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BP's Tony Hayward on May 28.

A right-wing think tank's wacky flotilla video

Stewart smacks down Beck lies on flotilla coverage

U.S. Census worker Gary Caporale, of Ortley Beach, N.J. tries to find someone living at the house made famous by the cast of the "Jersey Shore" television show, Friday, May 21, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J. This year, the "Jersey Shore'' Jersey shore has become a destination in its own right as fans of the MTV reality series descend on the Garden State to experience the same sights, sounds and smells. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (AP)

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South Carolina State Sen. Jake Knotts answers a question during a news conference at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. on Friday, June 26, 2009. Knotts encouraged other legislators to call for Sanford's resignation and urged him to "do the right thing" and step down voluntarily. (AP Photo/The State, Gerry Melendez) (Associated Press)

What Republican's "raghead" slur really means

How Israel shaped U.S. coverage of raid

Glenn Greenwald

Thursday link dump

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Rand Paul, foreground. Background: Rush

Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff and Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak

White House hurt itself on bogus bribe story

U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-CA, chairman of House Judiciary Committee forum on key issues related to the injuries in football, and U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, pose questions to participants during the forum, in New York, Monday, May 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP)

Edward Peck, a former U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania, speaks to demonstrators in front of the White House in Washington June 1, 2010 about his experience aboard a Gaza aid ship as that was seized by Israeli commandos. Peck was sent back to the U.S. by Israeli authorities. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Â© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

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Andrew Romanoff, U.S. Senate candidate from Colorado. Right: former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon gives his farewell speech to members of his cabinet and staff in the East Room of the White House, following his resignation August 9, 1974.

Dispersed oil caught in the wake of a transport boat floats on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico close to the site of the BP oil spill as Discoverer Enterprise drill ship is seen on the horizon approximately 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana May 18, 2010 REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER ENERGY BUSINESS) (Â© Hans Deryk / Reuters)

South Carolina Republican candidates for governor, from left Rep. Nikki Haley, R-Lexington, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, R-SC and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, listen during their debate on the issues at ETV studios Monday, May 3, 2010, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) (Mary Ann Chastain)

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** CORRECTS SPELLING OF SHARRON ANGLE ** Sharron Angle participates in a Republican primary forum for Senate hopefuls Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Las Vegas. The winner of the primary contest will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) (Isaac Brekken)

Victimhood, aggression and tribalism for Israel

Glenn Greenwald

Israeli forces are seen aboard one of six ships bound for Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea May 31, 2010. Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza on Monday and 10 pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a profound diplomatic crisis. REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool (POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) (Reuters)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement concerning the Israeli naval commando raid on a flotilla attempting to break the blockade on Gaza, at his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. In an attempt to limit the diplomatic damage from its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Israel dropped plans Wednesday to prosecute dozens of pro-Palestinian activists, opting instead to deport them all immediately. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool) (AP)

The White House's dubious BP excuse

Glenn Greenwald

Louisiana National Guard Sgt. Chad Birch, left, fills up a tiger dam with water under floodlights on a beach in Grand Isle, La., Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The National Guard is working around the clock to complete the dam, which is designed to protect the island's entire shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico from oil from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Wednesday link dump

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