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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FOOT TAPPING AND BATHROOM CRUISING....Yesterday one of my readers emailed to say he was annoyed by all the ignorant blog commentary emanating from straight young whippersnappers on the subject of Larry Craig's restroom shenanigans in Minnesota: … Today, non-whippersnapper blogger …
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David Ehrenstein / Los Angeles Times:
Our (not so) private Idahos — Sen. Larry Craig's arrest shows …
Our (not so) private Idahos — Sen. Larry Craig's arrest shows …
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Washington Post:
Report Finds Little Progress On Iraq Goals — Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The document questions whether some aspects of a more positive assessment …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
White House Is Gaining Confidence It Can Win Fight in Congress Over Iraq Policy
White House Is Gaining Confidence It Can Win Fight in Congress Over Iraq Policy
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Nerve Gas Scare at U.N. Headquarters — Brian Ross Reports: — United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous nerve gas, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at a U.N. building in New York this morning, federal authorities tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
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Nerve gas found at United Nations building — Six to eight vials discovered — ABCNews has learned that United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous nerve gas, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at a U.N. building in New York Thursday morning.
New York Times:
Clinton Donor Under a Cloud in Fraud Case — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said yesterday that it would give to charity $23,000 it had received from a prominent Democratic donor, and review thousands of dollars more that he had raised, after learning that the authorities in California …
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Michael Asher / DailyTech:
Survey: Less Than Half of all Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory — Comprehensive survey of published climate research reveals changing viewpoints — In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change.
The Atlantic Online:
The Ignatius Cycle — David Ignatius says that in retrospect we should have done more to cheat on Iyad Allawi's behalf in the January 2005 elections. Atrios seems to think he can debunk this talking point by simply noting that, in fact, the US intervened massively on his behalf …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Bush's Lost Iraqi Election
Bush's Lost Iraqi Election
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Tony Batt / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Porter ties U.S. withdrawal from Iraq to $9 gasoline — Lawmaker reports on his trip to country — WASHINGTON — Gasoline prices could rise to about $9 per gallon if the United States withdraws troops from Iraq prematurely, Rep. Jon Porter said he was told on a trip to Iraq that ended this week.
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New York Times:
Locked, Loaded and Looney — As the Army's suicide rate hits record levels in the Iraq war, there's small wonder practically everyone in Congress wants to deal with the parallel emerging crisis of depressed veterans tempted to take their own lives. Everyone, that is, except Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Warner to reveal plans tomorrow — Sen. John Warner will announce tomorrow at the University of Virginia whether or not he intends to seek a sixth term, according to two top Virginia sources. Warner is planning a 2 p.m. news conference on the grounds of the Charlottesville, Va., school, where he took his law degree over 50 years ago.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Terrorism Policies Split Democrats — Anger Mounts Within Party Over Inaction on Bush Tactics — A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party …
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Tova Andrea Wang / Washington Post:
A Rigged Report on U.S. Voting? — After the 2000 Florida election debacle, Congress established a body called the Election Assistance Commission to improve voting and democracy in this country. Two years ago, the commission approached me about doing a project that would take a preliminary look …
Beth Reinhard / MiamiHerald.com:
GOP no-shows prompt cancellation of debate — Univisión's Republican presidential debate has been called off after only one contender agreed to participate. The debate for Democrats is still on for Sept. 9. — AIM reprint — breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
Time:
Edwards On Track in Iowa — John Edwards is betting that a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses will catapult him into national contention, and so far his strategy in the state is on track. A new TIME poll of likely Iowa caucus goers, taken a week after Edwards' seven-day …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Thompson announcement date likely today — Fred Thompson's campaign-in-waiting will hold a 4 p.m. conference call today with supporters to brief them on plans for the former Tennessee senator's presidential announcement next week, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico.com.
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, SHOUT "P.O.W.!": — The more John McCain's fortunes sag, the more he falls back on his (unimpeachably heroic and amazing) biography as a Vietnam fighter pilot and P.O.W. This has always been the best thing McCain has going for him. But when I wrote a McCain story recently …