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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign governments that the administration intends to support an effort next week at the United Nations to set …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
White House denies Kristol flotilla investigation claim  —  The White House is sharply denying a claim by Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol that “the administration intends to support an effort next week at the United Nations to set up an independent commission, under UN auspices …
Joshua Lott / Newsweek:
Saint Sarah  —  To white evangelical women, Sarah Palin is a modern-day prophet, preaching God, flag, and family—while remaking the religious right in her own image.  —  Sarah Palin's pro-woman rallying cry is poised to transform the Christian right into a women's movement.
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Michael Hogan / Vanity Fair:
“Sarastopheles,” “Sarah Pagan,” and Other Discarded Newsweek Covers  —  If Newsweek is going to command a decent price, now that it's on the block, its editors are going to have to follow Norman Pearlstine's sage advice and publish stories that get people talking.  The easiest way to do that?
Discussion: Mediaite and American Power
David Catanese / The Politico:
Experts review S.C. Senate ballots  —  The campaign of defeated Democratic Senate candidate Vic Rawl has assembled a team of national academic experts to review Tuesday's perplexing South Carolina primary results that propelled a virtually unknown, underfunded and unemployed candidate …
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Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
THE HEARTBREAKING TRUCE  —  I received an astonishing email today from a concerned friend who has been very influential in the fight to end the scourge of abortion.  —  Apparently, a 2012 Republican presidential prospect in an interview with a reporter has made the suggestion that the next President …
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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Exposure lifts 3 GOP presidential prospects: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich  —  Meet Iowa's most popular 2012 GOP presidential prospects: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich.  —  Others though, aren't as popular.  —  That means if Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Prune and Grow  —  Sixteen months ago, Congress passed a stimulus package that will end up costing each average taxpayer $7,798.  Economists were divided then about whether this spending was worth it, and they are just as divided now.  —  The president's economists ran the numbers through …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
One of my favorite David Brooks columns
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Michael A. Cohen / The New Republic:
All Silent on the Lefty Front  —  Why haven't progressives mounted more of a challenge to the war in Afghanistan?  —  Earlier this month, the Pentagon released a 151-page report outlining the increasingly grim situation in Afghanistan.  The paper highlighted the Afghan government …
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Abu Muqawama:
The Left and Afghanistan (Updated)
Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:   The Left and the Afghan War.
The Huffington Post:
Republicans Jubilant About Gulf Coast Coverage  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Republican communication strategists in Washington and Louisiana are thrilled at the press coverage of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to e-mails from GOP officials accidentally sent to the Huffington Post.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Right Now and Truthdig
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pelosi: We'll stop blaming Bush when problems go away  —  Democrats will keep blaming George W. Bush until the problems from his administration end, according to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  —  In an interview with MSNBC, Pelosi said congressional Democrats feel justified in blaming the Bush administration …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Pelosi demands BP end dividends
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
Paul Krugman:
Dealing With Chermany  —  So here's where we are: China has done nothing to change its policy of massive currency manipulation, and its exports are surging.  Meanwhile, Europe is going wild for fiscal austerity.  Angela Merkel says that budget cuts will make Germany more competitive — but competitive against whom, exactly?
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Reuters:
Chinese exports leap, put yuan back under microscope
Discussion: Pension Pulse
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Admiral Allen on Maine Boom, Tony Hayward, and How the Official Response Would Not Have Been Different If They'd Known the True Flow Rate  —  We sat down with the national incident commander for the BP oil spill, US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, this morning to talk about the latest.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Allen: Uh, no one told me about Maine boom company
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
A Brief, Possibly Drug-Induced Peruvian-Chasidic Interlude  —  Charles Mann forwarded me this video, along with a post by Alma Guillermoprieto that attempts to explain the video, nearly successfully.  I don't know what to make of much anymore, especially this, though I will say it is pleasing …
St. Petersburg Times:
Gov. Charlie Crist vetoes abortion bill  —  TALLAHASSEE — As he positions himself to the center in the U.S. Senate race, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed a measure requiring most women to pay for an ultrasound and hear a description of the fetus before they can have an abortion.
Scott Mayerowitz / ABCNEWS:
At Least 20 Campers Killed in Arkansas Flash Flood  —  Campers at the Remote Albert Pike Campground Were Swept Away By Rising Rivers; 3 Dozen Still Missing  —  At least 20 people in a remote part of Arkansas were killed early Friday morning after flash floods swept through their campsites following …
Nathaniel Popper / Los Angeles Times:
Millionaires make a comeback  —  Although hit hard during the Great Recession, the wealthy rebounded in 2009, data show.  —  Reporting from New York — Unemployment remains at near-record levels, and most Americans are struggling to rebuild their battered finances.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
S.C. Rep. Knotts asked to resign  —  The Lexington County Republican Party on Thursday night asked GOP state Sen. Jake Knotts to resign for calling gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley a “raghead.”  —  The county party said the comments brought “shame” and “disgrace” to both Knotts and the state …
Discussion: Gawker and TPMMuckraker
Little Green Footballs:
Photos: Turkish Journalist Who Took Cropped Pictures Hanging Out with Terrorists  —  Turkish journalist Adem Ozkose was aboard the Mavi Marmara when it was boarded by the IDF, and he is the person credited with the photos that were misleadingly cropped by someone unknown.
Ben Herzon / Macroadvisers:
The Chances of a “Double-Dip” are Essentially Nil  —  The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research has yet to call an official end to the recession that began in December of 2007, but most forecasters (and at least one outspoken member of the Committee …
Adam Klawonn / Yahoo! News:
Arizona's Next Immigration Target: Children of Illegals  —  “Anchor babies” isn't a very endearing term, but in Arizona those are the words being used to tag children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.  While not new, the term is increasingly part of the local vernacular because the primary authors …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Hispanic Voters' Preferences Unchanged Post-Arizona Law  —  Two-to-one preference for Democrat is nearly identical to intentions before passage  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Hispanic voters nationwide haven't shifted their congressional voting preferences since the signing of Arizona's new immigration law on April 23.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and 24Ahead
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Dems up on generic ballot  —  For the first time since December PPP finds Democrats leading on the generic Congressional ballot, albeit by the insignificant margin of 43-41.  —  The biggest reason for the shift is that the party is becoming more unified.  Democratic voters are planning …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
An Early Campaign Gaffe Makes a Non-Issue Big  —  You can parse a voting record.  Flip-flops — political ones — are fair game.  But don't talk about a woman's hair.  —  In one of those classic campaign gaffes, Carly Fiorina, the Republican nominee for the Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer …
 
 
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Steven Pinker / New York Times:
Mind Over Mass Media
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Front Page Magazine:
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Boehner's Tax Madness
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Major RNC donors defect to NRSC
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J. Taylor Rushing / Ballot Box:
Sen. Bennet: I knew White House urged Romanoff not to run
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Dem Rep ends up with egg on his face in Bernanke hearing
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kagan Took Broad View of Religious Freedom
Discussion: CNN and The Volokh Conspiracy
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Panel commissioned by Barney Frank recommends nearly $1T in defense cuts
Discussion: Emptywheel and Sweetness & Light
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Administration Hardens Stance Against Leaks to Press
Discussion: Raw Story and Romenesko
Rdan / Angry Bear:
We learn why they hate social security
Discussion: naked capitalism and The Agonist
Wall Street Journal:
‘We Are Totally Unprepared’
Discussion: alicublog
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Roger Simon makes his return
Discussion: NPR Topics and The Awl