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Fox censors Sally Field's anti-war speech at Emmy's. — At tonight's Emmy Awards show, the audience cheered Sally Field's acceptance speech, which the recognized mothers of U.S. troops. "Surely this [award] belongs to all the mothers of the world," she stated. "May they be seen, may their work be valued and raised.
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Tomoneil / Los Angeles Times:
Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil — Wow! They censored Sally Field! — "If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any god -" Emmy winner Sally Field said before the Emmycast cut off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage so viewers would be distracted.
The Corner:
Meeting Mukasey — I wasn't going to post anything else on Mukasey, but come on guys and gals, there are gapping holes in what we know about him, and his supporters aren't helping matters. Ed Whelen, a good friend who I admire deeply, tells us not to worry about Schumer and Aron's support for him.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Schumer Eats His Words, Up-Chucks — Chuck Schumer has begun his rapid retreat from his statements of support for Michael Mukasey. The New York Sun reports that Schumer, who had openly championed Mukasey as a "consensus candidate" to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton unveils health care plan — DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a call for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into a political battle she memorably waged and lost as first lady more than a decade ago.
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Telegraph:
Prepare for war with Iran, says French minister — By Alex Spillius in Washington and Tim Butcher in Jerusalem — The world should "prepare for war" with Iran, the French foreign minister has said, significantly escalating tensions over the country's nuclear programme.
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Garrett Therolf / Los Angeles Times:
Chemerinsky to return as UC Irvine law dean — UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake and Erwin Chemerinsky have reached an agreement that will return the liberal legal scholar to the dean's post at the university's law school, sources told The Times this morning.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Getting At 'The Truth' — We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an important development from the media world. — Ron Brownstein has been a fixture at the Los Angeles Times for nearly two decades, an influential political reporter and talking head who delves into policy as well as campaign strategy.
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National / Homeland Security National Terror Alert:
School Terror Threat - "Jihad Boom" Postcards With Threatening Cartoon Sent To Nine Schools … Investigators released the postcards with the threatening drawings on them Monday in hopes of generating leads in the case. Officials said that the postcards are made up of various and traditional themes …
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security — Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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WJLA-TV:
WJLA Poll: Mark Warner Wins Big in VA Senate Race — A poll commissioned by WJLA-TV found former Virginia Governor Mark Warner would easily defeat any likely Republican opponent if the election to replace retiring Senator John Warner (R-VA) were held now. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
'Help Wanted' Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security — A week ago today, Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end. — But 10 days ago …
Jules Crittenden:
Little Tet — Al-Qaeda announces its Ramadan offensive. No indication as yet al-Qaeda is capable of a Tet, but an indication they may be trying. AP: … Meanwhile, … Good luck with that. … AP's own reporting would suggest it is inspiring Shiites to jump on the bandwagon.
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Bob Gates or Bob McNamara? Gen. Petraeus or Gen. Westmoreland? — In his book about the failures of the Vietnam War, Dereliction of Duty, H.R. McMaster writes of how the delusion and hubris of President Lyndon Johnson, combined with the failures in judgment
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The Corner:
So long, white boy — So reads the headline on this article from Salon, which argues that the Democrats should end-and in fact already are ending-any efforts to court the white male vote. Well, Salon's headline certainly gets the message across, doesn't it?
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
On Wikipedia, Debating 2008 Hopefuls' Every Facet — On Sen. John McCain's Wikipedia entry, the argument has been over whether he is a conservative, moderate or liberal Republican. A heated exchange on former senator John Edwards's page has centered on deleting any reference to his $400 haircuts.
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Giuliani Stung by Progressive Movement Accountability — This is just a devastating ad against Giuliani. — That he quit the Iraq Study Group to earn $1.9 million in speeches while running on a platform of 'national security' shows that he's a greedy immoral egomaniac who thinks …