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9:20 AM ET, May 3, 2006

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Juan / Informed Comment:
Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist  —  And, "We don't Want Your Stinking War!  —  Christopher Hitchens owes me a big apology.  —  I belong to a private email discussion group called Gulf2000.  It has academics, journalists and policy makers on it.
Discussion: Pacific Views
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Congress Set to Drop Fuel Price Rebate Plan  —  WASHINGTON, May 2 — A Republican proposal to provide taxpayers with a $100 rebate to compensate for higher fuel prices appeared all but dead today as leading congressional Republicans said it had quickly run out of gas.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrats Push Fight for House in the Northeast
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Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
After Press Dinner, the Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter  —  Mark Smith, a reporter for The Associated Press who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, acknowledges that he had not seen much of Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central before he booked …
Discussion: Washington Post, PSoTD and TalkLeft
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
I Gotcher Bad Taste For Ya Rite-chia
Associated Press:
Longtime TV host Louis Rukeyser dead at 73  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, common-sense commentary on complicated business and economic news, died Tuesday.  He was 73.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Bush, Hill Republicans Agree To Extend Expiring Tax Cuts  —  Democrats Point to Deficit and Benefits for the Rich  —  President Bush and congressional Republicans agreed yesterday on a $70 billion package of tax-cut extensions that they hope will help halt the deterioration of their political fortunes.
Washington Post:
Voters Oust Backers of Immigrants In Herndon  —  Three Incumbents Lose Who Supported Center  —  Herndon voters yesterday unseated the mayor and two Town Council members who supported a bitterly debated day-labor center for immigrant workers in a contest that emerged as a mini-referendum …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Administration Is Singing More Than One Tune on Spanish Version of Anthem  —  President Bush declared last week that the national anthem should be sung in English not Spanish, but he evidently never told his own government or campaign organizations.  —  The State Department posts four Spanish versions of …
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
After Protests, Backlash Grows  —  Opponents of Illegal Immigration Are Increasingly Vocal  —  While a series of marches focused much of the nation's attention on the plight of illegal immigrants, scores of other Americans quietly seethed.  Now, with the same full-throated cry expressed …
Drudge Report:
MARY CHENEY SAYS HER FATHER SAID EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO HEAR WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS GAY  —  Vice president tells VANITY FAIR his image might be better if he spent more time trying to improve it, "but that's not why I'm here"  —  New York, N.Y. - In her new memoir, NOW IT'S MY TURN …
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South  —  TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, April 27 — Building on a winter campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations and the knowledge that American troops are leaving, the Taliban appear to be moving their insurgency into a new phase …
Sam Enriquez / Los Angeles Times:
Mexico to Allow Use of Drugs  —  Fox will sign the bill, one of the world's most permissive policies, in a bid to curb trafficking.  U.S. officials say it will lead to more addiction.  —  MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Vicente Fox will sign a bill that would legalize the use of nearly every drug …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Man Who Won't Sell His Soul  —  BRUSSELS — Sen. John McCain likes the moral high ground, and he takes palpable pleasure in delivering zingers to errant Russians, Iranians and Europeans, as he did at a conference here last weekend.  But as the apparent front-runner in the 2008 presidential race …
Sports Illustrated:
Keeping perspective on draft week  —  Readers e-mails on draft, the truth about New Orleans … I sense that we in this country have Katrina fatigue.  The New York Times reported as much recently, saying that people in some of the areas that welcomed Katrina evacuees last September are sick …
Discussion: Mathew Gross
 
 
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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
J.-F. Revel, French Philosopher, Is Dead at 82
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Acrimony Over Bush Judicial Nominations Resurfaces
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Philip Weiss / The Huffington Post:
Kenneth Pollack, Iran Expert Who's Never Been There
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Threatens Israel if U.S. Attacks
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
We Media  —  I'm at the We Media confab in London.
Bloomberg:
U.S. Braces for Attack of the Giant Theocons: Andrew Ferguson
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Hugh Hewitt:
The Privileges and Arrogance of the New York Times
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
The end of the end of racism … If you turn on your cable tonight …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument
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BBC:
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Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

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Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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