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9:45 AM ET, June 1, 2012

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Mitt Romney, Fighting Moderate, Wins Over The Right  —  Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy.  “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor.  —  Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.  —  (Getty Images / Justin Sullivan)
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
WHEN ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK, POLITICO DECLARES THE DAY ‘NASTY’  —  Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush of Politico decided that today, of all days, was “2012's nastiest day,” because after being heckled Occupy-style by Obama-organized protesters last week, Romney fought fire with fire today:
CBS News:
Romney gives Obama an “F” across the board
Devin Gordon / GQ:
Five Points About Politico's Hatchet Job On NYT and WaPo
Bill Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’  —  (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …
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CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad  —  (CNN) - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign Friday released a new television commercial that says a Romney presidency would signal “that our country is back on the right track.”  —  The spot, titled “A Better Day,” is the third general election ad put …
Byron Tau / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record ‘sterling’
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2%  —  The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent.  —  As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …
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Associated Press:
US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year  —  US economy added 69,000 jobs in May, fewest in a year; unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.  —  U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Scared Monkeys
Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
Employment In U.S. Increased 69,000 In May  —  American employers in May added the smallest number of workers in a year and the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased as job-seekers re-entered the workforce, further evidence that the labor-market recovery is stalling.
Discussion: Reuters and The Page
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran  —  WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Recall Election Could Foretell November Vote  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. — If this was ever an election just about Wisconsin, it is far more than that now.  —  With more than $30 million raised from conservative donors, many of them from other states, and visits from a who's who of high-profile Republican governors …
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Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall
Washington Examiner:
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and hogewash
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls  —  The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.
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Joseph Williams / Politico:   DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Florida Voter Suppression Law
Discussion: Firedoglake
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
John Edwards acquitted on one count as jury deadlocks on five others and judge declares mistrial  —  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Johnny Reid Edwards, a honey-voiced North Carolina lawyer who parlayed his boyish good looks and inspiring personal history as the son of a mill-worker into a meteoric political rise …
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Washington Post:
John Edwards should not be retried
Discussion: Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and Gawker
James Hill / ABCNEWS:
John Edwards Not Guilty on 1 Count, but Admits Moral Failing; Mistrial on 5 Other Counts
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled  —  WASHINGTON — When former President George W. Bush returned to the White House on Thursday to unveil his official portrait, he brought along his wife, Laura; his parents, George and Barbara; daughters, Jenna and Barbara …
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules
Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
White House Visitor Logs Show Barack Obama Has Spent More Time With George Clooney Than DEA Chief Michele Leonhart
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Brian McGrory / The Boston Globe:
Warren: 'I won't deny who I am'  —  Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year.  She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry.  —  She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Pedophilia, Incest Often ‘Not By Choice,’ But Being Gay Is ‘A Lifestyle Choice’  —  On Thursday morning, Early Start co-anchor Ashleigh Banfield felt compelled to weigh in on a story involving New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor Curtis Knapp, who made headlines for saying …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Producer of Obama Video on Fox News Loses CNN Job Offer  —  The Fox News producer behind a provocative four-minute anti-Obama video that aired Wednesday and caused the network considerable embarrassment has found his career on ice.  —  The producer, Chris White, had been offered a job by CNN before the video was broadcast.
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
U.S. Added 69,000 Jobs in May; Jobless Rate at 8.2%  —  The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a dismal showing that reflected mounting fears of a global slowdown.  The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent in April.
Bob Ivry / Bloomberg:
Woman Who Couldn'T Be Intimidated By Citigroup Wins $31 Million  —  Citigroup Whistle-Blower Wins $31 Mln Settlement  —  Sherry Hunt never expected to be a senior manager at a Wall Street bank.  She was a country girl, raised in rural Michigan by a dad who taught her to fish and a mom who showed her how to find wild mushrooms.
Discussion: Firedoglake
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — May 2012  —  The May Health Tracking Poll focuses on the public's perceptions and reactions to women's reproductive health reemerging as a heated issue in policy debates and news and its potential impact on the upcoming presidential election.
 
 
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Peter Morici / Fox News:
What to expect from Friday's jobs report
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Larry Elliott / Guardian:
Troubled Greece: fears of ‘first domino’ to fall as austerity is counted a failure
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fda.gov:
About FDA  —  Response to Petition from Corn Refiners Association …
David Kravets / Wired:
Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying the Law Can't Touch Them
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Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
Pelosi: Obamacare Will Be Upheld 6-3, ‘Because I Know the Constitution’
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex-selective abortions