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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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Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:
Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols — CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants. — Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops …
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.
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The Immigration Blog, Michelle Malkin, California Conservative, Iowa Voice and Right Voices
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.
judicialwatch.org:
Judicial Watch to Obtain September 11 Pentagon Video at 1 p.m. Today — Department of Defense Responds to Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act Request and Related Lawsuit — (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption …
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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.
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) …
Zogby:
Bush Immigration Speech: Half Disappointed, Half impressed Nation also split whether Bush plan will solve immigration problem; Bush approval - 32% — President Bush's speech to the nation on immigration reform Monday night drew mixed reviews, but left a plurality of likely voters across …
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.
Discussion:
Amygdala, Blue Crab Boulevard, Ankle Biting Pundits › News, Sweetness & Light and And Rightly So!
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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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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.
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.
Discussion:
The Carpetbagger Report, Outside The Beltway, Demagogue, Hit and Run and Burnt Orange Report
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.
Washington Post:
Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low — Public confidence in Republican governance has plunged to the lowest levels of the Bush presidency, with Americans saying they now trust Democrats by wide margins to deal with Iraq, gasoline prices, immigration and more …
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Democrat Taylor Marsh …
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