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Associated Press:
Sen. Feingold proposes censuring Bush — WASHINGTON - Liberal Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said Sunday he wants Congress to censure President Bush for his management of the Iraq war and his "assault" against the Constitution. — But Feingold's own party leader in the Senate showed little interest in the idea.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Kit Bond and the credibility of war supporters — Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri, one of George Bush's most blindly loyal Senatorial servants, wrote a letter yesterday to the New York Times which contained a startling admission tossed in as a throwaway line: … Bond told AP the same thing:
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New York Times:
Yes, We're Safer (1 Letter) — To the Editor: — Re "Same People, Same Threat" (news analysis, front page, July 18): — It is disappointing to read the twist that the Democrats and the mainstream media put on the recent National Intelligence Estimate. — Your news analysis asks, "Are we safer?"
Think Progress:
Kristol Rips YearlyKos, Run By A 'Left-Wing Blogger' Who Was 'Not Respectable 3-4 Years Ago' — Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol attacked the Democratic presidential candidates for their decision to attend the YearlyKos blogger convention.
Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
FRANK RICH: I Did Have Sexual Relations With That Woman — It's not just the resurgence of Al Qaeda that is taking us back full circle to the fateful first summer of the Bush presidency. It's the hot sweat emanating from Washington. Once again the capital is titillated by a scandal featuring …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
McCain loses key South Carolina supporter — CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) — After a two week political free-fall, Sen. John McCain received welcome news late this week when a new CNN poll showed he still maintained strong Republican support in South Carolina, a crucial Southern state with an early primary.
Gateway Pundit:
Goodness... What's Happened to France? — ** Pajamas Media has the official response from the US Embassy on this unbelievable development in France. — Here's a closer look: — Volunteers form a human chain to honor fallen U.S. troops in World War Two and form the words …
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Associated Press:
Turkey's Ruling Party Leading Elections — ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party led parliamentary elections Sunday with 39.2 percent of the votes counted, CNN-Turk television reported. channel. The election is viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Giuliani and Race." — The NYT provides access to its archive of articles on Giuliani and race, beginning with Todd S. Purdum's "Giuliani Has Taunt for Dinkins: He's a 'Jesse Jackson Democrat'" (from September 26, 1989, when Giuliani first ran for mayor of NYC).
Investor's Business Daily:
Keeping The Flying Imams Airborne — Homeland Security: Despite overwhelming support in and out of Congress, legal protection for airline passengers who report suspicious behavior is being blocked by Democratic leaders. Wasn't one 9/11 enough for them? — Religion
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Jimmy Breslin / Newsday:
Impeach George Bush to stop war lies, deaths — I am walking in Rosedale on this day early in the week while I wait for the funeral of Army soldier Le Ron Wilson, who died at age 18 in Iraq. He was 17 1/2 when he had his mother sign his enlistment papers at the Jamaica recruiting office.
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Anita Gates / New York Times:
Tammy Faye Bakker, 65, Emotive Evangelist, Dies — Tammy Faye Bakker, the diminutive and elaborately coiffed gospel singer who, with her first husband, Jim Bakker, built a commercial empire around television evangelism only to see it collapse in sex and money scandals, died Friday at her home near Kansas City, Mo. She was 65.
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Pupster / Innocent Bystanders:
John Edwards, Esq. — A few months ago, Mrs. Pupster told me she had collected enough Coke rewards points for another magazine subscription, and since none of the choices appealed to her, she picked one for me. "Maxim?" I asked hopefully, "Guns and Ammo? Field and Stream? ESPN?" Uhm...no.
New York Times:
Power Without Limits — The Bush administration, which has been pushing presidential power to new extremes, is reportedly developing an even more dangerous new theory of executive privilege. It says that if Congress holds White House officials in contempt for withholding important evidence …
Associated Press:
200 trapped in Gateway Arch for 2 hours — ST. LOUIS - About 200 people were trapped inside the 630-foot Gateway Arch for about two hours after an apparent power outage, authorities said. — The power went out around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, stalling two trams filled with about 40 people each …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Glenn Reynolds and Ana Marie Cox on the CNN YouTube debate — They can go two ways with it — dry, serious queries on niche topics or self-consciously offbeat crap that showcases the "spirit of the Web." Count on some of both. A teaser: … It'll be mighty interesting to see what sorts …
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Michael Gerson Doesn't Get It — Michael Gerson thinks a bit about Syria's and Iran's actions in Iraq, which he summarizes thus: "In a kind of malicious chemistry experiment, hostile powers are adding accelerants to Iraq's frothing chaos. Iran smuggles the advanced explosive devices that kill and maim American soldiers.
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Look who's holding hostages again — How do you feel about the American hostages in Iran? — No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right now. — What? You haven't heard about them? — Odd that, isn't it? But they're there.
Sophie Walker / NEWS.com.au:
British map in Iran crisis 'inaccurate' — A BRITISH map of the northern Gulf where Iran seized 15 naval personnel in March was not as accurate as it should have been and Britain was fortunate Iran did not contest it, a review into the crisis said. — The parliamentary report …
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