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5:20 PM ET, March 13, 2006

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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Sen. Feingold's censure resolution is moderate and reasonable  —  By Anonymous Liberal  —  On Sunday Senator Russ Feingold called for President Bush to be censured by Congress for authorizing extensive and ongoing violations of a criminal statute, FISA.  There is nothing at all radical about Feingold's proposal.
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John Files / New York Times:
Senator to Propose Censure of Bush Over Spy Program  —  WASHINGTON, March 12 — Senator Russell D. Feingold said Sunday that he would introduce a measure in the Senate to censure President Bush over the domestic eavesdropping program.  —  "What the president did by consciously …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Senior White House Staff May Be Wearing Down  —  Andrew H. Card Jr. wakes at 4:20 in the morning, shows up at the White House an hour or so later, convenes his senior staff at 7:30 and then proceeds to a blur of other meetings that do not let up until long after the sun sets.
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Washington Post:
Judge Unexpectedly Recesses Moussaoui Trial  —  A federal judge indicated today that she might throw out the death penalty case against Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui after prosecutors disclosed that a government attorney had violated the court's rules about discussing witness testimony.
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
You've Got Mail (It's From Yale)  —  A university official calls Taliban critics "retarded" while the university maintains a stony silence.  —  The two most dysfunctional management cultures I know of right now are the Bush White House and Yale University.
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Clinton W. Taylor / Townhall.com:
Yale alumni relations' response: "Are you retarded?"
Discussion: YARGB and Ace of Spades HQ
George Clooney / The Huffington Post:
I Am a Liberal.  There, I Said It!  —  I am a liberal.  And I make no apologies for it.  Hell, I'm proud of it.  —  Too many people run away from the label.  They whisper it like you'd whisper "I'm a Nazi."  Like it's dirty word.  But turn away from saying "I'm a liberal" …
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Reliapundit / THE ASTUTE BLOGGER:   CLOONEY: A DUPE WHO IS WRONG AGAIN
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Matthew Schofield / Knight Ridder:
Death squads operated from inside Iraqi government, officials say  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Senior Iraqi officials Sunday confirmed for the first time that death squads composed of government employees had operated illegally from inside two government ministries.  —  "The deaths squads …
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Shiite Vigilantes Kill 4 in Sign of Lawlessness in Baghdad
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Terry Eastland / Weekly Standard:
The Roberts Effect  —  JOHN ROBERTS HAS SAT IN the center seat of the Supreme Court a mere five months.  Conventional wisdom holds that it takes four or five years for a new justice to hit his stride.  Even so, Roberts's work stands out in a Washington whose daily manufacture, it seems …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Bush Alarm: Urging U.S. to Shun Isolationism  —  WASHINGTON, March 12 — The president who made pre-emption and going it alone the watchwords of his first term is quietly turning in a new direction, warning at every opportunity of the dangers of turning the nation inward and isolationist …
Linton Weeks / Washington Post:
The Gridiron's Betters, Skewered With a Butter Knife  —  Ask members of the Gridiron Club — a group of mostly senior reporters who staged their annual dinner at the Capital Hilton last night — why it exists and you'll usually get three answers.  1) It's a rare venue for biting humor.
Discussion: FishBowlDC, Wonkette and Eschaton
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Ready or Not, Bird Flu Is Coming to America  —  Officials Advise Stocking Up on Provisions — and Warn That Infected Birds Cannot Be Prevented From Flying In  —  March 13, 2006 — In a remarkable speech over the weekend, Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt recommended …
Discussion: Shot In The Dark
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Study Finds More News Media Outlets, Covering Less News  —  The third annual review of the state of American journalism found that while there were more media outlets this year than ever, they were covering less news.  —  The review was conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism …
Colin Nickerson / Boston Globe:
Anti-Semitism seen rising among France's Muslims  —  BAGNEUX, France — In the bleak housing project where a young Jew named Ilan Halimi was held captive and tortured before being dumped in a vacant lot to die, there's scant sympathy for the victim.  —  ''It's too bad this happened …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Big News: Shrinking Reportage  —  An explosion of media outlets means we now have more coverage and carping about every conceivable event than ever before in history.  —  But we also have less reporting.  —  Hundreds of cable and radio commentators, and millions of bloggers, can sound off about the news in real time.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt, Iowa Voice and FishBowlDC
White House:
President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Iraq  —  Washington, D.C.  —  Fact Sheet: Strategy for Victory: Defeating the Terrorists and Training Iraqi Security Forces  —  In Focus: Renewal in Iraq  —  In Focus: National Security  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Think Progress
 
 
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USA Today:
Poll: Bush approval rating hits new low
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Jane Ruffin / Raleigh News & Observer:
Fill void of moral leadership
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TAPPED:
FROM BAD TO AWFUL.  I know that William Saletan is an astute observer …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Armitage Woodward's Source? "A Fair Assumption"
Washington Post:
A Rising Tide?  —  THIS NATION prefers not to discuss inequality.
David Bernstein / volokh.com:
The Volokh Conspiracy
Graham Allison / Boston Globe:
The nightmare this time  —  A nuclear showdown with Iran …
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W. Thomas Smith, Jr / Townhall.com:
Responsible or irresponsible reporting?
Julian Borger / Guardian:
Former top judge says US risks edging near to dictatorship
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
Islam Fatally Flawed, Says Voice From Corona via Al Jazeera
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Fukuyama's Pivot  —  He urged the liberation of Iraq.
PR Newswire:
McClatchy to Acquire Knight Ridder
Josh White / Washington Post:
Detainee in Photo With Dog Was 'High-Value' Suspect
CBS News:
Tal Afar: Al Qaeda's Town
Los Angeles Times:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

 
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