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8:20 AM ET, May 21, 2007

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Paul Bedard / US News:
Bush's Summer Hires Targeted  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a little trick up his sleeve that could spell an end to President Bush's devilish recess appointments of controversial figures like former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton.  We hear that over the long August vacation …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Don't Run for the Border  —  America needs comprehensive immigration reform, but not a law enacted in haste.  —  It's understandable that the White House and its Senate negotiating partners want to rush through the compromise immigration bill they agreed to Thursday.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Washington Times:
Few senators support the illegals bill  —  Fewer than 20 senators are publicly committed to supporting the immigration deal that hits the Senate floor today while nearly 40 are already opposed or have serious concerns, underscoring how difficult it will be for President Bush and his allies to craft a coalition that can pass the bill.
Discussion: ParaPundit
The Truth Laid Bear:
Immigration Bill: Online and Awaiting Your Comments  —  Late Friday night, an electronic version of the "immigration reform" bill was finally published, and quickly found its way into the hands of KLo at the Corner.  From there, it has spread all over the net, of course.
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Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Summary Of The Fine Print Read, And NZ's Easy To Use Text  —  UPDATE: Be sure to check out N.Z. Bear's online version of the draft immigration bill which allows for section-by-section comments.  —  His post explaining his effort is here.  —  I have spent a lot of my weekend reading …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Second Life for Study Group  —  After an initially tepid reception from policymakers, the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group are getting a second look from the White House and Congress, as officials continue to scour for bipartisan solutions to salvage the American engagement in Iraq.
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Discord on the Immigration Accord  —  Groups on Both Sides Plan to Challenge Senate Compromise  —  There is little doubt about how grass-roots organizations feel about a bipartisan immigration compromise reached in the Senate: They don't like it.  —  The New York Immigration Coalition issued …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
David Wiessler / Reuters:
Top Republican predicts Gonzales may resign  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee predicted on Sunday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales might step down in the face of a substantial Senate "no-confidence" vote on his performance.
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
US plans 'Vatican-sized' Iraq embassy  —  When the idea of building a new US embassy in Baghdad was first mooted by the American administration in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, there seemed to be a grandiose logic to it.  —  The compound, by the side of the Tigris …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C.  —  If it were up to the children and their parents, there'd be no question that the District's five-year experiment with school vouchers would be renewed for an additional five years or more.  —  That's the most emphatic finding of an independent evaluation …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Gay Britons Serve in Military With Little Fuss, as Predicted Discord Does Not Occur  —  The officer, a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force, felt he had no choice.  So he stood up in front of his squad of 30 to 40 people.  —  "I said, 'Right, I've got something to tell you,' " he said.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
AFTER AIDING BILL ON IMMIGRATION, EMPLOYERS BALK  —  Employers, who helped shape a major immigration bill over the last three months, said on Sunday that they were unhappy with the result because it would not cure the severe labor shortages they foresee in the coming decade.
Discussion: The RBC, ParaPundit and TalkLeft
Larry Flynt / Los Angeles Times:
My friend, Jerry Falwell  —  How the pornographer found himself in the embrace of the reverend who sued him.  —  THE FIRST TIME the Rev. Jerry Falwell put his hands on me, I was stunned.  Not only had we been archenemies for 15 years, his beliefs and mine traveling in different solar systems …
Abu Kais / From Beirut to the Beltway:
Assad's volcano in Lebanon  —  Terrorist group Fatah al-Islam unleashed its fury on the Lebanese army today, killing at least 12 army soldiers and ISF members and wounding dozens of others, including civilians.  The Syrian-backed group— made up of Syrian, Palestinian, Lebanese …
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Capitulation, from A—  to Z  —  Are you a fine upstanding member of the Undocumented-American community?  That's to say, are you (if you'll forgive the expression) an illegal immigrant?  —  Great news!  Being illegal is now perfectly legal!  Just for being one of the circa 12 million people …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and GINA COBB
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
Online, GOP Is Playing Catch-Up  —  When David All, a former Republican congressional aide, launched a blog recently that he hopes will spur his fellow Republicans to bridge the digital divide, he did his best to sound upbeat.  "Today our Revolution begins," he wrote.  "Tomorrow we fight."
 
 
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CNN:
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Associated Press:
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Project Payback: Google-Bombing Pro-Amnesty, Republican Senators …
Mike McConnell / Washington Post:
A Law Terrorism Outran
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Shayana Kadidal / The Huffington Post:
Comey and the Phone Companies' Role in the NSA Program
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Bombs Imperil U.S. Troops Searching for Captured Comrades
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Kevin Libin / National Post:
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Discussion: Don Surber, Deltoid and Vox Popoli
Associated Press:
Poll: American satisfaction at new low
Atrios / Eschaton:
2 F.U.s From Now  —  Just finished chatting with Ellen Ratner …
Peter Howell / Toronto Star:
Canadians don't care for Sicko
Richard Schickel / Los Angeles Times:
Not everybody's a critic  —  Sure, anyone with a blog can express …
Salena Zito / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Fred's watershed?
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Iraq's Sadr Overhauls His Tactics
Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
Tainted Chinese Imports Common
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

 
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