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Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
John Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004 — Note: You can now read the rest of the interview with Senator Kerry here. — On Monday afternoon I had the chance to speak with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Memo To Bush: 57 Days — The US News Political Bulletin reported this morning that "White House strategists are now pulling out all the stops to blame the Democratic majority in Congress for a potential delay in funding the Iraq war. ... White House aides have adopted a new gambit …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Reid Backs Iraq War-Funds Cutoff
Reid Backs Iraq War-Funds Cutoff
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases — In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions.
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Robert A. Levy / Examiner:
Should Congress or the courts decide D.C. gun ban's fate? — WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Could the National Rifle Association and its allies in Congress be undermining the best pro-gun case ever likely to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court? — More than four years ago …
Felicity Barringer / New York Times:
Ruling Undermines Lawsuits Opposing Emissions Controls — Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on carbon dioxide emissions largely shredded the underpinning of other lawsuits trying to block regulation of the emissions and gave new momentum to Congressional efforts to control heat-trapping gases linked to climate change.
Think Progress:
Gingrich: When I Said 'Language Of Living In The Ghetto,' I Meant Hebrew (Or Maybe Yiddish) » — Newt Gingrich said this past weekend that the U.S. should abolish bilingual education so that people aren't speaking "the language of living in a ghetto."
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Gingrich on Language: English = Prosperity, Others = Ghetto
Gingrich on Language: English = Prosperity, Others = Ghetto
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White House:
President Bush Makes Remarks on the Emergency Supplemental — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I've just had a good meeting with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and General Pete Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Secretary Gates and General Pace updated me on the deployment of American reinforcements to Iraq.
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Media Matters for America:
CNN's Malveaux parroted White House criticism of Pelosi's Syria visit, but ignored GOP-led trip — During an interview with former Ambassador John Bolton on the April 2 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, guest host and CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux noted the White House's denunciations …
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Iraqi merchant: McCain visit propaganda — BAGHDAD - Iraqis in the capital said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record)'s account of a heavily guarded visit to a central market did not represent the current reality in Baghdad, with one calling it "propaganda."
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Sky News:
New Iran Hostage Pictures — Iran has released fresh pictures of the 15 British sailors and marines being held captive in the country. — The first picture, apparently a still taken from a video, showed six sailors sitting in blue and red tracksuits on a carpet in a room.
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Lou Young / WCBS-TV:
Featured Slideshow II: Openly Gay Celebrities — (CBS) NEW YORK Several candidates for president are on a fast pace for fundraising. Democrat Hillary Clinton has set a record and Republican Rudy Giuliani isn't far behind. — But it's what Giuliani said Monday that will likely steal the headlines.
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Peter Eisner / Washington Post:
How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War — Intelligence Failures Surrounded Inquiry on Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim — It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous — later retracted …
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Via Joan Walsh, NBC's Andrea Mitchell is confirming her scoop that (a) moderate Republican Senators don't think the "surge" will work but temporarily supported it anyway; and (b) will withdraw their support for the war if the "surge" doesn't show progress by late August.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Police Log Confirms FBI Role In Arrests — Group Detained, Questioned During D.C. War Protest — A secret FBI intelligence unit helped detain a group of war protesters in a downtown Washington parking garage in April 2002 and interrogated some of them on videotape about their political …
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Prairie Weather
Atrios / Eschaton:
Grover Might Be Right — GFR quotes Grover Norquist: … It's hard for non-lizard brain people to see how they could pivot on a dime like that, but noted Bush basers like Glenn Reynolds spent years arguing against more troops in Iraq then immediately went to arguing the opposite as soon as Dear Leader said it was a good idea.
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Alex Koppelman / Salon:
The real Fox News Democrats — So far the lefty blogosphere is one for two in its campaign to keep Democratic presidential candidates from debating on Fox News. On March 9, after both John Edwards and Bill Richardson announced that they would not participate, the Nevada Democratic Party dropped plans …
Charles J. Dean / al.com:
Vice president helps raise $500,000 for Sessions' 2008 campaign — Vice President Dick Cheney said in Birmingham on Monday that the Democratic-controlled Congress must learn there is only one commander in chief, and he lives in the White House. — Criticizing congressional resolutions supporting …
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