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New York Times:
Rushing Off a Cliff — Here's what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm election: The Bush administration uses Republicans' fear of losing their majority to push through ghastly ideas about antiterrorism …
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The Huffington Post, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Don Surber, Jesus' General, Obsidian Wings and Balkinization
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House Approves Bill on Detainees — 253 to 168 Vote Backs Bush on Prosecution Of Terrorism Suspects — The House approved an administration-backed system of questioning and prosecuting terrorism suspects yesterday, setting clearer limits on CIA interrogation techniques but denying access …
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
House approves bill on terror detainees — WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees, moving President Bush to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of his anti-terror plan.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Why Doesn't Page Six Take A Big Whiff Itself? — Let's make one point clear at the beginning of this post: I cannot stand Keith Olbermann. I couldn't stand his pretentious, egotistical sportscasting when I first saw him in Los Angeles, and thought he only improved marginally at ESPN's SportsCenter.
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Editor and Publisher:
'NY Post' Makes Fun of Olbermann's Reaction to Getting Letter — At Home — With White Powder — NEW YORK One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope — at home — which contains white powder.
New York Post:
POWDER PUFF SPOOKS KEITH — MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out when he opened his home mail yesterday. The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out.
History News Network:
Deja vu — Judith Apter Klinghoffer — POLL: AL QAEDA LOST IN IRAQ — Al Qaeda has desicively lost the Iraqi battlefield. … Iraqi confidence in Iraqi forces (as opposed to militias) is increasing while its confidence in US forces is decreasing. Given US policies there can be little doubt …
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Flopping Aces, Democracy Project, Blue Crab Boulevard, Dean's World, USS Neverdock and Abu Aardvark
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate — Six weeks before Election Day, the Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate. — In Virginia, a state that few expected to be seriously competitive, Senator George Allen, a Republican …
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Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Bush urges bickering allies on terrorism — WASHINGTON - President Bush appealed to the bickering presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday to put aside their differences and "strategize together" over dinner on ways to defeat the common enemy of terrorism.
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The Jawa Report
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:Iraq war was terrorism 'recruiting sergeant'
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Ailes: `An assault on all journalists' — NEW YORK - Fox News chief Roger Ailes says former President Clinton's response to Chris Wallace's question about going after Osama bin Laden represents "an assault on all journalists." — Ailes said Clinton had a "wild overreaction" in the interview, broadcast on "Fox News Sunday."
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Associated Press:
Casey increases lead over Santorum — Democrat Bob Casey appears to have doubled his lead over Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania's Senate race, according to a poll released today. — Mr. Casey had a 14-point lead in the Quinnipiac University Poll, with 54 percent of likely voters saying …
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Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
BLUE AMERICA: Angie Paccione (CO-04) — [Angie Paccione joins us in the comments today to discuss her candidacy in the CO-04. Please stop by and give her a great FDL welcome. As always in Blue America threads, please stay on topic and please be polite. Welcome, Angie! — CHS]
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Associated Press:
Chairman seeks review, possible removal of memorial inscriptions — PHOENIX — A state commission that authorized placement of the Arizona 9-11 Memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza will review controversial laser-cut inscriptions "and see if some of them could be removed," the panel's chairman said Wednesday.
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
John Boehner Still Believes Saddam Was Tied To 9/11 And Had WMD — On Hardball this afternoon, House Majority Leader John Boehner was asked questions about Iraq. Boehner insisted that Saddam had WMD and that we just "haven't found them yet". Boehner also states that Saddam was supporting …
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
On the NIE, the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong — The National Intelligence Estimate regarding trends in global terrorism, partially released by the administration yesterday in response to weekend news leaks, is not centrally about Iraq, and it is certainly not the final word on the subject.
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Political Animal, Opinion, american footprints, The Moderate Voice, AMERICAblog, Hullabaloo and Blue Crab Boulevard
Dean / Dean's World:
Question for Michelle Malkin: Does the Conscience of a Conservative Still Exist? — I'm publicly calling out Michelle Malkin, someone whom I often disagree with but usually respect. I hope she will think about it and respond thoughtfully and not angrily or flippantly.
wnbc.com:
Jeanine Pirro Under Criminal Investigation — ALBANY, N.Y. — NewsChannel 4's Jonathan Dienst has learned Jeanine Pirro, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, has been under state and federal criminal investigation. — Images: Pirro Probed For Alleged Spy Plan
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