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12:20 PM ET, April 21, 2006

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
China and Its President Greeted by a Host of Indignities  —  Chinese President Hu Jintao got almost everything he wanted out of yesterday's visit to the White House.  —  He got the 21-gun salute, the review of the troops and the Colonial fife-and-drum corps.
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New York Post:
'RESPECTFUL' W. HEARS A HU  —  April 21, 2006 — WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that he and Chinese President Hu Jintao are now able to openly discuss their disputes "with respect" - but there was no sign that any of those disputes got resolved at their White House meeting.
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
Democrats Eager to Exploit Anger Over Gas Prices  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — Democrats running for Congress are moving quickly to use the most recent surge in oil and gasoline prices to bash Republicans over energy policy, and more broadly, the direction of the country.
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats Ahead in Cash Race  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continued to outpace the National Republican Senatorial Committee in fundraising, bringing in more contributions and finishing the quarter with twice as much money in the bank, according to Federal Election Commission reports released yesterday.
Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
Democrat Harry Reid Steps Out to Lead
Discussion: Think Progress and Michelle Malkin
New York Times:
Bush Counsel May Be Next in White House Shake-Up  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — Joshua B. Bolten, the new White House chief of staff, has raised the possibility of moving Harriet E. Miers from her job as President Bush's counsel as part of a continuing shake-up of the West Wing …
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fda.gov:
Inter-Agency Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine
Discussion: ACSBlog
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
SORRY, YOUR VIEWPOINT IS EXCLUDED FROM FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION: That's what the Ninth Circuit holds today, as to student speech in K-12 schools, in a remarkable — and in my view deeply unsound — decision (Harper v. Poway Unified School Dist.).  —  Tyler Harper wore an anti-homosexuality T-shirt …
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Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Court Rules Against Gay-Bashing T-Shirts
Discussion: Feministe and Bark Bark Woof Woof
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants  —  WASHINGTON, April 20 — The apprehension on Wednesday of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants employed by a pallet supply company based in Houston, as well as the arrest of seven of its managers, represented the start of a more aggressive federal crackdown …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Los Angeles Times Yanks Columnist's Blog  —  The Los Angeles Times suspended the blog of one of its top columnists last night, saying he violated the paper's policy by posting derogatory comments under an assumed name.  —  The paper said in an online editor's note that Michael Hiltzik …
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James Robison / Ray Robison:
Fitting the pieces together  —  In February 2001, the Sunday Times ran the article Was this Saddam's Bomb by Gwynne Roberts.  I couldn't find the original but it is also on Globalsecurity.org .  —  I only recently read this article and found it interesting but very hard to believe.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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James Robison / Ray Robison:
More support to the claim that Saddam conducted nuclear tests
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Noel Sheppard / The American Thinker:
Have you ever considered the peculiar yet convenient amnesia that regularly strikes members of the drive-by media when it fits their political agenda?  Given the development of the Internet, the accuracy and ease of search engines, and the ready access of more detailed media devices …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Generals' Dangerous Whispers  —  Last time around, the antiwar left did not have a very high opinion of generals.  A popular slogan in the 1960s was "war is too important to be left to the generals."  It was the generals who had advocated attacking Cuba during the missile crisis of October 1962 …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
As Iran Presses Its Ambitions, Its Young See Theirs Denied  —  Lack of Economic Opportunity Leads Many to Drugs  —  SHAFT, Iran — The question that preoccupies most of Iran lay coiled in the sullen stare of Abbas Kayhan, 25 years old and stuck behind the counter of his father's corner store.
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Disinhibition Nation  —  When blogs rule, we'll all talk like —  Kevin Ray Underwood, the repressed Oklahoma cannibal, kept an Internet "blog" of his compulsions for years before kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old neighbor last week.  On his blog, Kevin wrote a lot about Kevin …
Discussion: Swords Crossed and Eschaton
New York Times:
Shiite Drops Bid to Keep His Post as Iraqi Premier  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 20 — Under intense domestic and American pressure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari dropped his bid to retain his job on Thursday, removing a major obstacle to forming a new government during a time of rising sectarian violence.
 
 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

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