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8:20 AM ET, May 9, 2007

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood  —  Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in his campaign appearances this year has stated that he personally abhors abortion, even though he supports keeping a legal right to choose.  But records show that in the '90s he contributed money …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: Mitt's moment  —  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Good morning.  From the Spin Room to the Carl's Jr. near the headquarters hotel, The Politico's informal read of the consensus order of finish for last night's GOP Presidential Candidates Debate in the Air Force One Pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Call me irresponsible: I say Romney won  —  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — It would be terribly irresponsible to pick a winner of Thursday night's Republican debate.  So I will.  —  I think Mitt Romney won.  And I think John McCain came in second and Rudy Giuliani came in third.
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Outrage in a Can  —  Well, after weeks of trying to pin every car-backfire, school massacre, and kid with a cherry bomb on phony cabals of Muslim Fanatic Terrorists, Righty Blogistan and the Em Ess Em have finally got themselves a group of real live jihadi.  In Jersey.  (Where else, really?)
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Practice in the Poconos: U.S. Details How Men Prepared
Discussion: ParaPundit and philly.com
New York Times:
6 Arrested in Plot to Attack Fort Dix
Wayne Parry / Associated Press:
6 men charged in plot to attack Fort Dix
David Barboza / International Herald Tribune:
China finds two companies guilty in tainted pet food export  —  SHANGHAI: China said Tuesday that it had found two companies here guilty of intentionally exporting contaminated pet food ingredients to the United States.  —  The country's quality control investigator released a statement …
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Goldy / HorsesAss.Org:   FDA: the "Faith-based Dining Administration"
Christie Keith / Pet Connection Blog:   Pet food recall: FDA says another recall may be coming
Andrew Glass / The Politico:
Justice Dept. diversity under fire  —  The House Judiciary Committee will summon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week to answer fresh charges stemming from the failure of the Justice Department's civil rights division to hire more minorities.  —  Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) …
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The Hill:
Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.  —  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers …
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  What do they think Congress should do now?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NPR
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Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Poll: Americans disapprove of Bush's Iraq veto
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac  —  TAKE YOUR SCORN FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD WITH YOU.  —  "All political careers end in failure," a British statesman once wisely said.  Judging by the wreckage of the famous political career that ended this week, he was even wiser than he knew.
Discussion: The Reaction
Diaa Hadid / Yahoo! News:
Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' wants Islam takeover  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience — little kids.  —  A giant black-and-white rodent — named …
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Commanders in Iraq See 'Surge' Into '08  —  Pentagon to Deploy 35,000 Replacement Troops  —  The Pentagon announced yesterday that 35,000 soldiers in 10 Army combat brigades will begin deploying to Iraq in August as replacements, making it possible to sustain the increase of U.S. troops there until at least the end of this year.
NYT > National:
Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War  —  For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist's threat, because of large deployments …
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Reed Hundt / The Coffee House:
Sally Quinn Expresses Beltway Zeitgeist Again  —  I'm not giving you the link because I don't want you to read it in full.  Take my precis:  —  Sally Quinn writes in the Washington Post that she is from Savannah, Ga., and typically notices people's skin color but in the case of Barack Obama she doesn't …
obama.senate.gov:
Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  Contact: Tommy Vietor or Robert Gibbs, 202-228-5511  —  Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  In the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush  —  Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues — such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders …
Discussion: Election Central
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Habeas Restoration: Move Quick  —  I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday.  Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes …
 
 
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
The Cost of War, Unnoticed
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
OLD MEDIA VERSUS NEW: … Two points.  First, doesn't this …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Netroots on shaky ground
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Witnessing an Interrogation At Camp Honor in Iraq
Michele Greppi / TVWeek.com:
ABC Leads Evening News at Sweeps Halfway Point
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Matt Towery / Human Events:
Special Report: Bush-Cheney Impeachment Might Be Idle Talk …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
BEATING AL-QAEDA....Andrew McCarthy, in a furious polemic over at NRO …
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Treasury Chief Supports Delay for Wolfowitz
Editor and Publisher:
Ricks of 'Wash Post': Media Focuses on Iran's Aid to Iraqi Insurgents …
Will / Attytood:
Journalists are not a royal class in America