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LiveBlog for Thursday, May 31, 2012

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Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about health care, the economy, and Mitt Romney securing the GOP nomination

Robin Abcarian, National Reporter for The Los Angeles Times, calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the Right’s demands for President Obama to release his college transcripts

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about creating jobs and improving the economy

• President Obama and Mitt Romney briefly set aside their differences yesterday as Obama called and congratulated Romney on officially winning the delegates necessary to become the president’s Republican rival.

Fox News is under fire for a campaign ad-style four-minute video highly critical of President Obama, which ran twice on the cable channel’s morning program “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday morning.

• At a ceremony this afternoon in the East Room, President and Mrs. Obama unveil the portrait of 43rd President George W. Bush, which will become part of the permanent White House collection. A portrait of former First Lady Laura Bush will also be unveiled.