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6:50 PM ET, January 16, 2007

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama takes 1st step in presidential bid  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday he is taking the initial step in a presidential bid that could make him the nation's first black to occupy the White House.  —  Obama announced on his Web site …
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Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
Obama Ups the '08 Sweepstakes
Discussion: Hotline On Call and QandO
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Campaign: Illness, Not Obama, Delayed News Conference
Discussion: The Fix, Swampland and New York Post
Laura Rozen / Washington Monthly:
Rumsfeld is gone, but the veep's other loyalists remain.  —  With the departure of his longtime friend Donald Rumsfeld, John Bolton's resignation as U.N. ambassador, and Democrats taking over Congress, times seem grim for the Dick Cheney wing of the Bush administration.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Choice of Martinez sparks GOP rebellion  —  Rebellion is brewing among conservatives on the Republican National Committee over President's Bush's attempt to "impose" Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida as "general chairman" of the party, who favors "amnesty" for illegal aliens.
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
Legalize It  —  HOW TO SOLVE AFGHANISTAN'S DRUG PROBLEM.  —  The British Empire once fought a war for the right to sell opium in China.  —  In retrospect, history has judged that war destructive and wasteful, a shameless battle of colonizers against colonized that in the end helped neither side.
Discussion: FP Passport, Jay Reding.com and TAPPED
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse  —  For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.  —  In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse …
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
U.N.: 34,000 Iraqis killed last year  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in sectarian violence last year, nearly three times the number reported dead by the Iraqi government.  —  The Iraqi Health Ministry did not comment on the report …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
ABC's The Note: Bush Gave His 'Best TV Performance In Years' On 60 Minutes  —  President Bush appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday night.  A host of media and conservative blogs were not terribly impressed with his performance:  —  New York Times blog: … Houston Chronicle blog:
Discussion: Blue Bayou and Yahoo! News
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rushlimbaugh.com:
Why Does the White House Deal with CBS?
Discussion: CBS News and NewsBusters.org
Natasha Pearlman / Daily Mail:
A crowded womb  —  A twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home.  —  Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new 'four-dimensional' ultrasound scan of the womb.
Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP: Iran Gets Army Gear in Pentagon Sale  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries - including Iran and China - who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions.
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Tuesday, Jan. 16  —  WASHINGTON - Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin cover people, power and politics in the beltway each weekday.  Email them at yan@dcexaminer.com .  —  Little to head WHCA's big night  —  He does a mean Ronald Reagan impersonation and his imitation of Richard Nixon is legendary.
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Second Iraq Hanging Also Went Awry  —  Iraq's turbulent effort to reckon with the violence of its past took another macabre turn on Monday when the execution of Saddam Hussein's half brother ended with the hangman's noose decapitating him after he dropped through the gallows trapdoor.
progressivestates.org:
Stop the Escalation in Iraq  —  To: Legislators, Staff, and Interested Parties  —  From: Progressive States Network  —  Re: Preventing Escalation in Iraq  —  This LegAlert discusses the President's proposed escalation in Iraq, its implications for states and the nation …
Cliff Schecter:
McCain Was Against War In Iraq Before He Was For It  —  So I began looking through some old newspaper clippings on the Gulf War for some research I have been doing, and you just wouldn't believe what I happened across.  Featured prominently in one article from August of 1990 …
Paul Crespo / NewsMax.com:
Dinesh D'Souza: 'The Left is Afraid of Bush'  —  A new book by respected conservative pundit and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza argues that Islamic antipathy toward the U.S. stems from liberal values promulgated by the "cultural left" and promoted abroad.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Feinstein Speaks out on U.S. Atty Firings  —  As Justin mentioned in his previous post, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) hit the administration hard on the floor of the Senate this morning for its unexplained "forced resignations" of federal prosecutors around the country.  —  Here's the video:
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Campos Heap  —  Evidently, "if chutzpah was a crime," Glenn Reynolds, Tom Friedman, and Bill Kristol would be serving life sentences—ostensibly for slandering true patriots like University of Colorado Law professor Paul Campos (and those like him) who have for years now been endeavoring …
Discussion: Rocky Mountain News
 
 
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Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Opinion Journal:
The Poor Get Richer  —  Incomes in the developing world start to catch up.
MSNBC:
Jury selection ends for day in Libby perjury trial
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Romenesko
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Iranian regime change: "Faster, please!"
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Pit bulls vs. stalwarts in House GOP
Kevin / Pundit Review:
Michael Yon, Live from Mosul Iraq, on Pundit Review Radio
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Action Alert on Katrina: Lieberman and Landrieu need to know
Washington Post:
Some at Guantanamo Mark 5 Years in Limbo
Discussion: Balkinization and The Heretik
 Earlier Items: 
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kucinich To Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Our Tunnel Vision  —  Some years ago, I accompanied John McCain to Vietnam.
Los Angeles Times:
Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the U.S.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Seek the Middle on Social Issues
Washington Post:
Burden Set to Shift On Balanced Budget
Washington Wire:
Grumbling in the Ranks  —  Vocal opposition to President's …
Washington Post:
What Congress Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq
Associated Press:
Castro Reportedly in Grave Condition
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

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

 
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