| 10:21 PM: | Viacom "threatens" freedom of expression, says Google. Google's lawyers suggest that Viacom's strategy in its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube is to subvert the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's protection of websites and Internet service providers and "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression." Valleywag. | |
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| 10:18 PM: | Want To Attend The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting? The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee will be meeting this Saturday, May 31st, at 9:30am at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC to address the matter of the seating of the Florida and Michigan delegations. The meeting is open to the public and pre-registration is highly recommended. MyDD. | |
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| 10:17 PM: | Same Joke, More Regret. Note to pundits and politicians: Assassination jokes just don't go over well, as a Fox News Channel commentator found out this weekend. NYT. | |
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| 9:35 PM: | Carter sees superdelegates prompting Clinton to quit. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday he expects Democratic superdelegates to reveal their choice for presidential nominee soon after the final primary in June and that Hillary Clinton will then have to quit the race. Reuters. | |
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| 9:01 PM: | McCain says Obama has long wanted to "surrender" in Iraq. Obama, McCain said, "really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time." Politico. | |
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| 8:47 PM: | Clintons campaign in Puerto Rico; Obama in NM. Hillary Rodham Clinton ended a three-day campaign swing across Puerto Rico the same way many Americans mark Memorial Day - with family, friends and a salute to the sacrifices of military men and women. AP. | |
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| 8:46 PM: | Check Point: The Trouble With June 1992 as a Case for Pressing On. For weeks before the primary in which former President Bill Clinton wrapped up his nomination — a contest now referred to by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton — few doubted that he would be the nominee. NYT. | |
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| 8:46 PM: | Awash in Contributions, Campaigns Offer Tempting Targets for Thieves. The case of Christopher J. Ward pulls back the curtain on a dark, growing problem in campaign finance: embezzlement. NYT. | |
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| 8:45 PM: | On the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama. Reggie Love, Senator Barack Obama’s assistant, knows a thing or two about the personal preferences of "the boss." NYT. | |
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| 8:41 PM: | A Secret Side to the Secret Service. Since 2000, the Service has been battling a lawsuit brought by 10 named current and former African-American agents. Their testimony states that white superiors routinely passed them over for promotion, while less-qualified whites rose more quickly to senior positions. Some who complained, they say, found their careers stalled. The agents are seeking a maximum of $300,000 per officer in damages, but say they are mostly interested in forcing the agency to change its ways. Newsweek. | |
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| 8:40 PM: | The Wars We Choose to Ignore. Even as we celebrate generations of American soldiers past, the women and men who are making that sacrifice today in Iraq and Afghanistan receive less attention every day. NYT. | |
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| 8:26 PM: | When Was the 1992 Presidential Race Over? Despite Sen. Hillary Clinton's insistence that her husband didn't clinch the Democratic presidential nomination until June 1992, Bill Clinton had a very different recollection in his own memoir, My Life . He writes: "On April 7, we also won in Kansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. On April 9, Paul Tsongas announced that he would not reenter the race. The fight for the nomination was effectively over." Political Wire. | |
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| 8:24 PM: | Kennedy's Absence Felt By Colleagues and on Legislation. Last week's revelation that Edward M. Kennedy has a cancerous brain tumor fell extraordinarily hard on his Senate colleagues, who hold the bipartisan view that he's unrivaled in the modern era as a legislative dealmaker, tactician, orator and hail-fellow-well-met colleague. CQ. | |
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| 8:23 PM: | Kennedy's Absence Felt By Colleagues and on Legislation. Last week's revelation that Edward M. Kennedy has a cancerous brain tumor fell extraordinarily hard on his Senate colleagues, who hold the bipartisan view that he's unrivaled in the modern era as a legislative dealmaker, tactician, orator and hail-fellow-well-met colleague. CQ. | |
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| 7:45 PM: | Stumping Senators A Chore for Leaders. Out on the campaign trail, Barack Obama repeatedly takes aim at John McCain for opposing a proposed expansion of educational benefits for veterans. Last week, however, marked the first time that he brought his campaign speech to the Senate floor, almost word for word. CQ. | |
