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AT&T Donated To Merger Backers

Politico reports: AT&T is lining up support for its acquisition of T-Mobile from a slew of liberal groups with no obvious interest in telecom deals — except that they’ve received big piles of AT&T’s cash. In recent weeks, the NAACP, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Thatcher 'Snub' Enrages Far Right

The Daily Telegraph reports: US right-wingers have voiced anger at claims that Baroness Thatcher’s aides vetoed a meeting with Sarah Palin because they think the former Alaska governor is “nuts”. Rush Limbaugh, the talk show host, denounced the suggestion that the former Prime Minister …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Gingrich Vows To Soldier On

Politico reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich plans to tell supporters in an email this morning that he will overcome the upheaval in his campaign and “carry the message of American renewal to every part of this great land, whatever it takes.” A day after losing nearly all of his …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Man Who Exposed Sext Scandal

The Daily Beast reports: When reports first surfaced of a mysterious group of Twitter users who had been tracking Anthony Weiner’s apparent obsession with following young women, the story was filled with more questions than answers. Who exactly were they? A story by The New York …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Egypt's Resurgent Islamists

The Washington Post reports: Islamists who are emerging from the fringes of Egyptian society with zeal and swagger. Their graffiti and billboards calling for a more conservative Egypt have become pervasive here in recent months, part of a rapidly growing debate about what should emerge from …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

NY Constituents Back Weiner

Talking Points Memo reports: While lawmakers from Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-NY) own party have now begun to call for his resignation, a Marist poll released Thursday night finds that his constituents think he should stay. In the poll, 56% of registered voters in Weiner's NY-9 district …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Libya Rebels Win Financial Support

The New York Times reports: The nations intervening in Libya pledged as much as $1 billion in support for the opposition there on Thursday as senior officials continued to predict that the collapse of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s government could be imminent. As the NATO military alliance …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Gates' Parting Shot At NATO Allies

The Associated Press reports: America's military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a "dim, if not dismal" future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address. In his final policy speech as Pentagon …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Chicago Man Guilty In Mumbai Plot

Reuter reports: A jury on Thursday found a Pakistani-born Chicago businessman guilty of supporting an Islamic militant group blamed for the 2008 attack in Mumbai but not guilty of the more serious charge of helping plot the attack that killed 166. The jury also found Tahawwur Rana, 50, a …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Turkey Condemns Syrian 'Atrocities'

The BBC reports: The Syrian army has begun operations to "restore security" to the town of Jisr al-Shughour and the surrounding area, state TV says. Earlier in the week, the Syrian government said 120 security personnel were killed in the north-western town. The announcement, and the …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Iraq May Ask Troops To Stay On

Reuter reports: President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Pentagon said on Thursday he expected Iraq to eventually ask Washington to keep U.S. troops in the country beyond an end-2011 deadline for their withdrawal. When it does, the United States should say "yes," outgoing CIA chief Leon …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Palin Emails Set To Be Released

The Anchorage Daily News reports: The state of Alaska will release thousands of Sarah Palin's emails from her first two years as governor today, a disclosure that has taken on national prominence as she flirts with a run for the presidency. The emails were first requested during the 2008 …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

'Newtiny': How Campaign Imploded

The Daily Beast reports: Almost from the start, Gingrich’s campaign team had fretted that their candidate lacked the patience and discipline to accommodate himself to the exacting process of running a presidential campaign. The first sign of his inclination to go rogue was his May 15 …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

NATO Official: Qaddafi A Target

CNN reports: A United Nations resolution justifies the targeting of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a senior NATO military official with operational knowledge of the Libya mission told CNN Thursday. Asked by CNN whether Gadhafi was being targeted, the NATO official declined to give a direct …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Friday June 10, 2011

Sources: Perry Will Enter Race

The Daily Caller reports : Two separate and reliable sources in Texas tell me serious preparations are being made for Governor Rick Perry, 61, to seek the span style="color: green;"> Republican nomination for president The stars job

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 9, 2011

U.S. To Fine Mortgage Banks

The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department will temporarily withhold payments to the nation's three largest mortgage companies for failing to comply with the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention effort, perhaps finally making good on a 19-month-old …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 9, 2011

5 Shot On Brighton Beach In NYC

The New York Times reports : Five people were shot along the boardwalk in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Thursday afternoon during a mini heat wave that had packed the city’s beaches. Two of the victims are badly wounded, the authorities said. The shooting took place around 5:20 …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 9, 2011

Ex-NSA Official Takes Plea Deal

POLITICO reports : BALTIMORE — With the Obama administration facing its first big test in its war on leaks of classified information, the Justice Department blinked Thursday. Federal prosecutors agreed to dramatically reduce the charges against a former National Security Agency official in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 9, 2011

Giffords' Political Future Uncertain

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords struggles to find words and put together sentences as it remains unclear five months after she was shot in the head in Tucson whether she will eventually be able to resume work in Congress, an aide said in an interview published …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 9, 2011

Gingrich Iowa Staffers Bow Out

Politico reports: Newt Gingrich’s entire team of paid Iowa campaign staff, as well as his national spokesman and senior aides in New Hampshire and South Carolina, have resigned en masse, a staffer told The Des Moines Register. “You have to be able to raise money to run a campaign and …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 9, 2011