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Michelle Malkin:
THE COWARDLY AMERICAN MEDIA (VIDEO ADDED) — ***scroll for updates*** — Read this CNN report very carefully: … Unbelievable. The news network reports on an international controversy, but refuses to show readers what the news is actually about and let them judge the cartoons for themselves.
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Michelle Malkin:
IN SEARCH OF A BRAVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER (UPDATED) — ***11:20am update...I've just learned that the NYSun published two of the cartoons in today's print edition...will post scans if I can get them...bravo!...scan posted below...*** — I have contacted several newspaper op-ed editors urging …
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Lorenzo Vidino / The Counterterrorism Blog:Fabricated cartoons worsened Danish controversy
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Gateway Pundit, dw-world.de, Viking Observer, Blinq, All Things Beautiful, The American Princess, Arab News, The Belmont Club and Jihad Watch
Associated Press:Militants Surround EU Offices in Gaza Over 'Offensive' Cartoons
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The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta
Gateway Pundit:Islamic Society of Denmark Used Fake Cartoons to Create Story!
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Front Page Magazine, The Brussels Journal, Sigmund, Carl and Alfred, Danske øjne … and Times of London
Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:An Awakening Europe Reacts - Spineless UK Press Doesn't
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The Officers' Club
David Espo / Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected House Majority Leader — WASHINGTON - Rep. John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio was elected House majority leader Thursday to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay. — Boehner defeated fellow Republican Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record) of Missouri …
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Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected GOP Majority Leader — WASHINGTON — Republican officials say Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has been chosen House majority leader. — Boehner defeated Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, 122-109, after lagging behind his rival in a first, inconclusive ballot.
CNN:
Boehner elected House majority leader — Republicans choose Ohio lawmaker to succeed DeLay — (CNN) — House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader. — He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote on the second ballot.
New York Times:
Ohio Congressman Wins Majority Leader Race, Replacing DeLay — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Representative John Boehner, an eight-term Congressman from far west Ohio, defeated Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri today to become House majority leader as Republicans showed their eagerness …
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Iraq, Niger, And The CIA — Vice President Cheney and his then-Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were personally informed in June 2003 that the CIA no longer considered credible the allegations that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger …
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Bush told Blair we're going to war, memo reveals — · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings — · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes — · Bush: postwar violence unlikely — Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Bring On The Screeching Harpies — These missing Cheney e-mails are very intriguing. This is particularly so because we went though a similar event during the Clinton administration and the Republicans went completely apes**t over it. In 2000, it was revealed (through the machinations of Judicial Watch) …
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Tony Blankley / realclearpolitics.com:
State of the Democratic Party — During an election campaign, political operatives are fond of seeking to induce in their opponent a negative "defining moment." That is to say a highly publicized moment when their opponent portrays everything that is wrong with him.
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Benjamin Harvey / aolsvc.news.aol.com:
In Turkish Movie, Americans Kill Innocents — Gary Busey, Billy Zane Co-Star in Anti-American Film — ISTANBUL, Turkey (Feb. 2) - In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate — New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection. — Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor …
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / Commentary:
Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act? — "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts." Thus ran the headline of a front-page news story whose repercussions have roiled American politics ever since its publication last December 16 in the New York Times.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
When does the "self-correcting" blogosphere start to self-correct? — (updated below - twice - and then once again) — Before the Capitol Police acknowledged yesterday that there was no legal basis for removing, let alone arresting, Cindy Sheehan — to the contrary, they admitted that they …
WorldNetDaily:
NAACP chairman compares GOP to Nazis — Bond delivers blistering partisan speech in North Carolina — Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Democrats and Bush Aides Spar in Senate Over U.S. Spying — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Senate Democrats today angrily accused the Bush administration of conducting a public relations campaign to defend the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program while refusing …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Netroots, It's Time to Get Serious About Power — One of the arguments I've tried to make is that the Democratic Party and the blogosphere itself lacks a functional apparatus for projecting power. The Washington Post has a terrific article that we should all read and work through on the recent Alito fight.
Slate:
Is Abortion Bad? — Dear Katha, — Let's start by explaining to readers why we're having this conversation. Last week in the New York Times, I urged pro-choicers to wage war on the abortion rate through birth control and sex education. This week in The Nation, you replied that …
