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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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Washington Post:
Subpoena Standoff — AND SO THE jousting continues. For months the White House has resisted Congress's attempts to compel administration officials to testify about the controversial U.S. attorney firings in 2006. Congress's propensity to let subpoenas fly has been matched …
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Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes on the declassified National Intelligence Estimate: … I have no idea what Hayes is talking about. Or, more precisely, Hayes has no idea what he's talking about. — Where are these mysterious White House "critics" who've been arguing that the al Qaeda threat is "overblown"?
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Debates to Connect Candidates and Voters Online — The first of a new kind of presidential debate is scheduled for Monday night, one in which members of the general public pose questions to the candidates via homemade video. The debate is the latest front in the candidates' running battle …
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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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The Newshoggers
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Elizabeth Edwards in campaign limelight — The John Edwards campaign got a lot of media attention last week, but only about half of it actually went to the candidate. — As the former North Carolina senator took a "poverty tour" through the South and Midwest, his wife, Elizabeth, got equal billing in the headlines.
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
The Nights and Days Of Elizabeth Edwards
The Nights and Days Of Elizabeth Edwards
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The Influence Peddler
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Crooks & Liars Welcomes Michael Moore with Exclusive Video! — (guest blogged by Howie Klein) With an C&L exclusive video clip: Canadian Waiting Room — At a time when the job approval rating for Bush is closer to a quarter than to a third, progressive-minded Americans are reaching out for some common sense leadership.
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DownWithTyranny!
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Breaking: Michael Moore will Live Chat on C&L Sunday 4-5PM ET
Breaking: Michael Moore will Live Chat on C&L Sunday 4-5PM ET
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Think Progress
Associated Press:
U.S.: Smugglers nabbed in Iraq may have links to Iran — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. troops on Sunday detained two suspected weapons smugglers who may be linked to Iran's elite Quds force, the military said, as Washington presses allegations that Tehran is supporting violence in Iraq despite plans for new bilateral talks on the issue.
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Power Line
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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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Chris Giles / Financial Times:
Backlash in rich nations against globalisation — A popular backlash against globalisation and the leaders of the world's largest companies is sweeping all rich countries, an FT/Harris poll shows. — Large majorities of people in the US and in Europe want higher taxation for the rich …
Ariel Leve / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda faces rebellion from the ranks — Sickened by the group's barbarity, Iraqi insurgents are giving information to coalition forces — Fed up with being part of a group that cuts off a person's face with piano wire to teach others a lesson, dozens of low-level members of al-Qaeda …
Dan Gerstein / The Politico:
Impeachment question divides Democrats — While most Democratic activist eyes will be on the first ever YouTube debate in South Carolina on Monday, an equally novel and potentially more consequential clash will be taking place that day in Washington, when peace queen Cindy Sheehan comes …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
Which way, Turkey? Update: 17 hurt in election violence Update: Secular opposition losing — Update: 1:19pm Eastern. Election results coming in... Turkey is holding parliamentary elections today. The importance of the vote there can't be emphasized enough.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Envoy Urges Visas For Iraqis Aiding U.S. — The American ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan C. Crocker, has asked the Bush administration to take the unusual step of granting immigrant visas to all Iraqis employed by the U.S. government in Iraq because of growing concern that they will quit and flee …
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Just What the Founders Feared: An Imperial President Goes to War — The nation is heading toward a constitutional showdown over the Iraq war. Congress is moving closer to passing a bill to limit or end the war, but President Bush insists Congress doesn't have the power to do it.
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