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| 6:40 PM: | Harold Ford Jr.'s Advice for Barack Obama. Obama needs to get off the big stage and meet with rural and working-class people where they work, play and pray. Newsweek. | |
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| 6:25 PM: | Two Democratic dynasties near the exit (Clinton & Kennedy) Both the end of Clintonism -- and its opposite, Kennedy-style liberalism -- draw closer. Salon.com. | |
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| 6:13 PM: | You can follow NewsJunk on FriendFeed. It's cool because you can discuss the news items over there. NewsJunk. | |
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| 6:10 PM: | Fidel Castro bashes Obama Cuba policy. Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. AP. | |
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| 6:08 PM: | Newsweek Buries Isikoff Scoop to Benefit Obama? Why wasn’t Michael Isikoff’s investigative piece outlining the lobbying connections of Barack Obama’s lead strategist, David Axelrod, promoted in Newsweek’s Sunday e-mail to subscribers? blog, p.i.. | |
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| 6:07 PM: | AP INTERVIEW: McCain criticizes Obama on Iraq. Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together. AP. | |
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| 6:05 PM: | Bill Clinton: 'Cover up' hiding Hillary Clinton's chances. Former President Bill Clinton said that Democrats were more likely to lose in November if Hillary Clinton is not the nominee, and suggested some were trying to "push and pressure and bully" superdelegates to make up their minds prematurely. CNN. | |
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| 5:59 PM: | A McCain-Obama Trip to Iraq? Laura Meckler reports from Albuquerque, N.M., on the presidential race: A joint McCain-Obama trip to Iraq? Not likely, but it seems to be an idea that the McCain campaign enjoys speculating over. On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of McCain’s closest friends, suggested on CBS’ "Face the Nation" that the two travel to Iraq together. WSJ. | |
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| 5:52 PM: | Richard Rodriguez: Obama Is More Brown Than Black. Advice for Obama: Talk to Hispanics as a man who has made his way through black and white America. Newsweek. | |
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| 5:51 PM: | Why Krugman Is Wrong. My take on his dreadful column today is here, for those of you who barbecued today. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 5:49 PM: | Senate set to take up climate change debate. The international fight to control climate change heads to a new arena in June when the Senate is to debate a bill that could cut total U.S. global warming emissions by 66 percent by 2050. Reuters. | |
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| 5:29 PM: | History: Presidents Who Hid Their Health Problems. Some U.S. presidents have gone to great lengths to hide their physical and mental illnesses. Is that kind of deception necessary or even possible today? Newsweek. | |
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| 3:41 PM: | Master of the Senate. As Barack Obama considers his vice presidential options, he would be very wise to take Jim Webb seriously. Reihan Salam. | |
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| 3:38 PM: | Who gets second billing on presidential ballot? Weigh the pros and cons of potential vice presidential candidates. CNN. | |
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| 3:37 PM: | Whose Skin, Rahm? As we've noted before, members of Congress have recently decided that it would be a great thing to make Iraqis pay for their reconstruction or as Rahm Emanuel stated "They have got to have some skin in the game." Not surprising, this is not going over well in Iraq. Firedoglake. | |
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| 2:20 PM: | Carter: After June 3, it will be time for Clinton to 'give it up' Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that in a little more than a week, when the last Democratic primary voters weigh in, it will be time for Hillary Clinton to "give it up." CNN. | |
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| 2:15 PM: | Fidel Castro bashes Obama Cuba policy. Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and suffering on the island. CNN. | |
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| 9:25 AM: | Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama's campaign of fanning a controversy over her describing the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy late in the 1968 Democratic primary as one reason she is continuing to run for the presidency. Washington Post. | |
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| 7:00 AM: | New National Numbers. From Newsweek: Obama 46, McCain 46, Undecided 8 Clinton 48, McCain 44, Undecided 8 Conducted May 21-22; Error margin: 3.5 points Read more here. Time. | |
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| 6:58 AM: | Jimmy Carter says Israel had 150 nuclear weapons (Irwin Stelzer/Times of London) Irwin Stelzer / Times of London : Jimmy Carter says Israel had 150 nuclear weapons -- Israel has 150 nuclear weapons in its arsenal, former President Jimmy Carter said yesterday, while arguing that the US should talk directly to Iran to persuade it to drop its nuclear ambitions. -- His remark, made at the Hay-on-Wye festival … memeorandum Firehose. | |
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