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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
U.S. Policy Seen as Big Loser in Palestinian Vote — Standing in a sunny Rose Garden on June 24, 2002, surrounded by his top foreign policy advisers, President Bush issued a clarion call for resolving the deadly Israeli-Palestinian conflict: "I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror."
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Hamas Leader Sees No Change Toward Israelis — JERUSALEM, Jan. 28 — The exiled political head of the radical Islamic group Hamas said Saturday in Damascus, Syria, that the group would adopt "a very realistic approach" toward governing the Palestinian Authority and would work with the Fatah president …
Ian Fisher / New York Times:In Hamas's Overt Hatred, Many Israelis See Hope
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:Thousands of Fatah Activists March in Gaza
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …
New York Times:
Kerry Gets Cool Response to Call to Filibuster Alito — WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — Senator John Kerry today continued his apparently futile attempt to block the confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court, saying that the vote on President Bush's nominee would be "a vote for history."
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:Kerry Defends Senate Filibuster on Alito as 'a Vote of History'
Daily Kos:
And now, let's get to work... This is a follow-up to Armando's great posts this morning on the filibuster. Improbable? Yeah. Impossible? Never. Take 15 minutes out of your weekend for democracy's sake. Track the updates on the cloture count here. Here is the latest update:
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
And Away We Go.... Just got off a conference call with Ted Kennedy and others, and we got a better idea where the Dems are on all of this. — Some notes: — Maria Cantwell is reportedly quite wobbly, and might be succeptible to pressure. If Cantwell falls, Murray will potentially fall too.
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The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Lawyers, Guns and Money, TalkLeft, Vichy Democrats, Rising Hegemon and Factesque
New York Times:
Spies, Lies and Wiretaps — A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political spin …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change — Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act — Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Take The Money And Run — Jim VandeHei of the WaPo puts his head in the lion's mouth: … Steve Elmendorf has been marked for doom by the Kos himself. Continuing: … Well, yes - the DLC was formed twenty years ago in an attempt to drag the party to the center. How's it going?
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The WSJ Almost Gets It Right — The latest Wall Street Journal editorial on pork once again sounds all the right alarms in dealing with the profligate spending in Washington and the ensuing corruption that it brings. It starts off by scoffing at an earmarked subsidy from the US Navy on a …
Liz Marlantes / The New Republic:
Newtered — In Democratic circles these days, there is much talk of 1994—with good reason. The president's approval ratings are bad, Congress's are even worse, and, most importantly, scandal is sweeping the nation's capital. The atmosphere is poisonous enough that some Democrats believe …
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Creature / State of the Day:
Perspective, Perspective, Perspective — This thoughtful NYT Op-Ed by history professor Joseph J. Ellis successfully helps us put the tragic events of September 11th into historical perspective. … The historical perspective offered by Ellis is important, not only because it exposes …
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Doug / Below The Beltway:
It seems like yesterday, but it was twenty years ago today that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven astronauts, including New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian to orbit the Earth.
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Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice, The World Wide Rant, Right Wing Nut House, Dean's World and Sister Toldjah
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Hurricane Investigators See 'Fog of War' at White House — WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 — The White House was beset by the "fog of war" in the crucial days immediately after Hurricane Katrina, leaving it unable to respond properly to the unfolding catastrophe, House investigators said Friday …
Ian James / Associated Press:
Sheehan Considers Challenging Feinstein — CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) to protest what she called …
Hossein Derakhshan / New York Times:
Democracy's Double Standard — THE day before Iran's ninth presidential elections last June, President Bush sent a discouraging message to potential voters. Iran's electoral process "ignores the basic requirements of democracy," Mr. Bush declared, and these elections would be "sadly consistent" with the country's "oppressive record."
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Editor: Myself
Rocky Mountain News:
Kopel: Did blogosphere influence vote? — Corruption inquiry covered only on Web might have tipped Canadian election — On Monday, Canadian voters elected a new government, led by Stephen Harper and the Conservative party. Without the Internet, Paul Martin and the Liberals might still be ruling Canada.
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
Amoral Euphemism — Is "outsourcing" multilateralism? — National Review Online — Senator John Kerry has recently opined, "Why hasn't Osama Bin Laden been captured or killed, and how will he be destroyed before he next appears on tape to spread his disgusting message?"
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Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:
The Young Turks Filibuster On-Air (and Brad Jumps in to Help as Guest Host!) — Brad Guests Hosts Saturday from 5p-8p PT (8p-11p ET) — Call-In# is 323-866-8201 — The Young Turks, a daily radio program which broadcasts nationally from out here in Los Angeles, has been on the air "filibustering" since last Thursday evening.
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The Democratic Daily Blog
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
A BIPARTISAN SCANDAL?....The American Prospect has commissioned Dwight L. Morris and Associates, a specialist in campaign finance, to examine the contribution records of Indian tribes since 1991 to find out how their giving patterns changed based on whether or not they hired Jack Abramoff to represent them.
