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2:45 PM ET, June 3, 2013

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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
US Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89  —  Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jersey's longest-serving U.S.senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said.  —  The oldest member of the Senate …
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Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Frank R. Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89  —  Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak as a five-term United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan.  He was 89.  —  The cause was complications of viral pneumonia, his office said.
Yahoo! News:
Sen. Lautenberg dies, Christie expected to name successor  —  Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died overnight of complications from viral pneumonia, his office said Monday.  —  At 89, Lautenberg was the oldest senator—and the last World War II veteran serving in that legislative body.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89; Christie to appoint replacement
Discussion: Politico, Yahoo! News and ViralRead
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Frank Lautenberg's Senate Seat To Be Filled By Special Election This Year
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg dead at 89
Discussion: American Spectator
Politico:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Senator Frank Lautenberg Dies
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:   Remembering Frank Lautenberg's Progressive Legacy
Associated Press:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg Dead At 89
Tal Kopan / Politico:
David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’  —  Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney.  —  “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
IRS controversy turns personal, nasty  —  (CNN) - An unusually harsh and personal war of words erupted on Sunday, even for the current hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, DC, with one of President Obama's top advisers bringing up the 40-year-old criminal record of the Republican congressman leading …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Report: How GOP lost young voters  —  A new postmortem on the November elections from the nation's leading voice for college Republicans offers a searing indictment of the GOP “brand” and the major challenges the party faces in wooing young voters, according to a copy given exclusively to POLITICO.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Report Warns Of Party's Apocalypse With Young Voters  —  The Republican Party's troubles with young voters are well known.  But a new internal report virtually elevates the threat level to apocalyptic, declaring that the GOP needs a “fundamental re-thinking” of its approach in order to remain viable with the younger generation.
Discussion: The Maddow Blog and The Raw Story
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Surprise Manufacturing Downturn Holds Back U.S. Growth: Economy  —  Manufacturing (NAPMPMI) in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in May at the fastest pace in four years, showing slowdowns in business and government spending are holding back the world's largest economy.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:   Manufacturing Drops-Unexpectedly!
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Scandalpalooza  —  Is Team O trying to tire us out?  —  The Obama Scandalpalooza continues.  It's gotten so bad that some pundits have even suggested that they're bringing everything out at once to induce “scandal fatigue” and make it all fade away.  Well, maybe — there's certainly a lot:
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News  —  At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents.  —  It's not all altruism.
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of the Obama Presidency  —  His second term is coming undone not because of scandal but because of decisions made in the previous four years.  —  John Dos Passos, the novelist and historian, once said: “Often things you think are just beginning are coming to an end.”
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Weekly Standard
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The friends of Richard Windsor
NY Daily News:
Mayhem in the city: 25 people shot in 48 hours  —  Three killed Sunday after three were killed Saturday.  One of the wounded includes an 11-year-old girl who will never walk again.  —  Cops check the scene of a deadly gun battle at Bedford Ave. and Lenox Road in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rejiggers Obamacare Bill After Conservative Revolt  —  House Republican leaders have refashioned legislation aimed at improving the party's credibility on the issue of preexisting conditions after conservatives scuttled it in April.  —  And they're planning to vote on it this month.
Politico:
Immigration reform deal hangs on border security  —  The Gang of Eight's hopes for a Senate supermajority is running into the GOP's push for a dramatic crackdown on border security — testing the limits of the bipartisan coalition that's propelling the bill through Congress.
Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
Al Sharpton's Long Bill of Goods, From Tawana Brawley to Primetime  —  As a ‘Times’ documentary revives one of the many ugly incidents from the reverend's past, it's time NBC accounted for its decision to rehabilitate and promote him, writes Stuart Stevens.  —  The Tawana Brawley case …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Meltdown At America's Most Conservative, Most Christian Political Consulting Firm  —  Rex Elsass build a Republican empire on his faith.  But he found himself battling his closest allies over his immortal soul.  —  DELAWARE, Ohio — About 30 miles north of Columbus …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Biden cancels annual summer beach party  —  Vice President Joe Biden will not be throwing his annual beach party for journalists this summer, POLITICO has learned.  —  Since 2010, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden have invited top journalists to their home at the Naval Observatory …
Discussion: ViralRead and The PJ Tatler
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
SHOCKER: Jay Penske Fires Nikki Finke From Deadline Hollywood, Sources Say (2nd UPDATE)  —  The combative blogger has clashed repeatedly with her boss, who apparently has had enough  —  Nikki Finke has been fired from the blog she founded, Deadline Hollywood, and will be leaving the company …
WV MetroNews:
Preservati out of Senate race  —  Charleston, W.Va. — Charleston attorney Nick Preservati has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate.  —  Sources tell MetroNews the Democrat came close to announcing he was getting into the race for the seat being vacated by the retiring Sen. Jay Rockefeller, but decided against it for family reasons.
Discussion: Ballot Box, Roll Call and Post Politics
 
 
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
A Publication's Spirit, Captured
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
On the Brink of a Feud With Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly Backed Down
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Jack McCain gets married
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U.S. Fails to Join Allies in Signing UN Weapons Treaty
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
Al-Qaeda sets up complaints department
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Suspect in British soldier murder blows kisses in dock
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Oliver Wright / The Independent:
‘Constitutional crisis’ if Lords reject gay marriage, senior peer warns
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
Donald Trump Eyes 2016
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