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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Dems push new tax to fund war — Three senior House Democrats are proposing a new tax to pay for the Iraq war, as well as vowing to oppose any funding bill for Iraq that does not include a policy for ending the conflict. — House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Increase Domestic Spending; Propose Tax Increases for 'the War' — A little while ago I wrote about the plans of Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel to raise taxes by as much as $1 trillion over the next decade. Today several Democratic leaders in the House have debuted …
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Seize on Limbaugh to Distract from their Iraq Surrender — The Senate yesterday passed the annual defense authorization bill with little fanfare. Although it was intended to be the vehicle for any Iraq restrictions Democrats could come up with, it passed by an eye-popping 92-3.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Anti-war veterans target Limbaugh — An anti-war group consisting of veterans from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is launching an ad Tuesday that attacks popular conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. — The group, VoteVets.org, is spending $60,000 on the ad, which will air on Fox News and CNN.
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Anita Hill / New York Times:
The Smear This Time — ON Oct. 11, 1991, I testified about my experience as an employee of Clarence Thomas's at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. — I stand by my testimony. — Justice Thomas has every right to present himself as he wishes in his new memoir, "My Grandfather's Son."
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CNN:
Blackwater contractor wrote government report on incident — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The State Department's initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy security detail …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote — Deficit Hawks Defect — As Social Issues Prevail; — 'The Party Left Me' — \*country-region\*country-regionWASHING TON\*\* — The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title.
Horses Mouth:
A lot of people are talking about the big speech Barack Obama gave today calling for multilateral nuclear disarmament. But I wanted to focus in on what I think is a significant aspect of the speech that has little to do with the actual policy questions addressed here.
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Newsflash: Press Biased — Today, on the front page of The Washington Post, we see the third in a three-part series on roadside bombs in Iraq. The stories in this series have been centered on the top half of the page and highlighted in red (a device I don't recall seeing before).
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Rick Atkinson / Washington Post:
'You can't armor your way out of this problem'
'You can't armor your way out of this problem'
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Obey: No Iraq supplemental until course change — President Bush will not get an Iraq war supplemental spending bill until he changes course on the war, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said Tuesday. The powerful lawmaker also voiced his support for a "war tax."
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Approps Chair Obey Says He'll Block Funding For War Without Withdrawal Date — This is kind of big: Dem Rep. David Obey, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, just said at a presser that he'll use his power as committee chair to block future war funding measures …
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Marco Martinez / Townhall.com:
Marine Hero: The 5 Things I Saw that Make Me Support the War — Liberals often like to say that "violence is senseless." — That's wrong. — Violence isn't senseless. Senseless violence is senseless. And I should know. Before being awarded the Navy Cross and having the privilege of becoming a Marine, I was a gang member.
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Raises $27M in 3rd Quarter — Surpassing her rivals by a margin that few Democrats predicted, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign announced this morning that it had raised $22 million since July to compete in the 2008 primaries, and another $5 million …
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Suzanne Le Mignot / WBBM-TV:
Oak Lawn Schools Cancel Holiday Traditions — School District To Discuss Cancellation Or Renaming Of Holiday Celebrations At Emergency Meeting — (CBS) OAK LAWN, Ill. A southwest suburban school district has taken action, responding to the concerns of a Muslim parent.
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
CBSNews.com Chief to Lead a News and Blogs Site — The Huffington Post, a news Web site, plans to announce today the appointment of a new chief executive, Betsy Morgan, who will leave her job as the general manager of CBSNews.com. — Ms. Morgan will switch from running the Web site …
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Thompson the Revolutionary — Stephen F. Hayes recently previewed Fred Thompson's forthcoming attack on his principal rivals for the GOP nomination: — Just how closely will Thompson associate himself with the Republican Revolution? In this post Perry Bacon Jr. reports that the former senator will not …
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Jerusalem Post:
Censorship lifted on September 6 IAF strike inside Syria — Israel on Tuesday began to lift its strict veil of secrecy on an air strike in Syria last month, allowing the media to report on the raid without attributing such reports to foreign sources. — The censor did not release any other details for publication.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Angry, hateful liberal bloggers — On Protein Wisdom — the right-wing blog of Pajamas Media's Jeff Goldstein — there is a "response" to a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago concerning the exaggerations of the Muslim threat from Marty Peretz's assistant, Jamie Kirchick of The New Republic and Commentary.