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5:25 AM ET, October 23, 2007

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Media Matters for America:
Beck: "[A] handful of people who hate America ... are losing their homes in a forest fire today"  —  On the October 22 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, host Glenn Beck stated, "I think there is a handful of people who hate America.  Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Defending Islamofascism  —  IT'S A VALID TERM.  HERE'S WHY.  —  The attempt by David Horowitz and his allies to launch "Islamofascism Awareness Week" on American campuses has been met with a variety of responses.  One of these is a challenge to the validity of the term itself.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Obama says won't pull anti-gay bigot from big campaign event  —  Funny how Obama is a big supporter of civil rights when blacks are being maligned, but not so much when gays are the victims.  Kind of puts his screw up over General Pace's homophobia in a whole new light.  I really like Obama.
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Washington Post / The Trail:
A GOP Race That Refuses to Narrow  —  Rudy Giuliani and John McCain long ago traded places in the Republican presidential campaign, but after Sunday's Florida debate, the former mayor should not make the mistake of misjudging the Arizona senator the way McCain once underestimated him.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Thompson's Daughter's Death Informs Right-to-Die Stance  —  Thompson Says End-of-Life Decisions Should Not Become 'Political Football'  —  In a moving, pointed and rare response to a question about the Terri Schiavo controversy, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee Monday afternoon described details …
Leslie Eaton / New York Times:
U.S. Prosecution of Muslim Group Ends in Mistrial  —  A federal judge declared a mistrial on Monday in what was widely seen as the government's flagship terrorism-financing case after prosecutors failed to persuade a jury to convict five leaders of a Muslim charity on any charges, or even to reach a verdict on many of the 197 counts.
Discussion: Brave New Films blog
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Leslie Eaton / New York Times:
No Convictions in Trial Against Muslim Charity
Discussion: Washington Post and News Hounds
Associated Press:
Lessing Says Sept. 11 Attacks Not So Bad  —  MADRID, Spain (AP) - Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were "not that terrible" when compared to attacks by the IRA in Britain.  —  "September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA …
Discussion: Big Lizards and Sister Toldjah
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Mostest  —  I've sort of gotten tired of explaining that, no, the Founding Fathers actually weren't all born-agains and bible thumpers.  Not hardly.  (Probably better to say that the great majority ranged from believers in an entirely impersonal God — Deists — to believing Christians …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Asks Congress For $46 Billion More In War Funding  —  President Bush challenged Congress to another clash over the direction of the Iraq war yesterday as he asked lawmakers for $46 billion more to pay for overseas military operations and insisted that they approve it by the end of the year.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Va. Senate: Davis Expected to Opt Out of Race  —  Several informed Republicans with ties to Virginia politics told The Fix earlier today that Rep. Tom Davis could announce as soon as this week that he will not run for the Senate seat being vacated by John Warner (R) in 2008.
Discussion: MyDD and Swing State Project
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Bolton lobbies on N.K. deal  —  Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton is urging GOP lawmakers to oppose the Bush administration's recent agreement with North Korea to end its nuclear programs, according to House Republican sources.  —  While Bolton's skepticism of North Korea is well-known …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Little taste of Russia: Little Green Footballs removes Ron Paul from their GOP Poll for "gaming" reasons then "games" C&L's Poll  —  You can't make this stuff up.  The righties were all in a huff over my Pete Stark post and yes-Charles Johnson, who attacked Jill Carroll after she was released …
Aseel Kami / Reuters:
Violence in Iraq drops sharply: Ministry  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent since the end of June, when U.S. forces completed their build-up of 30,000 extra troops to stabilize the war-torn country, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
The Blotter:
Worried Bin Laden Urges Iraq Insurgents to 'Unite'  —  Brian Ross and Rehab El-Buri Report:  —  Showing apparent signs of concern over events in Iraq, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged insurgents to "unite your lines into one" in an audiotape played on al Jazeera Monday.
Aminu Abubakar / Agence France Presse:
Home-made helicopters hit northern Nigeria  —  KANO (AFP) - Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts.  —  "It took me eight months …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Boing Boing
 
 
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New York Times:
Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator
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W. Gardner Selby / Postcards from the Trail:
Air America gone from Austin airwaves
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Pajamas Media:
The Heroic Nonie Darwish Faces Muslim "Mean Girl" Power at Wellesley
Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
Is the US just tired of Bush, or have conservatives had it?
Jennifer Steinhauer / The Caucus:
Candidate Wives Attend Forum
Discussion: Wonkette
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
The Santa Ana Winds
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
DEBATE VENTING....I know this is almost too obvious to bear repeating …
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Gateway Pundit:
IAW Monday Lineup: Horowitz, Spencer, Coulter, Bruce, Ahrends …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Gitmo jihadi not sure why he was released — but promises to pick …
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Craig pays lawyer with campaign funds
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Matt / Think Progress:
Conservatives Attack Gay Dumbledore; Claim Vindication For Jerry …
Associated Press:
Is a photo worth a thousand votes?
Discussion: Discourse.net
WorldNetDaily:
White House helped craft 'gay'/transsexual rights bill
Bhenderson / And Still I Persist:
Witch Creek Fire
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
The Worst 'Notable Quotables' of the Past 20 Years
Discussion: Say Anything and Atlas Shrugs