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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Missing E-Mail May Be Related to Prosecutors — The White House said Thursday that missing e-mail messages sent on Republican Party accounts may include some relating to the firing of eight United States attorneys. — The disclosure became a fresh political problem for the White House …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Bush administration's terrible luck with finding documents — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — I feel — in this vaguely intuitive sort of way — as though there is some kind of a pattern buried within this set of facts, but as much as I search, I just can't quite figure out what it might be:
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Rove E-Mail Sought by Congress May Be Missing — RNC Took Away His Access to Delete Files in 2005 — A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove …
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
White House Tells Democrats No Deal on Rove Testimony or E-mails — White House Counsel Fred Fielding, in a letter today, told Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, that the White House has not budged in its refusal …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Vaporware — It seems as though the firing of eight federal …
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Sister Toldjah
Mark Kleiman / The RBC:Overplaying their hand — I think the White House has finally gone a bridge too far.
Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic politicians lose a soapbox with Imus — His show gave many of them a way to reach a national audience of white males — a crucial voting bloc. — WASHINGTON — They came by the hundreds that hot August day in tiny Johnson City, Tenn., gathering on an asphalt parking lot to meet …
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Steve Connor / The Independent:
The prospect of all-female conception — Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today. — Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells …
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Don Surber:
7 for Friday — Seven shiny objects that drew my attention: — 1. Katie Couric wrote (or someone ghosted for her): "Is America ready for a President who grew up praying in a mosque?" — But wait: Obama was raised by his maternal grandparents, not his Muslim daddy. (Update: He also spent time in Jakarta.
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Financial Times:
Wolfowitz must be told to resign now — The president of the World Bank has one asset: his credibility. The Bank's capacity to make a difference lies not in its money and ideas but in its ability to be the world's voice for development. This includes, as Paul Wolfowitz, the current president …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Fireworks on the Factor with Michelle hosting? Update: Video added — The show's starting now; comment below if you're watching. I'm reliably informed that one guest lobs a sexist insult at Michelle — but a "good," progressive kind of sexist insult, not a retrograde conservative one.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
AL SHARPTON, ARBITER ELEGANTIAE — When Don Imus sought absolution for his characteristic display of poor taste, he bent his knee to Pope Al Sharpton. How is it that Al Sharpton has become the arbiter elegantiae for matters pertaining to race and etiquette?
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Guardian:
'I am plotting a new Russian revolution' — London exile Berezovsky says force necessary to bring down President Putin — The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia's ruling elite.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Top Dem urges colleagues to push on Iraq — WASHINGTON - A memo from a top House Democrat says party leaders must not yield to White House pressure on Iraq and should cast President Bush as increasingly detached from public opinion. — Bush has said he will not negotiate with Democrats …
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Media Matters for America:
It's not just Imus — On April 11, NBC News announced that it was dropping MSNBC's simulcast of Imus in the Morning in the wake of the controversy that erupted over host Don Imus' reference to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."
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Gateway Pundit, Think Progress, Pacific Views, CorrenteWire, The Agitator, Tennessee Guerilla Women and Macsmind
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ACLU:
ACLU Releases Files on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq — Americans Have a Right to Unfiltered Information About the Human Costs of War, ACLU Says — NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public hundreds of claims for damages by family members of civilians killed …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Surge: First Fruits — By the day, the debate at home about Iraq becomes increasingly disconnected from the realities of the war on the ground. The Democrats in Congress are so consumed with negotiating among their factions the most clever linguistic device to legislatively ensure …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Immigration Debate Sours for Illegals — AP Photo CASP102 — WASHINGTON (AP) - The terms of the immigration debate have turned less friendly for illegal immigrants as lawmakers and the Bush administration struggle to reach a deal in the next few weeks. — The landscape for an immigration overhaul …
Richard Miniter / Pajamas Media:
BREAKING: PRESENT AT THE BOMBING — In this exclusive report he describes the carnage, the aftermath, and what led up to it, including the fact that two suicide vests were discovered inside the Green Zone on April 1, with a resulting, if unsuccessful, search for others.
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Michelle Malkin, Sadly, No!, Power Line, Jules Crittenden, Riehl World View and The Belmont Club
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Early Verdict on Whitehouse Favorable — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) was getting needled by his peers from the moment he walked into his first meeting of Judiciary Committee Democrats in early January. — "Hey, Sheldon," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) barked at the newcomer, a member of one of his state's oldest families.
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