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Associated Press:
Bush vetoes troop withdrawal bill — WASHINGTON - President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate. — In only the second veto of his presidency …
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New York Times:
Citing 'Rigid' Deadline, Bush Vetoes Iraq Bill — President Bush vetoed the Iraq-war spending bill this evening, calling it a blueprint for failure and defeat and intensifying a showdown with the Democratic-controlled Congress. — Mr. Bush said the bill was unacceptable because it set …
Jules Crittenden:
Another Grunt's Rant on Iraq — George Bush vetoed the surrender bill today with a pen given to him by the father of Marine Cpl. Dustin Derga, killed in Anbar May 8, 2005. Robert Derga wanted him to ue the pen to sign that bill, and called to make sure he was going to do it.
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Wizbang
White House:
President Bush Rejects Artificial Deadline, Vetoes Iraq War Supplemental — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Twelve weeks ago, I asked the Congress to pass an emergency war spending bill that would provide our brave men and women in uniform with the funds and flexibility they need.
Washington Post:
Bush Keeps Vow to Veto War Funding Bill — President Says Pullout Deadline Is 'Date for Failure' — President Bush vetoed a $124 billion measure yesterday that would have funded overseas military operations but required him to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq as early as July …
Swaraaj Chauhan / The Moderate Voice:President Bush to Congress: "I Am The Greatest"
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The Heretik
Los Angeles Times:
Small turnout, big questions — Rallies draw a fraction of last year's crowd as activists ponder the movement's future. Clash erupts in evening. — Waving U.S. flags and demanding citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tens of thousands of jubilant protesters marched through the streets …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Immigration rally disrupted by police. — CNN reported a disturbing account from an immigration rally in Los Angeles yesterday: … Watch the report:
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Hullabaloo
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Back in the Days of 'Mission Accomplished': How One Paper Covered Bush Declaration Four Years Ago — NEW YORK Today marks the fourth anniversary of President Bush's jet landing on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and his speech declaring major fighting in Iraq over, all in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner.
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George W. Bush / White House:
Loyalty Day, 2007 — A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America — America was founded by patriots who risked their lives to bring freedom to our Nation. Today, our citizens are grateful for our Founding Fathers and confident in the principles that lead us forward.
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The Newshoggers, All Spin Zone, Wonkette, The Heretik, WTF Is It Now??, The American Street and The Talent Show
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Biden on Iraq bill: "We're going to shove it down his throat." — Blunt talk from Joe Biden, picked up by C-Span answering a man's question at Jim Clyburn's fish fry April 27 in Columbia, S.C. — Biden is asked what he'll do when Bush, as is expected, vetoes the Iraq funding bill.
New York Sun:
Mr. Broder Goes to Washington — So the entire Democratic caucus in the United States Senate — 50 senators — has sent a letter to the Washington Post attacking the dean of the Washington press corps, David Broder, for a column in which Mr. Broder dared to criticize their leader for his preemptive surrender to the terrorists in Iraq.
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Power Line
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Most Stupendous Trolling Effort Yet — On the cover of a magazine, no less! — A not insignificant columnist once asked me who my favorite columnist was. As with the "favorite movie" or "favorite book" question that answer would vary depending on what popped into my head …
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Hullabaloo, Althouse, The News Blog, Matthew Yglesias, Political Animal, This Modern World and Rising Hegemon
Gary Kamiya / Salon:
Last refuge of the scoundrel — Bush is trying to convince the American people that Iraq is the WWII of our time, and Democrats are craven defeatists. Both claims are absurd. — According to the Bush administration and its supporters, the Democrats and a majority of the American people …
New York Times:
News Corp. Makes a $5 Billion Bid for Dow Jones — The News Corporation, owner of the Fox News Channel and The New York Post, has made an unsolicited $5 billion takeover bid for Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. — Dow Jones confirmed today that it had received the offer …
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