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11:40 PM ET, November 11, 2006

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
ARE TERRORISTS THE DEMOCRATS' BIGGEST FANS?  THE DEBATE CONTINUES  —  Last night I posted al Qaeda: "Democrats Are Reasonable"!.  That post discussed the support for the Democrats in the midterm elections that has been voiced by terrorists around the world.
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Dan / Riehl World View:   Holding The Democrats To Account
Steven Taylor / Outside The Beltway:   And the Discussion of Partisanship Continues (in a Different Form)
Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:
Feeling Blue?  —  After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low.  But voters want Democrats to chart a moderate course.  —  Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images  —  Can They Work Together?  Pelosi has 34 percent approval ratings, slightly better than Bush's 31 percent
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Claim: Cat Stevens Financed Terrorists, Tied to Radical Clerics  —  The Jawa Report has obtained evidence that Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, was once connected to radical clerics Omar Bakri Mohammed & Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman.  According to at least one credible source …
Discussion: Hyscience
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Little Green Footballs:   Audio: Cat Stevens Linked to Radical Islamists, Convicted Terrorists
RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
What a Mandate!  Popular Vote For Senate Was 55%-43% Democratic  —  Look how easily the media manipulates everyone's perceptions, including our own.  An hour of vote tabulation reveals a stunning fact: Democrats won the popular vote for the Senate by an overwhelming 12.6% margin - 55%/42.4%.
Discussion: The Heretik
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Another Layer of Winners and Losers
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and TalkLeft
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
How myth gets built into conventional wisdom
Discussion: Power Line and Wizbang
Ed Stoddard / Reuters:
Poll: More evangelicals sour toward Republicans  —  DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. evangelicals have lost some of their enthusiasm for the Republican Party, a factor contributing to the party's drubbing in Tuesday's congressional elections, a new survey found.  —  In a Beliefnet poll …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and AMERICAblog
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Charles Bremner / Times of London:
Actually, it's more a case of Europe falling apart in 2006  —  France has sent a stiff complaint to Brussels about the European Union's choice of logo to commemorate its 50th birthday next year.  —  The offending image, a child-like rendition of the English word together …
New York Times:
For Incoming Democrats, Populism Trumps Ideology  —  The newly elected Democratic class of 2006, which is set to descend on the Capitol next week, will hardly be the first freshmen to arrive in Washington promising to make a difference.  —  The last time Congress changed hands …
Discussion: Eschaton and TalkLeft
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Call It Treason  —  Via one of the deep...ah, "thinkers" at The American Thinker (never has there been such a wildly inaccurate name in the entire history of the bleedin' universe), we learn that John Conyers is a traitor.  So sez Investor's Business Daily, which helpfully assembles the terrifying evidence for us:
New Jersey Online:
More subpoenas in Menendez probe  —  Feds seek documents on rental, but senator's office denies contact  —  Federal investigators have resumed their inquiry into a rental deal between U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and a nonprofit agency, issuing new subpoenas in the days after he was elected …
Discussion: The Blotter
Jon Swift:
Save Britney's Marriage  —  When CNN sent out a Breaking News email on Election Day saying that Britney Spears was filing for divorce from her husband of two years, Kevin Federline, I didn't realize just how important this story was at first.  But now that the election is over, the full the impact of this tragedy is finally sinking in.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
The Missing Earpiece  —  Congressional Calamities , Econ.  101  —  Hatched by Dafydd  —  Ladies and gents, this here post falls into that beloved category of What Is Wrong With This Picture?  We seem to play that a lot on this blog.  —  Yesterday, AP rolled out the first of what will undoubtedly …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pork Queen?  —  Scott Lindlaw at the AP provides an analysis …
Larry Cohler-Esses / thejewishweek.com:
Christian Right Agenda In Shambles After GOP Defeat  —  Moderate Evangelicals seen chafing against narrow priorities like abortion, gay rights.  Will some work with Dems?  —  For a man witnessing a debacle in real time, Rev. Louis Sheldon, a leader of the Christian Right political movement …
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
For Georgetown 'Apostles,' A Rowhouse Rebellion  —  Religious Immunity to Zoning Laws Cited  —  It's about God, America and the bonds of friendship.  Or, maybe, it's just about beer.  —  On one side of the battle: nine best buds at Georgetown University who hung a skull-and-crossbones flag outside …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: LaShawn Barber talks Campaign '08 on MSNBC  —  Another day, another Vent alumna on cable news.  Granted, she was appearing on cable news long before she ever did Vent.  Let's not get bogged down in details.  —  Here she is, mano a mano with sane lefty Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft and insisting that …
Discussion: 7.62mm Justice
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Charles Johnson and Tammy Bruce on the midterms  —  A little free publicity for two of our favorite bloggers on Saturday night.  —  Update: Note their discussion about Muslim women's liberation.  One means to that end: blogging.
Pajamas Media:
Veteran's Day: "In the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month"  —  VETERAN'S DAY: "IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH"  —  The oldest living veteran is Ernest Charles Pusey, one of 15 living World War I veterans.
 
 
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