memeorandum: Student protesters upset Attorney General's Harvard reunion (The Raw Story)

Clinton Pounces On "Mission Accomplished" — Democratic Candidate Calls President's 2003 Speech Blot On Leadership — (CBS) Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced President George W. Bush on Saturday for his "Mission Accomplished" speech and said his conduct of the Iraq war was …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NewsBusters.org

Matt Stoller / MyDD:

Global War on Terror: Clinton Fails, Edwards Shines — I believe I was the first blogger to note the importance of Edwards not raising his hand when asked whether there is a Global War on Terror. Ben Smith at the Politico posted it a few hours later, followed by Wonkette. And now it's moving outward.

Discussion: Heading Right, The Agonist, Oliver Willis, Washington Post and Captain's Quarters

Nico / Think Progress:

ABC's Ross: DC Madam's List Includes White House & Pentagon Officials, Prominent Lawyers — ABC News' Brian Ross revealed tonight that the list of customers of an alleged Washington-based prostitution service includes White House and Pentagon officials as well as prominent attorneys.

Discussion: Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, The Left End of the Dial v2.0, Eschaton and Donklephant

Nico / Think Progress:
Official Caught Using Escort Service Demanded Anti-Prostitution 'Loyalty Oaths'

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Firedoglake, Washington Post and The Huffington Post

Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Federal Official Resigns in Escort Service Inquiry

Discussion: Power Line, Michelle Malkin, protein wisdom and TalkLeft

Washington Post:

Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed — As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide. — Titled "Echo-Chamber Message" — a public relations term …

Discussion: First Draft, The Gun Toting Liberal™ and The Reaction

Hindrocket / Power Line:

SCANDALS AND "SCANDALS" — Eleanor Clift's current column in Newsweek is unremarkable, but I was struck by this line: … That's the liberal line, of course: the White House is consumed by scandals. Certainly Newsweek, along with pretty much every other mainstream news outlet, has done its best to convey this impression.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NewsBusters.org

Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:

A Third Way? — Fred Thompson isn't the only 'Law and Order' character eyeing the 2008 presidential campaign. Inside Sam Waterston's efforts to help promote a third-party ticket. — A WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY — The actor Sam Waterston, who plays the hard-hitting assistant D.A. in "Law and Order," has a confession to make.

PBS:

Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart — I'm Bill Moyers. Welcome. Every week at this time we'll be holding a kaleidoscope up to the light and turning it to see ideas and events through different perspectives. — I've been a journalist since I was 16 years old, with a detour here and there …

Discussion: WTF Is It Now?? and My Left Wing

Atrios / Eschaton:
The Reeds and Brass Have Been Weaving

Discussion: Norwegianity, Firedoglake, Hullabaloo and TalkLeft

PBS: Talkingpointsmemo.com's Josh Marshall on the prosecutor firings

James Glanz / New York Times:

Rebuilt Iraq Projects Found Crumbling — In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Obsidian Wings, The Newshoggers, Hullabaloo, Outside The Beltway, The Left End of the Dial v2.0 and Middle Earth Journal

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail — Anyone convicted of a crime knows a debt to society often must be paid in jail. But a slice of Californians willing to supplement that debt with cash (no personal checks, please) are finding that the time can be almost bearable.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Majikthise and digg

Gary Hart / The Huffington Post:

An Open Letter to Mayor Giuliani — Dear Mayor Giuliani: — Since you have based your presidential campaign almost exclusively on your reaction to terrorist attacks on New York City, and since you have recently accused Democrats of being on the defense against terrorism and therefore guilty …

Discussion: Riehl World View and Crooks and Liars

Karen Armstrong / Financial Times:

Balancing the Prophet — Ever since the Crusades, people in the west have seen the prophet Muhammad as a sinister figure. During the 12th century, Christians were fighting brutal holy wars against Muslims, even though Jesus had told his followers to love their enemies, not to exterminate them.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Robert / Jihad Watch: Karen Armstrong reviews Spencer's The Truth About Muhammad!

Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:

Unusual split over GOP race — WASHINGTON — As President Bush carefully avoids backing any of those seeking to succeed him in the Oval Office, an unusual split has developed between his top political advisers and immediate family members. — Many of Bush's key operatives from campaigns past …

Discussion: The American Street and The Caucus

Swaraaj Chauhan / The Moderate Voice:

Iraq Bloodbath: 'Imminent US Defeat,' Says A Serving Army Officer — While the US President and the American Congress play their own games on the subject of withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq, the everyday bloodbath continues unabated in the strife-torn country.

Discussion: Associated Press and The Heretik

The Raw Story:

Student protesters upset Attorney General's Harvard reunion — Student protesters wearing hoods and Guantanamo Bay garb found their way into the US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' 25th Harvard Law School reunion Saturday. — A release sent by the group to RAW STORY claims Gonzales was "forced to leave through a back door."

Discussion: Associated Press and TalkLeft

Nick Gillespie / Reason Magazine:

Gillespie's Bulls**t! on Immigration (Streaming Edition) — The episode of Penn & Teller's Bulls**t! on immigration in which I appear as the pro-foreigner advocate is available at YouTube in three easy-to-watch chunks: — Part 1: — Part 2 — Part 3:

Discussion: The Jawa Report

Ernest W. Lefever / Weekly Standard:

African Independence — It isn't all that it's cracked up to be. — BECAUSE OF AND in spite of Hollywood films like The African Queen and television shows like Tarzan, tropical Africa south of the Sahara and north of the Zambezi is terra incognito for most Americans.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money and Crooked Timber

Jules Crittenden:

Good News Bad News — All news, all the time. Good, bad, otherwise: — Good news. the New York Times editorial board is no longer running the Police Action against International Crime. GWOT suspect Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi got as complimentary stay at the CIA Hilton(s). — Al-Iraqi was bad news.

Discussion: Don Surber