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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, Captain's Quarters, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Betsy's Page, The Mahablog, Power Line, Daily Kos, The Democratic Daily Blog, BlueOregon, Faithful Progressive, euphoricreality.net, Norwegianity, tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com, Althouse, The Corner on National …, Decision '08, INDC Journal, Brainster's Blog, Booman Tribune and BrothersJudd Blog
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Richard Sisk / NY Daily News:
Hil's for filibuster — Takes rebel stand to oppose Alito OK for Supremes — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday backed a rebel band of Senate Dems seeking to filibuster a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito. — Democratic leaders had warned that filibuster efforts …
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 …
Joseph J. Ellis / New York Times:
Finding a Place for 9/11 in American History — IN recent weeks, President Bush and his administration have mounted a spirited defense of his Iraq policy, the Patriot Act and, especially, a program to wiretap civilians, often reaching back into American history for precedents to justify these actions.
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
History, Schmistory — The Times has an oped piece today that I wish I could say shocked me. — The overall argument: the President and his supporters are probably quite well intentioned, but the mistake they make is beginning all their thinking from the assumption that September 11th is an important moment in history.
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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.
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The Poor Man Institute:
Katie Lied — Dumb, lying, or a heapin' helpin' of both? You make the call: … The thing I love about this lie is how it doesn't even try to be plausible. The Center for Responsive Politics shows that life-long Republican activist Jack Abramoff donated $0.00 to Democrats. Shocker.
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him — The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
White House:
President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. The United States Senate is now considering my nomination of Judge Sam Alito to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court. As Americans saw in his confirmation hearings, Sam Alito is a man of great character and integrity.
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B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
Google Airbrushes Christ from the Internet — Inspired by LGF's Google-China image searches of Tiannanmen Square (the spooky results of which you can find here), we decided to see what else the Chicom approved version of Google might be censoring. — Specifically, is Google helping Communist …
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Opinion Journal:
Cured Pork — Remedies for earmarking and other Congressional addictions. — Just when you thought pork barreling couldn't get any more amusing, along comes Citizens Against Government Waste, which reports that someone in Congress has diverted $2 million in the Navy's fiscal 2006 operations accounts …
Dr. Sanity:
20 YEARS AFTER CHALLENGER - The Dream Is Alive — NOTE: The 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 …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Some Real Questions — After reading the thirtieth article on how liberals who want liberalism and centrists who want to win are fighting for the soul of the party, I should probably chime in. Lobbyist Steve Elmendorf, quoted in the article, echoes this general theme:
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
The Filibuster Fight is Go — From Democrats.com: … And from Sean-Paul Kelly: … Sean-Paul Barbara Mikulski is one of the most vulnerable. Here is her contact information (thanks Prof): … If you have any trouble getting through anywhere, leave the info in the comments because I'll …
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 …
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Balloon Juice, Brilliant at Breakfast, AMERICAblog, The Carpetbagger Report and No More Apples
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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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Bush to Propose Trimming Army Reserve — WASHINGTON - President Bush will use his new budget to propose cutting the size of the Army Reserve to its lowest level in three decades and stripping up to $4 billion from two fighter aircraft programs. — The proposals, likely to face opposition on Capitol Hill …
Michelle Malkin:
THE WHITE SWANN SLUR — This is Lynn Swann. Pro football star. Republican. Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate. Black man: — This is James Seif, who until Wednesday night was the campaign manager for GOP rival gubernatorial candidate Bill Scranton:
Hatewatch / Winds of Change.NET:
HATEWATCH BRIEFING 2006-01-27 — Welcome! This briefing will be looking hard at the dark places the mainstream media sometimes seem determined to look away from, to better understand our declared enemies on their own terms and without illusions. Our goal is to bring you some of the top jihadi rants …
