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First Photo of Bush and Abramoff — White House had initially said there was no record of disgraced lobbyist at 2001 meeting … Just how close was the relationship between the White House and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff? The Bush Administration again faced questions about those ties …
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Photograph Shows Lobbyist at Bush Meeting With Legislators — President Bush shaking hands in 2001 with Chief Raul Garza of the Kickapoo tribe of Texas. In the background at left is the lobbyist Jack Abramoff; Karl Rove, the president's top adviser, is at the right.
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites — Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb.
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New York Times:
The Trust Gap — We can't think of a president who has gone to the American people more often than George W. Bush has to ask them to forget about things like democracy, judicial process and the balance of powers — and just trust him. We also can't think of a president who has deserved that trust less.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Carter Spied, And Then He Lied — Despite former President Jimmy Carter's pointed jabs at the Bush administration over the NSA surveillance program this past week, it turns out that Carter has more familiarity with warrantless eavesdropping than he let on. Today's Washington Times reports …
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Inquiry Into Wiretapping Article Widens — WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 — Federal agents have interviewed officials at several of the country's law enforcement and national security agencies in a rapidly expanding criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding a New York Times article published …
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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Artistic courage redefined — Yehudit writes that since the cartoons and riots therefrom, … Quite so, but there is a problem: Muslims keep redefining what is objectionable. They "dumb down" offensiveness. Such as Valentine Cards: A radical Kashmiri Islamic group, Dukhtaran-e-Millat …
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Times of London:
British imam praises London Tube bombers — A LEADING imam in the mosque where the July 7 bombers worshipped has hailed their terrorist attack on London as a "good" act in a secretly taped conversation with an undercover reporter. — Hamid Ali, spiritual leader of the mosque in West Yorkshire …
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AMERICAN FUTURE
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Jim Brady Acting Up Again: It's the Accountability, Stupid — With this nasty letter in the Washington Post, online editor Jim Brady shows just how aggressive he is willing to be to avoid accountability at his newspaper. It's quite remarkable, actually. He still does not understand what went wrong.
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
I'm sure Ken Ham is sincere in his faith... ...and that's exactly why he is a slimy ass-pimple, a child-abusing freak. … 2300 children. 2300 young minds poisoned. Nothing new, I know, and I should just get used to it. — But I can't. — And here's how Ken Ham gets away with spreading anti-intellectual idiocy.
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Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Healing, With New Limbs and Fragile Dreams — It was a victory for Lance Cpl. Matthew Schilling to walk into the upper gallery of the House of Representatives on Jan. 31 for the State of the Union address. He wore his dress blues and a prosthetic leg. Five months earlier …
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THE NEWS BLOG
Nell Henderson / Washington Post:
Cheney Says New Unit Will Prove Tax Cuts Boost Revenue — Vice President Cheney said Thursday night that the verdict is in before the Bush administration's new tax analysis shop has even opened for business: Tax cuts boost federal government revenue. — That assertion won applause …
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Suburban Guerrilla
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
'Throttling' Angers Netflix Renters — SAN FRANCISCO - Manuel Villanueva realizes he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up for Netflix Inc.'s online DVD rental service 2 1/2 years ago, but he still feels shortchanged. That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays …
Martin Kettle / Guardian:
When it was no longer sweet or noble to kill for the cause — In 1956, the mirror in which the left saw itself was shattered. But its self-deception lives on — If the great history lesson of the 20th century is that socialism does not work then the watershed event in that tragic enlightenment …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Katrina Report Spreads Blame — Homeland Security, Chertoff Singled Out — Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans …
Hal Bernton / Seattle Times:
Government wants to sell thousands of acres — The Bush administration on Friday proposed the largest Forest Service land sale in decades, listing 309,421 acres in more than 30 states — including nearly 7,500 acres in Washington state. — The plan, which requires congressional approval …
Greg Jefferson / mysanantonio.com:
Unions unite in attempt to oust Cuellar — Add steelworkers to the list of unions gunning for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar. — "He is our No. 1 primary target in the United States," said Chuck Rocha, national political director of the United Steelworkers of America.
