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Washington Post:
Thousands Protest Bush Policy — Actors, Activists, Politicians and a Presidential Candidate Among Demonstrators — A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol yesterday to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.
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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Tens of thousands in D.C. protest war — WASHINGTON - Protesters energized by fresh congressional skepticism about the Iraq war demanded a withdrawal of U.S. troops in a demonstration Saturday that drew tens of thousands and brought Jane Fonda back to the streets.
Aaron / Lifelike Pundits:
Redeploy the Hippies to Cuba (and other thoughts on the Code Pinko Rally) — I really had a great time. The first picture I'd like to share is me at the "Sandy Berger Entrance" at the National Archives. This IS the exact spot where Sandy Burgler stole documents pertinent to his testimony …
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Protest Focuses on Troop Increase for Iraq — Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the National Mall on Saturday to oppose President Bush's plan for a troop increase in Iraq in what organizers hoped would be one of the largest shows of antiwar sentiment in the nation's capital since the war began.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Kerry rips Bush in front of former Iranian president at Davos; Update: Video added — This isn't the first time a major Democratic politician, or even Waffles himself, has handed Islamic fundamentalists a propaganda freebie. — The unwritten rule about politics ending at the water's edge …
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CBS News:
Kerry: U.S. A "Pariah" Nation Under Bush — Senator Blasts Administration For Failing To Properly Address Foreign Policy Issues — (CBS/AP) Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry slammed the foreign policy of the Bush administration on Saturday, saying it has caused the United States to become "a sort of international pariah."
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Jules Crittenden, The Heretik, The Democratic Daily, Liberal Values, The Mahablog and The Jawa Report
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kerry Slams US In Davos Summit — There's something about the Davos economic summit that drives American leftists to slam their own country while abroad. Two years ago, Eason Jordan lost his job at CNN over his accusations in Davos that the US military had a policy of assassinating journalists in war zones.
Bruce Nussbaum / NussbaumOnDesign:
Davos—Senator McCain on China. — I just had breakfast with Senator McCain at a media briefing. If I were still doing editorials, I would go into the details of his remarks on Iraq but I'm not and I won't. The Senator's comments on China are, however, important to the business community …
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Real Cities:
Gonzales appoints political loyalists into vacant U.S. attorneys slots — WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is transforming the ranks of the nation's top federal prosecutors by firing some and appointing conservative loyalists from the Bush administration's inner circle who critics say are unlikely to buck Washington.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News to air deleted, false scenes from ABC's The Path to 9/11 — According to a January 26 Los Angeles Times article, Fox News will rebroadcast "footage from ABC's controversial miniseries 'The Path to 9/11' that was edited out of the docudrama amid criticism that it inaccurately portrayed …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
On Iran, Bush Faces Haunting Echoes of Iraq — As President Bush and his aides calibrate how directly to confront Iran, they are discovering that both their words and their strategy are haunted by the echoes of four years ago — when their warnings of terrorist activity and nuclear ambitions were clearly a prelude to war.
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The Heretik
Brian Braiker / Newsweek:
A Sorry State — Following his State of the Union address, President Bush's approval rating hits a new low in the NEWSWEEK poll, as Sen. Hillary Clinton enjoys an early lead among the field of likely candidates in the '08 race. — Only 42 percent think Bush's domestic-policy proposals will be seriously considered by the Congress
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Giuliani Inches His Way to the White House
Giuliani Inches His Way to the White House
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The Carpetbagger Report
Guardian:
'If they pay we kill them anyway' - the kidnapper's story — In the second of two remarkable dispatches from behind Baghdad's front lines, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad meets the commander of a Shia death squad — Fadhel is a slim, well-muscled 26-year-old Mahdi Army commander with a thin goatee beard …
Peter Beaumont / Observer:
Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders — Boasts of a nuclear programme are just propaganda, say insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war — Iran's efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country …
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The Agonist
Graham Allison / The Huffington Post:
Iran's Nuclear Bomb: Acquiesce or Attack? — The top line at Davos this year is euphoria about the performance of global economies and financial markets and confidence that 2007 will bring more of the same. Beneath the surface optimism, however, a deeper unease has emerged repeatedly about Iran …
Los Angeles Times:
Early on, Obama showed talent for bridging divisions — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's entry into politics came on a winter morning at the white-columned Harvard Law Review building when, about 2 a.m., a deeply divided editorial staff chose him as the first African American to lead the prestigious publication.
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Tale of Wayne Dumond — Wayne Dumond was convicted in 1985 for the rape of Ashley Stevens. In 1999, he was released after the parole board, under pressure from Huckabee, voted to do so. Two years later he was convicted of murdering a woman, who he also sexually assaulted.
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