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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
New Congress at war over everything — In a closed-door meeting before the last vote on the children's health care bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appealed for the support of about 30 wavering Republican lawmakers. What he got instead was a tongue-lashing, participants said.
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Michelle Malkin:
Another showdown in Congress; latest Field Poll results show Dems turning on Pelosi — The Republicans held the line and staved off one attempt at the Dems' massive entitlement expansion the S-CHIP program. They'll have to join the White House to kill it again soon.
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Fineman: What Obama must do in the debate — WASHINGTON - As Sen. Barack Obama prepared for Tuesday night's crucial NBC debate in Philadelphia, his high command back in Chicago was watching a lot of old Clinton videotape — not of Hillary Clinton, but of Bill, and not of Bill as president …
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John R. Wilke / Wall Street Journal:
How Lawmaker Rebuilt Hometown on Earmarks — Johnstown Gets Billions — With Power Broker's Aid; — FBI Questions a Contract — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — If John Murtha were a businessman, he'd be the biggest employer in this town. — The powerful U.S. congressman has used his clout …
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: ABC News Obtains Text of Blackwater Immunity Deal — State Department Grants Immunity to Guards Investigated for Shooting Iraqi Civilians — Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, Sept. 18, 2007. ABC News has learned details …
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Terry Frieden / CNN:
Officials deny Blackwater immunity deal
Officials deny Blackwater immunity deal
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Telegraph:
The most influential US conservatives: 61-80 — As the US prepares for what is arguably the most open presidential election since 1928, the last time there was no incumbent president or vice-president on the ballot, the Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondents compile a list of the 100 …
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Keith Ervin / Seattle Times:
Three plead guilty in fake voter scheme — Three of seven defendants in the biggest voter-registration fraud scheme in Washington history have pleaded guilty and one has been sentenced, prosecutors said Monday. — The defendants were all temporary employees of ACORN …
main.uab.edu:
"Ron Paul Spammers" Targeted by UAB Spam Team — Contact: Deborah Lucas or Virginia Smith UAB Media Relations, 205-934-8946 — UAB Spam Team Spots First Presidential Campaign Spam — Anti-spam researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) noted a disturbing …
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Mike Nizza / The Lede:
All Scores Settled in 'Don't Tase Me, Bro' Affair — (Photo: Charles Roop/Independent Florida Alligator, via Associated Press) — The Andrew Meyer seen in YouTube clips does not apologize. He rants at Senator John Kerry, struggles with police officers trying to escort him out of the room …
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Ezra Klein:
Against Giuliani — "Hillary and Obama are kind of debating whether to invite [Osama bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] to the inauguration or the inaugural ball," says Rudy Giuliani. Andrew's right. This guy is out of his goddamn mind. — You know, a few years ago …
Patricia Leigh Brown / New York Times:
Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé — This Halloween, the Glindas, gladiators and harem boys of the Castro — along with untold numbers who plan to dress up as Senator Larry E. Craig, this year's camp celebrity — will be celebrating behind closed doors.
clinton.senate.gov:
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Her Opposition to the Nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States — We need an Attorney General who has the strength to challenge this Administration when it is wrong, who is committed to reestablishing …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Col. Boylan's denial — (updated below) — As indicated last night, Editor & Publisher has published a lengthy article on the Col. Boylan email matter, which includes a discussion of an unsolicited, critical email sent to them from Col. Boylan as well. That, as I documented last night …
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse — AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country …
DownWithTyranny!:
CLEAR CHANNEL, REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA NETWORK, OUT TO KILL SPRINGSTEEN'S MAGIC? — If you look for Springsteen in Google News, you get one rave review of his live sold out tour after another. Last Thursday and Friday he wowed 'em at the Oakland Coliseum. Last night he was in L.A.
Webutante / Pajamas Media:
ARI FLEISCHER: A NEW BREED OF JEWISH LEADER — Jane Whitson - AKA Nashville-based blogger Webutante - barely knew Jewish Republicans existed until last week, when she met former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, whom she now views as "a modern day Moses leading his people out of slavery, into freedom.