memeorandum: Ahem — Fascist America in 10 easy steps . That is the title … (Gaius/Blue Crab Boulevard)

7:50 PM ET, April 25, 2007

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

Associated Press:

Joint letter issued for Gonzales — And in case Gonzales thought the worst had passed with his punishing testimony last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chairman and top Republican issued a new demand: Refresh the memory that Gonzales claimed had failed him 71 times during the seven-hour session.

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

Wall Street Journal:
Delays in Renzi Case Raise More Gonzales Questions

Discussion: The Corner, Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, Think Progress, White House Watch, NION, The Stakeholder, Middle Earth Journal, DownWithTyranny!, Daily Kos and TIME

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!

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, Liberal Values and Taylor Marsh

Mark Murray / MSNBC: Americans siding with Dems against Bush

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

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 …

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Reason Magazine and Ace of Spades HQ

Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court rules for three Texas death row inmates

Discussion: Election Law and TalkLeft

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

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.

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.

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

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: The Newshoggers, The Carpetbagger Report, AMERICAblog and toohotfortnr

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: The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Ace of Spades HQ and NewsBusters.org

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, The American Street, Redstate and PoliBlog (TM)

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

Discussion: Redstate, Guardian and Crooks and Liars

Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:

The McGreevey Effect: Is Your Husband Gay? — Along With Jim McGreevey's Ex-Wife, There are Plenty of Women and Men Married to Gay Spouses — It sounds like the typical American family. — George, a 49-year-old market researcher, has been married for 28 years. He and his wife are proud of their two daughters.

Alex Leo / The Huffington Post:
How Does He Love He? Let Me Count the Ways

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ

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

Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:

Laura Bush wants you to know that when it comes to Iraq, no one is suffering more than the First Couple. No one. — Listen, you Americans, Laura Bush wants you to know the President is suffering over Iraq. In fact, Laura told Anne Curry on the Today Show, that the American people need to know that …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Booman Tribune, Liberty Street, The Carpetbagger Report, The Gun Toting Liberal™, TAPPED, State of the Day, Tennessee Guerilla Women, The Left End of the Dial v2.0 and Brilliant at Breakfast

Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:

Ahem — Fascist America in 10 easy steps . That is the title of a breathless story (or fairy tale) in the Guardian written by Naomi Wolf. Oh, do take the time to read it, what follows will make much more sense if you wade about in the fever swamp for a moment.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, contentions, KnoxViews, Ace of Spades HQ, Crooks and Liars and Guardian

Wonkette:

MICHELLE MALKIN: Malkin's Site Now Requires Adult ID Check — 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

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