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7:55 PM ET, April 20, 2007

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Think Progress:
Lieberman Accuses Reid Of 'Surrender In The Face Of Barbarism'  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is under fire from the right over his statement yesterday that the military in Iraq "is lost."  —  Reid was called "reckless" and accused of "playing to the worst elements of the antiwar left."
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
No Surrender  —  [Ross] So Harry Reid announced that he thinks …
Discussion: Liberty Street and Centerfield
Horses Mouth:
One thing that's been completely missing from all the media attention …
Discussion: The Swamp and Needlenose
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
MIDDLE EASTERN MEDIA TAKE UP REID'S "WAR IS LOST": Iranian Press …
Discussion: Cadillac Tight
Michelle Malkin:   Raising The White Flag
Washington Post:
Senators Chastise Gonzales at Hearing  —  Members of His Own Party Pile On as Attorney General Defends Firings  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales came under withering attack from members of his own party yesterday over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys, facing the first resignation demand …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill
Nancy A. Youssef / Real Cities:
Training Iraqi troops no longer driving force in U.S. policy  —  WASHINGTON - Military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates Warns Iraq Leaders That 'Clock Is Ticking' on U.S. Presence
Discussion: Whiskey Fire
Michelle Homer / Associated Press:
JSC gunman kills hostage, himself  —  A gunman who took two hostages inside building 44 at JSC killed one of them, then took his own life Friday afternoon.  —  A second hostage, a woman who had been bound with tape, was rescued.  —  She was taken to an area hospital by ambulance but was walking …
Discussion: Wizbang and Blue Crab Boulevard
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Monica Rhor / Associated Press:   Gunman kills hostage, self at NASA center
Media Matters for America:
Radio host Michael Smerconish to be simulcast on MSNBC in place of Imus  —  According to an April 20 article on Philly.com, the website of The Philadelphia Inquirer, "The Big Talker 1210 AM morning show of Daily News columnist Michael Smerconish is to be simulcast Monday through Wednesday on MSNBC."
Discussion: Riehl World View and Shakesville
Kate / small dead animals:
CBC: Hues Of The News  —  Set aside for a moment the journalistic misrepresentation on display in using a photo depicting air pollution to illustrate a story on the costs of meeting Kyoto mandated C02 reductions...  There's a little more than lack of scientific accuracy going on here.
Discussion: Jay Currie and Wizbang
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Fauxtography at CBC: Global Warming
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and The Mahablog
Pajamas Media:
A HERO IS LAID TO REST  —  The funeral of Professor Liviu Librescu, who gave his life to save his students at VA Tech, took place this morning.  PJM Tel Aviv editor Allison Kaplan Sommer was there.  —  The Middle Eastern sun shone bright in the cemetery where Professor Liviu Librescu …
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Martin C. Evans / Newsday:   Witness tells a hero's story
Dinesh D'Souza / News Bloggers Blog:
Unbelief as a Form of Payback  —  If you want to discover what kind of people atheists are, scroll down to my recent posts and read the responses.  I am a troll.  I am a cretin.  I am a moron.  I am a nut-job.  And so on.  For those who go beyond abuse, there is shrieking complaint.
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Melanie Phillips / Spectator:
'I found Saddam's WMD bunkers'  —  It's a fair bet that you have never heard of a guy called Dave Gaubatz.  It's also a fair bet that you think the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found absolutely nothing, nada, zilch; and that therefore there never were any WMD programmes …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act  —  The House has passed the Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, by a vote of 269-134.  —  Passage came after defeat of a Republican motion to recommit with instructions.  As background, the C-Span Congressional Glossary provides the following definition:
Discussion: The Wire
Dana Perino / White House:
PRESS GAGGLE  —  MS. PERINO: I have a few things to announce, and I also have the week ahead, which is kind of lengthy, so we'll do that at the end, okay?  —  This morning — the President taped his radio address this morning.  This topic is the tragic shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech this week.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and First Draft
Mike Madden / Arizona Republic:
Renzi steps down from House panel after raid on firm  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Rick Renzi stepped down temporarily from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, after the FBI raided his family's business in connection with an ongoing federal investigation.  —  Agents took documents …
Associated Press:
Vermont Senate calls for impeachment of Bush … MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions in Iraq and the U.S. "raise serious questions of constitutionality."
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
'Devastating' Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq Coming  —  NEW YORK (Commentary) The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq will appear next Wednesday, a 90-minute PBS broadcast called "Buying the War," which marks the return of "Bill Moyers Journal."
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Times Co., Gannett and Tribune Co. Report Declines  —  Buffeted by an ongoing advertising recession, The New York Times Company and the Gannett Company announced yesterday that their first-quarter profits declined while the Tribune Company reported a loss.  —  The disappointing results underscored …
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
MONOPOLY ON THE USE OF FORCE: I was corresponding with a friend of mine — a very smart fellow, and a lawyer and a journalist — about concealed carry for university professors.  He disagreed with my view, and as best I can tell in general was skeptical about laws allowing concealed carry in public.
 
 
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Redstate:
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Impeachment Fever Rises
Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
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