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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Today's coverup of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama — What we learned in December, 2005 that George Bush and the telecoms were doing — listening in on the private conversations of American citizens without warrants — is a felony under clear U.S. law, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine for each offense.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
SENATE TICK-TOCK ON THE FISA BILL — From NBC's Ken Strickland — The Senate is finally expected to wrap up the bill updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act today, which includes the controversial provision of retroactive immunity for telecom companies facing lawsuit.
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Jesse Helms / Raleigh News & Observer:
He quit rather than lower flag for Helms — RALEIGH - L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. — Eason, a 29-year veteran of the state Department of Agriculture, instructed his staff at a small Raleigh lab not to fly …
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Andrew Leonard / Salon:
One nation, not just speaking English — After a substantial speech decrying the current state of bankruptcy law in the United States, Barack Obama took a few questions from the audience in Powder Springs, Georgia on Tuesday morning. One young woman asked whether there was anything …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Dishonest or Stupid? — Via Jim Geraghty I see Obama had this to say about proponents of English-only laws: … Me: Jim has a lot more thoughts on this. But it seems to me the central point is that this is either staggeringly dishonest or stupendously dumb.
CNN:
Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011 — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday. — Ali al-Dabbagh said any timetable would depend on …
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Wall Street Journal:
Maliki's Withdrawal Card — A year ago, the conventional Beltway wisdom had it that Iraq was a failed state. Today, the same wisdom holds that it is less chaotic but still fragile, dependent entirely on a U.S. presence to survive. But judging by recent comments from Nouri al-Maliki, even this view may be out of date.
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Nitya / Political Punch:
Jesse Ventura To Run for Senate? — In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today former Gov. Jesse “The Body” Ventura, Ind-Minn., sounds like he may run for Senate, challenging incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., whom Ventura defeated for governor in 1998, as well as Democratic nominee …
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Jason Springer / Blue Jersey:
Pemberton GOP: Airbrushing Racism Since... So the Pemberton and Burlington County GOP got caught today. Take a look at a before screen shot of the Pemberton GOP website and see if anything looks out of place... Ah, what a tasteful municipal party message.
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Dana Goldstein / American Prospect:
MORE ON OBAMA, ABORTION, AND THE PAY GAP. — Just to be clear — I believe pay equality is a very important issue; it's something I've written about frequently. And I'll all for broadening the boundaries of what are considered key “women's issues,” from family-medical leave …
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The Politico:
In theory, economists support McCain — The endorsement could hardly have been stronger. On Monday, John McCain's campaign released a statement signed by 300 economists who “enthusiastically support” his “Jobs for America” economic plan, providing a heavyweight testimonial …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:MORE McCAIN-ONOMICS....This is amusing. A couple of Politico …
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Megan McArdle
Washington Post:
Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile — Iran said today it had test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. troops in the region, a step promptly condemned by the Bush administration as heightening tensions over the country's suspected nuclear weapons program.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
QUITE A STATEMENT — People say a lot of things about Social Security — a lot of it nonsense. But I haven't heard something like this in a long time. John McCain says that Social Security, as originally conceived more than 70 years ago, is an “absolute disgrace.”
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New York Post:
INTELLECTUALS LIE, THE POWERLESS DIE — THE greatest lie intellectuals tell us is that “the pen is mightier than the sword.” That's what cowards claim when they want to preen as heroes. — Billions of words have been hurled at Sudan's government. The misery in Darfur not only continues but deepens.
Kevin Krause / Dallas City Hall Blog:
Dallas County meeting turns racial — A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon. — County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Funds Misappropriated at 2 Nonprofit Groups — Two prominent national nonprofit groups are reeling from public disclosures that large sums of money were misappropriated in unrelated incidents by an employee and a former employee. — The groups, Acorn, one of the country's largest community …
John McCormick / Chicago Tribune:
Obama's online muscle flexes against him — Fans use his Web site to rip shifts in policy — The same Internet-fueled power that led to historic gains in organizing and fundraising for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is now providing a platform for fiery dissent in a most unlikely place: his own Web site.
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