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2:50 PM ET, January 23, 2007

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MSNBC:
Prosecutor: Libby 'wiped out' Cheney memo  —  Defense in CIA leak trial counters that White House tried to set up Libby  —  WASHINGTON - Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald used his opening statement in the CIA leak trial Tuesday to allege that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff lied …
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Think Progress:
BREAKING: Libby Destroyed Evidence Prior To Testifying, Cheney 'Deeply Involved'  —  Under oath, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby told a grand jury that he first learned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent from conversations with the media.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Liveblog: Well's Opening Statement, Part One  —  Wells up.  —  As you learned a few days ago, my name is Ted Wells.  And I speak for Scooter Libby.  Scooter Libby is innocent.  Totally innocent.  —  He is an innocent man and he has been wrongly and unfairly accused.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Booman Tribune
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Liveblog: Fitzgerald's Opening Statement  —  Here goes Fitzgerald... It will be utterly fascinating to see how Fitzgerald operates.  I'm most interested, though, in how Fitzgerald will describe the obstruction charge and Libby's motive.  What will Fitzgerald say Libby was obstructing, and why?
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: Governor Schwarzenegger's Office on Health Care
Discussion: Polimom Says and Washington Post
Atrios / Eschaton:
Swampland  —  In this edition, Jay Carney demonstrates …
Discussion: Morning Call and Daily Kos
Jay Carney / Swampland:
The Clinton Playbook  —  When George W. Bush takes the podium …
Discussion: The Caucus
Jay Carney / Swampland:
Re: The Clinton Playbook
Ed Morrissey / Examiner:
Richardson could be '08's most dangerous candidate  —  WASHINGTON - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's entry into the 2008 presidential sweepstakes Sunday garnered little notice, overshadowed as it was by the announcement of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., the day before.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Headmaster Disputes Claim That Obama Attended Islamic School  —  Fresh doubt was cast yesterday on a magazine's allegation that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) attended a madrassah, or religious school that teaches a fundamentalist version of Islam.  —  Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster …
Roger Si / politico.com:
McCain Bashes Cheney Over Iraq Policy  —  With his presidential hopes tied to an administration whose Iraq policy he supports but cannot control, John McCain for the first time blamed Vice President Cheney for what McCain calls the "witch's brew" of a "terribly mishandled" war in which U.S. forces are on the verge of defeat.
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PittsburghLIVE.com:   Sen. McCain running for president in 2008
Fox News:
WEB SITE KICKS SAND IN FACES OF GIS IN IRAQ ASKING FOR MATS TO EASE HARDSHIP OF SLEEPING ON GROUND  —  An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
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Annysa Johnson / JSOnline:
E-mail to soldier spurs outrage
Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Hot Air and On Deadline
Los Angeles Times:
Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link  —  U.S. warnings of advanced weaponry crossing the border are overstated, critics say.  —  BAQUBAH, IRAQ — If there is anywhere Iran could easily stir up trouble in Iraq, it would be in Diyala, a rugged province along the border between the two nations.
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Josephine Hearn / politico.com:
Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed  —  Freshman Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, D-Tenn., is not joining the Congressional Black Caucus after several current and former members made it clear that a white lawmaker was not welcome.  —  "I think they're real happy I'm not going to join," said Cohen …
Discussion: Right Wing News, Redstate, Hot Air and digg
PJM / Pajamas Media:
The State of the Union is a Disaster:  —  The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night  —  Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you.  I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.  —  I come before you tonight not to make amends, not to make it good, curry any favor or find any middle ground.
Liz Cheney / Washington Post:
Retreat Isn't an Option  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton declared this weekend, " I'm in to win."  Anyone who has watched her remarkable trajectory can have no doubt that she'll do whatever it takes to win the presidency.  I wish she felt the same way about the war.
Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah Riots in Lebanon  —  While I was in Lebanon gathering the material I've been publishing, Hezbollah kept threatening to strangle the country by seizing major roads, including the one that leads to the airport.  I was worried I might get stuck there, but I didn't.
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Confederate Yankee:
CRACKDOWN: Iraqi PM Locks Down Official Media Access to Key Government Ministries  —  An anonymous source from within Baghdad's Green Zone has provided me with a copy of a document issued from the office of Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri Al-Malki, ordering the shutdown of contacts with the world press on …
Washington Post:
Abortion Foes to Renew Efforts  —  Activists Rally on Mall, Vow to Keep Pressure on Congress  —  Tens of thousands of abortion opponents marched through melting snow on the Mall yesterday and vowed to work harder — since Democrats have taken control of the Capitol — to overturn …
 
 
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Holy Moly  —  Norah O'Donnell is asking Andy Card and Leon Panetta …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Payson / Think Progress:
VIDEO FLASHBACK: Bush's Recycled State Of The Union Energy Promises
John Distaso / Union Leader:
Hillary will come to NH on March 10
Amanda / Think Progress:
CNN's Glenn Beck Calls Anti-Gay Slur Simply A 'Naughty Name'
NEWS.com.au:
End of multiculturalism  —  PRIME Minister John Howard officially …
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Surprises From Gates's 1996 Memoir
Discussion: Demagogue
Gail Heriot / The Right Coast:
Huh?  Duke University's Provost Draws Profoundly Misguided Lessons …
Washington Post:
Internal Rifts Cloud Democrats' Opportunity on Warming
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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Associated Press:
List of Oscar Nominations
Discussion: Don Surber and A Blog For All
aflcio.org:
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Urging the Senate …
John Solo / Washington Post:
Casino Executive Contributes $1 Million to Gingrich Group
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Jonathan Martin / politico.com:
Hastert To Endorse Romney
Marc Santora / New York Times:
In the Vortex of Baghdad, Staying Put This Time
Nadine Elsibai / Bloomberg:
Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall to Nixon's Level (Update2)
David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT: If you take …