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12:15 PM ET, September 21, 2006

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Washington Post:
President Hugo Chavez Delivers Remarks at the U.N. General Assembly  —  SPEAKER: HUGO CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA  —  CHAVEZ (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): ... over our heads.  I had considered reading from this book, but for the sake of time, I shall just leave it as a recommendation.  It reads easily.
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Meryl Yourish / Yourish.com:
35,000 at a pro-Israel rally is not news  —  Can you find a news source for the rally against Ahmadinejad at the UN yesterday?  Correction: Can you find a non-Jewish media source, or a non-blogger source, for the rally?  —  I can't.  Except for the New York Sun.  —  I checked AP.  Nothing.
Annie Karni / New York Sun:
Thousands of Israel Supporters Rally for Release of Kidnapped Soldiers  —  As world leaders convened for the second day of the United Nations General Assembly, tens of thousands of supporters of Israel gathered across the street from United Nations headquarters to protest President Ahmadinejad …
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Venezuelan Leader Demonizes Bush
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
House passes bill to make voters show ID  —  WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border as Republicans sharpened attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
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New York Times:
Keep Away the Vote  —  One of the cornerstones of the Republican Party's strategy for winning elections these days is voter suppression, intentionally putting up barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box.  The House of Representatives took a shameful step in this direction yesterday …
Discussion: Don Surber and Blue Crab Boulevard
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
GOP Downsizes Immigration Reform To 700 Mile Fence
Discussion: USA Today and ParaPundit
CNN:
Bush would send troops inside Pakistan to catch bin Laden  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — President Bush said Wednesday he would order U.S. forces to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan if he received good intelligence on the fugitive al Qaeda leader's location.  —  "Absolutely," Bush said.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Allen's Mother Revealed Jewish Heritage to Him Last Month  —  Henrietta "Etty" Allen said Wednesday that she concealed her upbringing as a Jew in North Africa from her children, including Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), until a conversation across the dining room table in late August.
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Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
Jewish Leaders Blast Anti-Semitic Webb Campaign Tactics  —  The shockingly hateful language emanating from the Webb campaign, Webb allies and Webb fundraisers continues.  From Jewish people, to Senator Allen and his family, to Virginians across the state, Webb's allies are trying to be offensive to them...
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
New York Times:
Poll Finds Most Americans Displeased With Congress  —  With the midterm elections less than seven weeks away, Americans have an overwhelmingly negative view of the Republican-controlled Congress, with substantial majorities saying that they disapprove of the job it is doing and that its members …
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New York Times:
U.S. public takes dim view of job Congress is doing
Discussion: Wonkette
Nature:
Libya's travesty  —  Six medical workers in Libya face execution.  It is not too late for scientists to speak up on their behalf.  —  Imagine that five American nurses and a British doctor have been detained and tortured in a Libyan prison since 1999, and that a Libyan prosecutor called …
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Jennifer Nix / Firedoglake:
And If They Were American Nurses?
Discussion: Nature, Daily Kos and Effect Measure
Heather Mac Donald / New York Post:
MIKE GETS HALFWAY RADICAL  —  PROBLEMATIC ANTI-POVERTY PLAN  —  MAYOR Bloomberg has broken the most fiercely guarded taboo in the poverty industry.  Unfortunately, his own solution to long-term poverty is worse than the ones he proposes to supplant.  —  The mayor wants to start paying …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Independence Days  —  American politics reached a critical turn last week.  The revolt of several Republican senators against President Bush's insistence on a free hand in treating terrorist detainees signaled the emergence of an independent force in elections and government.
FactCheck.org:
False Claims About Body Armor  —  A new group falsely accuses Republicans of voting against body armor for troops.  Both sides have misled the public about this issue.  —  Summary  —  A new ad claims Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia "voted against giving our troops" modern body armor.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bombshell: ABC independently confirms success of CIA "torture" tactics  —  Ace e-mailed me the instant this finished airing on O'Reilly with the subject header "must record".  He was right, as you'll see.  —  Anti-"torture" absolutists like Sullivan adamantly deny that harsh tactics produce reliable information.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Amends Remark on Torture Case  —  In an embarrassing turnabout, the Department of Justice backed away Wednesday from a denial by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales of responsibility for the treatment of a Canadian who was seized by American authorities in 2002.
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Suits Say U.S. Impeded Audits for Oil Leases  —  Four government auditors who monitor leases for oil and gas on federal property say the Interior Department suppressed their efforts to recover millions of dollars from companies they said were cheating the government.
Guy Dinmore / Financial Times:
CIA 'refused to operate' secret jails  —  The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out further interrogations and run the secret facilities …
Washington Post:
Ehrlich Wants Paper Ballots For Nov. Vote  —  State Election Chief Says Staff Toiling to Fix Electronic Glitches  —  A week after the primary election was plagued by human error and technical glitches, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) called yesterday for the state to scrap …
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, Pajamas Media and MyDD
 
 
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
HUD staff told to favor allies
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What Do Scooter Libby and Joe Lieberman Have in Common?
Garrett Epps / Salon:
You have no right to vote  —  Last week, a Missouri judge reminded …
Randall Mikkelsen / Reuters:
Bill Clinton warns against wide torture approval
Discussion: TalkLeft
BBC:
US widow deported over Nazi past
Sam Coates / Times of London:
Assisted suicide bid for the depressed
Think Progress:
Matthews: 'I Have Been...Against This Bulls**t War From The Beginning'
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Los Angeles Times:
No One Dares to Help  —  The wounded die alone on Baghdad's streets.
Discussion: Informed Comment and CBS News
Washington Post:
HP CEO Allowed 'Sting' of Reporter
Discussion: CBS News
Vinnie / The Jawa Report:
Hamid Mir On Glenn Beck Show
Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
Hell of a Times  —  These are edgy times at the Washington Times.
George Weigel / Los Angeles Times:
The Pope Was Right  —  In his controversial speech last week …
Discussion: Sticky Notes and Hyscience
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Klobuchar aide loses job for viewing leaked Kennedy ad
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Ideals and Realities Clash In Bush 'Freedom Agenda'
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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