Wednesday, June 3, 2009: Daily Handpicked Headlines

Wednesday, June 3, 2009:

Posted at 1:45 A.M. PST:

Climate Change:

Caps, Trades and Offsets: Can Climate Plan Work?

Crime:

West Virginia Man Charged With Threatening Obama

Elections:

NY Times: Ex-Prosecutor Wins G.O.P. Primary in New Jersey

FOX News: Sestak – I Will Reject Obama Request to Step Aside in Pennsylvania Senate Race

Legislation:

FOX News: Senate Poised to Pass ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Bill

Money Matters:

WSJ: Headaches Await Next TARP Chief

WSJ: Highway Fund in Red Again

FOX News: House Republicans Oppose $100B New Line of Credit for IMF

WSJ: California Faces Budget Deadline

Financial Times: Hummer Sold to Chinese

Politics:

Politico: Obama Blasts Clinton, ‘Was Engaging in Bald-Faced Lies’

ABC News: The Emergence of Obama’s Muslim Roots

Washington Post: In TV Appearance, Powell Plans To Answer Right-Wing Critics

World Net Daily: White House ‘Dialogue’ Site Scrubbed of Eligibility Posts

FOX News: Kim’s Youngest Son Apparent Successor in North Korea

Politico: Reverend Al is Back

Just A Regular Guy: ACLU Screams No Bueno When Tax Preparer Office Raided By Colorado DA

Nancy Reagan to Obama ‘You’re a Lefty’ (Video)

Taxes:

FreedomWorks: Georgia Defeats Property Tax Hike

WSJ: Obama Said to Be Open to Taxing Health Benefits

Moonbattery: Denver’s Double Tax on Cooking Oil

Other News:

FOX News: Report – U.S. Accidentally Releases Confidential Nuclear Info

Doug Ross: Navy Initiates Catch-and-Release Program for Gitmo Prisoners

World Net Daily: School Orders Student Not to Promote Gun Club

WSJ: Unions Look to Labor Board Picks

Posted at 1:40 P.M. PST:

Government Motors:

CNS News: White House Says Bank Bailout Law Gives it the Power to Take Ownership of General Motors

CNS News: Treasury Secretary’s Secret Talking Points Reveal That Banks Were Forced to Surrender Ownership Stakes to Government

CNS News: Government Takeover of GM ‘Just Short of Socialism,’ Economists Say

Wizbang: Last Stand For Chrysler Creditors

Hot Air: GM Will Still Pay Lobbyists in DC

Money Matters:

FOX News: Bernanke Urges Congress to Start Work Now on Curbing Budget Deficits

Reuters: House Democrat Doubtful of More Flu Money Now

News Busters: NBC, ABC Attack Governor and California Voters for Proposed Termination of ‘Essential Services’

WSJ: House to Put Spending Records Online

FreedomWorks: Senate Votes Support Hundred Billion Dollar Bailout of International Monetary Fund

CNS News: Pelosi Says U.S. Should Aid U.N. Population Fund Despite Its Involvement in China Where There’s Forced Abortion

Right Wing News: U.S. Loses Another 532,000 Jobs In May (Video)

Politics:

Red State: Breaking – Senator Feinstein Withdraws Support for Card Check?

Red State: Hoyer Overrules Pelosi on Ethics?

Red State: Obama Met Secretly with Jeremiah Wright During the Campaign

FOX News: Obama Reverses Bush Immigration Lawyer Rule

Taxes:

Moonbattery: IRS Puts Tax Lien on John Kerry’s 2004 Campaign

CNS News: Kerry Calls $819,848 Tax Lien a Clerical Error

FreedomWorks: Key Vote ‘No’ – H.R. 2346

TEA Party Protests:

Triangle Conservatives Unite: Take Back Our State TEA Party – Protest Against $Billion State Tax Increase in Raleigh, NC

Other News:

Flopping Aces: Nancy Reagan Unveils President Reagan Statue in Capitol Rotunda

Hot Air: Did Brian Williams Bow to Barack Obama? (Video)

Gateway Pundit: Barack Obama – ‘U.S. One of the Largest Muslim Countries In the World’ (Video)

YouTube: Obama Says U.S. Not a Christian, Jewish, or Muslim Nation

NY Times: Gay-Marriage Bill Advances in N.H.

Hot Air: Harris Poll – Obama Cabinet a Collection of Mediocrities

Posted at 4:15 P.M. PST:

Health Care:

WSJ: Obama ‘Hopeful’ GOP Backs Health Bill

NY Times: Obama Open to Plan Requiring Everyone to Get Insurance

FreedomWorks: Activists from New Jersey Lobby Against Socialized Medicine

LGBT:

Reuters: New Hampshire Governor to Sign Gay-Marriage Bill

FOX News: Harvard to Endow Chair in Gay, Lesbian Studies

Money Matters:

CNS News: Plan to Sell Off California Landmarks to Erase Deficit Questioned

CNS News: California City Approves ID Cards for Residents

Reuters: Democrats Cut Four C-130 Planes from U.S. War Bill

FOX News: U.S. Lawmakers Fight Closing of Nearly 2,000 Car Dealerships

Other News:

Reuters: Obama, in Another First, Named ‘Power Celebrity’