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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
State of Emergency Declared in France — President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence.
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Clive Davis:
STILL LOST IN THE CLOUDS OF FRENCH TEAR-GAS — [***Welcome, Instapundit readers. BTW I'm not saying the reports of riots are exaggerated, simply that we need to be careful about reading too much into the accounts that have come in so far. At the moment there seems to be a complex mix of causes.
Patrick Belton / OxBlog:
JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT POSTING DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD DEPT: Only that there aren't nearly enough internet spots in the banlieues. No wonder they're rioting. A few quick observations from my first interviews, before I catch the RER up to Aulnay-sous-Bois; then I'll try to write more extensively this afternoon:
CNN:
France extends anti-riot powers — PARIS, France (CNN) — The French Cabinet has approved emergency measures giving police more powers and allowing local officials to impose curfews in communities at risk of rioting after the nation endured a 12th night of unrest.
New York Times:
President Bush's Walkabout — After President Bush's disastrous visit to Latin America, it's unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run. An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front.
Peter Popham / Independent:
US forces 'used chemical weapons' during assault on city of Fallujah — Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians …
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Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
The CIA Disinformation Campaign — The CIA's disinformation campaign against President Bush — headlined in the Wilson/Plame affair — is more jujitsu than karate. Instead of applying your own force to defeat your opponent, you turn his energy and momentum against him and bring him down.
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Ace of Spades HQ
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:THREE YEARS OF THE CONDOR
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Art Moore / WorldNetDaily:
General wants Wilson apology — Threatened again with lawsuit over claim of 'outing' CIA wife — Threatened with a lawsuit for "slander," retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely is turning the tables on Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, calling on the man at the center of the CIA leak controversy …
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dailyprincetonian.com:
Nominee's missing thesis recovered — Alito '72 believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, adviser says — Chanakya Sethi — The senior thesis of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72, which along with some 300 others was lost during the 1970s, resurfaced Monday when Alito's thesis adviser provided a copy to the University.
Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Becoming Part of Sherrod Brown Campaign Story — So a Sherrod Brown staffer used some lines from one of my blog posts. Who frigging cares? This is a ridiculous story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: … This is the post Brown used to list the cases where Alito has attacked workers rights.
Drudge Report:
GOP LEADERS TO LAUNCH NEW 'LEAK' PROBE; INFO TO WASH POST 'DAMAGED NATIONAL SECURITY' — Sources tell Drudge that early this afternoon House Speaker Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Frist will announce a bicameral investigation into the leak of classified information to the WASHINGTON POST regarding the …
radioblogger.com:
Victor Davis Hanson on Muslim violence in France and Europe. — HH: I'm now joined by Victor Davis Hanson, military historian extraordinaire, and you can read him every Friday at National Review Online. Victor, good to have you back on the program. — VDH: Glad to be here, Hugh.
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Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:The French Prepare to Surrender
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Dubya-Cheney ties frayed by scandal — 'There has been some distance for some time' — WASHINGTON - The CIA leak scandal has peeled back the veil on the most closely held White House secret of all: the subtle but unmistakable erosion in the bond between President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Fox News Is Accused in Bias Suit — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against the Fox News network, claiming it harassed and discriminated against its female employees, creating a "hostile work environment because of their sex."
Think Progress:
Sleeping With the Enemy: Chalabi's Sordid History — "I can't substantiate [Chalabi's] claims. He makes new ones every year." — Colin Powell, 6/12/03 — Today, Ahmed Chalabi arrives in the United States. The Guardian reports: … Here's a short rap sheet on the man …
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Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Blogs For Bush: Two Year Blogiversary — It was two years ago, Election Day 2003, that Blogs For Bush publicly launched. Back then the site looked something like this, we had only a dozen blogs on the Blogroll For Bush, Wictory Wednesdays were a regular feature, and Howard Dean was expected to get the Democratic nomination.
