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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Media finally starting to report the President's systematic lawbreaking — (updated below) — On March 24, 2006, The Boston Globe published an article by Charlie Savage reporting that the President, after signing into law the bill which renewed the Patriot Act, issued a "signing statement" …
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Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:
Ignoring Colbert: A Small Taste of the Media's Power to Choose the News — The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was televised on C-Span Saturday evening. Featured entertainer Stephen Colbert delivered a biting rebuke of George W. Bush and the lily-livered press corps.
Bloggle / Bloggledygook:
Beyond Satire. — By now it should be evident that those who portray themselves, or allow themselves to be portrayed as courageous for pointing at pointy-heads in the government or media are actually those who are most worthy of ridicule. — I have taken a moratorium from political blogging …
Boston Globe:
Examples of the president's signing statements — Since taking office in 2001, President Bush has issued signing statements on more than 750 new laws, declaring that he has the power to set aside the laws when they conflict with his legal interpretation of the Constitution.
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The Liberal Avenger
democraticunderground.com:
Text captured by DUers Great CeasarsGhost and tridem — {closed caption transcript of Stephen Colbert} — Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin, I've been asked to make an announcement. Whoever parked 14 black bullet proof S.U.V.'S out front, could you please move them.
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush challenges hundreds of laws — President cites powers of his office — WASHINGTON — President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
W.H. Correspondents Dinner: Bush Kills, Colbert Bombs — Turns out comedy is best left to the amateurs. — Tough night for Colby, who must have regarded this gig as a chance to play the Super Bowl on his home field. Watch the clip and see for yourself whom the crowd ended up rooting for.
Frederick / dailykos.com:
Re-Improved Colbert transcript (now with complete text of Colbert-Thomas video!) — I've taken the existing transcripts I've seen of Stephen Colbert's brilliant monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner, and the actual footage (complete video available at Democratic Underground) …
Lisa Lambert / Reuters:
Bush skewers self at correspondents' dinner — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush shared the stage at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night with someone else: himself. — Bush impersonator Steve Bridges stood at an identical podium as the president …
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Chicago Tribune
Hindrocket / Power Line:COMEDY CRITICISM — The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner …
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Sadly, No!
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Colbert's White House Correspondent Dinner Performance Underscores …
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Riehl World View, David Frum's Diary …, The Heretik, Carol Platt Liebau and Pacific Views
Pam / Pam's House Blend:Stephen Colbert scorches the admin at dinner
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Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Booman Tribune, Shakespeare's Sister, Brilliant at Breakfast and Rising Hegemon
Pamela Leavey / The Democratic Daily Blog:Bush Not Amused as Colbert Lampoons Him at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Teresa Wiltz / Washington Post:All Georges — At the White House Correspondents' Dinner …
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Firedoglake
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
John Kenneth Galbraith — What I wrote about John Kenneth Galbraith last year: … And here's a genuinely bad passage from Holcomb Noble and Douglas Martin's obituary of John Kenneth Galbraith. Embarrassing: … Other economists, like Gary S. Becker and George J. Stigler …
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Henry / Crooked Timber:Galbraith dies — John Kenneth Galbraith died yesterday.
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Lean Left
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
From Senator Clinton, a Lesson in Tactical Bipartisanship — WASHINGTON, April 29 — Only eight years have passed since Lindsey Graham, then an ambitious Republican member of the House, paraded over to the Senate each day to argue the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton.
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Sirotablog
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Merits of Partitioning Iraq or Allowing Civil War Weighed — As the U.S. military struggles against persistent sectarian violence in Iraq, military officers and security experts find themselves in a vigorous debate over an idea that just months ago was largely dismissed as a fringe thought …
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The Next Hurrah
Washington Post:
Polls Suggest Ethics Issues Could Haunt GOP — The day before the Republican House leadership struggled for five hours to bring lobby reform legislation to the floor, Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) declared that voters have little or no interest in ethics legislation. — "Do I think they care about it?
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
G.O.P. Moderates Rebuff Lobbyists, Then Woo Them — WASHINGTON, April 29 — After appearing to falter Thursday, the House of Representatives is once again poised to pass a new package of lobbying restrictions, thanks largely to the efforts of an alliance of Republican moderates.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
CORRECTING WHERE IT COUNTS — The New York Times is exquisitely sensitive to the possibility that its reporters could have conflicts of interest, or undisclosed angles on the stories they report. When such possible conficts are sniffed out, the Times takes a rigorous, Caesar's wife approach.
Kim Priestap / Wizbang:
SOME THOUGHTS ON MONDAY'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROTESTS — Updated — At least the mayor of Los Angeles has his priorities straight. … Several things stand out in this article. First, these demonstrations are pro-illegal immigration rallies, not pro-immigration rallies as the article incorrectly states.
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