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Oliver Willis:
Bill O'Reilly Loses His Damn Mind — In the entire, dark, black history of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, this is probably the craziest clip ever. A young girl was tragically killed by a drunk driver. But this was not enough for O'Reilly. Instead, because the criminal was an illegal alien …
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WAVY TV 10:
News conference held in response to Bill O'Reilly's criticism — Thursday night the city of Virginia Beach responded to criticism from a national talk show host. — Bill O'Reilly took aim at the city of Virginia Beadch on his show Wednesday night. City officials held a news conference Thursday evening and responded to O'Reilly.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly's head practically explodes as he screams at Geraldo... We've seen Bill lose it before, but I think this one is the wildest segments I've ever seen. I really thought Bill was going to haul off an upper cut to Geraldo's jaw. Geraldo yelled at O'Reilly that the way he used this case was " A SIN!"
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Hussein's Prewar Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted — Pentagon Report Says Contacts Were Limited — Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq …
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White House:
Interview of the Vice President by Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show — Q It's always a great privilege to have the Vice President, Dick Cheney, with us. Mr. Vice President, welcome once again to our program. — THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Rush. It's good to be back on.
Amanda / Think Progress: Cheney: Senate Committee Is 'Stalinist' For Blocking Swift Boat Funder's Appointment
Claudia Rosett / philly.com:
Pelosi was nuts to visit with Assad — In visiting Syria this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi no doubt meant well. She wants dialogue. As a woman, mother, and now the third-highest-ranking elected official in American politics, she has achieved a great deal in life by talking with people.
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Make Some Noise — Tell CNN to get the facts right on Pelosi trip
Make Some Noise — Tell CNN to get the facts right on Pelosi trip
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The Columbus Dispatch:
Boehner, Hobson clash on Pelosi trip
Boehner, Hobson clash on Pelosi trip
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Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Speaker's Role In Foreign Policy Is a Recent, and Sensitive, Issue
Speaker's Role In Foreign Policy Is a Recent, and Sensitive, Issue
Joe Klein / Time:
An Administration's Epic Collapse — The first three months of the new Democratic Congress have been neither terrible nor transcendent. A Pew poll had it about right: a substantial majority of the public remains happy the Democrats won in 2006, but neither Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid …
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Editor and Publisher:
Joe Klein in Tomorrow's TIME: Bush 'Clearly Unfit to Lead' — NEW YORK In the upcoming issue of Time magazine, out Friday, columnist Joe Klein considers what he calls the Bush administration's "epic collapse." He concludes with a statement that may make some wonder if he is hinting that the president ought to be impeached.
myfoxtwincities.com:
Exclusive: Shake Up at the U.S. Attorney's Office — MINNEAPOLIS — It's a major shakeup at the offices of new U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose. — Four of her top staff voluntarily demoted themselves Thursday, fed up with Paulose, who, after just months on the job, has earned a reputation …
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MSNBC:
12,000 more Guard troops may be going to Iraq — Deployment order planned to lessen 'surge's' strain on stretched-thin Army — WASHINGTON - Coming on the heels of a controversial "surge" of 21,000 U.S. troops that has stretched the Army thin, the Defense Department is preparing to send …
The Nation:
Making Blogging Pay — As the US attorney scandal unfolds, mainstream media coverage focuses on speculation that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be forced to resign. But the story behind the story is that Joshua Micah Marshall's TPM Muckraker blog is largely responsible for latching …
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Probe Targets GSA Chief — Justin Rood Reports: — Another federal investigation is targeting a Bush administration official, this time for possibly using government resources for partisan political purposes. — The Office of Special Counsel confirmed to ABC News it has launched …
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Gateway Pundit:
Harry Reid Gets Clobbered By Veterans For Not Supporting Troops (Video) — Harry Reid Gets Lambasted By Veterans... In a question and answer session at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, April 5, 2007, Harry Reid got clobbered by a room full of veterans for not supporting the troops.
Sky News:
'We Gathered Intelligence' — The captain in charge of the 15 marines detained in Iran has said they were gathering intelligence on the Iranians. — Sky News went on patrol with Captain Chris Air and his team in Iraqi waters close to the area where they were arrested - just five days before the crisis began.
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Questions Arise About Britons' Actions in Iran — The 15 British marines and sailors held captive in Iran for nearly two weeks arrived back home today. But Britain's relief at their safe return was tarnished by questions about how they behaved during their detention and why they had been captured in the first place.
Jim Gransbery / Billings Gazette:
Baucus calls health system near collapse — The U.S. health care system is on the "verge of collapse," Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Wednesday. — Trying to prevent that is a focus of his chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee, he said. "That is not pretentious or grandiose," he added.
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