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6:05 PM ET, May 22, 2006

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Anti-war video bogus?  —  I can't get this to load, but I'm putting the link out there anyway because someone sent me a long message this morning questioning its veracity.  Not just the claims that are made, either; I'm talking about mistakes in his uniform, etc.
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Uncle Jimbo / BLACKFIVE:
ANTI-WAR POSEUR FRONTED OUT AT HOT AIR  —  The mighty Allah at Hot Air asked if this anti-war video was fake, and the answer is OH YEAH!  —  This spindly little weasel wouldn't have made it through 10 seconds of RIP, let alone Ranger school or life in a Ranger Batt.
Allan Lengel / Washington Post:
FBI Says Jefferson Was Filmed Taking Cash  —  Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the target of a 14-month public corruption probe, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire, according to a search warrant affidavit released yesterday.
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Seattle Times:
FBI says it recorded lawmaker taking cash
Discussion: Hit and Run
Michael Smith / The Raw Story:
Bush, Blair to announce 'phased withdrawal' from Iraq  —  Michael Smith, a reporter for the London Sunday Times, broke the Downing Street Minutes in 2004.  —  LONDON — Tony Blair and George Bush will announce that they are to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at a summit in Washington as early as this week, RAW STORY has learned.
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Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Bush Says Iraq War at 'Turning Point'
Wired News:
Whistle-Blower's Evidence, Uncut  —  Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class-action lawsuit against the telecommunications company, which alleges that AT&T cooperated in an illegal National Security Agency domestic surveillance program.
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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
HILLARY IPODHAM CLINTON  —  POLITICAL PLAYER OFFERS PEEK AT HER SONG LIST  —  May 22, 2006 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't need "Respect" - she's already got it at the top of her iPod playlist.  —  The surprisingly tech-savvy Clinton mixes Aretha Franklin's 1967 landmark smash hit …
Discussion: Public Eye and Wonkette
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Associated Press:
Clinton Reveals Her iPod Playlist
Discussion: Althouse and Dinocrat
Gareth Smyth / Financial Times:
Iran denies 'mischievous' allegations on Jews  —  Iranian officials and politicians have strongly condemned a Canadian newspaper report alleging that Iran had passed a law requiring Jews to wear yellow badges on their clothes.  —  The story also claimed Christians and Zoroastrians …
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Angus McDowall / Independent:   Iran's Jews struggle in the shadow of Holocaust denials
Jean Rohe / The Huffington Post:
Response to McCain's Aide Mark Salter  —  At the risk of turning this into a battle between Mark Salter, Senator John McCain's staff-member, and myself, I'd like to comment briefly on his comment on the Huffington Post.  I'm sad to see that Mr. Salter intentionally misinterpreted my writing …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Rove Lawyer Has a Pet Peeve  —  Robert Luskin, Karl Rove's lawyer, says he spent most of the day on May 12 taking his cat to the veterinarian and having a technician fix his computer at home.  —  He was stunned, therefore, when journalists started calling to ask about an online report …
Paul Kirby / dailyfreeman.com:
Graduates get an apology  —  NEW PALTZ - New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. told about 900 SUNY New Paltz graduates Sunday that he was sorry.  —  It wasn't an apology for anything Sulzberger, who first joined the Times in 1978 as a Washington correspondent, specifically did.
The American Thinker:
Something frighteningly ominous has been happening on the Internet lately: Google, without any prior explanation or notice, has been terminating its News relationship with conservative e-zines and web journals.  —  At first blush, one can easily ignore such business decisions by the most powerful company …
NY Daily News:
Justice prays for a Prez in 'real trouble'  —  Just how bad are things for President Bush?  —  Pretty bad, I'd say, if even Clarence Thomas is worried about him.  —  The other night at a Washington book party for the President's sister, Doro Bush Koch, the Supreme Court justice arrived with his wife …
Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and Gawker
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Reclaiming the Democratic Agenda  —  Though you'd never know it from surfing the Internet, there exists in the Democratic Party a substantial body of politicians and policymakers who believe the U.S. mission in Iraq must be sustained until it succeeds; who want to intensify American attempts …
New Yorker:
LISTENING IN  —  A few days before the start of the confirmation hearings for General Michael Hayden, who has been nominated by President Bush to be the head of the C.I.A., I spoke to an official of the National Security Agency who recently retired.  The official joined the N.S …
Reuters:
Oliver Stone to make Venezuela coup film: Chavez  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was planning to film a movie about the 2002 coup in Venezuela that briefly ousted the former army officer.
Brandie M. Jefferson / Associated Press:
Protests, Applause Greet Rice at BC  —  A few students turned their backs but more stood to applaud as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received an honorary degree and addressed graduates at Boston College on Monday.  —  After weeks of turmoil and anti-war protests over Rice's invitation …
MSNBC:
Data about millions of U.S. veterans stolen  —  Burglar reportedly took Veterans Affairs disk containing personal info  —  WASHINGTON - A computer disk with personal data of about 26.5 million U.S. veterans was stolen from the home of a Veterans Affairs analyst, the federal department said Monday.
Reuters:
Bush's faith worries Albright  —  LONDON, England (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.  —  "I worked for two presidents …
Discussion: Wizbang and BrothersJudd Blog
 
 
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David Carr / New York Times:
In Print, Staring Down a Daily Worry
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Krugman blasts Lieberman (unfairly)
Dan Mangan / New York Post:
MCGREEVEY'S GAY ROAD THRILL
Bull Moose:
Netroots Lose, Again
George S. McGovern / Los Angeles Times:
The end of 'more'  —  A Democratic stalwart warns that labor's …
Washington Post:
Abuse Trial Revives Old Questions
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
SHERMAN FREDERICK: When Harry met Nancy
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Comeback Kid  —  As Democrats worry about their 2008 chances …
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How $45m secretly bought freedom of foreign hostages
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Imprisoning journalists
Joe Kaufman / Front Page Magazine:
CAIR Islamic Jihad
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles
Noor Khan / Associated Press:
Coalition: Attacks Kill Up to 80 Taliban
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Israel to boycott racism conference
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
Corps' Levee Work Is Faulted
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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