys
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Republican Foreign Policy Establishment Slow to Embrace Romney