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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's Tentative Dip Into New Neckline Territory — There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. — She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
This Just In... According to Robin Givhan of the WaPo, Hillary Clinton is a woman. And...wait for it...as a result of being female, she has breasts which result in...gasp...cleavage. This may be a new low in infotainment non-reportage: … Here are a few facts for Ms. Givhan …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David — WASHINGTON — President Bush will have a routine colonoscopy Saturday and temporarily hand presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House said. — Press secretary Tony Snow told reporters Friday that Bush will have the procedure …
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CNN Political Ticker:
Cheney to become president...briefly — WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.
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Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
NOTE TO READERS: — Several conservative blogs have raised questions about the Diarist "Shock Troops," written by a soldier in Iraq using the pseudonym Scott Thomas. Whenever anybody levels serious accusations against a piece published in our magazine, we take those charges seriously.
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
"Shock Troops" Blog Round-Up
"Shock Troops" Blog Round-Up
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Bush's magical shield from criminal prosecution — The Bush administration decided to announce to Washington Post reporters Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein its view that it has the power to block the Justice Department, and its U.S. Attorneys, from criminally prosecuting Executive Branch employees …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Bush's 2001 condemnation of Russia's human rights abuses
Bush's 2001 condemnation of Russia's human rights abuses
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Michael J. Totten:
Welcome to Baghdad — BAGHDAD — Never again will I complain about the inconvenience and discomfort of airports and civilian airline travel delays. You won't either if make your way from Kuwait to Baghdad in July during a war. — Military planes leave Kuwait every couple of hours …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Hillary's Stinging Letter To SecDef Gates Obtained — In an unusual challenge to a Defense Secretary from a sitting Senator, Hillary Clinton has just written a sharply worded letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, demanding that he personally account for a Pentagon official's assertion yesterday …
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Scott Weinberger / WCBS-TV:
Jersey City Woman Finds Missile Launcher On Lawn — Officials: Launcher, Good For One Use Only, Had Already Been Fired — Featured Slideshows: — Reporting — (CBS) JERSEY CITY A Jersey City woman made what to her and her neighbors was a shocking discovery Friday morning when she noticed …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
JetBlue caved — Okay, so JetBlue, after deciding to resist Bill O'Reilly's pressure last night, just decided to back down. Let them know what you think about that. … As for my part, I'm cancelling my JetBlue American Express card and will be looking at alternative options for my future travel.
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MEMRI:
The Enemy Within: Where Are the Islamist/Jihadist Websites Hosted, and What Can Be Done about It? — Today, in a briefing on Capitol Hill hosted by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and Rep. Mike Pence …
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Associated Press:
Nancy Pelosi to publish memoir — NEW YORK - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who this year became the first woman to hold the top spot in the House of Representatives, is writing a memoir, to be released in the summer of 2008 by the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Hastert to resign? — According to the Politico, columnist Robert Novak will report this weekend: … Poor Denny Hasturd, I was wondering what that lummox was up to. — Another Republican loser bites the dust. Maybe he can bring his dynamic personality out on the road and do some fundraising for the Grand Old Perverts.
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All Spin Zone
Faiz / Think Progress:
Hannity: Sen. Vitter Should Resign — When Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) replaced former Rep. Bob Livingston (R-LA) — who "abruptly resigned after disclosures of numerous affairs" in 1998 — he argued that an extramarital affair was grounds for resignation:
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Peter Finn / Washington Post:
New Manuals Push A Putin's-Eye View In Russian Schools — MOSCOW — With two new manuals for high school history and social studies teachers, written in part by Kremlin political consultants, Russian authorities are attempting to imbue classroom debate with a nationalist outlook.