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Amanda / Think Progress:
Malkin quits The O'Reilly Factor. — Inside Cable News has obtained an e-mail written by Michelle Malkin stating that she has decided to quit appearing on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor: … Some highlights of her time on the show HERE, HERE, and HERE.
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Spud / Inside Cable News:
Malkin quits The Factor... ICN has obtained an email written by Michelle Malkin that states she has quit doing The O'Reilly Factor...
New York Magazine:
Michelle Malkin Quits O'Reilly After Nasty Three-Way — People who hate everyone also hate each other. Photo: Patrick McMullan — We guess Michelle Malkin won't be coming to town to guest-host for Bill O'Reilly anymore. She just quit forever, after a three-way conservative-pundit street fight …
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Inshallashshaheed Outted: North Carolina Jihadi in the News (UPDATED) — Michael Moss of the New York Times has outted Inshallashaheed, the al Qaeda supporting blogger who we've been investigating for over a year. I've been sitting on his true identity for months, but in one fell swoop Samir ibn Zafar Khan …
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Mike Kelly / NorthJersey.com:
Al-Qaida associates in N.J. — Osama bin Laden may be hiding in the impenetrable mountains near the Afghanistan border, but FBI counterterror officials say they have identified several of his associates in a far more accessible spot — northern New Jersey. — The FBI's elite Joint Terrorism …
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New York Times:
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers
An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Romney gets joint drubbing — Sensing weakness, Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have formed an unspoken alliance to try to torpedo Mitt Romney just as many voters are tuning in to the Republican presidential race. — "I'm not going to con you," McCain said Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America" when asked about Romney.
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Lee Bandy / The Politico:
McCain is bouncing back — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is back, two months after he was given up for dead. — For most of 2007, McCain was the prohibitive favorite among GOP voters. No one else came close. — Then, suddenly, his campaign — swollen with overhead and consultants …
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
'WIRE' LAW FAILED LOST GI — 10-HOUR DELAY AS FEDS SOUGHT TAP — U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.
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Kagro X / Daily Kos:
Cowboys need lawyers, too.
Cowboys need lawyers, too.
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New York Times:
Top Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide — The second-highest ranking member of the Air Force's procurement office was found dead of an apparent suicide at his Virginia home Sunday, Air Force and police officials said today. — The official, Charles D. Riechers, 47 …
New York Post:
COURT SUPREMELY OBJECTS TO MEMOIR — SUPREME Court Justice Clarence Thomas' memoir "My Grandfather's Son" is doing well everyplace but in the Supreme Court. With the utmost respect, the Supremes are supreme. Yes, the president of the United States of America is commander in chief of the Army …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Universal healthcare: it's not just for Dems anymore — With the party taking a bit of a beating over its resistance to expanding access to healthcare for low-income children, Republicans on Capitol Hill apparently have a new idea: they'll introduce a universal healthcare plan of their own.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Group Plans to Provide Investigative Journalism — As struggling newspapers across the country cut back on investigative reporting, a new kind of journalism venture is hoping to fill the gap. — Paul E. Steiger, who was the top editor of The Wall Street Journal for 16 years …
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Democrats profile another SCHIP family — Michelle Malkin, meet Bethany Wilkerson. — Bethany is the latest child being profiled by Democrats arguing for an override of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill. — Malkin, the conservative blogger …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Rudy and the Radios — Brave New Films has a heartbreaking new video up detailing the malfunctioning radios that undoubtedly led to the deaths of untold numbers of firefighters on 9/11. Police in the helicopters saw the towers leaning ten to fifteen minutes before they came down and sounded …
Jed Babbin / Human Events:
Pelosi's Most Dangerous Ploy — Congressional Democrats anxious to force a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq are frustrated by their inability to muster a veto-proof majority for legislation that would establish a firm date for retreat. But what they cannot do directly they are now working hard to do indirectly.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / Foreign Affairs:
Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-first Century — Summary: The next U.S. president will have a moment of opportunity to reintroduce America to the world and restore our leadership. To build a world that is safe, prosperous, and just, we must get out of Iraq, rediscover the value of statesmanship …
Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Orrin James Noon, Jr., 1943-2007 — After surviving nearly eight months with pancreatic cancer — the same disease that killed his own father four years ago — my dad passed away quietly at home this morning. My three siblings and I were able to spend the last few days with him …
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Drudge Report:
THE RESURRECTION OF IMUS: RETURNS ON NATION'S TOP TALK STATION — In a dramatic and dazzling career rebound, controversial radio host Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on December 3 — this time on the nation's most listened to talk station, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!
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