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11:50 PM ET, May 24, 2006

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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Officials: Hastert "In the Mix" of Congressional Bribery Investigation  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  The Speaker of the House Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigtaion by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Feds Say House Speaker Not Under Probe  —  Justice Department Says House Speaker Dennis Hastert Not Under Investigation  —  WASHINGTON May 24, 2006 (AP)— The Justice Department denied a news report Wednesday that it was investigating House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Discussion: Power Line
The Raw Story:
Pelosi asks congressman snared in bribery probe to resign post  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has formally asked Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) to resign from the powerful Ways and Means Committee.  —  Jefferson wrote Pelosi quickly in reply, refusing to surrender his seat.
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:   ABC News Update on Hastert Story
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:   Rep. Jefferson refuses to give up panel seat
TCS Daily:
Inconvenient Truths Indeed  —  Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" opens around the country this week.  In the film Gore pulls together evidence from every corner of the globe to convince us that climate change is happening fast, we are to blame, and if we don't act immediately, our Earth will be all but ruined.
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Gregg Easterbrook / New York Times:
Finally Feeling the Heat  —  TODAY "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's movie about the greenhouse effect, opens in New York and California.  Many who already believe global warming is a menace will flock to the film; many who scoff at the notion will opt for Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Andrew Sullivan
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Gonzales Defends Phone-Data Collection  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday that the government can obtain domestic telephone records without court approval under a 1979 Supreme Court ruling that authorized the collection of business records.
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Michael Barone / US News:
Official secrets  —  The Washington Post had a thoughtful …
Discussion: Macsmind and Power Line
James Piereson / ARMAVIRUMQUE:
Is the New York Times About to be Indicted?
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Power Line
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Putting stem-cell research back on the front-burner  —  Exactly one year ago tomorrow, the House easily passed bi-partisan legislation that would remove restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.  The companion measure in the Senate had a filibuster-proof majority, Bill Frist endorsed …
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Reuters:
Newspaper apologizes for anti-Iran report  —  Tehran summons envoy to explain Canadian leader's remarks  —  OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) — A Canadian newspaper apologized Wednesday for an article that said Iran planned to force Jews and other religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing to distinguish themselves from Muslims.
Atlas Shrugs:
OLMERT SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS: WITNESSING HISTORY  —  And a reliable witness am I.  —  Ehud Olmert became the first Israeli prime minister in more than a decade to address a joint meeting of both houses of Congress.  Before I describe this most impressive speech and the historic moment …
Discussion: Power Line
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Olmert Urges Palestinians To Qualify For Talks
grassley.senate.gov:
GRASSLEY UNVEILS TOP 10 FLAWS WITH AMNESTY AND GUEST WORKER OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley today said the immigration reform bill being debated in the U.S. Senate is riddled with loopholes and flaws.  During a speech on the Senate floor …
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Associated Press:
Special counsel: Cheney may be called to testify  —  Prosecutor says vice president's 'state of mind' relevant in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said in a court filing Wednesday.
Discussion: SEIXON
Bryan / Hot Air:
ACLU Threatens Its Own Members' Free Speech  —  The ACLU-famed defender of terrorists and illegal aliens-may crack down on the right of its own board members to criticize it.  Yes, you read that right.  The ACLU may come out against basic free speech.  Details: … You don't say.
Michael Warren / Detroit News:
Keep 'America' in Michigan schools  —  State bureaucrats want to do what Stalin, Osama could only dream about  —  C ensoring the word "America" from our own schools is something Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden would never have thought possible.  Michigan has done it without a whimper.
Eli Pariser / The Huffington Post:
Desperate Telcos: When the Going Gets Tough, the Absurd Rumors Get Going  —  Opponents of Internet freedom seem shocked that Google, MoveOn, the Christian Coalition, and 700 other diverse organizations are fighting on the same side to preserve the Internet that has revolutionized democratic participation …
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Senator McCain Worked Blue  —  On New York Stage  —  Behind Closed Doors, Republican Works in Material: 'I'd Tell Shiites and Sunnis, "Stop the Bulls**t"'; Fresh From Falwell, Attacks Right-Wing Nativism  —  For all the national attention surrounding John McCain's two highly anticipated …
Crooks and Liars:
Mike Farrell's review of "Baghdad ER"  —  Mike Farrell on "Baghdad ER"  —  Mike Farrell, who most of you know from the TV series "Mash," allowed C&L an exclusive to publish his review and feelings about HBO's documentary, "Baghdad ER."  —  I saw "Baghdad ER" on HBO last night (Sunday, May 21).
 
 
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Discussion: Wonkette
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