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7:00 AM ET, May 2, 2006

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Lou Dobbs / CNN:
Radical groups taking control of immigrant movement  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — We all awoke to headlines in our nation's most important newspapers reminding us that this is "A Day Without Immigrants."  Not illegal immigrants, mind you, but immigrants.  —  USA Today headlined today's demonstrations and boycott …
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Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
1M Immigrants Skip Work for Demonstration  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets Monday, flexing their economic muscle in a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Sun Still Setting In The West  —  It appears that the nationwide strike by illegal immigrants and their supporters caused some headaches but little immediate economic impact, as outside of Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles most demonstrations attracted significantly fewer numbers than earlier rallies.
Discussion: Time, Hot Air and TBogg
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Immigrants Stage Protests Across U.S.  —  Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters gathered in cities around the country today in demonstrations and an economic boycott intended to show the impact the workers have on the nation's economy as Congress grapples with new immigration legislation.
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Immigrants Take to U.S. Streets in Show of Strength  —  LOS ANGELES, May 1 — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters skipped work, school and shopping on Monday and marched in dozens of cities from coast to coast.  —  The demonstrations did not bring the nation to a halt …
Discussion: ACSBlog and LA Observed
Jesus Sanchez / Los Angeles Times:
Today's Protests Shutter L.A.'s Produce and Garment Districts
Roger L. Simon:
La Marcha - Los Angeles - May 1,2006
Discussion: Publius Pundit and Pajamas Media
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Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
CIA's Castra Praetoria
Discussion: Booman Tribune
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
More Plame Leaking In Media
Discussion: Macsmind
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Rove Watch  —  Both the NY Times and Murray Waas agree …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Decision '08
CBS News:
Poll: Gas Prices, Iraq Weigh Down Bush  —  (CBS) With gas prices sky-high and no end of the Iraq war in sight, President George W. Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low in a new CBS News poll.  —  Only 33 percent approve of his job performance, Mr. Bush's lowest approval rating yet in CBS News polls.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Funny Guy  —  Dan Froomkin has a very good column on the Colbert Moment and journalists like Elizabeth Bumiller who have decided just to ignore the entire thing.  He also points to Special Ed, who found the whole event tasteless: … Two things.  Number one, I talked to John A. at C&L …
Discussion: Alternate Brain, MyDD and The Sideshow
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
All Kidding Aside  —  President Bush on Saturday night …
Discussion: Salon and NewsBusters.org
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Ideals Collide as Vatican Rethinks Condom Ban  —  ROME, May 1 — Even at the Vatican, not all sacred beliefs are absolute: Thou shalt not kill, but war can be just.  Now, behind the quiet walls, a clash is shaping up involving two poles of near certainty: the church's long-held ban on condoms and its advocacy of human life.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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BBC:
China-Vatican talks 'should end'
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Mike McCurry / The Huffington Post:
Hostile Commentary and Net Neutrality  —  Reading lots of comments on my last post, I guess my point got made: the culture and discourse of the Internet is not what you would teach kids at the dinner table — unless you kept a bar of soap handy.  —  On net neutrality, I feel like screaming "puh-leeeze."
New York Times:
Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq  —  A decade ago, Bosnia was torn apart by ethnic cleansing and facing its demise as a single country.  After much hesitation, the United States stepped in decisively with the Dayton Accords,which kept the country whole by, paradoxically, dividing it into ethnic federations …
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Associated Press:
'Mission Accomplished' Anniversary
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Communist chic  —  IN JANUARY 2005, Britain's Prince Harry attended a birthday party dressed as a Nazi.  When the London Sun published a picture of the prince in his German desert uniform and swastika armband, it triggered widespread outrage and disgust.  In scathing editorials …
CNN:
U.S.: Ramadi battle kills 100-plus insurgents  —  Iraq president eyes deal for armed groups to join political process  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. and Iraqi troops killed more than 100 insurgents last week in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a U.S. Army officer said Monday.
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Records of Abramoff's White House Visits  —  WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials — and with whom he met.  —  U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn …
 
 
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NY Daily News:
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Reuters:
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