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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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neo-neocon:
Exclusive: neo-neocon rerats — If you're a regular reader here, you probably already know that Winston Churchill is my idol— well, one of my idols, anyway, along with all the contestants on "American Idol." — One of Churchill's many famous quotes is "Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain ingenuity to rerat."
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The President's "good faith" defense — By Anonymous Liberal — In its article covering Friday's censure hearing, the New York Times reports: … Oh really. Here's a passage from the same 1969 TIME Magazine article Glenn highlighted yesterday:
CNN:
Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally' — U.S. secretary of state visits England amid anti-war protests — BLACKBURN, England (CNN) — One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state …
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Joel Brinkley / New York Times:
Rice Gets an Earful From British Muslims — BLACKBURN, England, April 1 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice faced more protests and public embarrassment here on Saturday that have turned a trip meant to be a friendly follow-up to an American trip by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw …
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 …
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.
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Norwegianity, Riehl World View, Shakespeare's Sister, The Daily Brief, Power Line and Andrew Sullivan
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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 …
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 …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Jill Carroll's Release Had A Propaganda Price (UPDATED)
Jill Carroll's Release Had A Propaganda Price (UPDATED)
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The Mahablog, A Blog For All, The Heretik, Gina Cobb, Charging RINO, Dohiyi Mir and Yourish.com
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
A Geek, Sure, but No Patsy When It's About Research — WITH his baggy black clothes, his lank, black, center-parted hair, and his black-framed spectacles offsetting a moon-pale face, Laurie Pycroft knows how he is likely to be described. — "You are welcome to use the word geek," he tells an interviewer.
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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.
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Cranky Franken's 'Today' Appearance: Tells Conservative Guest To "Screw You"
Cranky Franken's 'Today' Appearance: Tells Conservative Guest To "Screw You"
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times:
US lobby groups aim to weaken Cfius bill further — Washington's most powerful business lobbyists patted each other on the back this week after an intense lobbying campaign helped water down proposed legislation that will make the national security review process tougher for foreign companies buying sensitive US assets.
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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 …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Politics Is Facing Sweeping Change via the Internet — WASHINGTON, March 31 — The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, prompting the rewriting of rules on advertising, fund-raising …
TalkLeft:
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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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 …
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.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ABC Suspends Producer Over Bush-Bashing E-Mail — ABC News suspended the executive producer of the weekend edition of "Good Morning America" yesterday over a pair of leaked e-mails in which he used inflammatory language to slam President Bush and Madeleine Albright.
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".