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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Admits Taking Bribes — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators. — Cunningham, 63, entered pleas …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rep. Cunningham to Plead Guilty, Source Says — WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham will plead guilty to tax violations, a person close to the investigation of the California Republican has told The Associated Press. — Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home …
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Running Scared, Shakespeare's Sister, The All Spin Zone, pesky'apostrophe, Demagogue, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
sandiegotribune.com:
Cunningham pleads guilty to conspiring to take bribes, income tax evasion — SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday morning to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence to help a defense contractor get business. — He also pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion.
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Pleads Guilty — SAN DIEGO — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges involving the sale of his home two years ago to a defense contractor at an inflated price. — Admitting to a judge that he took bribes, Cunningham entered pleas …
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Congressman Resigns After Admitting He Took Bribes — Representative Randy Cunningham of California resigned from Congress today after admitting to a federal judge that he had taken $2.4 million in bribes from a military contractor. — Mr. Cunningham, 63, made a brief and tearful announcement …
Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker pleads guilty to tax charge, quits — Rep. Cunningham's sale of home to defense contractor sparked inquiry — SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham resigned Monday after admitting he took $2.4 million as part of guilty pleas in a case that grew from an investigation …
rawstory.com:
Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify case that he misled leak inquiry, lawyers say — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week in his two year-old investigation into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Intellectual Integrity Watch — Joe Biden wrote an editorial calling for a timetable for Iraq yesterday, and today the White House not only endorsed Biden's plan, but claimed that it was actually Bush's: … Unfortunately, no one warned the right-wing bloggers that this was coming, and so …
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The Carpetbagger Report, Lean Left, The Left Coaster, The Washington Monthly and Unfogged
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Bull Moose:
Are Bloggers Necessary? — The Moose urges perspective on the blogosphere. — The author has been blogging on and off for four years with a two year hiatus. It has been a good experience. Where else can someone write unedited in third person as an antlered mammal?
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The Moderate Voice
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
UP IN THE AIR — Where is the Iraq war headed next? — In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES DOBSON'S FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson.
Lillian Swift / Telegraph:
Iran's war on weblogs - the new voice of dissidents — Iran is fighting a constant battle against dissenters who are using the internet to voice criticism of the Islamic Republic and to push for freedom and democracy. — With the closure of most independent newspapers and magazines in Iran …
John J. Miller / New York Times:
The Very Foundation of Conservatism — Washington — "Please give me a date," William E. Simon used to ask the industrialist John M. Olin years ago, when the two men discussed Mr. Olin's desire to have his charitable foundation go out of business at some point in the future.
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The Claremont Institute
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Medicaid Cutbacks Divide Democrats — House Condemns Provisions Crafted By Governors — Controversial House legislation designed to gain control of Medicaid growth has split Democrats, with lawmakers in Washington united in their opposition while Democratic governors are quietly supporting …
Bill Roggio / ThreatsWatch.Org:
Walking Husaybah — Two Patrols and a Meeting with the Sheikh — The nighttime mounted patrol in Husaybah was followed by a pair of foot patrols. I linked up with the 1st Platoon of Lima Company of the 3rd Marines, 6th Battalion, call sign Jackal 1. 1st Lieutenant William Oren took …
