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2:35 PM ET, November 6, 2007

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Charles Schumer / New York Times:
A Vote for Justice  —  I AM voting today to support Michael B. Mukasey for attorney general for one critical reason: the Department of Justice — once the crown jewel among our government institutions — is a shambles and is in desperate need of a strong leader, committed to depoliticizing the agency's operations.
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CNN:
Poll: Waterboarding is torture  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans consider waterboarding a form of torture, but some of those say it's OK for the U.S. government to use the technique, according to a poll released Tuesday.  —  Asked whether they think waterboarding is a form of torture …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Democrats Hand Their Victory To Bush
Discussion: The Newshoggers
USA Today:
Senate panel advances Mukasey
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
The Corner:
The Paul-Bearers Carry On [David Freddoso]  —  Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) ended Guy Fawkes Day having done something no Republican has ever done before.  He raised almost $4 million over the Internet without spending so much as a thin dime (beyond transaction fees, of course).
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Ron Paul Raises More Than $4 Million in One Day
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Ron Paul's Triumph
Discussion: David Frum
The Atlantic Online:
The Ron Paul Phenomenon
Eye / eyeon08.com:
What is the Paul bomb?  —  The Ron Paul money bomb is amazing.
Discussion: The Politico and Donklephant
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
WHY ACTORS AND MODELS LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH HUGO CHÁVEZ.  —  Ninety years ago this week, a Bolshevik mob stormed the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, arrested the provisional government, and installed a "dictatorship of the proletariat" in its place.  Though the Russian revolution …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats  —  All of the leading Democratic contenders for the presidency are committed to a set of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that would change the way Americans light their homes, fuel their automobiles and do their jobs, costing billions of dollars …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll finds Americans split on taking military action in Iran
Discussion: Think Progress
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Terrorists are 'running out of people to kill,' says Obey  —  If violence is decreasing in Iraq, it may be because insurgents "are running out of people to kill," House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said Monday.  —  "There are fewer targets of opportunity," Obey said in a speech to the National Press Club.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:   David Obey's Petulance
CNN:
Immigration chief sorry over party costume  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security will investigate a Halloween costume party hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up …
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Even Fred Thompson doubts he'll be president  —  Even Fred Thompson doesn't think he will become president.  Chatting off-air to a television reporter, a stunningly candid off-the-cuff quip from the Hollywood actor cemented the impression that his heart is not in the 2008 race.
Rebecca Traister / Salon:
Stop lying to yourself.  You love Dennis Kucinich  —  Dear Democrats:  —  It has recently come to my attention that you (and by "you" I also mean "I") are in the grip of mass self-delusion.  It's long entrenched, and reinforced every night as many of you swig your beers or glasses of wine …
Ellen Miller / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words  —  One of Sunlight's resident creative geniuses (yes, there are many of them) have taken all the Defense Appropriations Earmarks and made them available for viewing within Google Earth.  (You can only view this using Google Earth which you can download from this page.)
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Cable Channel Nods to Ratings and Leans Left  —  Riding a ratings wave from "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," a program that takes strong issue with the Bush administration, MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar mind.
Abdul Waheed Wafa / New York Times:
26 Reported Dead and Scores Injured in Afghan Attack  —  A suicide attacker threw himself at a delegation of lawmakers visiting a town in northern Afghanistan, killing as many as 26 people, including a leading opposition figure, and wounding scores more, many of them school children forming a welcome parade …
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Tahir Qadiry / Reuters:
Suicide bomber kills 50 in northern Afghanistan
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE GOLDEN WINGNUT AWARD....The Wingnut Contest is over and the votes have now been tallied by the prestigious accounting firm of Pollhost.com.  So without further ado, the five winners of the Golden Wingnut Award are:  — John Hinderaker: "It must be very strange to be President Bush.
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Clinton Defends Wife on Licenses  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Clinton on Monday compared Republican criticism of his wife's position on driver's license for illegal immigrants to the ads that helped sink John Kerry's White House hopes in 2004.  —  "I had the feeling that at the end …
USA Today:
Farm payments benefited legislators  —  WASHINGTON — When the bill that would extend farm subsidies for five years goes to the Senate floor this week, eight senators will have special reason to pay close attention: They or their relatives collected about $3 million in federal payments from 1995 to 2005 …
Discussion: The Corner and Don Surber
 
 
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Patrick George / Austin American-Statesman:
Jim Lehrer sticks up for traditional media at UT
Discussion: Think Progress
CBS News:
Senate Panel Probes 6 Top Televangelists
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Maneuver gave Bush a conservative rights panel
Justin Logan / American Prospect:
It's Past Time to Bury the Hitler Analogy
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Another Bush Backfire
Daily Mail:
Opponent of 'mega-mosque' receives chilling death threat on YouTube
 Earlier Items: 
Rasmussen Reports:
77% Oppose Drivers' Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:
Blind eye to betrayal
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
National GOP campaign committee recruiting surge is not panning out
Discussion: MyDD and The Stakeholder
David Brooks / New York Times:
Present at the Creation
New York Times:
Ousted Chief Justice in Pakistan Urges Defiance
Michelle Malkin:
All aboard the impeachment bandwagon: Cheney first, Bush next …
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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