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 …

MSNBC confirms: Outed CIA agent was working on Iran  —  On Chris Matthews' Hardball Monday evening, just moments ago, MSNBC correspondent David Shuster confirmed what RAW STORY first reported in February: that outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson was working on Iran at the time she was outed.

Poll: Vast majority believes Iraq mission not accomplished  —  U.S. marks third anniversary since 'Mission Accomplished' speech  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Three years after President Bush declared major combat over in Iraq, Americans have strong doubts that the United States will fulfill the promise of his …

Ignoring Colbert, Part Two  —  Peter Daou has already addressed this issue today in his excellent piece on the Huffington Post called "Ignoring Colbert: A Small Taste of the Media's Power to Choose the News."  —  However, I woke enraged on this topic before I read Daou's piece, so I wanted to add my two cents.

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.

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 …

Founder of Minutemen targets run for president  —  Jim Gilchrist eyes bid with Constitution Party, claims Republicans 'sold out our sovereignty'  —  Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, is considering a run for president in 2008 representing the Constitution Party.

Polygraph Results Often in Question  —  The CIA, the FBI and other federal agencies are using polygraph machines more than ever to screen applicants and hunt for lawbreakers, even as scientists have become more certain that the equipment is ineffective in accurately detecting when people are lying.

Chalabi involved US, Iran policy making again, current and former intelligence officials say  —  Ahmed Chalabi, the man who helped provide cooked intelligence on Iraq to the Pentagon and the New York Times in the lead-up to war, is once again being engaged in US policy decisions, current and former intelligence officials say.

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 …

Give me a MRE-sized box of Goobers  —  Rushing the cockpit.  Not rushing the box office.  —  America stayed away in droves from United 93 this weekend: … Ever since 9/11 the Culture Commandos of the right have bitched because "Hollyweird" has failed to give them authentic Islamojihadhiricans …

The Hiltzik Affair  —  Michael Hiltzik came up, of course, during my interview of Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet on Sunday at the Times Festival of Books.  He beat me to the punch, alluding to the controversy as soon as the discussion turned to the paper's online struggles.

Bush's New Top Aide Makes His TV Debut  —  White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten made his television debut in his new role yesterday, describing his West Wing shakeup as an attempt "to get our mojo back" at a time when a politically weakened President Bush faces election-year challenges over war, immigration and energy costs.

"McCain: 'Clean Government' More Important Than 1st Amendment"  —  From Mark Tapscott, an excerpt of Maverick lawmaker and serial Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's appearance on The Don Imus show, where the Arizona Senator relegates the First Amendment to what he fancies is its proper place:

State of the Blogosphere, April 2006 Part 2: On Language and Tagging  —  Late last month, I gave a high-level overview of the growth of the blogosphere, covering the overall size of the data sets that Technorati tracks, the number of new blogs created each day, the number of posts per day, and the issue of splogs or spam blogs.