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Jill Kuraitis / newwest.net:
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig Denies Allegations of Same-Sex Affairs — Mike Rogers, who calls himself "the nation's leading gay activist blogger" has just finished a nationally-broadcast interview on the Ed Schultz Radio Show in which he alleges that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig has engaged in same-sex sexual activity.
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Lefty Blogger Outs Senator As Gay — Outing specialist Mike Rogers has "outed" Senator Larry Craig as a closet homosexual. — And he promises more to come. — The Democrats want to make this an election about gay sex. — And people say the Republicans deserve to lose?
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Left Hates Gays? — Apparently, the Left hates gays and believes that private sexual preferences belong on the front page. BlogActive, a site known for outing closeted gays in politics, now claims that Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) has engaged in homosexual activity in the bathrooms of Union Station.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraq Removes Leaders of Special Police — The Iraqi government removed the country's two most senior police commanders from their posts on Tuesday, in the first broad move against the top leadership of Iraq's unruly special police forces. — The two generals had led Iraq's special police commandos …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Signs Bill Setting Detainee Rules — President Bush signed legislation today that created new rules for prosecuting and interrogating terror suspects, a move that Mr. Bush said would enable the Central Intelligence Agency to resume a once-secret program to question the most dangerous terrorists.
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DNC Takes Out Loan For DSCC — The DSCC's optimism about winning the Senate is apparently contagious as the DNC is going to pony up an extra $5-10M for the Senate committee, according to sources familiar with the previously reported arrangement between the two campaign orgs.
Dennis J. Willard / Akron Beacon Journal:
In final debate, Blackwell accuses Strickland of pedophile support — COLUMBUS - It was the first gubernatorial debate in Ohio history, possibly the United States, in which one candidate accused the other of being applauded by the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA).
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Steven E. Moore / Opinion Journal:
655,000 War Dead? — A bogus study on Iraq casualties. — After doing survey research in Iraq for nearly two years, I was surprised to read that a study by a group from Johns Hopkins University claims that 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the war.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Lieberman Unleashed, Slaps Dodd — Ahh, back in New Haven. Though the leaves are changing color, their hues are obscured by dark and drizzly weather. Remind me never to write fiction, btw. I'm sitting in Starbucks and making calls to piece together the Bolton decision.
Think Progress:
Cheney: 'General Overall Situation' In Iraq Is Going 'Remarkably Well' — Rush Limbaugh interviewed Vice President Cheney on his show today. At one point, Limbaugh asked Cheney to respond to growing frustration over U.S. efforts in Iraq. — Cheney acknowledged there is a …
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Agence France Presse:
US full of Internet addicts: study — The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, an unprecedented study released suggested. — Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Silicon Valley said their telephone survey indicated …
Washington Post:
Weldon's Ties to Serbian Businessman Part of Probe — Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade were surprised three years ago to be invited to a luncheon in honor of visiting Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), hosted by Bogoljub Karic, a wealthy Serbian businessman who had been barred from visiting …
Opinion Journal:
The Sheik's Apprentice — A lawyer who passed messages to terrorists gets off light. — It was a case of radical chic and the radical sheik. Yesterday in New York, Lynne Stewart, a self-styled "civil rights" attorney whose past clients include the Black Panthers and Weather Underground …
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Kesher Talk
James Boyce / The Huffington Post:
Ken Mehlman's Bad F'ing Joke — I get emails from Ken Mehlman at the RNC. I kind of like knowing what the dark side is doing and occassionally, they actually make me smile because they are so outrageous. — I'm not smiling right now. — I received an email from Ken Mehlman titled …
Times of London:
The end of cod — A COMPLETE ban on cod fishing is the only way to prevent the species from dying out in the North Sea, scientists said last night. — The much-trumpeted European rescue plan for cod is failing, the official committee of European fisheries experts will tell governments on Friday.
Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Pro-Israeli editor beaten in Bangladesh — A Muslim journalist facing charges of sedition for advocating ties with Israel was recently attacked and beaten by a crowd in Bangladesh that allegedly included leading officials of the country's ruling party, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Funding Constrains Democrats — Party Chiefs See Chance to Take 40-Plus Seats With TV Push — Top Democrats said yesterday that they are planning to significantly expand the number of GOP House seats they will target during the final 20 days of the campaign but that financial disputes …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Which Way to Win? — As we head toward Election Day 2006, political analysts are focusing on a few dozen tossup races that will determine whether the Democrats take the House and Senate. But there's a larger, overarching battle this year between two visions of America …
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