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Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Huckabee Surges, Obama Gains in Iowa — The new NEWSWEEK poll shows the former Arkansas governor now has a two-to-one lead over Romney, while Barack improves against Hillary. — Yana Paskova / Getty Images — Looking Up: Huckabee now seems unstoppable in the Iowa caucuses
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Edwards Campaign Internal Poll Finds Statistical Tie In Iowa
Edwards Campaign Internal Poll Finds Statistical Tie In Iowa
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Emptywheel:
Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to Be Bound by Any Law — Damn, I love me some Sheldon Whitehouse. He, like, actually knows the law. And he, like, is willing to actually read the stuff he is exercising oversight over. — Which is why this speech he gave today …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret DoJ Legal Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional — This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Was Urged to Keep Interrogation Videotapes — White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 against a plan to destroy hundreds of hours of videotapes showing the interrogations of two operatives of Al Qaeda, government officials said Friday.
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Democrats Call for Inquiry in Destruction of Tapes by C.I.A.
Democrats Call for Inquiry in Destruction of Tapes by C.I.A.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Reyes, Hoekstra Call Shenanigans On Hayden
Reyes, Hoekstra Call Shenanigans On Hayden
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Mesh / Harvard:
Iran NIE and a prediction — From Stephen Peter Rosen — For the most part, the arguments about the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran have been and will be a debate, not about intelligence, but about Bush foreign policy. But the NIE also provides an opportunity to assess …
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John Borland / Wired News:
Former 'No Nukes' Protester: Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Power — The only way to rescue our plug-hungry planet from catastrophic global warming is to embrace nuclear power, and fast. — That's the argument of Gwyneth Cravens, a novelist, journalist and former nuke protester.
Rasmussen Reports:
Just 18% Believe Iran has Stopped Nuclear Weapons Development Program — Just 18% of American voters believe that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons program. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% disagree and say Iran has not stopped its nuclear weapons program.
Satyam / Think Progress:
O'Reilly: Progressive blog readers = 'devil worshippers.' — On Fox News yesterday, Bill O'Reilly let loose on "far-left websites" like DailyKos, stating, "If you read these far-left websites, you're a devil worshipper. You are." O'Reilly's ombudsman responded, "As a journalist, you know better than that."
John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Site of Barack-Oprah event isn't unionized — MANCHESTER - Barack Obama's presidential campaign deeply concerned organized labor by booking its big rally Sunday with superstar Oprah Winfrey at the Verizon Wireless Arena. — A union representing organized stage hands have been trying unsuccessfully …
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Penn Endorses Kucinich For President In SF — Sr. Advisor Confirms Endorsement To NBC11 — Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn endorsed Dennis Kucinich for president in San Francisco Friday. — Penn made what had been billed as a "major political statement" at San Francisco State University.
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Pamela Bone / The Australian:
Why we stay mute on Islamic sex apartheid — US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton last week urged President George W. Bush to call on King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to drop all charges against a 19-year-old Saudi woman who had been gang-raped at knifepoint …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Pelosi calls Cheney swipe undignified — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says a swipe that Vice President Cheney took at Democratic House leaders is "beneath the dignity of his office." — Capitol Hill was abuzz Thursday with discussion of the vice president's assertion in an interview …
Lee Harris / TCS Daily:
How and Why Romney Bombed — The Reuters headline said: "Mitt Romney Vows Mormon Church Will Not Run White House." Unfortunately, this time Reuters got its story right. In his long-awaited speech designed to win over conservative evangelicals, Romney actually did say something to this effect …
Daily Mail:
Imam's daughter in hiding after her conversion to Christianity sparked death threats — The daughter of a British imam is living under police protection after receiving death threats from her father for converting to Christianity. — The 31-year-old, whose father is the leader of a mosque in Lancashire …