Tuesday, May 19, 2009: Daily Handpicked Headlines

Tuesday, May 19, 2009:

Daily Uprising: Taxpayer Revolution 2.0 – Vote ‘No’ Today on Proposition 1A

Posted at 12:40 p.m. PST:

Hot Air: Surprise – Senate Dems Cancel Funding to Close Gitmo

Ace of Spades: Hsu Found Guilty of Campaign Finance Fraud

FOX News: Senate Approves Bill to Overhaul Credit Card Industry

Hot Air: Responsible Credit-Card Users to ‘Subsidize’ Deadbeats

Politico: Steele Vows to take Obama ‘Head-On’

Moonbattery: Cuffed and Imprisoned for Not Holding a Handrail

Ace of Spades: Rasmussen – 54% of Minn. Voters Say Coleman Should Concede

Worth Reading: Too Big to Succeed

FOX News: Parents Fuming After Bibles Provided in Texas Schools

Reuters: GM Bankruptcy Plan Eyes Quick Sale to Government

Roll Call: Feingold Blocks Bill To Honor 100th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birth

Sky News: 47-Million-Year-Old Monkey, ‘Missing Link’ in Human Evolution?

Star Beacon: City Sends Cease and Desist Order After Exposé on Council Members

Breitbart: Pentagon – No Plans to End ‘Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell’

CNS News: White House Declines to Defend CIA against Pelosi’s Charge It Misled Congress

Michelle Malkin: Stop Spending My Money on Porkulus Road Signs

Posted at 7:15 a.m. PST:

FOX News: Senate to Take Up Emergency War Spending Bill

FOX News: Steele Pays ‘Friends’ High Salaries

FOX News: Housing Construction Drops to Record Low

FOX News: American Express Set to Slash 4,000 Jobs

WPRI: Aspiring Mass. School Teachers Fail in Math; Only 27% Pass

WFAA: Airline Mechanics Who Can’t Read English: Hundreds of Workers in Texas Repair Shops

Boston.com: Pelosi’s Approval Rating Plummets

Posted at 5:20 a.m. PST:

Gateway Pundit: Liberals Know Their Cap & Trade Plan Will Obliterate Economy–and Don’t Care

Michelle Malkin: Introducing the Warrior Legacy Foundation

Red State: As The Nation’s Workforce Suffers, Government’s Thrives

CNS News: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Apply to Repay TARP Money

CNS News: Senate Expected to Follow House in Passing Credit Card ‘Reform’ Bill

CNS News: Public Housing Agencies Protest Rules for Getting Stimulus Money

FOX News: Nevada Governer Slams Obama’s Refusal to Meet With Him

FOX News: Pentagon Ends Use of Bible in Reports

Politico: Talk of Insurance Mandate Growing

AP: Prospect of Gitmo Prisoners in US Stokes Fears

Politico: Dems Hold Fire on Gun Control

Politico: McCollum Enters Governor’s Race

Posted at 12:01 a.m. PST:

Reuters: Obama to Unveil Most Aggressive Auto Fuel Standards – First of Its Kind

Gateway Pundit: Nevada Politicians Blast Obama For Change… ‘Negative Economic Change’

Reuters: U.S. to Expand Jail Immigration Checks

Michelle Malkin: Obama’s FCC Diversity Engineers Strike Again

First Conservative: Rahm Emmanuel Seeks Bipartisanship on Health Care

CQ Politics: Pelosi, Surrogates Attempt to Outspin Republicans Over CIA Controversy

FOX News: House Crafts Alternative on Department of Homeland Security ‘Right-Wing’ Report

CNS News: Biden’s Claims Stimulus Spending Has Created 150,000 Jobs–But That Number Isn’t Backed Up By His Own Report

Overlawyered: Regulations Effect Small Business, Big Business

World Net Daily: Hundreds of Thousands of Letters Opposing ‘Hate Crime’ Bill Given to Senators

Just a Regular Guy: Traffic Law Violators May Soon Be Fingerprinted In Tennessee

Reuters: Blue Collar Males Lose More Ground; Unemployment Rate Surges Past National Average

Reuters: Obama’s U.S. FDA Pick Wins Senate Clearance