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11:05 PM ET, April 4, 2006

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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Armtwisting For Jesus  —  There's lots of speculation about what "conservative organization" Tom Delay is going to work for in northern Virginia.  Most people think he's going to become a lobbyist, but I would imagine that someone with his legal problems is not going to do that under the advice of his lawyers.
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Tom DeLay's Resignation Letter
Hindrocket / Power Line:
DELAY STEPS DOWN  —  Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay apparently …
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Delay's Dupes  —  Last summer I wrote a piece about a woman named Mary Fowler.
Eric / Is That Legal?:
Michelle Malkin: Blogging While Flying?  —  ome have maintained for a while now that a person other than Michelle Malkin is writing and posting some of the material that gets posted with her byline on her blog.  She has denied it.  —  To my eyes, the jury has always been out on that question.
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Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
Give DeLay's Money Back?
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
McCain: Not Enough Guest-Worker Backing  —  WASHINGTON - Supporters of a guest worker program that would let illegal immigrants stay in the United States said Tuesday they don't have enough Senate votes to overcome objections from conservatives who oppose the measure on grounds it amounts to amnesty.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TAPPED
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Senators Seek Deal on Immigration Bill
Reuters:
Sex tourism thriving in Bible Belt  —  ATLANTA (Reuters) - In a sleazy hotel room, "Brittany," then aged 16 and drugged into oblivion, waited for the men to arrive.  Her pimps sent as many as 17 clients an evening through the door.  —  A "john" could even pre-book the pretty young blonde …
Efraim Karsh / Opinion Journal:
Islam's Imperial Dreams  —  Muslim political ambitions aren't a reaction to Western encroachments.  —  When satirical depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper sparked a worldwide wave of Muslim violence early this year, observers naturally focused on the wanton destruction …
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Media Matters for America:
If It's Sunday, It's Still Conservative … Six weeks ago, Media Matters for America published an in-depth study of guests on ABC's This Week, CBS' Face the Nation, and NBC's Meet the Press in which we demonstrated that the shows' Republican and conservative guests outnumbered Democratic and progressive guests over a nine-year period.
Discussion: Donklephant and Bring it On!
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Smart Talk and Girly Talk on the Campaign Trail  —  Forget the Swift boat ads, the economy or international terrorism.  Here's what really may have decided the last presidential election:  —  President Bush and Vice President Cheney sounded more presidential than their Democratic counterparts.
Discussion: Wonkette and Betsy's Page
Sara Goudarzi / Yahoo! News:
Jesus Could Have Walked on Ice, Scientist Says  —  Rare conditions could have conspired to create hard-to-see ice on the Sea of Galilee that a person could have walked on back when Jesus is said to have walked on water, a scientist said today.  —  The study, which examines a combination …
Discussion: Gina Cobb
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Massachusetts Set to Offer Universal Health Insurance  —  BOSTON, April 4 — Massachusetts is poised to become the first state to provide nearly universal health care coverage after the state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill today that Gov. Mitt Romney says he will sign.
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Union Leaders Boo McCain on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) threatened on Tuesday to cut short a speech to union leaders who booed his immigration views and later challenged his statements on organized labor and the Iraq war.
Discussion: PunditGuy and The Talent Show
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
IT'S TIME: MEDALS OF HONOR FOR THE PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT #93  —  Almost a year and a half ago, I did a post advocating the awarding of Medals of Honor to the passengers of Flight #93.  —  Now that the movie United 93 is set to be released April 28, I think it is time once again to propose …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
A CBS Deal With Katie Couric May Be Near  —  CBS's long courtship of Katie Couric has moved close to a conclusion.  A deal to recruit her away from NBC's "Today" show and into the nightly anchor chair at CBS News may be completed as early as this week, people close to the negotiations said yesterday.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Right-wing Seeks to Take Your Internet  —  You can follow this in detail on Public Knowledge's blog or on the special section of Ed Markey's site dedicated to Net Neutrality.  —  Remember this interview with Edward Whiteacre, the CEO of SBC Communications?
Associated Press:
Iran: Stealth 'Flying Boat' Successfully Tested  —  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a "super-modern flying boat" capable of evading radar.  State TV showed a brief clip of the boat's launch.  —  "Due to its advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can detect it.
Fareed Zakaria:
To Become an American  —  Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a foolproof solution to its economic woes.  Watching the U.S. economy soar during the 1990s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology route.
Duane Bourne / Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia Beach agrees to change the way it scores police math exams  —  VIRGINIA BEACH — The city has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve allegations that it discriminated against black and Hispanic police recruits.  —  Under a consent decree filed Monday …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS  —  This morning's Washington Times reports the astonishing—to me, anyway—news that last week's massive pro-illegal immigrant demonstration in Los Angeles was organized by International A.N.S.W.E.R. We've written about International A.N.S.W.E.R. a number of times; for example, here.
Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
Who hates the other more - liberals or conservatives?  —  Here are three questions comparing liberals and conservatives:  —  1. During the 2004 elections, which car was more likely to be "keyed," i.e., deliberately scratched — a car with a "John Kerry" bumper sticker in an overwhelmingly conservative area …
 
 
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Focus Campaign Communication on Quality, Not Quantity
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New York Magazine:
Hillary at the Gate  —  "The trade issue is crippling the Democrats …
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Noahmax / Defense Tech:
IRAN'S KOOKY, INCENDIARY ARSENAL
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Fla. Senate: Is There a GOP Alternative to Harris?
Associated Press:
Prof threatened after 'Drudge Report' publishes his views on population control
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Times of London:
Why is a woman's brain smaller than a man's?  Maybe because she's a fox
Garance Franke-Ruta / TAPPED:
THE LIBERTARIAN WEST.  I see I've earned a mention in this David …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's address to the constituents of the 22nd District of Texas
U.S. Newswire:
Scarborough Calls DeLay a 'Man of Courage and Commitment'
The Cranky Liberal / Bring it On!:
Do you know Sec. 112 of H.R. 609?
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Los Angeles Times:
Abramoff Offered to Aid Sudan, Envoy Says
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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