AlterNet Newsletter May 6, 2011

AlterNet Newsletter

MAY 6TH, 2011

<---> WI Democrats File Formal Challenge Against Suspicious Recall Petitions Submitted by Republicans
By Chris Bowers | Daily Kos
Breaking: Ahmadinejad Could Resign as President of Iran; Top Aides Arrested and Charged With Sorcery
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
First GOP Debate Is Mostly a Boring Waste of Time, But Good Fodder for Stephen Colbert
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Jobs Report: Unemployment Edges Up to 9 Percent Despite Strong Job Growth
By Dean Baker | Center for Economic and Policy Research
Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
The National Day of Prayer: Encouraging Christian Supremacists Since 1952
By Jadelyn | Shakesville
Condoleezza Rice in MSNBC Interview: "Saddam Hussein Was a Threat"
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
David Koch Can't Bear to Give Obama Credit For Bin Laden Demise
By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet
Cop Arrested for Taser Abuse on Fellow Cop
By Steven D | Booman Tribune
ColorOfChange Calls on 'Celebrity Apprentice' Stars Lil John and Star Jones to Repudiate Trump
By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet
_PROGRESSIVE WIRE
Richard Burr Introduces Bill To Abolish The EPA
By Brad Johnson | The Wonk Room
Florida Senate kills amendment ensuring all women on Medicaid receive family planning
By Ashley Lopez | Washington Independent
Liberals and David Koch Agree: Trump's Presidential Bid Is a Stunt
By Andy Kroll | Mother Jones Online
House Republican on Medicare plan: 'Things are unraveling'
By Steve Benen | Washington Monthly
Eric Holder Halts Deportation For Man In Civil Union
By The Huffington Post News Editors | Huffington Post
_BEST OF THE WEEK
1. Meet Bart Ehrman: A One-Man God Fraud Squad
By Anneli Rufus | AlterNet
2. 10 Ways That the Birthers Are an Object Lesson in White Privilege
By Chauncey DeVega | AlterNet
3. Donald Trump's Lunacy Reveals Core Truth About the Republicans
By Johann Hari | Independent UK
4. The 12 Worst (and Most Powerful) Christian Right Groups
By Rob Boston | Americans United for Separation of Church and State
5. How to Stare at a Beautiful Woman -- Without Creeping Her Out
By Hugo Schwyzer | The Good Men Project
6. The Heartless Way Conservatives Treat Young Women Who Choose to Have Babies
By Amanda Marcotte | AlterNet
7. Bin Laden's Death: Triumph or Tumult Ahead?
By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet
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