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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Seymour Hersh: Negroponte-Iran Contra—Funds-al Qaeda...Oh my! — Sy Hersh tells us that the echos of Iran Contra weighed heavily in Negroponte's decision to resign his post and is claiming that Bush is funneling money without authorization or oversight that has ended up in the hands of Sunni jihadist groups.
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
THE REDIRECTION — A STRATEGIC SHIFT — In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The "redirection," as some inside the White House …
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Political Animal, Once Upon a Time, Hullabaloo, TIME, CorrenteWire, Discourse.net, CANNONFIRE, Blue Crab Boulevard and Times of London
Nico / Think Progress:
Hersh: U.S. Funds Being Secretly Funneled To Violent Al Qaeda-Linked Groups — New Yorker columnist Sy Hersh says the "single most explosive" element of his latest article involves an effort by the Bush administration to stem the growth of Shiite influence in the Middle East …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Rube Goldberg Policy Contraption by digby After... tristero 2/25/2007 12:57:00 PM | — Rube Goldberg Policy Contraption — by digby — After you watch a presidential admnistration for a while you begin to see shifts in policy or different phases of the old ones by the way the officials all speak.
New York Times:
Blast Kills 40 as Cleric Assails Baghdad Plan — A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives and ball bearings blew himself up at a Baghdad university today, killing at least 40 people and strewing fingers, pens, purses and bloody textbooks all over the ground.
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Decision '08
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Haaretz:
Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran — Three Arab states in the Persian Gulf would be willing to allow the Israel Air force to enter their airspace in order to reach Iran in case of an attack on its nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported on Sunday.
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
APPEAL FOR REDRESS: ASTROTURFING — This post originally appeared at MilBlogs in October, 2006. While some of the information uncovered herein has since made it's way into smaller media outlets, most major mainstream media sources are still reporting this effort as a "grass roots" campaign.
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Washington Post:
Murtha Stumbles on Iraq Funding Curbs — Democrats Were Ill-Prepared for Unplanned Disclosure, Republican Attacks — The plan was bold: By tying President Bush's $100 billion war request to strict standards of troop safety and readiness, Democrats believed they could grab hold of Iraq war policy …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Levin: Last Congress Didn't Investigate Walter Reed Because 'They Did Not Want To Embarrass' Bush — On NBC's Meet the Press today, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) argued that the Senate Armed Services Committee did not conduct oversight of the treatment at military facilities in recent years because …
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New York Post:
ANGELINA A BABE AMID BRAINIACS — The prestigious Council on Foreign Relations is about to get a jolt of sex appeal. — The exclusive, Manhattan-based foreign-policy group has decided to admit actress Angelina Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador who has taken more than 30 trips worldwide …
New York Times:
In Big Buyout, Utility to Limit New Coal Plants — Under a proposed $45 billion buyout by a team of private equity firms, the TXU Corporation, a Texas utility that has long been the bane of environmental groups, will abandon plans to build 8 of 11 coal plants and commit to a broad menu …
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The Democratic Daily
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CBS News:
Iraqi President Falls Ill — Jalal Talabani, 73, Flown To Jordan For Medical Treatment — (CBS/AP) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Jordan late Sunday for medical treatment amid conflict reports about his health. Sources in Amman and from Talabani's office in Baghdad told CBS News …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Should News Entertain Or Inform — Or Both? — INDIO, California — It is the buzz up here at the Riverside County Fair, where I have been performing three shows a day in my other incarnation since Feb. 16. It's the subject of conversation among entertainers, some of the people who have booths …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama on Iraq in 2002 — He was right. I was wrong. This clip is impressive.
Dirty Harry / LIBERTAS:
Live Blogging The Oscars — 8:05 - Unfortunately, being naked's putting a crimp in my whole being Jewish thing. — 8:05 - Is it no white shoes before or after Labor Day? — 8:04 - I'm naked now. — 8:01 - You know, seeing Clint — even with his misguided films — is still a treat.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The Oscar thread; Update: Goracle (almost) announces! Update: Dog bites man — Gore wins Oscar — Tonight's the night Hollywood takes a break from disclaiming responsibility for any of the culture's ills to congratulate itself for having so much influence over the culture.
David Whitney / Sacramento Bee:
Sacramento lawyer's ascent takes a turn — The timing of her resignation from the U.S. Justice Department is being linked to the Abramoff corruption scandal. — Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4 — Sue Ellen Wooldridge received a hero's send-off from her partners …
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Think Progress:
VIDEO: Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth Wins Best Documentary — Tonight, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Gore accepted the award, saying, "My fellow Americans, people all over the world — we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue.
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