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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.
ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: Disappointing Jobs Report Calls GOP's Austerity Policies Into Question  — The U.S. economy added just 69,000 jobs in May, far below economists' expectations.  The report suggests that the GOP's deep spending cuts and other austerity measures have undermined growth.
David Hogberg / Investor's Business Daily:   Core 25-54 Employment Rates Still Near Historic Lows
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed Sharply in May
Discussion: Gothamist and White House Dossier
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed
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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BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama  —  Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump.  “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor.  —  Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.
CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad
CNN:
Game on: Romney sends hecklers to Obama event
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hope For America
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 …
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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CNN:
Florida defends voter roll ‘purge’ after protest from DOJ
Discussion: Colorlines
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups
Joseph Williams / Politico:   DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens
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 …
Discussion: Guardian, Althouse, The Page and FOX6Now.com
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules  —  Obama Needs More Time to Redo Health Care  —  President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence …
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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
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressional Spokesman: 'Let's Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators.'  —  How do you deal with female political opponents?  If you're the spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth's (R-NY) re-election campaign, you might “hurl some acid” at them.  —  Jay Townsend, a longtime GOP …
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Melissa Jeltsen / The Huffington Post:
Jay Townsend, GOP Spokesman: 'Let's Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators'
Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:
DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero  —  One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out.  —  The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.”  —  Alan Scott - formerly …
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Darren Franich / PopWatch:
DC reveals gay superhero: James Robinson discusses the new (old) Green Lantern
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and BuzzFeed
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Tensions Inside John Edwards Jury Room  —  In nine long days of deliberations, tension occasionally escalated in a North Carolina jury room as eight men and four women debated the guilt of John Edwards, who was on trial for allegedly using money from wealthy donors to cover up an affair and love child.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Justice for John Edwards
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Holder's Racial Incitement  —  When looking for the Attorney General's motives, think lower.  —  The United States of America has a black President whose chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric Holder, is also black.  They have a lot of political power.  So how are they using it?
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe  —  President Obama has penned a letter of apology expressing “regret” over using the phrase “Polish death camps” in a ceremony earlier this week, which has drawn heavy criticism from Polish officials.
ABCNEWS:
President Obama Hosts 6 Fundraisers Friday on Minneapolis, Chicago Visit  —  President Obama will jump-start what looks to be a major June fundraising push with six money events today in Minneapolis and Chicago - the most fundraisers he's held in a single day since launching his bid for a second term.
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Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obama to Hold Six Fundraisers in One Day
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The Nonfarm Payrolls Report of Doom … - Republican Fears of Voter Fraud Are Based on Nightmares, Tall Tales, and Paranoia - The New Snow White: 14 Percent More Dwarfs, 100 Percent Less Charm Than the Original - DC Comics' Watchmen Prequels Are a Crime Against Its Creator …
WHBF-TV:
Controversial family book in Erie schools  —  A book aimed at preventing bullying at Erie Elementary is creating a lot of controversy.  —  Some parents are all riled up about what it's telling kids is acceptable.  —  Parents in Erie, Illinois said “The Family Book” has got to go.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
 
 
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
ECB chief calls euro zone ‘unsustainable,’ criticizes Spanish bank response
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Associated Press:
Label of Gay Is No Longer Defamatory, Court Rules
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