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12:10 PM ET, January 25, 2007

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Opinion Journal:
Senators-in-Chief  —  Congress has no Constitutional power to micromanage a war.  —  To understand why the Founders put war powers in the hands of the Presidency, look no further than the current spectacle in Congress on Iraq.  What we are witnessing is a Federalist Papers illustration …
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Talking Ourselves Into Defeat
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Big States' Plan for Earlier Primaries Scrambles Race  —  As many as four big states — California, Florida, Illinois and New Jersey — are likely to move up their 2008 presidential primaries to early next February, further upending an already unsettled nominating process and forcing candidates …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Political Animal
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Incomes and Inequality: What the Numbers Don't Tell Us  —  The growing inequality in wealth and income has led many people to question whether the contemporary American economy is rigged in favor of the rich.  While there is little doubt that the gap between the wealthy and everybody else …
New York Times:
At the Libby Trial, Hints of Intrigue and Betrayal  —  The assertion by lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. that White House aides had sacrificed him to protect Karl Rove, the senior political adviser, appears to be based primarily on Mr. Libby's own sense that the administration had failed to defend …
Discussion: New York Sun and TPMmuckraker
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Desmond Butler / ABCNEWS:
Georgian Sting Seizes Bomb Grade Uranium  —  Offer of Weapons-Grade Uranium an Unsettling Reminder of Nuclear Material on Black Market  —  It was one of the most serious cases of smuggling of nuclear material in recent years: A Russian man, authorities allege, tried to sell a small amount …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Russia Clams Up Again
Discussion: Pajamas Media
David Stout / New York Times:
Minimum Wage Bill Suffers Setback in Senate  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — Prospects for an increase in the minimum wage suffered a setback today in the Senate, where a move fell short, at least for now, to raise the minimum by $2.10 an hour without tax breaks for small businesses
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Rumsfeld's transition raises questions  —  Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has left the Pentagon, but not the Defense Department.  —  On Jan. 4, Mr. Rumsfeld opened a government-provided transition office in Arlington and has seven Pentagon-paid staffers working for him, a Pentagon official said.
M.R. Kropko / Associated Press:
2 election workers convicted of rigging '04 presidential recount  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Two election workers in the state's most populous county were convicted Wednesday of illegally rigging the 2004 presidential election recount so they could avoid a more thorough review of the votes.
The Politico:
Senate Shows Its Age; Health Problems Pose Challenge For Governing  —  The average age of members of the U.S. Senate is older than it has ever been, according to Senate Historian Richard Baker.  For many senators, advanced age is starting to show, raising questions about their ability to govern.
Discussion: wonkette.com
Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Hillary's Hollywood Friends Switch Sides  —  Steven Spielberg and David Geffen Invite Hundreds of Stars to Their Big Barack Obama Fundraiser  —  Is Hollywood abandoning Hillary?  —  On Wednesday morning, hundreds of Hollywood's movers and shakers received an invitation that they may find hard to refuse.
William Beutler / Blog P.I.:
Hillary in Blogistan: On Blogads, The Netroots and Peter Daou  —  Hillary Clinton did not wait long after her weekend presidential campaign announcement to step foot in the blogosphere: By Monday her technically fledgling but long-assumed campaign had a major step toward engaging web users …
Discussion: wonkette.com
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Obama's Appeal to Blacks Remains an Open Question  —  CHICAGO — Looking around at the overwhelmingly white audience that was applauding Sen. Barack Obama's luncheon speech on Iraq at a downtown hotel recently, the Rev. B. Herbert Martin expressed both satisfaction and concern.
Discussion: The Corner and Althouse
USA Today:
Media outlets battle it out over free-speech rights  —  LOS ANGELES — In a dispute between the "new media" of the Internet and the "old media" of broadcasting, liberal bloggers and conservative talk-radio hosts are accusing each other of trampling the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech.
ESPN:
Being Inmate No. 1187055  —  Genarlow Wilson is standing on a threshold all right, at the end of the last hall of Burruss Correctional Training Center, an hour and a half south of Atlanta.  He's just a few feet from the mechanical door that closes with a goosebump-raising whurr and clang.
Discussion: Reason Magazine, TigerHawk and digg
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Rude Rebuff  —  When President Bush called for a bipartisan "special advisory council" of congressional leaders on the war against terrorism in his State of the Union address, he had in his pocket a rude rejection from Democratic leaders.  Thank you very much …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Defending Iraq War, Defiant Cheney Cites 'Enormous Successes'  —  Vice President Cheney said yesterday that the administration has achieved "enormous successes" in Iraq but complained that critics and the media "are so eager to write off this effort or declare it a failure" …
StrategyPage:
The Secret War Against Iran  —  Bringing democracy to Iraq has forced the Islamic world to confront the terrorism monster they have created.  Before Saddam was taken down, the Gulf Arabs depended on Saddam, as loathsome as he was, to keep Iran busy.  Since 1979, Shia radicals have been running Iran, and supporting Islamic terrorism.
 
 
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Run, Al, Run  —  The ideal candidate for the Democrats …
Eric / Classical Values:
THE YEAR THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME?
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Michael Young / Lebanon Daily Star:
Next time around, Lebanon will be in a civil war
Discussion: A Blog For All
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: US forces engage Mahdi militia in Baghdad
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
The Enemy At Home  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
In a New Joint U.S.-Iraqi Patrol, the Americans Go First
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and the Perils of Bad Publicity
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
The Times shifts its focus to Web
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Mark Trevelyan / Reuters:
Climate change seen fanning conflict and terrorism
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LAW UNTO ITSELF?
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Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kerry won't run for president in '08
Discussion: newsweek, Blinq and The Caucus
City Journal:
Yes, Rudy Giuliani Is a Conservative
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Ayatollah's snub pressures Iran president
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and QandO
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Two Vets Passing in the Night
Discussion: TAPPED and Whiskey Fire
Ben Smith / The Politico:
The Giuliani Dossier: A Brief Tour
 

 
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A UK CMA report finds that Apple's policies hold back innovation in mobile browsers and recommends investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities

 
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