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Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill — Some Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity — Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
AT&T, other telecoms, buy victory in lawsuits — The fact that this was completely predictable does not make it any less reprehensible: … Let's just describe very factually and dispassionately what has happened here. Congress — led by Senators, such as Jay Rockefeller …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Come On, Dodd Mania
Come On, Dodd Mania
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Leadership — One frustrating thing about the current crops …
Leadership — One frustrating thing about the current crops …
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Brownback to Withdraw From GOP Race — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday. — Trouble raising money was a main reason for his decision, said one person close to Brownback …
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Michelle Malkin:
House showdown: The S-CHIP veto override vote; Update: Crazy Pete Stark accuses President Bush of blowing Iraqis and American troops up "for his amusement" — Update 12:11pm Eastern. Oh, my Lord. Pete Stark is back on the floor ranting about us using billions of dollars to "kill innocent Iraqis …
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Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Rangel launches tax war — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel had one message for the tax world: Rest up now, because next week a two-front war will begin. — Rangel said on Wednesday that he'll introduce not just one, but two, major tax proposals.
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Former Speaker Hastert to resign — The Roll Call newspaper in Washington reported on its website this evening that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois intends to resign his House seat later this year. — The subscription-only site said Hastert …
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Michael Scherer / Salon:
Giuliani's Christian-right foes to meet again — At a second meeting this weekend, leaders will mull mass defection from the GOP if the pro-choice New Yorker is the party nominee. — Rudy Giuliani in Washington on Oct. 13. — Washington — Key conservative and religious leaders …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: Pelosi working on Bush Impeachment? (UPDATED) — Via Richard M, who attended a meeting of anti-war activists in Los Angeles on Sunday: … Sadly, each of these explanations seems equally plausible. Which — equally sadly — speaks volumes about today's Congressional Democrats.
Associated Press:
Maine middle school to offer birth control — PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow a school health center to make birth control pills available to girls as young as 11.
Robert Wilonsky / Unfair Park:
KDFW Suspends Rebecca Aguilar After Controversial "Ambush" — Monday night, KDFW-Channel 4 ran a piece about 70-year-old James Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in West Dallas, who, early Sunday morning, shot and killed and man trying to break into his business.
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Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Code Pink, military supporters clash in Berkeley — (10-17) 14:38 PDT Berkeley — Dozens of flag-waving military supporters squared off boisterously with peace activists today in the first major showdown over of a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting station that until recently had been operating below the radar in downtown Berkeley.
Washington Post:
Tough Punishment Expected for Warhead Errors — Officers May Lose Commands After Nuclear Missiles Were Flown on Bomber — The Air Force has decided to relieve at least five of its officers of command and is considering filing criminal charges in connection with the Aug. 29 "Bent Spear" …
Multi-National Force:
72-year-old concerned citizen takes down suicide bomber — Multi-National Corps - Iraq — Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory — APO AE 09342 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — RELEASE No. 20071018-04 — 72-year-old concerned citizen takes down suicide bomber — 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div.
USA Today:
Military inadvertently recruits gays — The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation. — When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com …
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