Monday, June 6, 2011

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Weiner admits he sent lewd picture; won't quit (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:26 PM PDT

U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-NY, wipes his eye during a news conference in New York, Monday, June 6, 2011. After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to 'inappropriate' exchanges with six women before and after getting married. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - After days of denials, a choked-up Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a photo of his bulging underpants to a young woman, and he also admitted to "inappropriate" exchanges with six women before and after he got married. He apologized for lying but said he would not resign.

'No new taxes' policy defines today's Republican Party (Washington Post)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:01 PM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington, June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly RileyWashington Post - The Republican Party once had a home for the thinking of Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo and Saxby Chambliss. But that party is long gone.

He's back: Santorum runs as reliable conservative (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 04:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 31, 2011, file photo former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, shakes hands with New Hampshire state Rep. Thomas Howard before touring Rugar Firearms in Newport, N.H. Santorum is set to formally announce on Monday, June 6, 2011, he is seeking the Republican party's presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Two decades ago, Rick Santorum took the House by storm as a freshman rabble-rouser who gave the complacent Republican leadership fits.

Sarah Palin's Movie Makeover in The Undefeated (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:14 PM PDT

The Daily Beast - A forgotten Sarah Palin who worked with Democrats to pass landmark legislation emerges in the new documentary The Undefeated. Shushannah Walshe gets an early look and talks to director Stephen K. Bannon.

Palin: I didn't `mess up' Paul Revere history (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2011, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding a booklet depicting Paul Revere, speaks briefly with the media as she tours Boston's North End neighborhood. On Fox News Sunday Palin insisted Sunday, June 5, 2011 in Washington that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous Massachusetts ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists. At right is Palin's daughter Piper. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Sarah Palin insisted Sunday that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists.

AP Sources: Edwards emails acknowledge payments (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2011 file photo, former presidential candidate John Edwards outside federal court appearance in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prosecutors have obtained emails between John Edwards and a former aide to use as evidence at trial that he knew about payments to his pregnant mistress even while he was publicly denying it, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - Prosecutors have obtained emails between John Edwards and a former aide to use as evidence at trial that he knew about payments to his pregnant mistress even while he was publicly denying it, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Monday.

Gates continues Afghan farewell tour (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:28 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, talks with a U.S. Marine at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Dwyer, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Gates is beginning two days of farewell visits to remote U.S. troop bases in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, pool)AP - Just days from retirement, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was bidding a final farewell on Monday to front-line U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Pelosi calls for Weiner ethics inquiry (Politico)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Politico - She wants to determine if House rules were violated.

Rollins hops on Bachmann bandwagon (Politico)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Politico - Ed Rollins becomes the latest Republican strategist to join up with Michele Bachmann.

Democrats call for ethics probe of Weiner scandal (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:19 PM PDT

A teary U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., addresses a news conference in New York, Monday, June 6, 2011. After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to 'inappropriate' exchanges with six women before and after getting married. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Top congressional Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation — and the truth — about whether scandalized New York Rep. Anthony Weiner broke any rules or used government resources to send lewd pictures over the Internet.

WH: US troop cuts in Afghanistan will be 'real' (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is seen through camouflage netting as he greets US. Army soldiers at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan, Monday, June 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama will order a "real drawdown" of U.S. forces from Afghanistan starting in July, the White House insisted Monday, a milestone in a long war that is testing the patience of the American people and Congress particularly after the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Ukraine professors defend Palestinian engineer (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 31, 2011 file photo, Palestinian engineer Dirar Abu Sisi speaks with journalists in a court room in Petah Tikva, central Israel. Israel claims a Palestinian engineer captured in Ukraine built missiles for the militant group Hamas and established a military academy in Gaza to train its fighters. His Ukrainian professors, though, told the Associated Press that they trained him only in civilian electricity generation, not in weapons systems as the Israeli indictment states. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)AP - Former professors of a Palestinian engineer captured in Ukraine and sent to Israel to face charges he built missiles for the militant group Hamas refute allegations in his indictment that he was taught weapons systems.

Senate confirms Obama lawyer as solicitor general (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 03:19 PM PDT

AP - The Senate has confirmed White House lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr. to succeed Justice Elena Kagan as U.S. solicitor general.

Obama must tell Saudi Arabia to keep Yemen's Saleh (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Each new tempest of the Arab Spring has tested America’s ties with the world’s largest oil supplier, Saudi Arabia. Now with Yemen, a Saudi neighbor on the Arabian Peninsula, poised to possibly become the next Arab country liberated from autocracy, it may be time for President Obama to rethink the US relationship with the Saudi monarchy â€" one too long based merely on mutual self-interests.

Club for Growth calls Santorum’s record strong at times, but says sometimes politics trump principle (Daily Caller)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Daily Caller - The conservative Club for Growth issued a mixed review of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, applauding his record on taxes, but questioning whether politics would ultimately trump principle in his decision-making.

Sen Jim DeMint sends FOIA requests to NLRB (Daily Caller)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Republican Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina requested documents from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Monday, in connection with the ongoing lawsuit over Boeing moving a production plant to Charleston, S.C.

Palin's Paul Revere comments draw interest online (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2011, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holding a booklet depicting Paul Revere, speaks briefly with the media as she tours Boston's North End neighborhood. On Fox News Sunday Palin insisted Sunday, June 5, 2011 in Washington that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous Massachusetts ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists. At right is Palin's daughter Piper. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Sarah Palin's version of Paul Revere's ride has triggered a tug of war over the Wikipedia entry on that historic event that left the page shielded against further changes.

A Plea to Fellow Republicans -- Stop Defending Sarah Palin (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:34 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As a Republican, it pains my heart to watch the response to Sarah Palin's latest gaffe. Like so many times before, Palin has put herself on the hot plate and shown that she does not know when to be quiet.
Posted by Harshad at 3:34 PM

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