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Stephen Castle / Independent:
Mohamed cartoons provoke bomb threats against Danish newspaper — A Danish newspaper suffered bomb scares a day after apologising for cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed which prompted protests from Muslims and a boycott of Danish products in a dozen nations. — The offices of Jyllands-Posten …
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service.spiegel.de:
Alienated Danish Muslims Sought Help from Arabs — Twelve drawings of Muhammad printed in a major Danish newspaper have turned millions of Muslims against Denmark. But three images that had nothing to do with the campaign that were shown to Muslim leaders on a trip by a group of Muslims living …
Arthur Bright / Christian Science Monitor:Firestorm over Danish Muhammad cartoons continues
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Arab News, The Brussels Journal, Times of London, The Politburo Diktat, Tammy Bruce and The Huffington Post
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate — WASHINGTON - 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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Washington Post:
Republicans Were Masters In the Race to Paint Alito — Democrats' Portrayal Failed to Sway the Public — On the night of Sunday, Oct. 30, the White House team charged with getting Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination through the Senate got a first look at the nominee.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:Alito's first significant vote: splits with conservatives
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The Sideshow
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Not So Free Speech — In the kabuki theatre world of GWB Productions, there is good speech (that which works with the stage direction of the event) and bad speech (that which does not make for good camera shots and must, therefore, be shut down). — You will no doubt recall last year's instance …
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Hullabaloo, The Mahablog, The Carpetbagger Report, QandO, The American Street and Crooks and Liars
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Update 10: Police Apologize, Drop Charge Vs. Sheehan — Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Wednesday and apologized for ejecting her and a congressman's wife from President Bush's State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages.
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On Tap, Unclaimed Territory, Seeing the Forest, A Blog For All, PBD and Outside The Beltway
Kevin G. Hall / Knight Ridder:
Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports — WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush's Goals on Energy Quickly Find Obstacles — WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The energy proposals set out on Tuesday by President Bush quickly ran into obstacles on Wednesday, showing how difficult it will be to take even the limited steps he supports to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil.
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Eschaton
New York Times:
House Approves Budget Cutbacks of $39.5 Billion — WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — House Republicans eked out a victory on a $39.5 billion budget-cutting package on Wednesday, with a handful of skittish Republicans switching their votes at the last minute in opposition to reductions in spending on health and education programs.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Lobbying Changes Divide House GOP
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying — WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance …
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Ex-Aide Libby Wants Classified Materials — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for a former top White House aide want access to classified intelligence briefings to show that he had more pressing matters on his mind than lying about leaking the identity of a CIA operative to get even with her husband for criticizing President Bush.
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Daily Kos, The Reality-Based Community, rawstory.com, The Next Hurrah, NY Daily News, firedoglake and First Draft
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Editor and Publisher:
Joint Chiefs Send Rare Protest Letter to 'Wash Post' Over 'Reprehensible' Toles Cartoon — NEW YORK A Tom Toles editorial cartoon published in The Washington Post on Monday and on its Web site has drawn a very rare and very strong protest letter to the editors from all six members of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, E&P has learned.
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The Strata-Sphere, AMERICAblog, NewsBusters.org, ProfessorBainbridge.com and The Sundries Shack
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CNN:
Jimmy Carter: Give Hamas a chance — Former president says U.S. should not cut off aid to Palestinians — (CNN) — Hamas deserves to be recognized by the international community, and despite the group's militant history, there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:Don't Be Fooled by Hamas
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Preemptive Karma, Hyscience, Captain's Quarters, The Political Pit Bull and Decision '08
MSNBC:
Scoring SCOTUS — Alito and the Democrats — Judge Sam Alito was confirmed today, as expected. The final vote was 58 to 42. The voting list is here. — This past weekend saw a unified effort in the blogosphere to engage readers in a call to action.
Washington Post:
Retreating on the Offensive — THE MOST important foreign policy theme in President Bush's State of the Union speech Tuesday night was his warning that the United States cannot afford to retreat from the aggressive defense of its interests abroad. The hardships of the wars in Iraq …
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Bull Moose
Ctblogger / CONNECTICUTBlog:
See Lieberman jump for joy — Okay, I had a chance to go back and take a look at the Lieberman footage from last night and I have to revise my eariler statement. — It seems like a very small handful of moderate Democrats stood up along with Lieberman when Bush made his "we're winning the Iraq war" …
Wall Street Journal:
Alito-Palooza — Regularly Updated Political Insight and Analysis — Justice Samuel Alito stopped by the White House Wednesday afternoon for a ceremonial swearing in, with President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and a galaxy of Republican legal stars, from Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese III …
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Outside The Beltway
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Budget Cuts Pass By a Slim Margin — Poor, Elderly and Students to Feel Pinch — The House yesterday narrowly approved a contentious budget-cutting package that would save nearly $40 billion over five years by imposing substantial changes on programs including Medicaid, welfare, child support and student lending.
