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12:40 AM ET, May 13, 2007

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New York Times:
Editorial: A Winning Deal on Trade  —  The Bush administration and Congressional Democrats have reached a broad understanding on trade that should benefit American workers, American businesses and global economic growth.  —  It is good to see that even in today's Washington …
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David Sirota / WorkingForChange:
K Street vs. Middle America: Battle Lines Being Drawn In Fight Over Dems' Secret Trade Deal With Bush  —  Another long day as the reverberations continue to intensify after yesterday's press conference announcing a secret "free" trade deal between a handful of senior Democrats and the Bush administration.
Fortune:
Inside the free-trade breakthrough  —  How the warring parties in Washington crafted a surprising deal on trade - and what it means for business.  Fortune's Nina Easton reports.  —  (WASHINGTON) Fortune — As the capital's attention fixed on congressional maneuvering over Iraq war spending …
Discussion: Washington Post and Eyes on Trade
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Democrats' Trade Troubles
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Trade Details  —  Someone from the Hill who asked not to be …
Discussion: Eyes on Trade and Firedoglake
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Open the Trade Deal
Discussion: Firedoglake
Doug Palmer / Reuters:   Top U.S. labor group wary of bipartisan trade deal
www.aflcio.org:   Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on U.S. Trade Policy Developments
ndol.org:
Idea of the Week: Reviving Trade Policy
Discussion: Eyes on Trade
International Brotherhood of Teamsters:   Teamsters Oppose Trade Deal That Sells Out American Workers
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Football reference trips up GOP hopeful  —  LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Note to Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record): In Packerland, it's not cool to diss Brett Favre.  —  The GOP presidential hopeful drew boos and groans Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention when he used …
David R. Sands / Washington Times:
Mugabe minister voted to U.N. post  —  Zimbabwe won approval last night to head a key United Nations body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from the U.S., European nations and human rights organizations.  —  The approval was voted 26-21 …
Discussion: Power Line
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Associated Press:
Zimbabwe to head U.N. body over U.S. objection
Discussion: Militant Moderates
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Army Career Behind Him, General Speaks Out on Iraq  —  John Batiste has traveled a long way in the last four years, from commanding the First Infantry Division in Iraq to quitting the Army after three decades in uniform and, now, from his new life overseeing a steel factory here …
Juan / Informed Comment:
SCIRI Adopts Sistani, emphasizes Iraqiness  —  Bombings kill 26, wound 60  —  The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq held its annual party convention on Thursday and Friday and, according to Mariam Karouny of Reuters has decided to make some significant changes.
Discussion: KnoxViews, TalkLeft and Liberty Street
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Ben Lando / UPI:   ANALYSIS: IRAQ FUNDING BILL TOO OILY
Mariam Karouny / Reuters:
Iraq's SCIRI party to change platform - officials
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Rey / CBS News:
Congressman McHenry's Campaign Aide Indicted  —  The CBS News Investigative Unit has learned a man who was a field coordinator in Congressman Patrick McHenry's (R-NC) 2004 campaign has been indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina.  —  The indictment charges that Michael Aaron Lay, 26 …
The Politico:
Momentum builds against GOP candidates  —  The week had the feel of 1974.  Republican members of Congress marched to the White House to deliver a frank message to an embattled president: You are a liability.  —  Three decades ago, it was Watergate.  Now, it's Iraq.
Discussion: Macsmind and Pacific Views
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Thompson revises apology on gay comment  —  LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Tommy Thompson cited a dead hearing aid and an urgent need to use the bathroom in explaining on Saturday why he said at a GOP presidential debate that an employer should be allowed to fire a gay worker.
New York Times:
Religious Groups Granted Millions for Pet Projects  —  Saint Vincent College, a small Benedictine college southeast of Pittsburgh, wanted to realign a two-lane state road serving the campus.  But the state transportation department did not have the money.  —  So Saint Vincent tried Washington instead.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Cliff Schecter
Mark Phelan / Detroit Free Press:
Obama talks hybrids, but his ride has a Hemi  —  Sen. Barack Obama talks a good game.  He also drives a good car, but the two are not entirely compatible.  —  The Democratic presidential contender was in Detroit on Monday, oozing charisma and environmental awareness as he chided local automakers …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
TO THE DNC: SUE US  —  A Free Republic poster writes that he's a regular reader who enjoys our views on a variety of issues.  He writes that he's enjoyed our posts in which we use our skills as lawyers to weigh in on legal issues.  He draws our attention to the cease-and-desist letter …
Paul L. Williams Ph.D. / Canada Free Press:
Radical Muslim paramilitary compound flourishes in upper New York state  —  With the able assistance of Douglas Hagmann, Bill Krayer and Michael Travis  —  Situated within a dense forest at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains on the outskirts of Hancock, New York, Islamberg is not an ideal place …
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs and Wizbang
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Tufts paper guilty of "harassment" for publishing unpleasant facts about Islam  —  The occasion was "Islamic Awareness Week" on campus, a cause to which the conservative student newspaper, The Primary Source, merrily contributed.  That thoughtcrime, coupled with an anti-affirmative-action …
canada.com:
The decline of motherhood  —  As we celebrate Mother's Day, we should pause to consider the social factors that keep more and more women from having children  —  Hiking along the northern reaches of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast last week, my sister and I passed by the home of a woman recently taken by cancer.
 
 
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