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New York Times:
Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town — Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. What he didn't say is that by getting out of town he is also hoping to avoid spending …
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BBC:
Top White House aide Rove resigns — Top White House aide Karl Rove, seen by many as the brains behind George W Bush's presidency, has said he will resign at the end of August. — "I just think it's time," Mr Rove said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, adding that he was quitting for the sake of his family.
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Karl Rove's Iraq war role — Karl Rove played a key role in the selling of the Iraq War, which may help explain why he's still bullish on the ultimate outcome, no matter how grim the news. — Bush and Rove announce the aide's resignation at the White House
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Rove: Departure Unrelated to Investigations — Karl Rove is under no illusion that leaving the White House will end the congressional investigations into his activities. "I'm Moby Dick," he said, "and they're after me." — In an interview after announcing his resignation today …
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The Next Hurrah
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann Says Goodbye To Turd Blossom
Keith Olbermann Says Goodbye To Turd Blossom
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The Reaction
Steve Paulson / Salon:
The religious state of Islamic science — In October, Malaysia's first astronaut will join a Russian crew and blast off into space. The news of a Muslim astronaut was cause for celebration in the Islamic world, but then certain questions started popping up.
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Shocking Article On The State Of Islamic Science At Salon — I won't turn this into another long rant where I bore you all. I'll just invite you to read it in full. The subject of the interview obviously knows what he's talking about, and his opinions are important.
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Sakher Abu El Oun / Agence France Presse:
Hamas fighters beat protesters after demo ban — GAZA CITY (AFP) - Baton-wielding Hamas fighters beat their political rivals in the Gaza Strip on Monday as they tried to prevent them from holding a protest after the Islamists banned unauthorised public gatherings.
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Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:
US Gov't broke Padilla through intense isolation, say experts — Despite warnings, officials used 43 months of severe isolation to force Jose Padilla to tell all he knew about Al Qaeda. … MIAMI - When suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was whisked from the criminal justice system …
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ACLU:
ACLU Letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Requesting A Meeting on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — Dear Mr. Attorney General: — Today, my staff was briefed by the Justice Department regarding guidelines to institute the new foreign to domestic wiretapping authority Congress granted …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
5 Reporters Ordered to Testify About Government Sources
5 Reporters Ordered to Testify About Government Sources
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
FOOLISH MYTHS ABOUT AL-QAIDA IN MESOPOTAMIA. — Over the past few months, I have been debating Roman Catholics who differ from their Eastern Orthodox brethren on the nature of the Trinity, Protestants who are willing to quarrel bitterly with one another about election and predestination …
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Random Rummy August Sighting — Starting a war must really wear a guy down. — Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was spotted today having lunch at Morton's on Connecticut Ave. What was remarkable was not what he ordered, or with whom he dined, or how quintessentially condescending he may have been to the waiter.
White House:
Roundtable Discussion with Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President — Q Some people have said — some of the political analysts have already said that this spells the end of — marks the end of President Bush's political life. What do you think? — MR. ROVE: Absolutely not.
CNN:
Clinton: Strong, yes; likeable, maybe — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrats consider New York Sen. Hillary Clinton the most electable candidate in the presidential field, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Monday afternoon. — Democratic voters polled in the new survey …
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Katrina aid goes toward luxury condos — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos near the University of Alabama's football stadium.
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Jeremy Grant / Financial Times:
Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned — The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top government inspector has warned.
Ryan Sager / New York Sun:
Skip Iowa Next Time — To revise the old Woody Allen line: Eighty percent of success is not showing up. While Mitt Romney may have nominally "won" the Iowa Straw Poll over the weekend, the real victors were the ones who stayed away from Ames: Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Fred Thompson …