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11:30 AM ET, April 28, 2006

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Charles Krauthammer:
Say It With Me: Supply and Demand  —  If you thought the Dubai port deal marked a record high in Washington cynicism, think again.  Nothing can match the spectacle of politicians scrambling for cover during a spike in gasoline prices.  And this time the panderfest has gone all the way to the Oval Office.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators Hurry to Quell Furor Over Gas  —  WASHINGTON, April 27 — Senate Republicans tried on Thursday to get the upper hand in the escalating political battle over high gasoline prices by proposing a $100 rebate for taxpayers and by suggesting that they might increase taxes on oil-industry profits.
H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Congress Struggles to Act on Gas Prices
Discussion: Donklephant
Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Red Lights on Capitol Hill?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported today that indicted former California Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham may not have limited his good times to partying on a rented yacht.  It turns out the FBI is currently investigating two defense contractors …
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Billmon:
Sex Pistols  —  I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the possibility (from Harper's via TPM Muckraker) that Porter Goss, director of the CIA, may be implicated in a hooker service for corrupt (and horny) congressmen paid for by defense contractors and run out of — you really gotta love this part — the Watergate Hotel.
Justin Rood / TPM Muckraker:
CIA's Goss Drawn Into Hooker Probe?  —  Ken Silverstein reports at Harper's blog on the spreading Cunningham-Wade-Wilkes prostitute scandal.  He says more lawmakers, past and present, are being investigated.  Sounds like he thinks House Intel Chair-turned-CIA Director Porter Goss is one of them:
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Washington Post:
Balanced Crowd at Fox's Bash  —  There was a buzz when Dick Cheney walked into the "Fox News Sunday" 10th anniversary bash Wednesday night, but it was another guest — arriving fashionably late — who really got heads turning. … "Having the clear frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination show …
Brit Hume / Fox News:
Tony Snow Is Confused With Another Tony in Washington
Discussion: David Sirota
New York Times:
Prosecutor Weighs Charges Against Rove in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, April 27 — Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case, is expected to decide in the next two to three weeks whether to bring perjury charges against Karl Rove, the powerful adviser to President Bush …
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Michelle Malkin:
EXCLUSIVE: ILLEGAL ALIEN DAY PLANNING  —  Courtesy of an inside tipster at the LA Unified School District, I've obtained documents showing the public school teachers and officials' plans in advance of the Monday illegal alien boycott.  (Click on each page for full-size PDF).
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cbs5.com:
State Senate Supports Immigrant Walkout On Monday  —  (AP) SACRAMENTO California's state senators on Thursday endorsed Monday's boycott of schools, jobs and stores by illegal immigrants and their allies as supporters equated the protest with great social movements in American history.
Chief / freedomdogs.com:
101st Fighting Keyboadists: The Many, The Proud  —  I got a request to create some fresh art this morning from Captain Ed and Frank J from IMAO concerning the broadly used straw man from the left: "101st Fighting Keyboardists."  I won't bother to link to any of the many lefty sites that are wearing this one thin.
Discussion: Prometheus 6
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Jay Cost / Real Clear Politics:
Wilentz the Buff  —  Rolling Stone has a splashy cover story this week that asks if George W. Bush is the worst president in American history.  —  Smart rock fans, of course, ignore Rolling Stone.  A rock magazine that once wrote that Exile on Main Street shows the Stones …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Power Line
New York Times:
U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace  —  Gas prices are rising, as are mortgage rates.  House prices in many once-hot markets have started slipping.  The American automobile industry shows no sign of recovery.  And the paychecks of most workers have not even kept up with inflation over the last four years.
Thomas Joscelyn:
Guantanamo Detainee Caught At The Border  —  As the nation continues to debate what to do about our southern border, I thought I would point out a piece of informaton I found in a cache of documents released by the Pentagon in early March.  In connection with a lawsuit brought by the Associated Press …
Pamela McClintock / Variety:
'Atlas' pic mapped  —  Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts.  —  Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to "Atlas Shrugged" from Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray"), who will produce with John Aglialoro.
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Hugh Hewitt
 
 
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Iran 'Won't Give a Damn' About Resolution
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