memeorandum: Iraq Accountability Act Passes (Karina/The Gavel)

10:35 PM ET, April 25, 2007

Top Items:

Oh, man. You won't be surprised to hear that Rupert Murdoch's New York Post is willing to stoop to extraordinary depths of dishonesty to smear Dems, but this one is quite remarkable. — Check out the rewrite that The Post has done on an AP story it ran today.

Discussion: Firedoglake, AMERICAblog, The BRAD BLOG, Oliver Willis and Associated Press

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

The Five Myths Of Harry — These have floated in and out of the blogosphere in various forms, but I thought it would be useful to CQ readers to see the counterarguments to Harry Reid's assertions in one easy format. I asked for some research from a friend connected to Capitol Hill on rebuttals …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House OKs Iraq troop withdrawal bill

Discussion: Hot Air and MyDD

Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:

House Committee Authorizes Subpoena for Goodling — The House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 32-6, just authorized a subpoena for Monica Goodling's testimony and an offer of immunity. — As former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias pointed out yesterday, Goodling should prove …

Discussion: Think Progress, Booman Tribune, The Next Hurrah, Norwegianity, The Carpetbagger Report, Real Cities, NION, The Moderate Voice, Prairie Weather, Democratic Underground …, Firedoglake, Shakesville, Political Animal and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Associated Press:
Joint letter issued for Gonzales

Discussion: Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Comments From Left Field and Wonkette

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters: Subpoenaville — Democrats turned up the heat on the White House today …

Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Leahy: The President said 'Heckuva Job, Gonzales

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!

Mark Murray / MSNBC:

Americans siding with Dems against Bush — NBC/WSJ poll: Skepticism on Iraq policies reflected in 2008 candidates — INTERACTIVE — A look at the democratic candidates and their performance on the campaign trail — Far-Out Americana — See photos of quirky landmarks that you sent in!

Discussion: TalkLeft, Oliver Willis and Pollster

Kevin Drum / Political Animal:

LETTING RUDY WIN....Yesterday Rudy Giuliani said the country would be safer if it elects a Republican in 2008 — especially if that Republican is him: … My reaction: Yawn. Of course Rudy thinks the country would be safer with a Republican in charge. Presumably he also thinks the economy …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Caucus, Outside The Beltway, The Daily Dish, The Democratic Daily, Liberal Values and Taylor Marsh

Media Matters for America:

Fox's Gibson: U.S. invasion "unmasked" Iraqis as "knuckle-dragging savages from the 10th century" — On the April 23 broadcast of his Fox News Radio show, John Gibson argued that the Iraqi people — whom he described as "knuckle-dragging savages from the 10th century" — are at "fault" for the situation in Iraq.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Riehl World View and The Reaction

Michael J. Totten:

Meet the Iraqi Police in Kirkuk — This is the second in a two part article. Read Part One, Where Kurdistan Meets the Red Zone, here. Scroll down for video. — KIRKUK, IRAQ - Kirkuk, like Baghdad, is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Car bombs, suicide attacks, shootings …

Discussion: Hot Air and Roads to Iraq

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Why No One Wants An American Withdrawal

Discussion: The Newshoggers and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

Little Green Footballs:

Harvard: How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah — During Israel's war against Hizballah, at LGF we were continually outraged by the media's uncritical promulgation of terrorist propaganda, and their overwhelming bias against Israel. The barrage of staged and manipulated disinformation culminated …

Discussion: Democracy Project, Redstate, The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Ace of Spades HQ, NewsBusters.org and EU Referendum

Reuters:

Bin Laden overseeing Iraq, Afghanistan ops: Taliban — DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is orchestrating militants' operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior commander of Afghan Islamist group Taliban said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday.

Discussion: Hot Air, Jules Crittenden, The Strata-Sphere, Gateway Pundit and Middle Earth Journal

Aljazeera:
Taliban leader says Bin Laden alive

Discussion: TalkLeft

Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:

Longer Iraq Tours Good for "Army Stress," Pentagon Says — You have got to be kidding me. Check out this pure-propaganda pronouncement, from the Pentagon's official news organ, the "American Forces Press Service": … Yeah, yeah. Water is dry, ice is warm, and up is down, too.

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, The Carpetbagger Report, The Newshoggers, AMERICAblog and toohotfortnr

Alex Leo / The Huffington Post:

How Does He Love He? Let Me Count the Ways — ABCNews.com ran a story yesterday about how to tell if your husband is gay. This was bound to be good, though probably not as funny as what Fox News would have come up with ("look for small birth marks in the shape of Cher" or "see if he votes Democratic").

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ

Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS: The McGreevey Effect: Is Your Husband Gay?

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds — It is difficult to watch these clips from yesterday's House hearings investigating the absolute, deliberate lies regarding Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch fed to the American public by the U.S. military — with an eager and accommodating assist …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings, Firedoglake, protein wisdom, Redstate, The American Street, News Hounds and Little Thom's Blog

Maha / The Mahablog:
Why I Hate Righties — I know it's as common as ticks in Arkansas …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Right Wing Nut House and The Huffington Post

Associated Press:

Dow Closes Above 13,000 for First Time — Dow Ends Above 13,000 for First Time As Earnings Reports Push Stock Market to Historic Heights — NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like a cause for celebration: The Dow Jones industrial average surged from 12,000 to 13,000 in just six months.

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Outside The Beltway and INSTAPUTZ

Wonkette:

MICHELLE MALKIN: Malkin's Site Now Requires Adult ID Check — For just $4.95 per month billed discreetly to your credit card, you can watch the rest of this video. — Spastic Backyard Cheerleader Video [YouTube]

Discussion: Norwegianity

Digby / Hullabaloo:

Job Description: Lighting Rod — Greg Palast, who has been writing about the "voter fraud" fraud for years, writes an interesting piece today arguing that Gonzales is irrelevant to the deeper problem within the DOJ with respect to voting rights. — I was struck particularly by this:

Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Wot Is It Good 4

Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:

Blogswarm alert! — It looks as if David Broder's column tomorrow may be making the rather creative case that Harry Reid is as inept as...Alberto Gonzales. — How do I know this? Over at the Dallas Morning News, which prints Broder's column from time to time, they've done a teaser …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Report: 80 percent of blogs contain "offensive" content — Blogs are known to be a free-for-all for "expressive" content, but according to a new report by ScanSafe, a vast majority of blogs host content that is considered "offensive" and potentially "unwanted."

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Outside The Beltway

ABCNEWS:

Exclusive: O'Donnell Leaving 'The View' — Rosie O'Donnell Is Set to Announce Today Her Departure From 'The View' — Rosie O'Donnell is leaving "The View." ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with "The View" co-host. As a result, her duties on the show will come to an end mid-June.