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11:50 PM ET, March 11, 2007

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Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Democratic senators say Gonzales should go  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign following disclosures of mass firings of federal prosecutors and a report that the FBI improperly obtained information on private citizens, top Democratic senators said on Sunday.
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Los Angeles Times:
U.S. attorneys often clash with Washington
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Animal
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: FORMER SEN. FRED THOMPSON ON 'FOX NEWS SUNDAY'  —  The following is a partial transcript of the March 11, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":  —  "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Well, chances are you've never heard of U.S. President Charles Ross …
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Kleinheider / Volunteer Voters:
VIDEO: Fred Thompson On Fox News Sunday
Discussion: Redstate and Sister Toldjah
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILL: I'M THE JFK OF 2008  —  VOWS TO BEAT ODDS  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the campaign of the nation's lone Catholic president, John Kennedy, last night as she talked about her challenge in becoming the first female commander-in-chief.  —  "He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Lancing The Boil  —  One of the most interesting things about following the Connecticut senate race last summer was becoming exposed to the local media.  One stand-out was Colin McEnroe, who has written the piece that should have been written by a top flight national columnist except they are so in the tank …
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Hartford Courant:   Colin McEnroe  —  Tim's Policy Offers Utter Impunity
Telegraph:
Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'  —  Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.  —  They say the debate on global warming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians …
Associated Press:
Swiss paper says former Taliban defense minister free  —  GENEVA: A Swiss newspaper claimed Sunday that the Taliban's former defense minister was free two days after his reported capture by Pakistani security forces.  —  The Swiss weekly SonntagsBlick said one of its reporters spoke …
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Cernig / NewsHog:   Pakistan Catch-And-Release Of Taliban Bigwig
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Twice as Many Americans Conservative as Liberal  —  Looking at the topline results [PDF here] of the latest AP-Ipsos poll, I came across this:  —  So 41% of the country self-identifies as "conservative," 34% as "moderate," and only 21% as "liberal."  Further, 14% consider themselves …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
LIBERAL AMERICA?....James Joyner reports today on a new Gallup …
Discussion: Sirotablog and Matthew Yglesias
Washington Post:
Plaintiffs Reflect on Gun Ruling  —  Residents Suing D.C. Explain Motivation  —  George Lyon says he wants a gun in his home because it's his constitutional right.  Tom Palmer says he used a gun to ward off a beating.  And Gillian St. Lawrence says her shotgun is useless because it has to be unloaded and have its trigger locked.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Ted Koppel Tells Shocking Truth About Iraq and War on Terror  —  Former "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel was one of Tim Russert's guests on Sunday's "Meet the Press."  As amazing as it might seem, he made some truly shocking and compelling statements about the Iraq war and the war on terror …
Tony Smith / Washington Post:
It's Uphill for the Democrats  —  They Need a Global Strategy, Not Just Tactics for Iraq  —  The Democrats' victory last November obviously reflected popular sentiment against the war in Iraq, but nothing seems obvious now as Democrats try to exploit their new majority status in Congress.
Discussion: CorrenteWire and MaxSpeak
Observer:
'Smart' rebels outstrip US  —  Top American generals make shock admission as Iraq leader pleads with neighbouring countries to seal off their borders  —  Paul Beaver in Fort Lauderdale and Peter Beaumont  —  The US army is lagging behind Iraq's insurgents tactically in a war that senior officers …
Gateway Pundit:
Iranian Defector Ali Reza Asgari...The Rest of the Story!  —  ** Reports say his defection is the most horrific blow to the Iranian regime in 28 years!!  —  ** Iranian, German and Turkish news have more on this blow to the Iranian Regime-  —  The rest of the story on Iranian defector Brigadier General Ali Reza Asgari.
Discussion: Redstate
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Halliburton to Move Headquarters to Dubai  —  Halliburton, the big energy services company, said today that it would open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and move its chairman and chief executive, David J. Lesar, there.  —  The company will maintain …
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Un-Discourse Situations...  I can think of seven wedges between the national net savings-investment rate as estimated by the National Income and Product Accounts and statistical estimates of the change in total measured household net worth:  — There is a gap between the rate of return …
Discussion: Economist's View
Sfarber / the talking dog:
TD Blog Interview with James Yee  —  James Yee is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.  In 2002 and 2003, he served as the Muslim Chaplain at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, with the rank of Captain in the United States Army.  After ten months of deployment at Guantanamo …
David Leppard / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda plot to bring down UK internet  —  SCOTLAND YARD has uncovered evidence that Al-Qaeda has been plotting to bring down the internet in Britain, causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange.  —  In a series of raids, detectives have recovered computer files revealing …
Discussion: Hot Air and Liberal Values
 
 
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Dave Schuler / Outside The Beltway:
Subprime Borrowers  —  A little earlier today James posted …
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Halliburtonomics
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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Islamic militants warn Austria, Germany
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Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Suicide blast kills 32 Shiites in Iraq
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Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
Fox News at Its Finest.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Securing Iraq Votes, One at a Time
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Telegraph:
Iraq four years on
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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