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4:00 PM ET, June 4, 2014

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Ralph Peters / National Review:
Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Bergdahl Backlash  —  Congratulations, Mr. President!  And identical congrats to your sorcerer's apprentice, National Security Adviser Susan Rice.  By trying to sell him as an American hero, you've turned a deserter already despised by soldiers …
Discussion: VodkaPundit and Booman Tribune
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New York Times:
Can Bowe Bergdahl Be Tied to 6 Lost Lives?  Facts Are Murky  —  WASHINGTON — Did the search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl cost the lives of American soldiers?  —  Since last weekend's prisoner exchange in which Afghan insurgents turned over Sergeant Bergdahl after five years of captivity …
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Exclusive: The Story You Haven't Yet Heard About Bowe Bergdahl's Desertion  —  1.3K  —  SHARES  —  Five years ago, I publicly raised questions about Bowe Bergdahl's desertion from Blackfoot Company, 1-501 Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Was Exchanged for Detainees at Guantánamo
Discussion: Gawker, TalkLeft and Washington Post
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Was Skeptical of Taliban-Bergdahl Swap
Wall Street Journal:
Secret Videos Prompted Bowe Bergdahl Taliban Prisoner Swap
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What if Team Obama had just told the truth about Bowe Bergdahl?
NY Daily News:
Surrender without honor  —  Obama swap with Taliban endangers the country  —  President Obama betrayed the highest obligation of his office — safeguarding national security — in trading five hard-core Taliban for the American serviceman who appears to have deserted in Afghanistan.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham warns of Republican impeachment push over Gitmo  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned Wednesday that Republican lawmakers would call for President Obama's impeachment if he released more prisoners from Guantanamo Bay without congressional approval.  —  Republicans worry Obama may try …
Discussion: CNN and PoliticusUSA
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Dem Leader Assails GOP Over Soldier Swap
Discussion: Politico
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Don't Harsh Our Mellow, Dude  —  The caramel-chocolate flavored candy bar looked so innocent, like the Sky Bars I used to love as a child.  —  Sitting in my hotel room in Denver, I nibbled off the end and then, when nothing happened, nibbled some more.  I figured if I was reporting …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Maureen Dowd went to Colorado, ate some marijuana candy, and had an 8-hour freakout.  —  I'm surprised she's willing to write openly about violating federal criminal law.  On-the-books felony laws would be enough to silence me, but I would also think that a person who at least poses as smart …
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
THIS IS SO DANGEROUS!!!  What is WRONG WITH THE SECRET SERVICE???!!???  If Polish tabloids can get these pics (and video) with a camera lens, is there anyone who doesn't think the President is vulnerable to someone armed?  —  As you know, President Obama is traveling in Europe.
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Danika Fears / New York Post:
Obama snapped pumping iron at hotel gym  —  Even the president pumps iron at the hotel gym.  —  A fellow gym user snapped a few covert shots and video of President Obama lifting weights at a 5-star hotel in Warsaw, Poland — evidently without being seen by the president's security team — then posted them on his Facebook page.
Adam Auriemma / Wall Street Journal:
Solved: People Magazine's Hillary Clinton Cover Mystery  —  Attention Twitter: We can confirm that's not a walker.  —  Hillary Clinton's appearance on the cover of the People magazine raised some eyebrows Wednesday—and not for her comments on a potential run in 2016 or about Monica Lewinsky.
Discussion: Mashable and Mediaite
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother - and Possible Presidential Run  —  Grandma in Chief?  —  Becoming a grandmother in the fall could influence Hillary Clinton's decision-making - and not just which carseat to buy (though there's that, too).
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Mississippi Republicans Can't Make Up Their Mind  —  Neither Senator Thad Cochran nor Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel seemed to have won an outright majority, meaning the race will go to a runoff in late June.  —  HATTIESBURG, Miss.—Given the choice between an out-of-touch incumbent …
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CNN:
Top takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Adam Weymouth / The Atlantic Online:
Thad Cochran, the Last of the Naive Republicans
John Hult / Argus Leader:
Annette Bosworth arrested on perjury and election fraud charges  —  Former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth has turned herself into the Minnehaha County Jail following the issuance of a warrant for her arrest.  —  Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the warrant for Bosworth this morning.
Kim Brooks / Salon:
The day I left my son in the car  —  I had no idea it would consume the next years of my life  —  The day it happened was no different from most; I was worried, and I was running late.  I was worried because in a few hours' time I was going to be enduring a two-and-a-half hour flight with my kids, ages 1 and 4.
Discussion: susiemadrak.com and Unfogged
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Next up: In what's expected to be a highly competitive and expensive race, Ernst will square off in the November election with the unopposed Democratic nominee, Bruce Braley, a congressman and trial lawyer from Waterloo.  It will be Iowa's first U.S. Senate race without an incumbent in 40 years.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Iowa primary sets up top Senate battle
 
 
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Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Zany NRA Video Attacks Media For Labeling Shootings as “Shootings”
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe. My. God.
Paul Krugman / American Prospect:
The Rich, the Right, and the Facts: Deconstructing the Inequality Debate
Discussion: susiemadrak.com
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Left and Masculinity  —  My last post tried to pin …
CNN:
U.S. official: ‘Dangerous’ Russian jet fly-by was ‘straight out of a movie’
Discussion: Mashable
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Democrats embrace Medicaid expansion on trail
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jon Clifton / Gallup:
Happiness in Short Supply in Iran
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Warren nabs $525,000 book advance
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Sunnivie Brydum / Advocate:
LGBT Republican Group GOProud Going Out of Business
Ted Johnson / Variety:
John Oliver Crashes FCC Comments System After Net Neutrality Segment