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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Kerry Urges Alito Filibuster, but His Reception Is Cool — WASHINGTON, Jan 26 — Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts could not attend the Senate debate on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Thursday. He was in Davos, Switzerland, mingling with international business …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Democrats Split Over Filibuster On Alito — Several prominent Democratic senators called for a filibuster of Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination yesterday, exposing a deep divide in the party even as they delighted the party's liberal base. — The filibuster's supporters …
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John Kerry / dailykos.com:
Filibuster Alito — Do I support a filibuster? The answer is yes. — Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it. I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination. I know Senator Kennedy does not either. He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
Michelle Malkin:SEN. BYRD: THE PEOPLE WERE APPALLED (VIDEO)
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New York Times:
Prosecutor Will Step Down From Lobbyist Case — WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 — The investigation of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a surprising new turn on Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated …
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority Believe White House Should Release Abramoff Records — A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes President Bush should release records of meetings between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staffers despite administration claims that media requests for details …
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John Dickerson / Slate:All the President's Dodges — How George Bush ducks questions.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:Bush Reasserts Presidential Prerogatives
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Irony Alert: Tim Russert to Lecture on Ethics (Get Your Tickets Now!) — Our Russert Watch post about college phenom Luke Russert co-hosting an XM sports show with James Carville — and our mockery of Papa Tim using his Meet the Press podium to oh-so-coyly flack for his boy's radio show — hit a nerve.
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Jonathan / The Head Heeb:
THE DAY AFTER — [Note: This was originally posted at 3 a.m. EST, and has been updated several times to reflect ongoing developments. The most recent update was posted at 10:45 p.m. EST.] — It looks like all yesterday's analysis and exit polls may have been worthless.
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Juan Cole / Salon:How do you like your democracy now, Mr. Bush?
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Defense Lawyers Seek Prosecution Data on Reporters in Leak Case — WASHINGTON, Jan 26 — Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff asked a federal judge on Thursday to order the prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case to turn over all documents in his possession related …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
01/26/06 FOX News Poll: The Threat From Iran — NEW YORK — Americans think Iran is the country that poses the greatest immediate danger to the United States today, taking over the number one spot from North Korea. A FOX News poll released Thursday shows the public is concerned …
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Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
Fake Passport Ring With Terror Ties Busted — BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian has dismantled a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and Hamas militants, the acting attorney general said Thursday after authorities led dozens of simultaneous raids across five cities in collaboration with U.S. officials.
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Gawker:
James Frey on Oprah: Live-Blogging the Live Feed — So James Frey is appearing on Oprah this afternoon, but we're lucky to have an honest-to-God sneak preview for you (the show is taping live, right now, in Chicago). We'll keep updating this post as the show progresses.
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:Live on 'Oprah,' a Memoirist Is Kicked Out of the Book Club
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New York Times:
New Poll Finds Mixed Support for Wiretaps — President Bush at his news conference Thursday. The latest polls show that public opinion on Mr. Bush's surveillance program is still unresolved. — Americans are willing to tolerate eavesdropping without warrants to fight terrorism …
Daily Kos:
Reality Check — As many of you freak out at the Democrats, you need to keep some things in mind. — We only have 44 Democrats. 44. Jeffords was a Republican and remains one of the two most conservative member of our caucus. We lose Nebraska's Ben Nelson more often than we get him because of local political factors.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Using Our Fear — Once upon a time we had a great wartime president who told Americans they had nothing to fear but fear itself. Now we have George W. Bush, who uses fear as a tool of executive power and as a political weapon against his opponents. — Franklin D. Roosevelt tried his best …
tcsdaily.com:
Stuck on 1968 — Discuss This Story! Bookmark — "Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world." — Bryan Caplan, The Logic of Collective Belief — Most people who were liberals in 1968 still are. Liberals. In 1968.
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Prepare yourself for the unthinkable: war against Iran may be a necessity — THE UNIMAGINABLE but ultimately inescapable truth is that we are going to have to get ready for war with Iran. Being of a free-speaking, free-thinking disposition, we generally find in the West that hand-wringing …
11alive.com:
ACLU Releases Government Photos — The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected …
Emperor Darth Misha I / Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler:
Time to Pop a Peanut — (Crossposted at Imperial Rebbe Laurence's Dead Pool, in which His Majesty is a proud participant) — Oh Killer Wabbit, where art thou? … ...as were the elections for the Reichstag in 1933, elections that we're sure that the Joo-hating f**k of a washed …
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