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Impeachment hearings: The White House prepares for the worst — The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress. — "A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment," an administration source said. — Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Judiciary Committee Recommends Alito to Senate — By a 10-8 party line vote with sometimes bitter partisan debate, the Senate Judiciary Committee today recommended that Samuel A. Alito Jr. be confirmed by the full Senate as associate justice of the Supreme Court.
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Panel Votes Along Party Lines to Endorse Alito — WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted strictly along party lines today to endorse Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for a seat on the Supreme Court, sending the nomination to the full Senate, where confirmation is all but certain.
Joel Stein / Los Angeles Times:
Warriors and wusses — I DON'T SUPPORT our troops. This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car. Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is unwilling to urinate on. — I'm sure I'd like the troops.
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Michelle Malkin:
THE MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA — Some website has named me the 49th most loathsome person in America. (I'm just ahead of Geraldo. Others on the list: 30) Hillary Clinton; 29) Terri Schiavo; 19) James Sensenbrenner; 13) God; 4) You.) — You want loathsome?
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta: Leftist: "I Don't Support Troops"; Urges Them to Disobey Orders
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Administration's new FISA defense is factually false — In light of Gen. Hayden's new claim yesterday that the reason the Bush Administration decided to eavesdrop outside of FISA is because the "probable cause" standard for obtaining a FISA warrant was too onerous (and prevented …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:AMENDING FISA....Here's another point related to General Hayden's …
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Power Line, The Poor Man Institute, Rook's Rant, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Talking Points Memo, PBD, Decision '08 and Eschaton
General Michael V. Hayden / dni.gov:FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Canadian Voters Oust Incumbent for Conservative — TORONTO, Jan. 23 - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party defeated the long entrenched Liberal Party in Canadian elections on Monday. A Conservative victory is a striking turn in the country's politics and is likely …
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Althouse
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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Supreme Ethics Problem? — What Was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Doing on Day of Supreme Court Swearing-In? — Jan. 23, 2006 — At the historic swearing-in of John Roberts as the 17th chief justice of the United States last September, every member of the Supreme Court, except Antonin Scalia, was in attendance.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Rove's Early Warning — Perhaps it's an aspect of compassionate conservatism. Or maybe it's just a taunt and a dare. Well in advance of Election Day, Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, has a habit of laying out his party's main themes, talking points and strategies.
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TAPPED, Captain's Quarters, The Carpetbagger Report, The Sideshow, The RCP Blog and Hugh Hewitt
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Posters vs. the Post — Lessons from the Post.blog meltdown. — Washingtonpost.com temporarily shuttered its Post.blog message board last week after hundreds of personal attacks and profane, sexist, and generally hateful comments were placed there by readers—and others …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger — WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The White House was told in the hours before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans that the city would probably soon be inundated with floodwater, forcing the long-term relocation of hundreds of thousands of people …
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Benedict Carey / New York Times:
A Shocker: Partisan Thought Is Unconscious — Liberals and conservatives can become equally bug-eyed and irrational when talking politics, especially when they are on the defensive. — Using M.R.I. scanners, neuroscientists have now tracked what happens in the politically partisan brain …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference — GOP Negotiators Criticized for Change In Measure on HMOs — House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a major budget-cutting bill, agreed on a change to Senate-passed Medicare legislation that would save …
Matt Welch:
Inside the Tent: Exciting news — As of today I am an assistant opinion editor for the Los Angeles Times. For reals. — I'll be helping shape the section; editing and writing both columns and editorials, hopefully bringing some new voices to paper, and cooking up new schemes in the steamrooms under Spring Street.
Mark Mazzetti / Los Angeles Times:
Pentagon Planning Document Leaves Iraq Out of Equation — A four-year blueprint for the military reflects a view that the war is an anomaly. There's talk of robots and drones, but no force buildup. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has long been accused of always planning to fight its last war.
