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6:35 PM ET, January 7, 2007

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Nico / Think Progress:
Pelosi: Congress Will Not Fund Escalation If Bush Does Not Justify It  —  This morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that Congress may refuse to authorize funding for an escalation of U.S. forces to Iraq if President Bush cannot justify the strategy.
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CBS News:
WHAT DO YOU THINK?  —  (CBS/AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said newly empowered Democrats will not give President George W. Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, hinting they could deny funding if he seeks additional troops.  —  "If the president chooses to escalate the war …
Taylor Marsh:
Speaker Pelosi Lays Bush Out on Iraq  —  updated below—  In her first Sunday morning interview, Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid it out plainly on Iraq. … It's nice to be home and have all my tech toys so that I could catch the Speaker's performance.  Let's make sure this YouTube gets around.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
The Imperial Presidency 2.0  —  Observing President Bush in action lately, we have to wonder if he actually watched the election returns in November, or if he was just rerunning the 2002 vote on his TiVo.  —  That year, the White House used the fear of terrorism to scare American voters …
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Pelosi Hints at Denying Bush Iraq Funds  —  Democrats now running Congress will not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday, suggesting they could deny him the money should he call for additional troops.  —  Yet Pelosi's second-in-command …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Bob Geiger:   Pelosi: Bush Must Justify Future Iraq Actions
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
Speaker Pelosi Lays Bush Out on Iraq
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Nancy Pelosi will not fund the McCain doctrine without justification
Miami Herald:
Suspicious truck stopped at the Port of Miami-Dade  —  Federal and county authorities have arrested as many as three Middle Eastern men at the Port of Miami-Dade after they tried to enter the facility Sunday morning without proper paperwork, officials said.  —  An FBI spokeswoman in Miami …
Discussion: Power Line and PrairiePundit
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Fox News:
PORT OF MIAMI ON HEIGHTENED ALERT  —  MIAMI — The Port of Miami on Sunday was in a heightened state of security after police discovered two men hiding in a cargo truck and a bomb squad was summoned to the scene, FOX News has learned.  —  The container truck was stopped near the cargo-area entrance …
Discussion: SevenStripes.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Something up at the Port of Miami?  —  Florida Cracker has details.  Fox's correspondent at the scene says the bomb squad is on the way.  According to the Miami Herald, the driver is Iraqi and one of the men found hiding in the truck is Lebanese.  —  The Herald also says the Center …
Gateway Pundit:
FBI Arrests 3 Middle Eastern Men Trying to Enter Miami Ports!
Discussion: Wizbang
Washington Post:
A 'Surge' in Iraq?  —  A troop increase that few in the Pentagon, Congress or the Iraqi government really want  —  PRESIDENT BUSH is widely expected to unveil a new strategy for Iraq this week that will include a substantial increase in U.S. troops.  If he does, he will face a formidable task …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Fred Hiatt hails McCain's courage and seriousness  —  Fred Hiatt's Washington Post Editorial today examines the plan for a "surge" in Iraq and ultimately takes no real position on it.  He can bring himself only to say that "several questions give us pause."
Discussion: The Impolitic
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Iraqi Leader Plans Security Push
Washington Post:
Critics Say 'Surge' Is More of The Same
Associated Press:
Israel Denies Planning Iran Nuke Attack  —  LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper reported Sunday that Israel has drafted plans to strike as many as three targets in Iran with low-yield nuclear weapons, aiming to halt Tehran's uranium enrichment program.  The Israeli Foreign Ministry denied the report.
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
McCain backers fear they could lose new Florida governor's support  —  Publication of Rudy Giuliani's secret campaign plan has so embarrassed Florida's new Gov. Charles Crist that supporters of Sen. John McCain fear it might backfire against their campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
I Just Don't Get It  —  This is discouraging. … There are several serious problems here.  — Allowing Bush to escalate the war is unwise.  (Note that Biden told Bush last month, after the election, that there was nothing the Democrats would do to stop him on the war.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:   No Escalation  —  Pelosi is standing firmly with the public …
Ryan Lizza / New York Times:
The Invasion of the Alpha Male Democrat  —  NANCY PELOSI'S carefully crafted introduction to the American people last week seemed to reinforce some stereotypes of the so-called mommy party.  On the day she made history as the first woman to be elected speaker, she appeared on the House floor …
Independent:
Future of Iraq: The spoils of war  —  How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches  —  Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days.
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?  (Yet Another New York Times Edition)  — MattF on Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?  (Yet Another New York Times Edition)  —  Powered by TypePad  —  Your email address:  —  Powered by FeedBlitz  —  January 07, 2007
Discussion: The Sideshow and Oliver Willis
 
 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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