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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Longtime Republican was source of e-mails — The source who in July gave news media Rep. Mark Foley's (R-Fla.) suspect e-mails to a former House page says the documents came to him from a House GOP aide. — That aide has been a registered Republican since becoming eligible to vote …
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Chicago Tribune:
Hastert dodges Foley heat, denies report of repeated warnings — WASHINGTON — A defiant House Speaker Dennis Hastert fought Wednesday to hold on to his leadership post while fractures appeared among his lieutenants and a former senior aide to Mark Foley said he repeatedly had warned Hastert's top aide …
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Deirdre Shesgreen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Defiant Shimkus says he'll keep post
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Kos Irhabi / The Jawa Report:What Would it Take? — My irritation with the current GOP leadership …
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Eliana Johnson / New York Sun:
At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder — Students stormed the stage at Columbia University's Roone auditorium yesterday, knocking over chairs and tables and attacking Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, a group that patrols the border between America and Mexico.
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Michelle Malkin:
Mob rule at Columbia University — Minutemen Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist spoke at Columbia University tonight. He tried to speak, that is. During his remarks, a mob of students stormed the stage and sabotaged the event. Every Columbia U. alum should be assailing the administration.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE ZOO IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS — Last night the Columbia University College Republicans hosted what was to be a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. Within moments of Gilchrist taking the podium, however, the event was disrupted by left-wing students mounting a coordinated attack on the stage.
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Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Lamont writes another check as Lieberman aides surprised on D.C. fundraiser by Bush buddies — Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont on Monday invested $500,000 more in his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, bringing the cable company executive's total contribution since last winter to $6.75 million.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman Lead Reaches Double Digits — Lieberman (I) 50% Lamont (D) 40% — Senator Joseph Lieberman (I) has increased his margin over Democrat Ned Lamont by eight points. He now leads the antiwar candidate 50% to 40% (see crosstabs).
Judd / Think Progress:
Pajamas Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley Victim — An obscure right-wing blogger, Wild Bill, has outed one of Mark Foley's victims, a former Congressional page. It is a despicable act. Wild Bill however, gets almost no traffic, so the damage done to the victim's life could have been minimal.
David Rennie / Telegraph:
Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims police union — Radical Muslims in France's housing estates are waging an undeclared "intifada" against the police, with violent clashes injuring an average of 14 officers each day. — As the interior ministry said that nearly 2,500 officers …
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Voters Say Scandals Will Affect Votes — Voters Polled by AP Say Scandals Will Affect Whom They Choose in Midterm Elections — Congressional Republicans, already struggling against negative public perceptions of Congress, now face voters who say new scandals will significantly influence their vote in November.
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New York Times:
A Complex and Hidden Life Behind Foley's Public Persona — Mark Foley, until last week a fixture on this town's lofty social circuit, once recounted a party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's fabled estate. — "Miss Germany was my date," he told a writer at Washingtonian magazine for an article about "How to Date a Congressman."
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
British Find No Evidence Of Arms Traffic From Iran — Troops in Southeast Iraq Test U.S. Claim of Aid for Militias — ON THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER — Since late August, British commandos in the deserts of far southeastern Iraq have been testing one of the most serious charges leveled …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Waterboarding Historically Controversial — In 1947, the U.S. Called It a War Crime; in 1968, It Reportedly Caused an Investigation — Key senators say Congress has outlawed one of the most notorious detainee interrogation techniques — "waterboarding," in which a prisoner feels near drowning.
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency — The United States Army and Marines are finishing work on a new counterinsurgency doctrine that draws on the hard-learned lessons from Iraq and makes the welfare and protection of civilians a bedrock element of military strategy.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico's Exclusive Interview with a Man Who Has Spoken to the Terrorists at Guantánamo (Part Four: The Treatment of the Detainees) — [This is Part Four of my exclusive interview with "Stashiu," an Army nurse who worked at Guantánamo, and who spoke on a regular basis …
Ali Eteraz / Eteraz:
Stand Against Women Stoned to Death You Apathetic Monsters — This is a call for action to do our small part in coming to the assistance of the women in Iran who have been sentenced to death by stoning. — 1. Read the background and an explanation of the punishment for stoning to death in Islamic Law.
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Foley Was Sexually Abused as a Youth, His Lawyer Says — In another day of revelations about former Representative Mark Foley, his lawyer said Tuesday that as a teenager, Mr. Foley had been molested by a clergyman and had "kept the shame to himself" until now.
Lou Cabron / 10 Zen Monkeys:
5 Nastiest Campaign Ads So Far — Will Republicans or Democrats control the Senate? It all hangs on five tight Senate races — which means negative ads, and lots of them. Mis-leading, meaningful, desperate, or despicable — they're on your TV, messing with your mind.
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
The Illinois Democrat may be more serious about '08 than you think — Ask Washington insiders about Sen. Barack Obama's presidential hopes, and you'll get a pat response: great idea, a cycle or three from now—or maybe this time as veep. But they need to get out more.
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