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3:00 AM ET, February 14, 2007

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Shakespeare's Sister:
Announcement  —  I regret to say that I have also resigned from the Edwards campaign.  In spite of what was widely reported, I was not hired as a blogger, but a part-time technical advisor, which is the role I am vacating.  —  I would like to make very clear that the campaign did not push me out …
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Lane Hudson / The Huffington Post:
Right-Wing Attack Puts Bloggers' Lives in Danger  —  The ramifications of Bill Donohue and the Catholic League's reckless rhetoric has materialized in the form of death threats to bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan.  This is what happens when the ultra-right wing is given the megaphone of mainstream media.
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Confederate Yankee:
A Shred More Class  —  Melissa McEwan of Shakespeare's Sister has followed Amanda Marcotte in resigning from the John Edwards Presidential train wreck: … I don't think I're read enough of her blog to know much about McEwan, but I can say this: she exhibited more class and dignity than Marcotte …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
More Resignations!  More Apologies!  —  Melissa McEwan has now also resigned: … You can see a sampling of the kind of email she is talking about over at Pandagon.  I received droves of the same type of stuff during the Googlebomb campaign, so I know where she is coming from on that.
Discussion: The American Street
Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
People who claim to love Jesus write me  —  Update: To correct misinformation in the comments, I was not "fired".  I offered my resignation and it was accepted.  —  Because I had the nerve to be critical of the Catholic church's stance on birth control and abortion—nevermind …
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Get Thee Behind Me, Demon Onion Dip!
ABCNEWS:
Al Sadr Fled Iraq, Fearing U.S. Bombs  —  Insurgent Leader Reportedly Moved to Iran With Members of Mahdi Army  —  The story tonight in Iraq is not the arrival of more U.S. troops, but the departure of one of the country's most powerful men, Moqtada al Sadr and members of his army.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
ABC: Sadr Bugs Out  —  Well, so much for the whole 72 virgins thing and the radical Islamist desire to die in martyrdom: … This couldn't have come at a better time.  Congress has tied itself in knots trying to opine on what a disaster the surge will be, and before they can vote …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Redstate
Reuters:   CORRECTED-Iraq says to close borders with Syria, Iran
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Anti-American cleric flees Iraq for Iran
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Shooter, Say It Ain't So!  —  When Ted Wells came back from lunch today and announced that he had released Dick Cheney as a witness I was damn near brokenhearted.  After all that, and Shooter lets me down.  Did he not want to testify on Libby's behalf, did Team Libby decide he could do more harm than good …
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Jeralyn Merritt / The Huffington Post:   Libby To Rest Without Calling Cheney or Libby
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama regrets saying soldiers' lives 'wasted'  —  Apologizes for remark in Iowa campaign stop  —  DURHAM, N.H. — In his first stumble, White House hopeful Barack Obama on Monday took back words from the day before, when he said the lives of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq were "wasted."
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Maamoun Youssef / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida's No. 2 calls Bush an alcoholic
Discussion: On Deadline and All Spin Zone
Drudge Report:
HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM HEARING NOTICE  —  The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Sister Toldjah
Matthew Yglesias:
Assassination Vacation  —  One thing to consider about the Glenn Reynolds / Hugh Hewitt assassination strategy for coping with the Iranian nuclear program ("we should be responding quietly, killing radical mullahs and Iranian atomic scientists") beyond the obvious is how we once again see conservatives …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Extremist Bush supporter calls for murder of scientists  —  Whenever you think that Bush followers cannot get any more depraved in what they advocate, they always prove you wrong.  This is what University of Tennessee Law Professor and right-wing blogger Glenn Reynolds said today about claims …
Alexa Olesen / Associated Press:
Korean nuclear deal delays disarmament  —  BEIJING - A hard-won disarmament pact that the U.S. and four other nations struck with North Korea on Tuesday requires the communist nation to halt its nuclear programs in exchange for oil while leaving the ultimate abandonment of those weapons projects to a potentially trouble-filled future.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Boehner Weeps For 'Solemn' Debate — Then Says Iraq Critics Are Taking Al Qaeda's 'Bait'  —  NBC reported, "House Minority Leader John Boehner got emotional this morning as he spoke about the 'solemn' debate that the House is set to begin today over the non-binding resolution opposing Bush's troop increase."
Discussion: slacktivist
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Mark Murray / First Read:
BOEHNER GETS EMOTIONAL
Linda Thomson / Deseret News:
Police identify gunman as 18-year-old Bosnian  —  Police Tuesday identified the gunman accused in Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.  —  Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank said Talovic drove his car to the mall …
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Army Giving More Waivers in Recruiting  —  The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show.  —  During that time …
Discussion: ParaPundit
 
 
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Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch:
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Frank J. Gaffney Jr / Washington Times:
Truly 'inappropriate' behavior
David Burge / iowahawk:
Position Wanted  —  AMANDA F. MARCOTTE  —  CAREER OBJECTIVE
Discussion: Argghhh!
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
A Tale of Two Rapes in Durham
Clynton Namuo / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Obama wows the crowd at a packed house at UNH
Discussion: MyDD and Blog P.I.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Explanation Hillary Clinton Owes
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