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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Dean issues Smack-down on Wolfie — They are trying so hard to link Democrats to Abramoff's scandal that on today's Late Edition, Howard Dean almost set Wolfie's beard on fire. — Video-WMP Video-QT (transcript) — Blitzer has been doing much better as an interviewer lately …
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skippy the bush kangaroo, Think Progress, The Sideshow, The All Spin Zone, Booman Tribune and AMERICAblog
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CNN:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER — Interview With Shimon Peres; Interview With Benjamin Netanyahu — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's 11:00 a.m. in Washington, 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 6:00 p.m. here in Jerusalem and 7:00 p.m. in Baghdad.
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WTF Is It Now??
MSNBC:
Transcript for January 8 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday-with ethical charges swirling, Congressman Tom DeLay will not return as House majority leader. Washington lobbyists and fund-raiser Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion.
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rawstory.com:
Bush trying to round up all photos of President with Abramoff — RAW STORY — Aides to President George W. Bush are trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the President and lobbyist Jack Abramoff together, TIME's White House Correspondents Mike Allen and Matt Cooper report in Monday editions, RAW STORY has learned.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Alito: What the NY Times Editorial Didn't Tell You — The NY Times editorial Judging Samuel Alito didn't say much for the self-professed paper of record's ability to put claims in context. Let's help them out. The NY Times says: … Here's what the NY Times didn't tell you:
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Robert Kuttner / Boston Globe:
Alito may be the worst choice — AT THIS moment in American history, it would be hard to find a worse Supreme Court nominee than Samuel A. Alito Jr. His ideology captures everything extremist about the Bush administration. If confirmed, Alito would serve as Bush's enabler.
Jane Roh / Fox News:
Democrats Hit Possible Snag Ahead of Alito Hearings — A key witness to the character of Judge Samuel A. Alito has been removed from the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' testimony list, FOXNews.com has learned. — Stephen R. Dujack, editor of The Environmental Forum magazine …
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Decision '08, Daily Kos, Stop The ACLU, Carol Platt Liebau, California Conservative and Betsy's Page
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Douglass K. Daniel / Associated Press:
Specter Seeks Gonzales Testimony on Spying — WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he has asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to testify during open hearings on the legality of the Bush administration's domestic spying program.
Time:
How to Stay Out of Power — Why liberal democrats are playing too fast and too loose with issues of war and peace — House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat, engaged in a small but cheesy bit of deception last week. She released a letter, which quickly found …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:72 HOURS: WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE? — We've been getting emails …
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
The Big Trunk / Power Line:WHAT THE TIMES HAS WROUGHT — Time has posted Joe Klein's …
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction? — Here is a report on Friday's panel at the AALS annual meeting sponsored by the Section on Scholarship on Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction? The program described the session as follows: … After moderator Dennis M. Patterson (Rutgers-Camden) …
Ian James / Associated Press:
In Caracas, Belafonte Calls Bush Terrorist — Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist in World,' Praises Chavez in Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela Jan 8, 2006 — The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" …
MSNBC:
His year in Iraq — Some say Paul Bremer's service laid the groundwork for possible democracy in the Middle East, others see him as a poster child for America's mismanagement of the war … Raging fires, looting, chaos, and destruction: That was the scene when Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III first laid eyes on Baghdad.
Mediacrity:
The Times Misquotes the Roadmap — In a front page story in the New York Times today, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Steven Erlanger breaks with Times policy by acknowledging that Palestinians, and not just Israelis, have obligations under the Road Map for Peace. Bravo! Bravo!
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David Rose / Observer:
Scandal of force-fed prisoners — Hunger strikers are tied down and fed through nasal tubes, admits Guantánamo Bay doctor — New details have emerged of how the growing number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay are being tied down and force-fed through tubes pushed …
BBC:
The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks — In stark contrast to the generally turgid language of politics, Tony Banks was known for his acid tongue and sharp wit. — He called the once feared Tory Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, "half mad", William Hague was labelled a "foetus" …
Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:
Saddam's terror training camps - and how Stephen Hayes misses the mark — Stephen Hayes is reporting that Saddam's regime was running three separate training facilities in Iraq - in Samarra, Ramadi, and Salman Pak - graduating 2,000 foreign terrorist every year from 1999 to 2002.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Grieving Mom Cindy Sheehan and 70s Kung-fu expert and counterculture icon Billy Jack discuss strategies for twenty-first century anti-war activism while ostensibly maintaining their commitments to fighting global terrorism, 16 — "The apathy of most of America is stunning and appalling to me, Billy.
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Miriam Pawel / Los Angeles Times:
Farmworkers Reap Little as Union Strays From Its Roots — The movement built by Cesar Chavez has failed to expand on its early successes organizing poor rural laborers. As their plight is used to attract donations that benefit others, services for those in the fields are left to languish.
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