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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Blogs Attack From Left as Democrats Reach for Center — Democrats are getting an early glimpse of an intraparty rift that could complicate efforts to win back the White House: fiery liberals raising their voices on Web sites and in interest groups vs. elected officials trying to appeal to a much broader audience.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, Betsy's Page, Faithful Progressive, Althouse and Brainster's Blog
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Glenn Thrush / Newsday:
Clinton to support Alito filibuster — Says she'll join Sen. Kerry in blocking Alito's nomination, putting her at odds with top Democrats — WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday announced she'll join potential 2008 presidential rival John Kerry in voting to filibuster …
Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
WE CAN STOP ALITO THIS WEEKEND — The last two days have been amazing. — Early Thursday afternoon, we broke the news that Senator John Kerry would lead a filibuster against Judge Sam Alito if he could get 41 Senators to sustain the filibuster. Three hours later, CNN confirmed our story.
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AMERICAblog, THE BRAD BLOG, The Heretik, Daily Kos, The Democratic Daily Blog, Decision '08, Outside The Beltway, PSoTD and Booman Tribune
blogometer.nationaljournal.com:
BLOGS VS. THE MSM: Howell's Moving Castle — Last p.m. we had the unique experience of attending an Nat'l Press Club luncheon and discussion hosted by Alex S. Jones, dir. of the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Gov't at Harvard. Also in attendance were bloggers representing Power Line …
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Open Letter …
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New York Times:
Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping — WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 — President Bush, defending the wiretapping program he ordered soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, declared a few days ago that "there's no doubt in my mind it is legal." So resolute is Mr. Bush, in fact …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
2003 Draft Legislation Covered Eavesdropping — Justice Dept. Officials Call Measure Unrelated; Critics Say Bush Claims Are Undermined — Legislation drafted by Justice Department lawyers in 2003 to strengthen the USA Patriot Act would have provided legal backing for several aspects …
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U.S. Newswire:
THE NSA PROGRAM TO DETECT AND PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS MYTH V. REALITY — Myth: The NSA program is illegal. — Reality: The President's authority to authorize the terrorist surveillance program is firmly based both in his constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief …
Charles J. Hanley / Associated Press:
Documents Show Army Seized Wives As Tactic — The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show. — In one case, a secretive task force locked up the young mother …
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american footprints, Today in Iraq, Preemptive Karma, Mathew Gross, Balloon Juice, AMERICAblog and No More Apples
CNN:
Poll: Most think Bush is failing second term — President 'looking forward' to congressional campaigning — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate in November's congressional elections who opposes President Bush, and 58 percent consider …
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Ian Fisher / New York Times:
In One Village, Anger and a Hunger for Change — DEIR GHASSANA, West Bank, Jan. 27 — It is not hard to find Palestinians here who see the victory of Hamas as the triumph of resistance and of the group's longstanding vow to drive Israel into the sea. — But here, at least …
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Greyhawk / No End But Victory:
Meanwhile, back at the Front — One week of developments in Iraq - and the home front. — From our Department of Headlines from the Associated Press we thought we'd never see: Iraqi Army Getting Stronger. — Temperature data from Hell will be provided when possible.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Post-Katrina Promises Unfulfilled — On the Gulf Coast, Federal Recovery Effort Makes Halting Progress — Nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, President Bush's lofty promises to rebuild the Gulf Coast have been frustrated by bureaucratic failures and competing priorities …
Greg Sargent / American Prospect:
Dems Don't Know Jack — A Prospect exclusive: A new analysis of Abramoff tribal money by a nonpartisan firm shows it's a Republican scandal. — A new and extensive analysis of campaign donations from all of Jack Abramoff's tribal clients, done by a nonpartisan research firm …
Dr. Sanity:
20 YEARS AFTER CHALLENGER - The Dream Is Alive — NOTE: This essay that follows this brief introduction was originally posted on January 28, 2005. Today, on the 20th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I decided to repost it. Twenty years after this tragedy, not much has changed at NASA …
Adam Brookes / BBC:
US plans to 'fight the net' revealed — A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks. — Bloggers beware. — As the world turns networked …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Michael Hiltzik Says That Whether or Not Hamas is a Terrorist Organization Is a "Minor Issue of Syntax and Diction" — L.A. Times blogger Michael Hiltzik has complaints about my post from this morning, in which I noted the odd reluctance of L.A. Times editors to call Hamas what it is: a terrorist organization.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
An Exotic Tool for Espionage: Moral Compass — WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 — Is there such a thing as an ethical spy? — A group of current and former intelligence officers and academic experts think there is, and they are meeting this weekend to dissect what some others in the field consider a flat-out contradiction in terms.
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Colby Cosh / Los Angeles Times:
The great right North? — ON MONDAY, Canada held its second national election in 18 months, choosing a new prime minister from a resurgent Conservative Party. Americans — or maybe just the zillion or so Canadians living in California — may well be wondering: Is Canada still the progressive …
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Washington Post:
A Defeat for Anti-Americanism — ACCORDING TO his opponent, Canadian Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper exposed "an agenda really drawn from the extreme right in the United States." He favored the Iraq war, opposed the Kyoto treaty on global warming, and is a social conservative to boot.
