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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo — WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program. — Although few Senate Democrats …
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John / AMERICAblog:
NOW and NAACP make fools of themselves defending wackjob Rep. McKinney's ridiculous racial complaint — Good God. If you ever needed proof of how irrelevant the big-monied liberal advocacy groups have become, we got a lovely demonstration today when the NAACP and the National Organization …
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Associated Press:
McKinney Says Police Officer Touched Her 'Inappropriately' — Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, said yesterday that the officer started the incident by "inappropriately touching and stopping" her after she walked past a security checkpoint.
Debbie Schlussel:
More Big Hints on Jill Carroll's Extremist Views; Endorses Iraqi Islamic Party — Hmmm . . . more curious things about Jill Carroll and those who are "elated" about her release. We've already commented about her anti-American views. What a "coincidence" that all of these groups share one thing in common …
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
More Insight Into Carroll's Situation — I think anyone who wants to criticize anything Jill Carroll has done or said should at a very minimum stop and read this article first. I'll say it again: this woman is not a soldier, and she was under no obligation whatsoever to hesitate for a nanosecond …
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Cranky Franken's 'Today' Appearance: Tells Conservative Guest To "Screw You" — A very tired and very cranky Al Franken appeared on the March 31 edition of the Today show. The segment, which aired at 7:12AM EST, saw Franken respond to a barb from fellow radio talk show host Michael Smerconish with this witty barb: "Screw you."
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Cranky Al Franken, Matt Lauer, NBC's Today Show, Michael Smercomish — FRANKEN: 'SCREW YOU!' — On National Television, Grumpy, Testy Al Lets Loose — Memo to network producers: avoid booking Al Franken in the early morning hours. Before a certain point, he's a certifiable grump.
Claudia Rosett / Opinion Journal:
'I Am Not Running Away' — Meet Benon Sevan, the man at the center of the Oil for Food scandal. — NICOSIA, Cyprus—"Medium or sweet?" asks Benon Sevan. He is inquiring how much sugar I would like in the Turkish coffee he's boiling up for us on his kitchen stove, and I am torn between thanking …
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WSJ Fails to Credit Online Reporter Who Broke Story — The Wall Street Journal today published article by Brody Mullins on Michael Scanlon and his former fiance Emily Miller. It fails to credit investigative journalist Jason Leopold who broke the story in January.
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Brody Mullins / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Unraveling Of DeLay's Team, A Jilted Fiancée — Breakup of Ex-Aides Shook — Group Tied to Abramoff; — The Prosecutors Move In — Ms. Miller's Tearful Apology — WASHINGTON — The engagement of Emily Miller and Michael Scanlon was supposed to mark the coming out of a new Washington power couple.
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Clark: U.S. Needs New Plan on Terror War — WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark accused the Bush administration Saturday of taking the nation on a "path to nowhere" with misguided moves on national security. — The retired Army general and NATO military commander argued …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
'Tactical Errors' Made In Iraq, Rice Concedes — BLACKBURN, England, March 31 — Greeted by antiwar protesters at almost every stop in a tour of a working-class region of England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the Bush administration has probably made thousands of …
TalkLeft:
The Duke La Crosse Players Rape Allegations: Truth or Scam? — The best coverage of the story so far: There was a party at a house rented by three Duke La Crosse team members. They hired two exotic dancers. The dancers were black and 46 of the 47 team members are white.
nytimesfaux.com:
Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons — New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of "Little Green Footballs".
Senator Russ Feingold / TomPaine.com:
The GOP's Stake In Checking The President — Russ Feingold is a U.S. senator from Wisconsin. — During the Watergate hearings, then-Senator Howard Baker, a Republican, showed tremendous courage, and a deep sense of Congress's duty to hold President Nixon accountable …
Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
REPULSIVE REPUBLICANS — 1) Republicans are preparing to bring the Federal Marriage Amendment to a vote. So I guess the plan from now on is to do this in all even-numbered years, and then throw the idea aside in odd-numbered ones? I know a lot of people support the FMA for principled reasons …