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2:30 PM ET, May 15, 2007

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Associated Press:
Falwell reportedly found unconscious, hospitalized … LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) — The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious in his office Tuesday, a Liberty University executive said.  —  Ron Godwin, the executive vice president …
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MSNBC:
Falwell in 'gravely serious' condition  —  Evangelical leader was found in his university office  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell — founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s — was in "gravely serious" condition Tuesday after being found unconscious …
Sue Lindsey / Associated Press:
Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University.
Joseph Carroll / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%  —  Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush.  Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress …
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Byron York / National Review:
Poll: Congress 29, Bush 33
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Congress Dives Below Bush Line
Discussion: Heading Right
Richard Adams / Guardian:
Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade  —  An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
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The Atlantic Online:
Yes, Hypocrisy Matters  —  It's no surprise to see that James Kirchick, assistant to New Republic editor in chief Martin Peretz, shares his patron's passion for the cause of keeping Paul Wolfowitz in office at the World Bank.  Kirchick says Wolfowitz's critics are making baseless charges …
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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Comey SJC Testimony, Liveblog
Discussion: Eschaton
Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Fingerprints  —  Last week Keith Olberman reported a story …
Discussion: NION and The Blue State
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Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Godwin's law and the New Right  —  I know that supporters of the currently ruling coalition of crooks, warmongers, torturers, incompetents, and theocrats are deeply, deeply hurt when they and their pet politicians are compared to Nazis.  But could someone suggest to them — politely …
Discussion: Right Wing News and World-O-Crap
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Southpaw / The Atlantic Online:   Der Dolchstoss
Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
Romney's South Carolina Embarrassment  —  There are two interesting things about the most recent poll out of South Carolina, done by Ayres McHenry & Associates: 1) Mitt Romney is in a weak fifth place, despite a massive effort in the state (though he is still ahead of Lindsay Lohan), and 2) …
Washington Post:
A Casualty Of War: MySpace  —  U.S. Military Blocks Popular Web Sites, Cutting Ties to Home  —  The Defense Department began blocking access on its computers to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other Web sites yesterday, severing some of the most popular ties linking U.S. troops in combat areas …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A Question Of Race Vs. Class  —  Barack Obama doesn't think anyone should cut his two daughters any slack when they apply to college — not because of their race, at least.  In the unlikely event that the Obama family goes broke, then maybe.  —  In an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's …
Brian MacQuarrie / Boston Globe:
Son of professor opposed to war is killed in Iraq  —  Boston University professor Andrew J. Bacevich has been a persistent, vocal critic of the Iraq war, calling the conflict a catastrophic failure.  This week, the retired Army lieutenant colonel received the grim news that his son had been killed on patrol there.
 
 
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Minnesota Public Radio:
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
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Discussion: Norwegianity
Damien Cave / New York Times:
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The Blotter:
Dead Taliban Leader Was Training U.S. Recruits
Washington Post:
White House Edits to Privacy Board's Report Spur Resignation
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
New Detainees Strain Iraq's Jails
Discussion: Newsweek
Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
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