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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Democrats pass contempt citations — WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President Bush's former legal counselor, Harriet Miers. — The 22-17 vote — which would sanction for pair …
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings — House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials …
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Firedoglake, Time, Think Progress, TPMmuckraker, Macsmind, Associated Press, The Carpetbagger Report, The Raw Story, Balkinization, Big Brass Blog and Reuters
Elana Schor / The Hill:
Sens. say Gonzales lied — The Senate veered closer to a contempt finding against the White House on Tuesday after an acrimonious appearance by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with the Judiciary Committee's senior Republican offering options for taking the Bush administration to court.
Washington Post:
House Panel Votes for Contempt Charges in Firings Case — The House Judiciary Committee voted today to issue contempt citations for two of President Bush's most trusted aides, taking its most dramatic step yet towards a constitutional showdown with the White House over the Justice Department's dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Judiciary Committee approves contempt resolution against Bolten and Miers — The House Judiciary Committee, in a straight party-line vote, approved a contempt resolution against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, setting …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Bill O'Reilly's Web site threatens Hillary's life — FOX News' Bill O'Reilly has been attacking the liberal blog Daily Kos, and liberal blogs in general, over some extreme comments left by some of our visitors. It's interesting therefore that O'Reilly's own Web site contains some of the most hideous hate you've ever seen.
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Think Progress, Daily Kos, Comments From Left Field, Outside The Beltway, Wake up America and Seeing the Forest
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News For The Left:
Bill O'Reily.com being investigated by Secret Service — After seeing this post by John Aravosis on AmericaBlog, I was incensed and concerned at the same time. Here is the comment on O'Reilly's blog that crossed the line: … So, I did what a responsible person should do when they see something like this on a blog.
Fox News:
Sept. 11 Security Bill to Include Protections for Citizens Who Report Suspicious Activity — WASHINGTON — After nearly a week of intense, behind-the-scenes wrangling, congressional negotiators late Tuesday agreed to include in the pending Sept. 11 security bill sweeping liability protections …
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michellemalkin.com, Associated Press, Wake up America, Hot Air and The Influence Peddler
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Matt / Think Progress:
Rep. Harman: White House Never Sought Approval For 'Other Intelligence Activities' — In his testimony yesterday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed that when James Comey raised objections to the administration's spying program, he was referring to "other intelligence activities," …
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TPMmuckraker, The Anonymous Liberal, The Next Hurrah, New York Times, All Spin Zone and Brian Beutler
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:What were the pre-2005 "other intelligence activities"?
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Disfavor for Bush Hits Rare Heights — In Modern Era, Only Nixon Scored Worse, And Only Truman Was Down for So Long — President Bush is a competitive guy. But this is one contest he would rather lose. With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Specter to probe Supreme Court decisions — Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel J. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
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TalkLeft, Outside The Beltway, ACSBlog, SCOTUSblog, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Concurring Opinions, Macsmind and rubber hose
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Fresh Is Your Cable News? Check the Label — This just in! There's no more news on TV, at least not on the cable news networks. Plain old news apparently just isn't good enough anymore, so TV news stories have been getting new and improved names. — President Bush's latest news conference?
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Conservatives call for Bush to emphasize 'leaving Iraq' — Some conservative activist leaders, fearing voter anger with the Iraq war, want President Bush and GOP leaders to begin emphasizing that U.S. troops will be "leaving Iraq" to give Republicans cover as they head into a tough political landscape in 2008.
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Giuliani, the federalist candidate — He proposes letting the states decide on social issues such as abortion and gay rights. — Social issues such as gay rights and gun control divide America so sharply largely because no one has found a single solution for them equally acceptable …
Jim Nichols / Cleveland Metro News:
Michigan Young Republican pleads guilty in sex case — The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer. — Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich. …
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DownWithTyranny!, Buckeye State Blog, All Spin Zone, Roger Ailes, Wonkette, Shakespeare's Sister and Don Surber
New York Times:
Bush and Iraqi: Frequent Talks, Limited Results — Once every two weeks, sometimes more often, President Bush gathers with the vice president and the national security adviser in the newly refurbished White House Situation Room and peers, electronically, into the eyes of the man to whom …
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