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Mike Gallagher / ABQjournal:
Domenici Sought Iglesias Ouster — Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was fired after Sen. Pete Domenici, who had been unhappy with Iglesias for some time, made a personal appeal to the White House, the Journal has learned. — Domenici had complained about Iglesias before …
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Washington Post:
Ex-Justice Official's Statements Contradict Gonzales on Firings — The former Justice Department official who carried out the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year told Congress that several of the prosecutors had no performance problems and that a memo on the firings was distributed …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Paper: Domenici Brought Prosecutor Complaint to White House — The firing of U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias continues to smoke. — There's a lot that's new in this piece today in The Albuquerque Journal: … A couple things. The Journal story refers to Domenici's concern …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: U.S.A. Review Should Have Been "More Rigorous" — The Justice Department has released Alberto Gonzales' written statement for Tuesday's hearing, which was provided today to the Senate Judiciary Committee. We've posted the entire section concerning the U.S. attorneys below.
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Media Matters for America:
Kurtz: "Imus made fun of blacks, Jews, gays, politicians. He called them lying weasels. This was part of his charm" — On April 12, during a report on the controversy sparked by Don Imus' remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, ABC's World News aired comments …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Coda — I missed this one, from Friday: … This is the media critic for the Washington Post and CNN. Do you think maybe Howie has been spending a little too much time around the wrong people lately? — Gwen Ifill was good this morning on Meet The Press.
Dan Boniface / 9NEWS:
Kerry reopens door to possible presidential run — DENVER - Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) reopened the door to a possible 2008 presidential campaign during a book signing in Denver and then again, in an interview with 9NEWS. — The 2004 Democratic nominee told a crowd of more than 250 …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for April 15, 2007 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The war in Iraq, are there any good options? With us, the former special envoy to the Middle East and author for "The Battle for Peace," retired General Tony Zinni. Then, the debate over Don Imus and his comments …
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City Journal:
The Media Cornucopia — It's a Golden Age of media—but not for long, if the Left has its way. — Throughout most of history, humans lived in a state of extreme information poverty. News traveled slowly, field to field, village to village. Even with the printing press's advent, information spread at a snail's pace.
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Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Divided Iraq has two spy agencies — Shiite officials wary of the CIA-funded, Sunni-led official intelligence service have set up a parallel organization. — BAGHDAD — Suspicious of Iraq's CIA-funded national intelligence agency, members of the Iraqi government have erected a "shadow" …
Nate Chinen / New York Times:
Don Ho, Hawaiian Musician, Dies at 76 — Don Ho, an entertainer who defined popular perceptions of Hawaiian music in the 1960s and held fast to that image as a peerless Waikiki nightclub attraction, died yesterday in Honolulu. He was 76. — The cause was heart failure, his daughter Dayna Ho said.
New York Times:
Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama — As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to reassemble the Democratic money machine her husband built, some major fund-raisers long associated with her and him have signed on with Senator Barack Obama. — Among the biggest fund-raisers …
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Jeff Fecke / Blog of the Moderate Left:
Message: I Don't Care — So evidently Markos really doesn't give a damn that he pissed off everyone with his idiotic comments regarding Kathy Sierra. How else can you explain a post that says, in effect, "Yeah, right-codes of conduct are stupid. What do we disagree on?"
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Gateway Pundit:
Brrrrrr! Global Warming Rally Roundup... It Was Cold! — Update: Glenn B. sends this photo from the Albany, New York rally: — This photo from the Albany Times Union says it best. — In Utah they spelled out their message to Congress... In the snow. — Carbondale, Illinois:
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Kevin Hassett / Washington Post:
Why We Pay Without A Whimper — Early American history was a conservative's nirvana: It was one long tax revolt. — The British imposed taxes on everything from molasses to tea, and Americans smuggled the molasses, tossed the tea into a harbor and reached for their muskets.
Swaraaj Chauhan / The Moderate Voice:
Gen Musharraf Refuses US Military Help — President General Pervez Musharraf has rejected 'absolutely and totally' the prospect of a joint US-Pakistan military operation to pursue retreating insurgents inside Pakistan, reports The Pakistan Tribune. — " 'The whole population of Pakistan …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Celebrating #42 — George Will has few peers in politics and in baseball politics, and he proves it yet again today in his look at the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. For those confused by the Don Imus kerfuffle, here's what real prejudice and hatred looked like:
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