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Warren Hoge / New York Times:
Bush and Rice Urge Action on Syria's Ties to Lebanon Killing — UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 - President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called today for the Security Council to take urgent action in response to a United Nations report implicating high-ranking members of the Syrian government …
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Don Surber:
Buy Harriet — Just home from the second pro-Harriet Miers blogger conference call. Before I mention that lemme just say that I love Der Kommissar at Politburo Diktat, the esteemed leader of the Ragin' RINOs. But he is full of waxed beans on this Miers thing. He posted the odds on Miers as less than 1 in 4.
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Philip Shenon / New York Times:
DeLay, in First Court Appearance, Seeks a New Judge — AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 21 - Representative Tom DeLay entered a criminal courtroom today for the first time to face his nemesis, the Texas county prosecutor who has charged with Mr. DeLay with money laundering and conspiracy …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE DAMNING FEMA E-MAILS — I received a bit of flack from some of my conservative friends for highlighting FEMA's inadequate response—particularly former FEMA chief Michael Brown's embarrassing performance—during Hurricane Katrina. This week, Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff …
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ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Throw Judy From The Train — In advance of Public Editor Byron Calame's extensive article on the Judy escapade for Sunday's NYTimes, Bill Keller took his own case to the staff of the Times directly today. Crooks and Liars has the text of the letter up here.
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
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Crooks and Liars:
Breaking: A Message from Bill Keller — Breaking: A Message from Bill Keller — Check out this memo from Bill Keller at The NY Times to his staff in it's entirety that I have verified from three sources. He touches on many subjects and especially Judy Miller.
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The Moderate Voice
Steve Clemons:
WOW! Brent Scowcroft Lets it Rip (Like Larry Wilkerson) in Monday's New Yorker — The revered-in-tons-of-corners former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft definitively breaks ranks with the Bush administration in an article by nearly the same name, "Breaking Ranks," appearing in the upcoming Monday issue of The New Yorker.
Kathleen D. Tobin / Union Leader:
Sen. Judd Gregg wins $853K in Powerball — WASHINGTON — A quick stop at a New York Avenue gas station to fill up on his way to the Capitol proved to be a lucky stop for New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg. — Gregg, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, was one of 47 Powerball lottery winners Wednesday …
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The Reaction
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Chris Kromm / Facing South:
ESP wonder; newspapers channel Bush — (Note: Welcome all new-comers from Atrios, Pandagon, DKos and beyond. Read through to at least Update IV — you won't be disappointed. And feel free to read more about us.) — What do this newspaper editorial, this one, this one, and this one all have in common?
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kinston.com, Lean Left, Pam's House Blend, The Left Coaster, Pandagon, The Huffington Post, NewsHog and Mathew Gross
Robyn Dixon / Los Angeles Times:
'I Will Eat Your Dollars' — To the cyber scammers in Nigeria who trawl for victims on the Internet, Americans are easy targets. But one thief had second thoughts. — FESTAC, Nigeria — As patient as fishermen, the young men toil day and night, trawling for replies to the e-mails they shoot to strangers half a world away.
New York Times:
Leak Prosecutor Is Called Exacting and Apolitical — WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 - In 13 years prosecuting mobsters and terrorists in New York, Patrick J. Fitzgerald earned a public reputation for meticulous preparation, a flawless memory and an easy eloquence. Only his colleagues knew …
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firedoglake
Baseball Crank:
LAW: It's The Opinions, Stupid (Or: Why I'm Off The Fence And Opposing Miers) — After weeks of trying to keep an open mind about the Harriet Miers nomination, I've concluded that the Senate should vote down Miers - if her nomination isn't withdrawn first - and force President Bush to nominate someone else.
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JustOneMinute
projo.com:
Bush's chief of staff Card cancels R.I. appearance for GOP — PROVIDENCE — A Rhode Island Republican Party fundraiser scheduled for tonight featuring Andrew H. Card, White House chief of staff, has been canceled because Card is spending the weekend with President Bush at the presidential retreat …
National Review:
Senatorial Duties — Five days into White House "qualifications week" in making the case for Harriet Miers her nomination is looking weaker rather than stronger. No matter how many times Scott McClellan says that she is "extremely well qualified" it doesn't make it so …
ABCNEWS:
Young Singers Spread Racist Hate — Duo Considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement — Oct. 20, 2005 — Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans. — They may remind you another famous pair of singers …
