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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
Giuliani's Mistress Used N.Y. Police as Taxi Service — Richard Esposito Reports: — Well before it was publicly known he was seeing her, then-married New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani provided a police driver and city car for his mistress Judith Nathan, former senior city officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
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CNN Political Ticker:
Giuliani: Web site report a 'hit job' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani has called a story raising questions about the accounting of his security expenses while he was mayor of New York a "hit job." — Late Wednesday, Politico.com reported city records …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Oh My — Judi! … I'm sure Joe will give us his take as soon as Hoekstra gets his hand back up his ass. — (pic from watertiger)
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
More on Government Funded Trysts: It's A Crime — Via Atrios: … There oughta be a law! Oh wait, there is one: … Sounds like Rudy committed a felony to me.
Michael Cooper / New York Times:As Giuliani Cites Facts, He Stretches Them Sometimes
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WORST PRETENSE TO AN IMPARTIAL NEWS ORGANIZATION: CNN, PART 2 — Jim Vicevich alerts us to a few more Democratic plants at the CNN YouTube Republican candidates forum last night. Adam Florzak asked a question on Social Security. It turns out that Florzak quit his job with Caterpillar …
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Redstate:
CNN's Performance Was Unacceptable. There Should Be A Do Over of This Debate. — Our own Dan Spencer made USA Today today in an article by Jill Thompson. — Only if you check our front page, we don't have a contributor named Dan Spencer; well, we do, but he does not write under his name.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
CNN defends vetting of debate questioners — The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hell freezes over: "I think the surge is working," says Murtha — Via Bill Amos. I'm not giving you the direct link yet; I want you to watch this clip from July first so you can appreciate his ignorance, hypocrisy, and defeatism. CNN had him on for reaction after lefty war supporters Michael O'Hanlon …
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Jerome L. Sherman / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq — Warns that Iraqis must do more for their own security — WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week, but he warned that Iraqis need to play a larger role in providing …
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Maamoun Youssef / Associated Press:
Bin Laden: Europeans should end US help — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on the Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television.
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Howie / The Jawa Report:Bin Laden Tape Airs On al-Jazeera UPDATE: bin Laden Claims 9/11
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Chicago Tribune vs. Time magazine — (updated below: Klein's GOP source outs himself — As I noted yesterday, The Chicago Tribune reprinted factually false excerpts from Joe Klein's Time column. But unlike Time — which disgracefully continues to stand behind Klein's falsehoods …
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Fox News:
Study: Canadian Beer Drinkers Threaten Planet — Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers. — The government-commissioned study says the old, inefficient "beer fridges" that one in three Canadian households use to store their Molson and Labatt's contribute significantly …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: RUDY'S NEW SHAG FUND EXPLANATION! — Seems he was doing it for the men in blue. From the AP ... We're a little unclear on this, though. The first hints of this story came when the city comptroller found that Rudy's administration had hidden money for "non-local travel" in the budget's of various obscure city agencies.
Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
2008: The Year of the Upset? — I see my good friend, the distinguished neo-Jacobin Monsieur Kristol, has broken into his ample wine supply again and insulted the monarchy. A weekend chained to the cheap seats at an Alabama tractor pull would seem fitting punishment for my rabble loving friend's imprudence …
Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press:
Ark. Lawmaker Apologizes for E-Mail — An Arkansas legislator apologized Thursday for an e-mail in which he wrote that "we are being outpopulated by the blacks" and "we are being overrun" by illegal immigrants. — But state Sen. Denny Altes insisted the comments in the e-mail he sent earlier …
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