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9:50 PM ET, May 17, 2006

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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate OKs Border Fence, Mulls Citizenship  —  The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.  —  Amid increasingly emotional debate …
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Tony Blankley / Washington Times:
The price of secure borders  —  I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life — which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority.  As a second proposition I would argue that when in negotiations, if he with whom you are negotiating is moving in your direction, don't walk out of the room.
Christian Lowe / Army Times:
Murtha: Marines may have killed Haditha civilians in cold blood  —  Rep. John Murtha, an influential Pennsylvania lawmaker and outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, said today Marines had "killed innocent civilians in cold blood" after allegedly responding to a roadside bomb ambush that killed …
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MSNBC:
Lawmaker: Marines killed Iraqis 'in cold blood'  —  Navy conducting war crimes probe into November violence in Haditha  —  A video provided to Reuters in March by Hamourabi, a human rights group, shows covered bodies, which Hamourabi says are of 15 civilians shot to death by Marines in Haditha in November.
Discussion: Macsmind and Varifrank
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Victory In Primaries For Conservatives  —  Over the past week, many of us have written on the frustration felt by conservatives (especially fiscal conservatives) over the past few years.  Some believe that the only manner in which to serve notice on the GOP that it cannot take conservative votes …
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CBS News:
Bush Is Now A Lame Duck  —  CBS' Meyer: Forget November, Forget '08; President Is Done  —  (CBS) This commentary was written by CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer.  —  The great impulse of the punditocracy right now is to look at President Bush's swelling problems with the public and his party …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Voters to Be Target of Radio Ads by Democrats  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — House Democrats, trying to capitalize on conservative dissatisfaction with Republicans, are reaching out to Christian voters with radio advertisements critical of Republican proposals to overhaul Social Security.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore  —  Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV ads focusing on what it calls "global warming alarmism and the call by some environmental groups and politicians to reduce fossil fuel and carbon dioxide emissions."
t r u t h o u t:
Update on the Rove Indictment Story  —  For the past few days, we have endured non-stop attacks on our credibility, and we have fought hard to defend our reputation.  In addition, we have worked around the clock to provide additional information to our readership.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Right Wing Nut House
Ward Churchill / counterpunch.org:
A Travesty of an "Investigation"  —  I have received the report of the Investigative Committee of the University of Colorado and consider it a travesty.  This "investigation" has all along been a pretext to punish me for engaging constitutionally-protected speech and, more generally …
Christopher Wang / Associated Press:
Dow Plunges; Nasdaq Turns Negative on Yr.  —  NEW YORK - Stocks plunged Wednesday after a stronger-than-expected rise in consumer prices intensified Wall Street's fear that interest rates will keep climbing.  The Dow Jones industrial average lost 200 points, and the Nasdaq composite index turned negative for the year.
Discussion: Billmon and Middle Earth Journal
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 …
Judd / Think Progress:
New Presidential Memorandum Permits Intelligence Director To Authorize Telcos To Lie Without Violating Securities Law  —  In recent days, AT&T, Bell South and Verizon have all issued statements denying that they've handed over phone records to the NSA, as reported by USA today.  —  There are three possibilities:
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Hugo's travels and the marketing of competitive authoritarianism  —  Scott Burgess has an excellent post of how welcome Hugo was in London, Rapturous London Hosts Second Coming, which includes a brief resume of Hugo's accomplishments: … Sure enough, I looked up that post …
Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming  —  Democratic Lines Were Blocked in 2002 as New Hampshire Elected U.S. Senator  —  In October 2002, Charles McGee, executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, was mailed a Democratic flier that offered Election Day rides to the polls.
 
 
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