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7:45 PM ET, May 16, 2006

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CNN:
Conservatives appear unmoved on immigration  —  Poll suggests Bush address swayed viewers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's plan to toughen border security may not be enough to overcome opposition within his own party to his "earned-citizenship" proposal, which critics decry as "amnesty," House conservatives said Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Senate Casts First Votes on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — Senators cast their first votes on immigration legislation this afternoon, just as President Bush vowed to work closely with skeptical members of Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a system that does not work.
New York Times:
Border Illusions  —  President Bush's speech from the Oval Office last night was not a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform.  It was a victory for the fear-stricken fringe of the debate.  —  These are the people who say illegal border crossings must be stopped immediately, with military boots in the desert sand.
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CNN:
First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack released  —  Watchdog group says video will end 'conspiracy theories'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Video showing a plane crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was released publicly for the first time Tuesday, a judicial watchdog group said.
Jennifer Brown / Denver Post:
Termination, suspension possible for Churchill Governor calls for controversial professor to resign  —  University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill plagiarized, fabricated and falsified material and was disrespectful of American Indian traditions in his writings, a report released today said.
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Rocky Mountain News:
Churchill investigation uncovers academic misconduct
Discussion: RightWinged.com
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter strikes NSA deal  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and conservative members of his panel have reached agreement on legislation that may determine the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program, GOP sources say.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
GOP Senators block judicial review of NSA program  —  A front-page article in this morning's The Hill reports that Sen. Specter has finally made enough concessions to secure the support of the more right-wing members of the Judiciary Committee for his legislation that (along with a bill from Sen. DeWine) …
PoliPundit.com:
An Editorial Change  —  Let me quote from Lorie's post below: … Lorie was well aware that we were having a private discussion.  Yet she saw fit to quote from my e-mails in public, without adequate context.  She has forced me to temporarily revoke everyone's posting privileges …
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trouw.nl:
Tweede-Kamerfractie / Persverklaring Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Engels)  —  I came to Holland in the summer of 1992 because I wanted to be able to determine my own future.  I didn't want to be forced into a destiny that other people had chosen for me, so I opted for the protection of the rule of law.
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Dasselaar / Zacht Ei:
All-out war in The Hague (post will be updated continuously)
Discussion: Peaktalk and Liberty and Justice
Associated Press:
Rove blames Bush's low approval on Iraq  —  Voters are 'just sour right now on the war'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in Iraq on Monday for dragging down President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls.  "People like this president," Rove said.
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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Blue Nation  —  Ever since 2000, American progressives have been subjected to a steady stream of red-blue electoral maps.  There are many problems with such maps, but what always irritated me the most about those maps were how they over-emphasized large, thinly populated expanses of land.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
President's speech mauled by his base  —  (updated below)  —  So, President Bush gave his big speech last night designed to mollify his rage-fueled base and to stem the tide of his rapidly collapsing presidency.  The speech is done and the reviews are in.  How did he do?
Jonathan David Farley / New York Times:
The N.S.A.'s Math Problem  —  NEWS that AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth gave customer records to the National Security Agency has set off a heated debate over the intricacies of espionage law.  But legal or not, this sort of spying program probably isn't worth infringing our civil liberties for …
Associated Press:
Venezuela Weighs Selling U.S. Jets to Iran  —  Venezuela is considering selling its fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to another country, perhaps Iran, in response to a U.S. ban on arms sales to President Hugo Chavez's government, a military official said Tuesday.
New York Times:
House Resists Call for Papers in Bribery Case  —  WASHINGTON, May 15 — Justice Department investigators and lawyers for the House of Representatives are wrangling over a request by the department for Congressional committee documents related to its expanding inquiry into the bribery scheme …
January W. Payne / Washington Post:
Forever Pregnant  —  Guidelines: Treat Nearly All Women as Pre-Pregnant  —  New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves — and to be treated by the health care system — as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon.
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP hopes 'Speaker Pelosi' will scare voters this fall  —  Congressional Republicans have begun a media campaign to scare voters about the prospect that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) likely would become Speaker if Democrats retake the House in November.
 
 
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CNN roundtable on Bush immigration speech included five white men …
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