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Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
Announcement — I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what's right. Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don't respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills …
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Michelle Malkin:
Edwards' blogger resigns — Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards' campaign. Of course, it's all the right wing's and Catholic activists' fault (a blame-avoidance strategy I highlighted on The O'Reilly Factor tonight before news of Marcotte's resignation broke). Writes Marcotte this evening:
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A Blogger for Edwards Resigns After Complaints — Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:Marcotte Resigns — Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards campaign (h/t Jeff G.):
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:Breaking: Marcotte Resigns (updated. And updated again)
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
North Korea to Close Reactor in Exchange for Raft of Aid — North Korea agreed today to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for a package of food, fuel and other aid from the United States, China, South Korea and Russia. The breakthrough, announced by the Chinese government …
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Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Tentative Nuclear Deal Struck With North Korea — Steps to Disarmament Drafted in 6-Party Talks — Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.
New York Times:
In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set — The United States and four other nations reached a tentative agreement to provide North Korea with roughly $400 million in fuel oil and aid, in return for the North's starting to disable its nuclear facilities and allowing nuclear inspectors …
Thomas Harding / Telegraph:
Iraqi insurgents using Austrian rifles from Iran — Austrian sniper rifles that were exported to Iran have been discovered in the hands of Iraqi terrorists, The Daily Telegraph has learned. — More than 100 of the.50 calibre weapons, capable of penetrating body armour, have been discovered by American troops during raids.
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Pace Demurs on Accusation of Iran — General Says He Knows Nothing Tying Leaders to Arms in Iraq — Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that he has no information indicating Iran's government is directing the supply of lethal weapons to Shiite insurgent groups in Iraq.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iranian Smoking Guns Found ... Literally — The Telegraph reports this morning that rifles imported from Austria by Iran have surfaced among insurgents in Iraq. Steyr-Mannlicher exported 800 of its high-powered HS50 models, capable of piercing body armor, to the National Iranian Police Association for their anti-narcotics efforts:
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CNN:
Purported al Qaeda message: Unite with Taliban … (CNN) — In a message released Monday, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader called on Muslims to unite under Taliban leader Mullah Omar, stop trying to form secular governments and instead follow strict Islamic Sharia law.
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Now It's Personal: Al Qaeda Calls Bush an Alcoholic Liar — Brian Ross Reports: — The latest taped statement from al Qaeda is an unusually personal attack on President Bush, in which al Qaeda's No. 2 in command, Ayman al Zawahiri, denounces Bush as "an alcoholic, liar and gambler with an addictive personality."
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Flopping Aces
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Star Character Witnesses at Libby Trial — A familiar-looking man in his early 60s took the stand at the Scooter Libby trial yesterday morning. "I need to ask you to spell your last name," said defense attorney Bill Jeffress. — "W-O-O-D-W-A-R-D," the man replied. — This was not sufficient for Judge Reggie Walton.
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New York Times:
Libby Lawyers Open Case With Denials by Reporters — Lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. opened their case Monday with a parade of prominent Washington reporters who testified that Mr. Libby never mentioned the identity of a Central Intelligence Agency operative when they interviewed him during …
New York Times:
Long a Target Over Faulty Iraq Intelligence, Ex-C.I.A. Chief Prepares to Return Fire — For the past two years, George J. Tenet has maintained a determined silence even as senior White House officials have laid the blame for the prewar mistakes about Saddam Hussein on him.
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:Year of the Rat — HILLARY CLINTON SCURRIES AWAY FROM HER OLD LINE ON IRAQ.
Reuters:
BofA aims new credit card at illegal immigrants: report — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp. has begun offering credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers, typically illegal immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. — In recent years …
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