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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House OKs Iraq troop withdrawal bill — WASHINGTON - A sharply divided House brushed aside a veto threat Wednesday and passed legislation that would order President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq by Oct. 1. The 218-208 vote came as the top U.S. commander in Iraq told lawmakers …
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Horses Mouth:
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.
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 …
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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!
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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 …
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann's Special Comment on Giuliani's Fearmongering: How Dare You, Sir? — Keith delivered a scathing Special Comment tonight about the rank partisan fearmongering speech Rudy Giuliani gave before a New Hampshire Republican meeting yesterday (CSPAN stream). — Download (1864) |
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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Aljazeera:
Taliban leader says Bin Laden alive — Mullah Dadullah, a senior Taliban commander, has told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaeda's leader, is alive. — Dadullah said Bin Laden planned and supervised the "suicide" operation which targeted Dick Cheney …
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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]
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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.
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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").
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: "Blackout" on campaign ads in doubt — With Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Antonin Scalia exhibiting considerable distaste for a key provision of federal campaign finance law, Congress' latest attempt to reduce the flow of corporate and union money …
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.