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4:00 PM ET, June 5, 2012

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Robin Bravender / Politico:
Wisconsin recall: Democrats prepare for recall recount  —  Brace yourself: Wisconsin Democrats say they are preparing for the event that the hotly contested recall race could drag on for weeks, or even longer.  —  Floating the prospect of a recount is, of course, a message that bolsters …
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Josh Eidelson / Salon:
Nasty robo-calls in Wisconsin?  —  Some voters say they've received calls telling them they don't need to vote if they signed the recall petition  —  With both sides counting on dramatic turnout, Tom Barrett's campaign is charging Scott Walker supporters with dirty tricks.
WisPolitics Election Blog:
Dems cry foul early into Election Day; Sen. Taylor demands investigation  —  With only about four hours into the Election Day voting, members of the Milwaukee Democratic Party claim that calls are going out to voters telling them if they'd signed the recall, they didn't need to vote today.
BuzzFeed:   Wisconsin Democrats Claim Dirty Tricks On Nasty Election Day
Michelle Malkin:
Decision day in Wisconsin: Democratic fleebaggers prepare for the worst; Updated
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
NOTABLES:  — TOTAL RECALL: Today, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
Reuters:
Fear factors: What worries Romney backers  —  Mitt Romney has done the unthinkable: silenced the legions of conservatives who saw him as too starched, too ideologically wobbly and too Richie Rich to win a few months ago.  —  Now comes the hard part: getting those same conservatives …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Government Down $16 Billion on GM Bailout
Discussion: The Hope For America
David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Romney vows quick U.S. exit from GM
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
The Boston Globe:
Romney's solar slam at Obama backfires  —  A Lowell-based solar technology company that received $1.5 million in state loans when Mitt Romney was governor has filed for bankruptcy, opening the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to charges of hypocrisy.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Edward Morrissey / The Week:
Obama's awkward embrace of the devil... who wears Prada
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Post:
Team O turns tone-deaf
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton: Romney adopted 'Europe's economic policies'
Discussion: msnbc.com, NewsBusters.org and The Hill
CBO's Publications:
The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook  —  Over the past few years, the federal government has been recording budget deficits that are the largest as a share of the economy since 1945.  Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public has surged.  By the end of this year …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dire CBO report projects US debt will be double GDP by 2037
Discussion: GayPatriot
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
CBO: Massive rise in U.S. debt crashes our economic forecasting model in 2035
Discussion: protein wisdom
BuzzFeed:
Obama Emails For Barrett Obama uses campaign list to encourage supporters to support Barrett in Wisconsin recall election.  —  President Barack Obama followed up his tweet in support of Mayor Tom Barrett's efforts to unseat Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker today with a blast email …
Discussion: Hot Air, Ed Driscoll and ABCNEWS
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Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
How Romney Pushed State Health Bill  —  Emails Show Governor Defending Insurance Mandate for Massachusetts Residents  —  When Mitt Romney left office as Massachusetts governor, his aides removed all emails from a server computer in the governor's office, and purchased and carted off hard drives …
Amanda Covarrubias / L.A. NOW:
Proposition 8 ruling opens door to Supreme Court test  —  A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected an appeal of February's ruling that overturned Proposition 8, a move that is likely to send the debate over same-sex marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  The decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court …
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
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Erin McLaughlin / ABCNEWS:
Police Stop, Handcuff Every Adult at Intersection in Search for Bank Robber  —  Police in Aurora, Colo., searching for suspected bank robbers stopped every car at an intersection, handcuffed all the adults and searched the cars, one of which they believed was carrying the suspect.
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Thomas Hendrick / TheDenverChannel.com:   Police Stop Dozens Of Drivers Looking For Robbery Suspect
Roger Simon / Politico:
Bill Clinton is out of control  —  Bill Clinton has to be the smartest guy in the room even when he's not in the room.  —  Clinton is not on Barack Obama's campaign staff, is not a trusted adviser, does not set Obama's strategy.  —  But Bill Clinton is pretty good at sabotaging Obama's strategy.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Paycheck Fairness Act is defeated in Senate  —  Democratic legislation meant to fight gender discrimination in the workplace failed in the Democrat-controlled Senate Tuesday on a procedural vote.  —  In a 52 to 47 tally the Senate defeated the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and The Raw Story
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Ali Akbar Says, ‘World War Three’  —  Ali Akbar with Tea Party candidate Doug Hoffman, October 2009  —  Monday afternoon I was off the grid when Ali Akbar called to tell me that “Breitbart Unmasked” had published a photo and the address of his mother's home in Texas in a viciously mendacious attack on the National Bloggers Club.
Michael D. Lemonick / Time:
NASA Gets Two New Hubble Telescopes — Absolutely Free  —  It hardly bears mentioning that the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most extraordinarily successful scientific instruments of all time.  Since 1993, when the telescope's flawed mirror was set right by a set …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek hires Atlantic's Megan McArdle  —  Megan McArdle, the Atlantic's libertarian economics blogger, is joining Newsweek & The Daily Beast, POLITICO has learned.  —  McArdle, who is currently on book leave, has blogged about business and economics for the Atlantic since 2007.
Discussion: TBogg
Politico:
Inhofe goes after another EPA official - House picks up energy and water bill, with amendments - California, New Mexico primary races to watch - RGGI says emissions fell  —  With help from Talia Buford, Andrew Restuccia, Darius Dixon and Darren Goode  —  INHOFE GOES AFTER ANOTHER EPA OFFICIAL …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Campaign 2012
Chris Taylor / Mashable!:
Romney Campaign Makes Third Spelling Gaffe in a Week: It's ‘Offical’  —  If you were running a major presidential campaign that just got slammed for misspelling America as “Amercia,” you might ask your staff to go through your campaign literature with a fine-tooth comb.
 
 
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Erin McKean / Opinionator:
Using Undictionaried Words
Discussion: The Stranger …
Wall Street Journal:
CIA Prepares Iraq Pullback
Christine Clarridge / Seattle Times:
Peninsula man suspected of killing 2 sex offenders
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's Blog
David Román / Wall Street Journal:
Spain Warns Market Access Being Shut
Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
Rich Nontaxpayers  —  Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles …
Discussion: The New Republic
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Turning Our Backs on Unions
Steven E. Greer / Wall Street Journal:
Inside ObamaCare's Grant-Making
Discussion: Hit & Run and Ezra Klein
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Robert J. Barro / Wall Street Journal:
Robert Barro: Why This Slow Recovery Is Like No Recovery
Discussion: Cato @ Liberty and Betsy's Page
The Boston Globe:
Science out of context  —  BP's demand for e-mail will erode …
Commentary Magazine:
Please Excuse My President
New York Post:
Boastful babbling a gift to our foes
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Therapy Survivor Calls Out Ex-Gay Advocate's Bullying On Dr. Drew
Discussion: Advocate and Good As You