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Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories — The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles — as few as five words.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
More on the AP idiots … Hey AP — that's 120 words. Have your lawyers call my lawyers. — Media experts are swarming over the AP's takedown notice against two bloggers, claiming that no one is allowed to excerpt from AP stories anymore. Remember the AP's idiotic assertion:
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
AP wants $2.50 a word to excerpt its stories now? — And you thought their PR on this subject couldn't get any worse. Must be nice to have an exemption from the same federal fair use statute every other content provider in America is governed by. … Here's the link to a tollbooth for a random AP news alert piece.
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125! — The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious. Now, it's time to turn the tables. If your blog or blog commenters …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:$12.50 For Five Words? “Bite Me” Indeed, AP
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Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
Obama Pushes Back on McCain Camp Terrorism Attacks — Responding to charges by the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, that comments he made to ABC News indicate he has a “naive” pre-9/11 view of terrorism, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans are not trying …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
WOULD BIN LADEN GET HABEAS RIGHTS? — From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy — SAN ANTONIO, Texas — According to the McCain campaign's top foreign policy advisor, Obama equals Clinton — at least when it comes to fighting terrorism. — On a conference call with reporters that took place this morning …
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Alexander Marquardt / CNN:Obama responds to McCain camp on terrorist prosecution
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James Gerber / Political Radar:Kerry: McCain Bin Laden Argument ‘Phony’
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NY Daily News:
Hil and Obama, together again: First joint appearance to rally her donors — Hil and Obama, together again — Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats' nominee, the Daily News has learned.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Targeting Steny Hoyer for his contempt for the rule of law — (updated below - Update II - Update III) — It is now definitively clear that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is the driving force behind a bill — written by GOP Sen. Kit Bond — to vest the President with vast …
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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Nate Silver / The New Republic:
Today's Polls: Yes, Obama's Still Bouncing — An odd day of polling, but one attention-grabbing result dominates the rest. That is from Ohio, where Public Policy Polling has Barack Obama ahead by 11 points. While Public Policy Polling developed a reputation as being somewhat Obama-friendly …
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Dear Chuck Todd and NBC: Iraq Matters — Chuck Todd calls Moveon's latest ad, featuring a mother asking McCain not to kill her child with irresponsible warmongering in Iraq, ‘shameless’. — I didn't notice any outcry from NBC when Progress for America aired this ad …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Chuck Todd disses Move On's new ad: ‘I think it was a borderline shameless ad’
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Tennessee Center for Policy Research:
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008 — Gore's personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations — NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10% …
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SteveK / TVNewser:
How F&F Became WPITW — Keith Olbermann gave Fox & Friends the gold on the Worst Persons list last night. — That's the short story. The long story has actually very little to do with either the Countdown anchor or the FNC morning show. It goes back to Friday night …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Wed in California — SAN FRANCISCO — With a quiet pride and a sense of history, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples across California wed on Tuesday, giving a human face to a landmark court decision and a powerful opening salvo in what is expected …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
So much for Obama's Hispanic problem? — Chuck Todd and the First Read guys capture something that really stood out to me in that Nevada poll I wrote up yesterday: Obama's much-buzzed-about shortcomings with Latinos don't appear to be real.
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NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: Feud for thought — For once, pundit Arianna Huffington is a woman of few words. — As politicians and journalists of every stripe mourn Tim Russert, the NBC newsman's longtime antagonist has yet to express condolences or any belated admiration.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Rep. Darrell Issa politicizes Russert's death. — This afternoon, the House of Representatives took up a resolution honoring the life of Tim Russert. Following speeches by several speakers who issued heartfelt condolences, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) brazenly exploited Russert's death …
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