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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Note to Elizabeth Edwards: Lay Off MoveOn — You're a smart woman. You of all people should know about the asymmetrical intimidation problem that Paul Krugman talks about — the one where the media is afraid to go after Rudy Guiliani for claiming he's a rescue worker …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Pentagon: Rudy Ad's Use Of Petraeus Image Done "Without His Consent" — Rudy's new political ad attacking Hillary Clinton features multiple pictures of General Petraeus in uniform — but now the Pentagon says that the General "has not condoned" the use of his image in Rudy's ad or any other political ads …
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The Fix, Macsmind, Corrente, Cliff Schecter, The Trail, Washington Wire and Instapundit.com
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
McCain: MoveOn "ought to be thrown out of this country." — Speaking before a group in Hudson, New Hampshire last night, McCain took criticism of MoveOn's Petraeus ad to a whole new level, saying that they should not only be ashamed, but "ought to be thrown out of this country." — Download (1478) |
Times of London:
Israelis 'blew apart Syrian nuclear cache' — Secret raid on Korean shipment — Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter in Washington and Michael Sheridan — IT was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria's formidable air defences went dead.
Wes Clark / WesPAC:
I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton — I'm proud to endorse Hillary Clinton — Today, I am proud to announce my endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton as President of the United States. — Senator Hillary Clinton has earned the support of millions of Americans in her campaign for president …
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Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Keyes looks to rescue GOP, announces run for president — Former Reagan diplomat says he's unmoved by lack of moral courage displayed by others — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - After two previous runs for U.S. president, former Reagan diplomat Alan Keyes has announced he's again seeking …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General... And conservatives should be happy. — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey is the leading candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. President Bush is expected to announce the nomination as early as Monday.
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Graham Paterson / Times of London:
Alan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil — AMERICA's elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. — In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
PROTESTS AND COUNTER-PROTESTS IN DC — Anti-war, anti-troop and anti-American protesters turned out in Washington today, led by International ANSWER, a Communist front organization. The turnout doesn't seem to have been very impressive; news accounts say there were "thousands" of protesters.
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Washington Post:
Antiwar Protest Held in Washington — Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Washington today, from near the White House to the Capitol, where they planned to stage a "die-in" to demonstrate their fervant opposition to the war in Iraq. — Protesters and counter-protesters started …
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
U.S. expands Anbar model to Iraq Shiites — KUT, Iraq - American commanders in southern Iraq say Shiite sheiks are showing interest in joining forces with the U.S. military against extremists, in much the same way that Sunni clansmen in the western part of the country have worked with American forces against al-Qaida.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
American War Culture in a nutshell — Jim Webb is a combat veteran and a war hero. His family has a long tradition of volunteering for military service, and his son, until several months ago, was deployed in Iraq. Sen. Webb wants to relieve a small portion of the shattering strain …
Faiz / thinkprogress.org:
Rumsfeld: 'I Have Not Even Attempted' To Follow What's Going On In Iraq, Too Busy 'Arranging My Papers' — In an interview with Fox News last night, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld — one of the key architects of the Iraq disaster — was asked whether he currently …
New York Times:
The Jane Fonda Effect — Nuclear Energy — In the movie "The China Syndrome," Fonda played a California TV reporter filming an upbeat series about the state's energy future. While visiting a nuclear power plant, she sees the engineers suddenly panic over what is later called a "swift containment of a potentially costly event."
Telegraph:
Angry savers force Northern Rock to be sold — Northern Rock, the crisis-hit bank under siege from thousands of its customers, was preparing itself last night for a sell-off, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. — One plan being worked on by City bankers was to divide the company's £100 …
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Tim Worstall