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12:40 AM ET, June 2, 2006

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Rolling Stone:
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?  —  Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted — enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.  BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.  —  The complete article, with Web-only citations, follows.
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Tristero / Hullabaloo:
Kenneth Blackwell Brings To Mind An All-But-Forgotten 70's Sci Fi Classic
Discussion: Fact-esque
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Iraqi Leaders Assail U.S. on Civilian Deaths
Discussion: the talking dog
Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
No Icons, No Monuments Worth Protecting  —  Richard Esposito Reports:  —  New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News.  That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
AP's Solomon Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back  —  Oh my.  John Solomon just keeps it comin'.  —  Via Greg Sargent, I see that John Solomon has rewritten the lead to his follow-up piece on Harry Reid.  The distorting lead I pointed out yesterday has been replaced by a more narrative approach.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
AP's John Solomon - One More for the Road  —  AP reporter John Solomon seems to think that the best defense is yet more bamboozlement.  —  Remember back to Solomon's initial version of his story on Harry Reid's acceptance of ringside boxing seats.  Solomon claimed that Reid shouldn't have accepted …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Suburban Guerrilla
Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:
The Haditha Story  —  The accelerating media feeding frenzy over the alleged killings of twenty-four Iraqi civilians in Haditha by US Marines last November is about to overwhelm American politics.  Propelled by their most irresponsible war critics, the left will try use Haditha as it used …
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New York Times:
Six Nations Agree on Iran Incentives  —  VIENNA, June 1 — The United States, Russia, China and the leading nations of Europe announced agreement tonight on a general formula designed to resolve the nuclear crisis with Iran, but officials declined to specifically describe the package of incentives …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Six Powers Reach Accord On Iran Plan
Discussion: The Reaction
The Raw Story:
FEC finds Frist violated law by failing to disclose $1.4 million personal loan  —  Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) received notice from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) indicating that in response to a complaint filed by CREW …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and TalkLeft
wnbc.com:
Official Apologizes For Saying Bush Should Be Shot Between Eyes  —  NEW YORK — State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about "putting a bullet between the president's eyes."  —  Hevesi hastily called a mea culpa press conference hours after putting …
Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Clashes in Paris Suburbs Recall Riots of Fall  —  PARIS, May 31 — Small gangs of youths pelted riot police with rocks and set cars and garbage bins ablaze late Tuesday in a second night of unrest in the Paris suburbs, raising fears of a return of the disturbances that inflamed 300 French towns and suburbs last fall.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Good book news  —  (updated below)  —  We were notified last night that How Would a Patriot Act? has made the New York Times' Best Sellers List, and will debut at #11 [this upcoming Sunday] on June 11, on the Paperback Nonfiction List.  The NYT has sent us the actual page (.pdf) as it will appear in the printed edition.
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Ala. candidates revive judicial debate  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In a debate with powerful echoes of the turbulent civil rights era, four Republicans running for Alabama's Supreme Court are making an argument legal scholars thought was settled in the 1800s: that state courts are not bound by U.S. Supreme Court precedents.
Jerusalem Post:
Kids brandish guns to test IDF vigilance  —  A group of Palestinian children were sent towards the Gaza Strip border fence holding toy guns on Thursday in order to test the vigilance of the soldiers on duty.  —  From a distance, troops noticed four apparently armed Palestinians approaching the border north of the Kissufim crossing.
 
 
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The politics of the Internet
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Hijacking Harry Truman
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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