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Donna De La Cruz / Associated Press:
Kean calls for Hastert's resignation — WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. on Friday called for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign over the congressional page cybersex scandal, making him the first major candidate in his party to do so.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Staffer Cites Earlier Role by Hastert's Office — House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's chief of staff confronted then-Rep. Mark Foley about his inappropriate social contact with male pages well before the speaker said aides in his office took any action, a current congressional staff member …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
DID DEMOCRATS COVER UP FOLEY MISDEEDS? — Various Democrats are accusing Republicans of covering up Congressman Mark Foley's boy problem, a charge for which there is no evidence. One wonders, though, whether that is exactly what the Democratic Party did. — How did the email …
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Without Restraint — Tides of confusion have washed up Mark Foley. — Is this Mark Foley thing really happening? — I woke up early the other morning after a bad dream about Muslims routinely blowing up and torturing other innocent Muslims. You know the world has turned upside …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
New LA TIMES publisher is a Right Wing Hatchet man with ties to Judge Roberts and Ken Starr — Last night David Hiller, from the Chicago Tribune came into town to replace Jeffrey Johnson because he "publicly opposed a corporate demand for a stringent cost-cutting plan last month," In other words he was fired.
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Michael A. Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Personable Newspaper Executive Ultimately a 'Business Guy' — David Hiller is known for his way with people. But observers expect him to make the bottom line his priority as publisher of The Times. — The occasion was the annual advertising department awards ceremony at the Chicago Tribune …
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Cannon: Teens "egging on" Foley in online sex scandal — WASHINGTON - Rep. Chris Cannon today attempted to clarify public comments he made last night seeming to blame teen-age congressional pages in the unfolding scandal with disgraced ex-Rep. Mark Foley. — "These kids are actually precocious kids …
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CNN:
GOP prods Dems over Foley scandal — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Faced with fending off the backlash from the Mark Foley scandal, House Republicans took the offensive Friday, asking Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats to testify about whether they engaged in partisan trickery …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
White House aide to Rove resigns — WASHINGTON - A key aide to presidential political strategist Karl Rove resigned Friday after a congressional report listed hundreds of contacts between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House. — Susan Ralston, special assistant to President Bush …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:Rove aide resigns in fallout over Abramoff report
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Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Google in Talks To Buy YouTube For $1.6 Billion — Deal Could Put Search Giant — In Top Spot for Online Video; — A Front Door for Web Visits — The latest prize in the great Internet land grab, online-video company YouTube Inc., could soon be snapped up by Google Inc.
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Michelle Malkin:
Fighting jihad at YouTube — If you've had an anti-jihad video pulled from YouTube, feel free to sport the badge on your site (thanks to AllahPundit). — I like the Jawa Report's take on a new YouTube logo, too (credit Ragnar). Welcome to AllahTube: — That one's very appropriate …
Ahmed Rashid / Telegraph:
Nato's top brass accuse Pakistan over Taliban aid — Commanders from five Nato countries whose troops have just fought the bloodiest battle with the Taliban in five years, are demanding their governments get tough with Pakistan over the support and sanctuary its security services provide to the Taliban.
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Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
A True Blowout is Now Possible — After looking at the news for the past 10 days or so, I have to wonder how Democrats can possibly fail in their efforts to take both the House and the Senate. — The national atmospherics don't merely favor Democrats; they set the stage for a blowout of cosmic proportions next month.
The Anchoress:
Outting myself...and whoever else wants outing! — WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS THE WORDS CUNNILINGUS AND FELLATIO. IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THE WORDS CUNNILINGUS OR FELLATIO YOU SHOULD NOT READ THIS POST. ALSO IF YOU GET A CASE OF THE VAPORS BY THE SHOCKING IDEA OF MARRIED SEX, DO NOT READ THIS POST.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Monologues dialogues. — David Brooks's column yesterday began this way (TimesSelect link): … Today, we get the letters to the editor. Gotta defend the iconic monologues, you know. The first letter says Brooks "misses a key point, and that is power":
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