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Nicole Williams / tennesseepolicy.org:
Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Gore's home uses more than 20 times the national average — Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar …
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John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Get Out A Cross and a Clove of Garlic — I was talking to a reporter the other day about Republican Presidential candidates; Newt Gingrich's name came up, and I said that whenever anyone suggests Newt as a contender, I get out a cross and a clove of garlic.
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Power Line
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Mote And The Beam Of Global Warming — After last night's Oscar win, Al Gore has ridden a wave of good press about his efforts to end global warming. Having Leonardo DiCaprio try to push Gore into a Presidential run in front of a billion people worldwide has to be heady stuff for the former VP and erstwhile candidate.
Fox News:
ONE JUROR DISMISSED IN CIA LEAK TRIAL, 11-MEMBER JURY CONTINUES DELIBERATION — WASHINGTON — One of the CIA leak trial jurors was dismissed Monday because of media exposure to the case, and the jury will continue with 11 members as it determines whether former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied to federal investigators.
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Pajamas Media
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
The Omnipresent Vice President — President Bush has all but vanished from the national and international radar. But Vice President Cheney is everywhere and at the thick of it all. — His credibility may be shot, he and his boss may be lame ducks, his signal achievement — the war in Iraq …
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Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:
While abroad, Cheney makes waves defending U.S. policies
While abroad, Cheney makes waves defending U.S. policies
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The Washington Note
New York Times:
U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran — A raid on a Shiite weapons cache in the southern city of Hilla one week ago is providing what American officials call the best evidence yet that the deadliest roadside bombs in Iraq are manufactured in Iran, but critics contend …
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Jules Crittenden, Danger Room, NewsHog, Needlenose, CJR Daily, TAPPED, Middle Earth Journal and The American Street
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Zogby:
Hillary Holds On; Giuliani Expands Lead in National Primary Tests Obama advances, but McCain fades in partisan contests; Obama, Giuliani do best in general election match-ups — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton clings to a shrinking lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a national test …
Nico / Think Progress:
Lieberman Seeks To Block Iraq Provisions From 9/11 Bill — When Senate leaders first announced their intention to revoke the 2002 Iraq war authorization, they said they planned to attach their legislation to a homeland security bill being debated this week.
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The Blog Report:
GLENN GREENWALD: The Iraq tragedy in a nutshell
GLENN GREENWALD: The Iraq tragedy in a nutshell
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This Is London:
SCORN POURED ON JAMES CAMERON'S 'COFFIN OF CHRIST' THEORY — Archaeologists and biblical scholars have poured scorn on a Hollywood film director's sensational claim that he has discovered the coffin of Jesus Christ. — Oscar-winning 'Titanic' director James Cameron's assertion that the bones …
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Associated Press:
Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession — Alan Greenspan Warns That U.S. Economy May Slip Into Recession by End of Year — HONG KONG (AP) — Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
A Day in The Life of a Congressman — I just read through the charging documents against Will Heaton, ex-Rep. Bob Ney's (R-OH) former chief of staff who pled guilty today, and they contain a couple precious details about how it was being Ney's right hand man for four years.
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The Washington Post's crush on right-wing bloggers — Under normal circumstances, the recent lunch at at a Filipino cafe in Washington, D.C., between Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz and right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin would have been an awkward affair.
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Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
Source: Bill Hosting Elite Fundraising Dinners For Clinton Campaign — Sans Hillary — A top supporter of Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign tells Election Central that former President Bill Clinton is hosting a series of private gatherings of elite donors designed to bring in hundreds …
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The Huffington Post
Nico / Think Progress:
POLL: Americans Strongly Support Murtha's Iraq Plan — The Washington Post editorial board — which four years ago called President Bush's plan for war in Iraq "an operation essential to American security" — is now harshly attacking Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) effort to increase support …
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