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Joe Lieberman / Washington Post:
One Choice in Iraq — Last week a series of coordinated suicide bombings killed more than 170 people. The victims were not soldiers or government officials but civilians — innocent men, women and children indiscriminately murdered on their way home from work and school.
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Ware: Troop Pullout Debate Is 'Delusional,' Would Hand Iraq to al Qaeda — Left-wing blogs loved it when CNN's Michael Ware rebuked Senator John McCain a few weeks ago, after McCain suggested he could safely walk through areas of Baghdad. But this morning on CNN …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Gonzales — Here's a Washington political riddle where you fill in the blanks: As Alberto Gonzales is to the Republicans, Blank Blank is to the Democrats — a continuing embarrassment thanks to his amateurish performance. — If you answered " Harry Reid," …
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The Agonist:
Bush Approval Rating Falls to 28%, Lowest Level So Far, in Harris Poll — Wall Street Journal - President Bush's approval rating slipped to new lows in the most recent Harris Interactive survey, but he's not alone: For the first time since the series began, all of the political figures …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain calls for Gonzales to resign — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told The Politico that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign, becoming the most prominent Republican to desert the White House over the bungled firing of U.S. attorneys.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Journalists and John McCain: Is The Honeymoon Really Over? — A jostling throng of shoulder-to-shoulder journalists, hands cupped to ears, surrounded John McCain against the blue hulk of the Straight Talk Express. — The shouted questions began: "Senator, how can you support the war in Iraq …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Political Briefings At Agencies Disclosed — White House officials conducted 20 private briefings on Republican electoral prospects in the last midterm election for senior officials in at least 15 government agencies covered by federal restrictions on partisan political activity …
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Financial Times:
Industry caught in carbon 'smokescreen' — Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on "carbon credit" projects that yield few if any environmental benefits. — A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases …
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Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:CAN CARBON OFFSETS BE CONFIRMED? Many celebrities have sought …
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Court Asked to Limit Lawyers at Guantánamo — The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the request has become a central issue in a new legal battle over the administration's detention policies.
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PBS:
APRIL 25, 2007: "Buying the War" — BILL MOYERS: Four years ago this spring the Bush administration took leave of reality and plunged our country into a war so poorly planned it soon turned into a disaster. The story of how high officials misled the country has been told.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:"Buying The War" — I noticed this odd omission this morning too.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:The Bill Moyers documentary on our failed and barren press
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Public Eye
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Media Lynch Mob": a study in cynical politicking — Ray Robison, writing at the American Thinker, traces the Jessica Lynch mythology back not to the military, which (the current Waxman-pushed narrative has it) desired a propaganda hero and so propagated a false story, but rather to the Washington Post …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
DID "DAY BY DAY" JUST JUMP THE SHARK? — I love Chris Muir's laconic take on the days events seen through the eyes of two young, hip couples in his Day by Day cartoons. — But today's installment may have crossed a line of good taste. I know many of you will disagree with me, but you decide.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Fog Of War — A reader writes: … A friend of mine sat me down last night over a glass of wine and made me watch "The Fog of War", the McNamara documentary that won an Oscar a few years ago. What it brought home was how the war in Vietnam became a moving target …
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Political Animal
Tom Tomorrow / The Huffington Post:
What They Said — I was planning to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of the war by looking back at some of the more remarkable statements pundits made at the time. But I'm a weekly cartoonist, and this month I just had too many other ideas clamoring for my limited space …
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