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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pardon Me? — Hillary Clinton Takes Cash From Recipients of Husband's Controversial Pardons — Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about her health care policy on Sept. 18, 2007. An examination of Clinton's fundraising donors reveals three donors …
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Ari Melber / The Nation:
NEW CLINTON QUESTIONS?... As Hillary Clinton aims to regain momentum in tonight's presidential debate, new videos have surfaced on YouTube with young voters asking her questions that are similar to the fake question posed by a Grinnell college student last week.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
THE RELAUNCH — Can Barack Obama catch Hillary Clinton? … From 1993 to 2004, Barack Obama taught at the University of Chicago Law School. According to his students, he was a gifted teacher. "If you had just a surface opinion, he would ask why you held it.
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The Washington Post / The Trail:
Karl Rove's New Gig — Less than three months after leaving the Bush White House, Karl Rove is becoming a member of a community not all that popular with administration officials: the media. — Newsweek has signed the president's former deputy chief of staff as a commentator who will turn …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Karl Rove Hired As Newsweek Contributor To 'Balance' Markos — Earlier this week, Newsweek announced that it is hiring DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas as a contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces. Markos said, "Newsweek is 'balancing …
Agence France Presse:
Saudi punishes gang rape victim with 200 lashes — A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday. — The 19-year-old woman — whose six armed attackers …
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Melissa McEwan / Shakespeare's Sister:
Saudi Arabia to Punish Survivor of Gang Rape with 200 Lashes and Prison Term
Saudi Arabia to Punish Survivor of Gang Rape with 200 Lashes and Prison Term
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Widely Disappointed With Democrats in Congress — Majority more displeased than content with handling of seven issues — PRINCETON, NJ — Amidst a swirl of public dissatisfaction about the Iraq war, the economy, government corruption, and with President Bush more generally …
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Gallup documents public disgust with Congress; Big Government faces paralysis by promise — Gallup's latest survey turns up extensive evidence of deep public disgust with the performance of the Democratic majority in Congress. On six major issues, Gallup found solid majorities either disappointed …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Iraqis Wasting An Opportunity, U.S. Officers Say — With Attacks Ebbing, Government Is Urged to Reach Out to Opponents — CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — Senior military commanders here now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite-dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Icebergs Ahead For the Democrats — As the Democratic presidential race finally gets down to brass tacks, two issues are becoming paramount. But only one of them is clearly on the table. — That is the issue of illegal immigration. A very smart Democrat, a veteran of the Clinton administration …
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Agence France Presse:
Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women — SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday. — Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Dems: No More Transparency — For those wondering why Democrats in Congress get such terrible grades in Gallup's latest polling, it might be because of moves like this one: … It's stunning that Congressional leaders would propose a new law to block Congress and the public from simply reviewing the details of the federal budget.
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Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
Goodbye, Mr. Bush — The Republican will to power remains ferocious. It will take a dauntless Democratic leader to win back the White House and restore dignity to the Constitution. — Editor's note: Sidney Blumenthal is joining the Hillary Clinton campaign as a senior advisor, and this is his last column for Salon.
Washington Post:
Mr. Chavez's Coup — TENS OF thousands of Venezuelan students marched to the Supreme Court in Caracas last week to protest the new "socialist" constitutional reform that President Hugo Chavez is preparing to impose on the country. On their return, students from the Central University …
Manu Raju / The Hill:
White House budget head fires back at Reid 'bluster' on Iraq war funding — White House budget director Jim Nussle on Wednesday stepped up his attacks on the Democratic management of the appropriations process, and suggested that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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