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6:25 PM ET, May 21, 2007

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Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
McCain Hits Romney Hard  —  Mitt Romney has been trying to make quite a bit of political hay out of the compromise immigration bill — he sees it as one of John McCain's key weaknesses as relates to the Republican base and a great way to differentiate himself as the One True Conservative in the race …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
McCain Conference Call  —  I just completed a conference call with John McCain which meant to cover a wide range of topics — but in the end focused almost entirely on immigration.  Senator McCain clearly understood that the press reports of his sharp exchange with Senator Jon Cornyn had nicked …
Discussion: eyeon08.com and Macsmind
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Another blogger conference call with McCain.  —  Starting momentarily.  I don't have a question planned.  Too busy getting that podcast up and so forth.  I'm not going to ask why he said "f*ck you" to Senator Cornyn, or why he thinks people aren't going to think that he's too much of a hothead …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:   Romney's camp punches back at McCain
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
McCain on Immigration Bill
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Fausta's blog
David Espo / Associated Press:
Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline  —  WASHINGTON - In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs, officials said Monday.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Capitulate On Capitulation  —  Democrats in Congress have decided to forego their efforts to impose withdrawal timetables on spending for the Iraq war — at least for now.  The AP reports from its sources that the Democrats will offer a straight-up spending supplemental …
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Mind
Francis Elliott / Times of London:
Secret plans to turn staff into police informers  —  Council workers, charity staff and doctors will be required to tip off police about anyone whom they believe could commit a violent crime, under secret Home Office plans.  —  Civil liberties campaigners last night said that the proposal raised …
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Guardian:   Plan to identify potential violent offenders condemned
Andrew Heining / Christian Science Monitor:
Leaked British plan would turn doctors, social workers into police informants
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
NPR:
Pentagon Studies Long-Term Commitment in Iraq  —  · The White House and Pentagon are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq.  But the Pentagon is considering maintaining a core group of forces in Iraq, possibly for decades.
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Public Divided on "Pro-Choice" vs. "Pro-Life" Abortion Labels  —  Few are single-issue voters  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans hold a complex set of beliefs about the legality of terminating a woman's pregnancy.  The majority want the Supreme Court to uphold its 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which protects abortion rights.
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Dean Barnett / Boston Globe:
I'm pro-life, but not religious  —  AT ONE POINT during John …
John Springer / MSNBC:
Carter says comments were 'careless'  —  The former president backs down from criticism of the White House  —  Former President Jimmy Carter is backing off his remark this weekend that the Bush administration's foreign policy "has been the worst in history," telling TODAY during …
The Atlantic Online:
The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist  —  By popular demand, you'll find the playlist for the Nineties Alt-Rock Party below.  A few words.  For one thing, this is just the songs in alphabetical order; at the party itself, the Party Shuffle was in effect.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Unfogged
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
They're Ugly and Stupid and Nobody Likes Them  —  I know I've had boatloads of fun mocking wingnut bloggers for being the toenail clippings of the Mighty Wurlitzer, unable do anything but echo the messages that come down to them from on high while liberal blogs organize, raise money …
Robert E. Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Executive Summary: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer  —  Each year, families and individuals pay taxes to the government and receive back a wide variety of services and benefits.  When the benefits and services received by one group exceed the taxes paid …
Discussion: Bluey Blog
Washington Post:
Lead or Step Aside, EPA  —  It's bad enough that the federal government has yet to take the threat of global warming seriously, but it borders on malfeasance for it to block the efforts of states such as California and Connecticut that are trying to protect the public's health and welfare.
CBN.com:
Mike Huckabee to Brody File: "I Do Not Believe in Teaching About Sex or Contraception in Public Schools"  —  Do you like Abstinence Only programs being taught in Public Schools?  Well, the Democrat controlled Congress isn't fond of them.  They're pulling the plug.
 
 
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards not involved in haircut
Spencer Ackerman / The Nation:
Training Iraq's Death Squads
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Immigration Passion  —  A reader writes: … (Photo: David McNew/Getty.)
Discussion: National Review
Fred Lucas / CNSNews:
Probe Carbon Offsets, Congressmen Say
Discussion: The American Mind
Brian Faler / Bloomberg:
Lott, `Scorned' After Katrina, Targets State Farm, Allstate
Discussion: Think Progress and First Draft
Waltham, MA:
Roberts: Labor taking the wrong view on trade
Turcopolier / Sic Semper Tyrannis 2007:
Can we take 24/7 news seriously?  —  That's an M-48 tank out on a firing range.
National Review:
The "Amnesty" Bill
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Associated Press:
Early primary gives Florida big say
Faiz / Think Progress:
Sawyer's Interview Focuses On Media's Obsessions With Gore …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Interviews, Going the Way of the Linotype?
The Independent:
Exclusive: Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The administration's FISA falsehoods continue unabated
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
U. S. ATTORNEYS : Efforts to stop `voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting
Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
U.S. policy turnabout may enable Israel to enter talks with Syria
Des Moines Register:
Mitt Romney leads Republicans
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August

 
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