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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.
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth braked sharply in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time since June, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy further to shore up the sputtering recovery.
Discussion: GOP 12, Roger L. Simon and Vodkapundit
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed Sharply in May  —  Payrolls Rise by Just 69,000; Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 8.2%  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, the latest indication that the economy has lost momentum.  —  Nonfarm payrolls grew by a 69,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday, the smallest gain in a year.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom  —  The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a dismal showing that reflected mounting evidence of a global slowdown.  The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 in April, largely because more people began looking for work.
Discussion: Power Line, Economix and The Caucus
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.
David Hogberg / Investor's Business Daily:   Core 25-54 Employment Rates Still Near Historic Lows
Peter Morici / Fox News:
What to expect from Friday's jobs report
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
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
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 …
Discussion: Althouse, The Page and FOX6Now.com
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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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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
Discussion: CNN
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
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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Anupama Narayanswamy / Sunlight Foundation …:   Big donors to Democratic super PACs visited White House
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled
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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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
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?
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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 …
Brian Z. Tamanaha / New York Times:
How to Make Law School Affordable  —  THE economics of legal education are broken.  The problem is that the cost of a law degree is now vastly out of proportion to the economic opportunities obtained by the majority of graduates.  The average debt of law graduates tops $100,000 …
 
 
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ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: Disappointing Jobs Report Calls GOP's Austerity Policies Into Question
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressional Spokesman: 'Let's Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators.'
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
ABCNEWS:
President Obama Hosts 6 Fundraisers Friday on Minneapolis, Chicago Visit
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House members slam Obama on closing Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site
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 …
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David Kravets / Wired:
Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying the Law Can't Touch Them
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Asian-Americans, Affirmative Action, and Fisher v. Texas
Bob Ivry / Bloomberg:
Woman Who Couldn'T Be Intimidated By Citigroup Wins $31 Million
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