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5:11 AM ET, April 30, 2006

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Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner— President Does Not Seem Amused  —  WASHINGTON A blistering comedy "tribute" to President Bush by Comedy Central's faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Colbert Does the White House Correspondence dinner  —  Was he snubbed?  —  Stephen Colbert spoke tonight at the dinner and lampooned pretty much everything he could think of and Helen Thomas.  I used the second half of his performance because it included the Generals, Scalia, the Faux press briefing and as E&P reported:
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 29 — A new estimate by one of Iraq's vice presidents has put the number of Iraqi families fleeing sectarian violence at 100,000, far outstripping previous projections and raising the possibility that a total of a half-million people could be displaced.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Death Toll for Americans in Iraq Is Highest in 5 Months  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 28 — The military on Friday announced the death of one American soldier, bringing the death toll so far in April to 69, the highest in five months.  The monthly figure disrupted a trend of steadily falling American fatalities that had begun in November.
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Violence Uproots 100,000 Iraq Families  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sectarian violence has forced about 100,000 families across Iraq to flee their homes, a top Iraqi official said.  At least 17 people, including an American soldier, were killed Saturday in fighting.
Discussion: MyDD and The Democratic Daily Blog
Joseph E. Robert Jr / Washington Post:
Dedication and Danger in Iraq
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
In Iraqi Town, Trainees Are Also Suspects
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bloggers review "United 93″  —  I won't see it.  Saw this yesterday on Google Video and realized it was enough.  The first reviews are being posted around the blogosphere this morning, though, and I'm going to try to round them up.  If you've posted a review and want it mentioned here …
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Gagdad Bob / One Cosmos:
United 93: No Heroic Deed Goes Unspoiled by the Left  —  I'm going to let you in on a little secret.  I know how to completely eliminate the left.  Well, maybe not completely.  But at least 75% of them.  —  Would it be through better education?  No, being that wackademia has been hijacked by the left, that wouldn't help at all.
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Varifrank:
UNITED 93 AND OUR "SURVIVORS GUILT"  —  One year during Easter break, I learned a valuable lesson about how long fear and guilt can stain a man and his soul.  Every year during Easter, my cousins and I would go to my Grandparents house in San Simeon for the break in the school year.
Discussion: The Cranky Insomniac
AMERICAN DIGEST:   Reviewer Without a Clue
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
WHAT'S WRONG WITH UNITED 93? JUST ASK DANA
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Tough Primary Race Confronts Lieberman  —  Antiwar Democrat Mounts a Major Challenge to Connecticut's 3-Term Senator  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With his ruddy tan and dark gray suit, Ned Lamont is an antiwar liberal with a twist.  Rather than targeting a Republican, the millionaire Greenwich businessman …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Nedrenaline  —  Update: WaPo has a very good article up about Ned.
Discussion: MyDD
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Building the Secrecy Wall higher and higher  —  There are multiple investigative efforts underway — Congressional, judicial, journalistic — seeking to uncover the Bush administration's illegal warrantless eavesdropping activities aimed at Americans, and the administration …
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New York Times:
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society  —  John Kenneth Galbraith, the iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat and an unapologetically liberal member of the political and academic establishment that he needled in prolific writings for more than half a century …
Reader Iam / Done With Mirrors:
Evicting Moral Courage  —  "First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out.
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expatica.com:
Threatened MP ordered out of secure home
Discussion: Booker Rising
Sun-Sentinel:
Rush Limbaugh arrested on prescription fraud charges  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday turned himself into the Palm Beach County Jail to face a charge of fraud for concealing information to obtain a prescription.  —  He was quickly released after posting $3,000 bond, jail officials said.
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Reuters:
L.A. mayor picks NFL talks over immigrant boycott  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles' first Latino mayor in the modern era, will skip huge pro-immigration rallies planned for Monday to meet with pro football officials in Dallas, leaving organizers feeling like "a ship without a captain."
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Flopping Aces
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
McCain: Trade The First Amendment For Clean Government  —  Mark Tapscott has a clip of John McCain's appearance on the Don Imus Show that demonstrates the truly frightening prospect of having the Senator from Arizona occupy the White House.  McCain told Imus that he would trade the First Amendment for "clean government":
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Mark Tapscott / tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com:
McCain Says "Clean Government" More Important Than First Amendment
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct  —  Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.  Charge III of the Army's Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of …
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Tom / Houston's Clear Thinkers:
Bye-bye Reggie; Hello Mario  —  Although perhaps not always fulfilling, things are certainly always interesting over at Texansville.  —  In a stunning development, the Texans ignored conventional wisdom and threw today's National Football League draft into chaos by signing North Carolina …
 
 
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'At Some Point, Reality Has Its Day'  —  Al Gore on why America …
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