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1:10 AM ET, April 27, 2006

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Washington Post:
Rove Testifies for 5th Time in CIA Leak Case  —  Top presidential adviser Karl Rove testified today before a federal grand jury investigating the 2003 leak of a CIA operative's identity, appearing "voluntarily and unconditionally" at the request of the chief federal prosecutor, Rove's attorney said.
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Associated Press:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Goes to Grand Jury  —  WASHINGTON - Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald early Wednesday went before a federal grand jury looking into the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  It is believed to be only the second session the prosecutor …
John King / CNN:
Rove testifies again in CIA leak case  —  Bush political adviser appears before grand jury for 5th time  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, testified Wednesday for a fifth time before a grand jury in the CIA leak investigation, Rove's attorney said Wednesday.
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Target Letter Drives Rove Back to Grand Jury  —  Karl Rove's appearance before a grand jury in the CIA leak case Wednesday comes on the heels of a "target letter" sent to his attorney recently by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, signaling that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Yeah I Got Your Spin Right Here  —  Since Karl Rove makes yet another appearance before the Grand Jury today (his fifth), I thought it would be nice to reconstruct Rove's history of testimony.  As Christy said this morning, it's quite unusual for someone to appear before the GJ so many times …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Great Day For Karl Rove!
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   MSNBC Reports: Rove to testify
John Solo / Associated Press:   Source: Rove to Testify in CIA Leak Case
David Espo / Associated Press:
Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans …
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Michelle Malkin:   OPEN-BORDERS BUSH: THE FINAL STRAW?
Dglover / Beltway Blogroll:
House Passes Bill To Protect Phone Numbers
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and NewsHog
White House:
President Announces Tony Snow as Press Secretary  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I'm here in the briefing room to break some news.  I've asked Tony Snow to serve as my new press secretary.  —  Tony already knows most of you, and he's agreed to take the job anyway.  (Laughter.)
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Germanm / TheWorldNewser:
George Stephanopoulos: Snow Day
Art Brodsky / tpmcafe.com:
Net Neutrality Defeated — Telcos and Cable Win  —  A House Committee sold out the Internet.  —  A couple of days ago, I wrote about an amendment in the House Commerce Committee that will go a long way to determining the future of the Internet.  —  The vote is over, and the amendment from Rep. Ed Markey …
Discussion: The Agonist and Off the Kuff
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:   A Letter to the Verizon/AT&T Five  —  I've been asked for background, so here goes.
Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
Victory Even As Markey Amendment Fails
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Demographics of Democratic Blog Activists  —  As Jerome indicated in Breaking Blue, yes, the new Blogads readers surveys have indeed made my day.  I am pouring over the results as I type.  —  Before going over the results, the first caveat I would like to note is that this is not a scientific survey …
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Neil Young: Exclusive 'Impeach the President' Lyrics  —  'Law & Order' |  Odds 'n' Ends  —  Neil Young: Exlusive 'Impeach the President' Lyrics  —  Neil Young's new album, Living with War, is an incendiary, moving, totally American document of peaceful protest that is going to make a lot of people crazy one way or another.
Dave Winer / Dave's Wordpress Blog:
Rather may blog after leaving CBS  —  Last night I had a 5-minute talk with Dan Rather, former CBS News anchor and managing editor.  We covered topics that weren't covered in the 1.5 hour interview with Orville Schell.  Dan Farber of CNET took a picture of us talking.
Fox News:
United Nations Probes Sale of Irreplaceable Stamp Archive  —  Amid the many scandals at the United Nations, a new mystery now looms.  What happened to the world organization's unique and valuable postal archive — in effect, the U.N.'s own stamp collection, one of the crown jewels of its past …
Mike Allen / popularmechanics.com:
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn?  —  Crunching the numbers on alternative fuels.  —  Lead Photograph by Christian Patterson  —  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next  —  Prairie power: The East Kansas Agri-Energy plant in Garnett, Kan., turns corn into ethanol.
Drudge Report:
'PROGRESSIVE' MEDIA STALLS: 'AIR AMERICA' IN AUDIENCE PLUNGE NYC, 'DAILY KOS' BOOK SELLS ONLY 3,600 COPIES  —  Left-leaning new media has hit turbulence at the marketplace, newly released stats show.  —  A book hyped by major media as documenting a progressive revolution of "blogs" …
Theresa Agovino / Associated Press:
Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising  —  NEW YORK - The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Blocks Measures Boosting Taxes on Oil Companies' Profits  —  Provisions Passed by Senate Would Raise About $5 Billion  —  While Republican leaders sharply criticize soaring gasoline prices and energy industry profits, GOP negotiators have decided to knock out provisions in a major tax bill …
New York Times:
Rumsfeld and Rice Visit Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 26 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, seeking to put past differences behind them, paid a surprise joint visit to Iraq today to mobilize diplomatic and security forces and bolster the new government of Prime Minister Jawad al-Maliki.
hotair.com:
Great to see that someone is keeping tabs on the culture of corruption on the other side of the aisle as well.  —  Keep up the good work Michelle!  —  No way Mollohan could be a part of the "Culture of Corruption" after all, he is a democrat.  We all know democrats are honest, not like across the aisle.
Discussion: Peaktalk
 
 
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