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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Feingold Resolution and the Sound of Silence — Democratic senators, filing in for their weekly caucus lunch yesterday, looked as if they'd seen a ghost. — "I haven't read it," demurred Barack Obama (Ill.). — "I just don't have enough information," protested Ben Nelson (Neb.).
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
A Senate Maverick Acts to Force an Issue — Democrat Feingold's Motion to Censure the President Roils Both Parties — For months the Democrats have resisted calls from their liberal base to more aggressively challenge President Bush. Now a maverick Democratic senator from Wisconsin …
John / AMERICAblog:
Washington Post. Sloppy Journalism. Stop it. Now. — Sometimes I know what it's like to have kids. — You get tired of always having to be the parent. Always having to be the bad guy. Never getting any respect. But someone has to do it. And if not you, then who?
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Feingold Assails Dems on Bush Censure — WASHINGTON - Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold accused fellow Democrats on Tuesday of cowering rather than joining him on trying to censure President Bush over domestic spying. — "Democrats run and hide" when the administration invokes the war on terrorism, Feingold told reporters.
liberaloasis.com:
If It's Good Enough For Clinton... Busy Busy Busy (via firedoglake) dug up that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, one of the many Dems who have refused to take a stand on Sen. Russ Feingold's resolution censuring Dubya for his illegal wiretaps, was happy to introduce a resolution censuring Bill Clinton in 1999.
Fox News:
Feingold Blames Stalled Censure Motion on 'Cowering' Democrats
Feingold Blames Stalled Censure Motion on 'Cowering' Democrats
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The Strata-Sphere
Laurie Kellman / chippewa.com:
Feingold's censure resolution of Bush referred to committee
Feingold's censure resolution of Bush referred to committee
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Unclaimed Territory, Vichy Democrats, The Huffington Post, Balloon Juice and rawstory.com
Washington Post:
Federal Witnesses Banned in 9/11 Trial — Judge Cites Misconduct By Lawyer; Prosecution Faces Major Setback — A judge barred key government witnesses from testifying at the death penalty trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, ruling yesterday that the misconduct of a federal lawyer …
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New York Times:
A Stumble a Day ... Every second-term presidency tends to get tired and falter a bit. But these days, when so many big things are going so very wrong, smaller errors seem like an echo of overall ineptitude. And since President Bush has convinced Americans that we live in a permanent state …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Took Photos of Antiwar Activists in 2002 — An FBI agent in Pittsburgh photographed members of an antiwar activist group in 2002, according to documents released yesterday by the American Civil Liberties Union, which said the disclosure marks the latest incident in which the FBI has monitored left-leaning groups.
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Powerful Voices Within Tehran Criticize Iran's Nuclear Policy — TEHRAN, March 14 — Just weeks ago, the Iranian government's combative approach toward building a nuclear program produced rare public displays of unity here. Now, while the top leaders remain resolute in their course …
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Captain's Quarters, The Political Pit Bull, Gina Cobb, BrothersJudd Blog, Wizbang and A Blog For All
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Conservative Case Against John McCain In 2008 — There is no Republican up on Capitol Hill more disliked by his own GOP brethren than John McCain. That's why, despite the size of his fan club in the mainstream media, McCain seems rather unlikely to capture the party's nomination for President in 2008.
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Judge Plans to Order Google to Turn Over Data to U.S. — SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14 — After the Justice Department sharply cut back its request for search-engine data from Google, a federal judge indicated today that he would instruct the company to comply with a government subpoena …
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Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Judge Says Google Must Hand Over Search Records
Judge Says Google Must Hand Over Search Records
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IRAQ IS ON THE BRINK; BUT OF WHAT? — We're a day late linking to this column that Ralph Peters wrote for Real Clear Politics, but it's an interesting analysis of why western journalists give us such one-sided coverage of what is happening in Iraq: … Peters argues that many western journalists …
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La Shawn Barber / Townhall.com:
It Doesn't Matter If You're Black or White — Email to a friend - Print this page - Text size: A A — REVIEWS — To call FX's new reality show "Black. White." shallow would be an understatement. It's also pointless, exceptionally trite, filled with cringe-worthy stereotypes, and teeming with double standards.
David Chanen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Photo cop hits red light — A judge struck down the Minneapolis ordinance because police ticketed car owners without determining who was really driving. — A Hennepin County judge has temporarily put a lens cap over the cameras that capture drivers running red lights at 12 of Minneapolis' most accident-prone intersections.
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Tom Lasseter / Knight Ridder:
U.S. military airstrikes significantly increased in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - American forces have dramatically increased airstrikes in Iraq during the past five months, a change of tactics that may foreshadow how the United States plans to battle a still-strong insurgency while reducing the number of U.S. ground troops serving here.
Salon:
The Abu Ghraib files — 279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison — and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable. … By Joan Walsh — Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++