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Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary — See seven minutes of raw, unexpurgated right-wing action courtesy of VideoNation: — Michelle Malkin goes unhinged and launches a hysterical tirade into the lens of my camera. I ask Ann "John Edwards is a Faggot" Coulter why she isn't the same person on Sunday morning as on Saturday night.
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Orcinus, Jesus' General, Cliff Schecter, The Impolitic, The Right's Field and Reason Magazine
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Michael Linn Jones / The Gun Toting Liberal ™:
Bill Maher Proves Bad Taste Is Universal — It is regretable that I was not aware of this story before I wrote the piece on Ann Coulter. With a H/T to THE DRUDGE REPORT I came across this article on NEWS BUSTERS. — Now The Drudge Report and News Busters are on the opposite side of the political fence from me.
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Michelle Malkin:
The CPAC I saw — One of my favorite CPAC moments: Meeting Col. Bud Day, the nation's most highly decorated soldier since General Douglas MacArthur, and Vietnam veteran Bob McMahon of the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation — The Hot Air team spent the past three, jam-packed days …
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Redstate, Cold Fury, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, MyDD, News Hounds, Outside The Beltway, Norwegianity, The Virginian and The Jawa Report
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Giuliani Has No Real Chance With GOP Voters . . . or Does He? — The 2008 presidential campaign is just weeks old, but already an article of faith within the Republican Party — the belief that no politician who favors abortion rights and gay rights can win the GOP nomination …
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Roger L. Simon, Instapundit.com, ElephantBiz, Don Surber, The Moderate Voice, Decision '08, INSTAPUTZ and The Heretik
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Senator Admits Calling U.S. Attorney — Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) acknowledged today that he contacted the U.S. attorney in Albuquerque last fall to inquire about the status of an ongoing corruption probe of Democrats, saying he regretted the call but "never pressured him nor threatened him in any way."
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Mass Firing Puts Justice on the Hot Seat
A Mass Firing Puts Justice on the Hot Seat
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Talking Points Memo
Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
FDA Rules Override Warnings About Drug — Cattle Antibiotic Moves Forward Despite Fears of Human Risk — The government is on track to approve a new antibiotic to treat a pneumonia-like disease in cattle, despite warnings from health groups and a majority of the agency's own expert advisers …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Newt Blames The Victims of Katrina — Blog for our Future: … I tell you, this CPAC convention really highlights the humanity of these conservatives. And the worst part? It's not the first time Newt's put this in one of his speeches. Jeffrey Feldman has more...
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Campaign for America's Future
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Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Ex-GOP candidates turn attacks back on national panel — WASHINGTON — One advertisement accused the rival candidate of billing taxpayers for a call to a phone-sex line. One alleged that a candidate "fixed" his daughter's speeding tickets. Still others stated that a candidate endorsed a …
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
How Gore's massive energy consumption saves the world — Stop me if you've heard this before, but the other day the Rev. Al Gore declared that "climate change" was "the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced.'' Ever.
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Police and Protesters Clash in St. Petersburg — An unusually large and unruly protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended here Saturday in clashes with the police and the arrest of opposition leaders. Rally organizers and the police said more than 100 people …
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Associated Press
Agence France Presse:
Iran touts nuclear prowess with new banknote — TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran is to issue a new high-denomination banknote marking the country's achievements in nuclear technology at a time of mounting tension with the West over its atomic programme, the IRNA agency reported Saturday.
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Israel Matzav
Dave Newbart / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama: Iran threatens all of us — Won't rule out force in speech in Chicago to pro-Israel group — Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the use of military force should not be taken off the table when dealing with Iran, which he called "a threat to all of us."
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The Political Pit Bull
Washington Post:
Extend Legal Rights to Guantanamo — For more than 200 years, the courts have served as the ultimate safeguard for our civil liberties. A critical part of this role has been the judicial branch's ability to consider writs of habeas corpus, through which people who have been imprisoned …
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Power Line
Sydney Morning Herald:
Republican heroes suddenly in short supply — Presidential hopefuls have been forced to take a back seat, Michael Gawenda writes in Washington. … ANN COULTER, dressed in black pants, black top and a sleeveless brown leather vest, her reddish blonde hair falling around her shoulders …
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GregsOpinion.com
Gateway Pundit:
Secular Islam Summit: Reason, Not Revelation — Author Ibn Warraq led off the summit today. — Senior Research Fellow — Ibn Warraq being interviewed by Andrew Marcus an independent filmmaker at the Secular Islam Summit. — Look for the video at Pajamas!
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The Jawa Report
McQ / QandO:
SWIFT BOATING THE SWIFT BOATERS — It has become an article of truth to many on the left that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were a pack of liars. They believe that this group of former Vietnam Swift Boat vets were enticed by Republican operatives to sell themselves out to sink the presidential aspirations of John Kerry.
Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
Numbers Drop for the Married With Children — Institution Becoming The Choice of the Educated, Affluent — PORTLAND, Ore. — Punctuating a fundamental change in American family life, married couples with children now occupy fewer than one in every four households — a share that has been slashed …