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10:25 AM ET, May 17, 2006

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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Hatch: Court Briefed on Bush Surveillance  —  WASHINGTON - Two judges on the secretive court that approves warrants for intelligence surveillance were told of the broad monitoring programs that have raised recent controversy, a Republican senator said Tuesday, connecting a court to knowledge …
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New York Times:
Verizon Denies Turning Over Local Phone Data  —  Verizon, the country's second-largest phone company, said yesterday that it had not provided local phone records to the National Security Agency as part of efforts to compile a database of calling records to track terrorist activities.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Spy Tools In Need Of a Law
Patrick Yoest / public.cq.com:
DHS Does About-Face In Backing Use of National Guard to Seal Border  —  In December of 2005, Fox News talking head Bill O'Reilly floated an unlikely — even brash — idea to the Homeland Security secretary to seal off the porous southwest border.  —  "Why don't you put the National Guard …
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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 …
bobharris.com:   Bush dispatches National Guard to defend the border with Reality
New York Times:
Divide Remains as Bush Pushes Immigration Plan  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — President Bush pushed ahead on Tuesday with his effort to bring Republicans in the House and the Senate together on a plan to reduce illegal immigration.  But he ran into renewed resistance from conservatives …
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
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Mark Tapscott / Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Conservative Battle Fatique?  The "What If" Issue  —  More bad news for the GOP in today's edition of The Washington Post as 56 percent of the respondents to the latest Post/ABC News survey say they prefer Democrats in control of Congress.  —  There is a distinct, though not quite as deep …
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David Germain / Associated Press:
'Da Vinci Code' Misses the Mark for Critics  —  CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
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David Germain / Associated Press:
Albinos Condemn 'Da Vinci' Assassin
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Echidne / ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES:
The Care And Maintenance of the Aquarium  —  The Washington Post honors the recently passed Mother's Day by a most interesting article on the health of the newborn: … Are you prepared for this, ladies between the ages of fifteen and fifty-five?  You are now in the state of pre-pregnancy!
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
At White House Briefing, Polish Replaces Testiness  —  Tony Snow said he didn't want to "hug the tar baby," and then he did just that by using the expression in his first televised White House press briefing yesterday.  —  The tar-covered doll that Br'er Fox used to ensnare Br'er Rabbit …
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Associated Press:
Venezuela may sell U.S. jets to Iran, others  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's military is considering the possibility of selling its fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to another country, perhaps Iran, a Venezuelan military official said Tuesday.
Roger Clegg / Opinion Journal:
Disinvited  —  The EEOC cancels a meeting rather than listen to criticism.  —  Last month, I received an invitation to testify before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about affirmative action and diversity in U.S. companies.  The testimony was scheduled for today …
Discussion: Power Line and QandO
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate readies vote on $70B tax cut  —  MAY. 11 1:13 P.M. ET President Bush and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill anticipated a long-sought election year victory Thursday as senators debated a bill awarding tax relief to investors and 15 million taxpayers with above-average incomes.
Discussion: David Sirota
John Hawkins / Human Events:
Tackling a Handful of Immigration Myths, Misnomers and Red Herrings  —  There's no topic hotter in the body politic right now than immigration.  —  Everywhere you turn, especially in the blogosphere, somebody has an opinion.  So, since illegal immigration is the topic du jour …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
We Will All Win, Eventually  —  Today, in just three divisions (precincts) available to me, Kevin and I pulled over 100 votes.  With only 27-01, 27-02, and 27-23 reporting, we have reached roughly 110 votes.  And that is only three divisions (precincts).  We won, and we won huge.
TCS Daily:
The Parent Trap  —  Not long ago we worried about baby booms and overpopulation.  Now some people are worrying about a "Global Baby Bust."  Writing in Foreign Affairs, Phillip Longman says it's mostly because of economics: … He's clearly right about the economics.
Discussion: News Hounds and dartblog.com
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Aksa Brigades threatens US, Europe  —  The Aksa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, on Monday threatened to strike at US and European interests in response to international sanctions on the Palestinian Authority.  —  The threat, the first of its kind, came as PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas …
Kathy Matheson / Associated Press:
Foster Quotes Eminem at Penn Graduation  —  PHILADELPHIA - You can add rapping to the list of Jodie Foster's talents.  The Oscar-winning actress spoke Monday at the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremonies, ending her address with the chorus of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from …
Discussion: Right Wing News and Blogs for Bush
Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
Judge Strikes Down Ga. Ban on Gay Marriage  —  ATLANTA - A judge has struck down Georgia's ban on same-sex marriages, saying a measure overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004 violated a provision of the state constitution that limits ballot questions to a single subject.
Discussion: Feministe
 
 
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
GOPers Find A New Political Horror Star In Pelosi
Washington Post:
U.S. Secretly Backing Warlords in Somalia
Ward Churchill / counterpunch.org:
A Travesty of an "Investigation"
Nigel Bunyan / Telegraph:
Ferry passengers stranded after wartime bomb is found in Mersey
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Congress may make ISPs snoop on you
Discussion: NewsHog
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Basra carnage escalates as one person killed every hour
Jennifer Lin / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Paris suburb names street for cop-killer Abu-Jamal
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Tom Kertscher / JSOnline:
The survey says what?  —  Sexual-orientation questions cause stir at Port high school
Anna Driver / Reuters:
BellSouth, AT&T added to $200 bln privacy lawsuit
Washington Post:
Congressional Child Care
Discussion: Feministing and TPMmuckraker
Daniel Enemark / Christian Science Monitor:
It's all about me: Why e-mails are so easily misunderstood
Associated Press:
Bears eat monkey, visitors shocked
Discussion: appletree and Waveflux
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Straight Talk Unexpressed
Discussion: Security Watchtower and TAPPED
Eteraz / Unwilling Self-Negation:
The Problem Of Mecca  —  Mecca has always been our locus.