POLITICO: Pols Turn On Labor Unions. “Spurred by state budget crunches and an angry public mood, Republican and some Democratic leaders are focusing with increasing intensity on public workers and the unions that represent them, casting them as overpaid obstacles to good government and demanding cuts in their often-generous benefits. Unlike past battles over the high cost of labor, this time pitched battles over wages and pensions are being waged from Sacramento to Springfield to New York City and the conflict is marked by its bipartisan tone, with public employee unions emerging as an intransigent public enemy number one in cities and state capitals across the country.”

Related: Hey, Union Man! Love the photo.

JESSICA’S WELL: Why I use Bing instead of Google: June 6th Version.

RAND SIMBERG: One Giant Leap For Commercial Space.

COURAGE: Milk Carton Democrats in Congress still avoiding constituents.

HUFFINGTON POST: Senior Fed Official: White House Is Dead Wrong.

KAUS FOR SENATE: How to help, if you’re so inclined.

A SMALL REGIONAL PARTY.

MICHAEL SILENCE:

If you search “‘Helen Thomas’ Jews” for the last seven days on Yahoo News, you get 37 results, at the time of this posting. If you Google the same for the same time period you get 1.1 million hits. Almost seems like the MSM weren’t in the forest when the tree fell.

Ouch.

UPDATE: Richard Pollock: The Washington Post Keeps Rockin’, Hides Helen Thomas’ Bigotry. Hey, it’s not like she’s a Republican who said “Macaca” or something. . . .

IF ONLY THERE WERE SOMEBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE TRAINED TO, I DUNNO, READ AND UNDERSTAND LAWS OR SOMETHING: Obama Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Napolitano-Endorsed Immigration Law.

COMING SOON: Another Helen Thomas video?

TOM MAGUIRE: Obama Set To Nuke The Whales. I blame General MacArthur!

GOING WOBBLY ON Russia’s Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal? Given how things worked out with the germ warfare treaty, I think this would be a bad idea.

AS I’VE SAID BEFORE, SICCING THE LAW ON BLOGGERS ISN’T THAT SMART: Mahindra Goes After Fan-Blogger. For a Blogspot name including “Mahindra.” Dumb, dumb, dumb.

I’M SKEPTICAL OF THESE Guantanamo medical claims, (and note this comment) but if true, they make the Administration’s failure to close Guantanamo as promised even more surprising.

KIRSTEN POWERS: Get Rid Of The White House Political Office.

LOS ANGELES: Thousands Rally In Support of Israel.

ALL-AMERICAN MEALS are in the camper.

HIGH SCHOOL cancels Helen Thomas speech.

THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

My Sunday Washington Examiner column on the Higher Ed Bubble.

Shocker: Harvard Study: Earmarks Don’t Help Districts, They Cost Jobs.

Forget “White Flight” — Dallas Schools Suffering From “Black Flight.”

Amazing discovery: Turks Aren’t Arabs.

This weekend’s PJM Political, featuring Mickey Kaus.

ObamaCare: More unpopular than offshore drilling? Related: Young people unhappy with ObamaCare: “Overwhelmingly, we feel that we’re being taken advantage of to subsidize a bunch of old people we don’t know, will never meet, and frankly shouldn’t need to be paying to support.”

Looking for a job? Better not be unemployed!

Current zeitgeist in a single headline: Deficit Reduction Commission Seeks Increase in its Budget.

Turkey and Brazil: Terrible Twins?

CHANGE: Poll: Americans Now See Obama As Partisan Democrat.

TIME TO Set Amtrak Free?

CHARLES RANGEL: Wall Street Like Al Qaeda. Nuance.

UPDATE: Related: Politico: Probe Timing Could Seal Rangel’s Fate. “If the ethics committee releases a damaging report on Rangel before the Sept. 14 primary, it could be a death blow to the Harlem congressman’s storied career and open the door to a serious Democratic challenge, Democratic colleagues and party strategists said. But if the ethics committee’s findings come out after the primary, Rangel will very likely survive and win a 21st term in the House. Still, that timing would raise questions about the ethics committee’s process and whether the investigative panel was too aware of the political calendar.” Gee, do you think?

WELL, GOOD: Election spooks lawmakers, curbs Congress spending. “The 2010 elections have changed the direction of government only half way through the primary season, with voter anger and economic jitters causing lawmakers to balk at their most basic duties as well as key elements of President Barack Obama’s agenda.”

U.S. INTELLIGENCE ANALYST arrested in WikiLeaks probe.

MARKETS ABOUT TO TURN NASTY? About?