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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
The 9/11 Generation — Better than the Boomers. — In the 1960s, history called the Baby Boomers. They didn't answer the phone. — Confronted with a generation-defining conflict, the cold war, the Boomers—those, at any rate, who came to be emblematic of their generation …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
They Don't Really Support the Troops — The latest from the New Republic and the Nation. — Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq, emerged on the American political scene two years ago. Distraught and unstable, she was shamelessly exploited by opponents of George W. Bush …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Bloggers Raise Red Flags Over New Republic's 'Baghdad Diarist' — The column in the New Republic, described as being penned by a U.S. soldier in Iraq, is filled with tales of petty, stomach-churning behavior. — The "Baghdad Diarist," writing under the pseudonym Scott Thomas, says he was …
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Washington Post:
The Phony Debate — THE SENATE Democratic leadership spent the past week trying to prove that Congress is deeply divided over Iraq, with Democrats pressing and Republicans resisting a change of course. In fact that's far from the truth. A large majority of senators from both parties favor …
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David Espo / Yahoo! News:
Analysis: GOP senators nervous about war — WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are growing increasingly nervous defending the war in Iraq, and Democrats more confident in their attempts to end it. — More than a year before the 2008 elections, it is a political role reversal that bodes ill …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EXPERTS DISCUSS FLATNESS OF EARTH....The Washington Post …
EXPERTS DISCUSS FLATNESS OF EARTH....The Washington Post …
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Margaret Talev / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Senate tied in knots by filibusters — WASHINGTON — This year Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before, a pattern that's rooted in — and could increase — the pettiness and dysfunction in Congress. — The trend has been evolving for 30 years.
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
McClatchy: Senate Republicans On Track For Record Setting Obstruction — Via McClatchy Washington Bureau: … Remember the Nuclear Option? Here's Bill Frist from November, 2004 regarding the Democrats and Bush's judicial nominees: … The Republicans clamored for an up or down vote on these judges and the Democrats caved.
Washington Post:
Fight Over Documents May Favor Bush, Experts Say — Contempt Charge Precedents Cited in Firings Case — The Bush administration's vow this week to block contempt charges from Congress could prove to be a successful strategy for protecting White House documents about the multiple firings of U.S. attorneys …
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Chris Weigant / The Huffington Post:
White House Declares Bush Emperor
White House Declares Bush Emperor
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Personal Thoughts On Why I Haven;t Have Endorsed In 2008 — Note: I am retracting much of the original post. What remains can be found in the extended entry and has been placed in a purely personal context. I apologize if my tone or assertions offended anyone, especially since I now agree that those assertions were incorrect.
TMZ.com:
Mitt Catches S**t Over Hillary-Bashing Sign — Not everyone is a fan of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but comparing them to one of the most dastardly pieces of human excrement of all time — that might be bit much. Especially for a presidential candidate.
John Deeth / Iowa Independent:
Rudy Giuliani: Asked About HIV, He Answers With 9/11 — Rudy Giuliani gets Iowa punctuality. In fact, he may be the first presidential candidate in years to show up early at a caucus campaign stop. Razzed by the Des Moines Register for running late in his last Iowa trip …
Jan Crawford / Legalities:
The Sky's Still Up There — Kathleen Sullivan, the former dean of Stanford Law School (who would be on any Democratic president's shortlist for the Supreme Court), said the other day that conservatives should be "dancing in the streets" at the end of the first full term of the Roberts Court.
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Public vs Private Face of Omar Bakri Mohammed: "Peace" vs. "Hooray al Qaeda!" — This IHT report, also published in the New York Times, portrays Omar Bakri Mohammed as a man who has moderated his views and who is trying to promote peace between the Lebanese government and the al Qaeda linked …
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Court Tells U.S. to Reveal Data on Detainees at Guantánamo — A federal appeals court ordered the government yesterday to turn over virtually all its information on Guantánamo detainees who are challenging their detention, rejecting an effort by the Justice Department …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Breaking: Gates Distances Himself From Edelman's Attack On Hillary Clinton — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is distancing himself from an under secretary's assertion that Senator Hillary Clinton's public questions about Pentagon troop withdrawal plans are aiding the enemy.
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Gates Steps In to Defuse Clinton-Pentagon Dispute
Gates Steps In to Defuse Clinton-Pentagon Dispute
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
The Pentagon Gets a Lesson From Madison Avenue — U.S. Needs to Devise a Different 'Brand' to Win Over the Iraqi People, Study Advises — In the advertising world, brand identity is everything. Volvo means safety. Colgate means clean. IPod means cool.
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Nigel Bunyan / Telegraph:
Binman's St George bandana 'is racist' — A black dustman has been banned from wearing a St George's Cross bandana because council officials say it could be regarded as racist. — Matthew Carter, 35, who was born in Barbados, used the headgear to keep his dreadlocks out of the way while he was on his rounds in Burnley, Lancs.