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Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday. — "I don't think it. I know it," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. — "Our country for the first time in my life …
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Reuters:
Jimmy Carter calls Cheney a "disaster" — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney as a "disaster" for the country and a "militant" who has had an excessive influence in setting foreign policy. — Cheney has been on the wrong side …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Effort to Curb Illegal Workers' Hiring Blocked — A federal judge barred the Bush administration yesterday from launching a planned crackdown on U.S. companies that employ illegal immigrants, warning of its potentially "staggering" impact on law-abiding workers and companies.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration
Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Judge Bars Government From Discovering Social Security Fraud
Judge Bars Government From Discovering Social Security Fraud
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Media Matters for America:
On CNBC's The Big Idea, Coulter said that "we" Christians "just want Jews to be perfected" — During the October 8 edition of CNBC's The Big Idea, host Donny Deutsch asked right-wing pundit Ann Coulter: "If you had your way ... and your dreams, which are genuine, came true ... what would this country look like?"
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Nearly 90 House Dems Sign Letter Pledging To No Longer Fund War — I've just learned that nearly 90 members of the House of Representatives have now added their names to a letter to the President pledging not to vote for any more funding for the war and only to vote for supplementals …
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The Corner:
Frosty reception — I tremble to return to the subject of the Frost family, if only because so many e-mailers in the last 72 hours seem to confuse a debate on health care with an analysis of my sexual inadequacy and the accommodational capacity of my posterior.
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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Frost family draws ire of conservatives
Frost family draws ire of conservatives
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paul Krugman, pussycat — The Conscience of a Liberal is um...not that polemic. It's not that shrill. There is an argument, to be sure, but the book has much more economic history than I had expected, and much more political history. — I've already blogged on The Great Compression …
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Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday — New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said. — "This is the first time that …
Newsweek:
Terror watch: Gonzales lawyers up — Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap. — No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign as attorney general …
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
What Did Hillary Really Say To The Washington Post About Torture? — Hillary is taking a pounding in the blogosphere over this passage from today's Washington Post front-page interview with her, in which she appears not to take a firm stand against torture:
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Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Put Some Steak on the Plate — Last night's GOP debate featured strong, pro-growth, supply-side policies from the four major candidates — Rudy, Romney, McCain, and Thompson. As Steve Moore reports in today's Wall Street Journal political diary, Ronald Reagan was actually the big winner …
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
Canada's Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver — Mothers in British Columbia are having a baby boom, but it's the United States that has to deliver, and that has some proud Canadians blasting their highly touted government healthcare system. — "I'm a born-bred Canadian …
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Don Surber
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Guantánamo Detainees Enjoy Historic Protections, Administration Says — The Bush administration, preparing for the next Supreme Court argument on the rights of the hundreds of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, asserts in a new brief that they "enjoy more procedural protections …
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Comments from Left Field
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq — The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials. — The idea by the Marine Corps commandant …
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D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!:
Malkin vs. Malkin — My first favorite scene in this movie is the one in the beginning where Michelle pees standing up next to Jesse. But my second favorite scene is this one: — Sulkin' Malkin, August 27, 2004: … VERSUS... Stalkin' Malkin, October 9, 2007: … BONUS QUOTE, BULIMIC CRY-FOR-HELP DEPT.: