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Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Ridge takes aim at Limbaugh — (CNN) — Pennsylvania Republican Tom Ridge is taking direct aim at Rush Limbaugh, telling CNN's John King the conservative talk radio host can be “shrill” and uses language in a way “that offend very many.” — “Rush Limbaugh has an audience of 20 million people.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Steele critics: RNC chair finding mojo — Not so long ago, after Michael Steele's rocky start as Republican National Committee chairman, there were rumors of impending coups and evidence of deep dissatisfaction within the GOP ranks. — But after a shaky debut marked by a series of gaffes …
Rogene Fisher / New York Times:Answering Critics, Powell Says G.O.P. Needs Change
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Durbin Calls On Gingrich To Apologize For Attacking The CIA In 2007 — Last week, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to resign her current position as Speaker. He said that she “disqualified herself” over her comments that the CIA was “misleading” Congress.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Durbin: ‘supermax’ Gitmo inmates — Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant majority leader, said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he would accept Guantanamo detainees in his home state as long as they were held in super-maximum prisons, where inmates are held 23 hours a day in small cells with slits for windows.
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May 24: Durbin, Gingrich, political roundtable — MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues today: America's fight against terrorism, a debate about the past... PRES. BARACK OBAMA: All too often our government trims facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions. — MR. GREGORY: ...and the future.
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
They May Not Want The Bomb — And other unexpected truths. … From the magazine issue dated Jun 1, 2009 — Everything you know about Iran is wrong, or at least more complicated than you think. Take the bomb. The regime wants to be a nuclear power but could well be happy …
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NewsBusters.org, Newshoggers.com, Swampland, ATTACKERMAN, Macsmind, JammieWearingFool and Hyscience
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Military Chief: Gitmo ‘Needs to Be Closed’ — President Barack Obama's top military adviser said the Pentagon is working to meet the president's deadline of closing Guantanamo Bay by January 2010. — “I've advocated for a long time now that it needs to be closed,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman …
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
The Writers Make News. Unfortunately. — IT has been a busy week or two for the ethics police — those within The Times trying to protect the paper's integrity, and those outside, ready to pounce on transgressions by Times journalists. — Thomas Friedman, the star columnist …
Louise Armitstead / Telegraph:
British banks revolt against Obama tax plan — British banks and stockbrokers may refuse to take on American clients if new international tax proposals outlined by President Obama are passed. — The decision, which would make it hard for Americans in London to open bank accounts and trade shares …
Matthew Alexander / The Huffington Post:
Former Senior Interrogator in Iraq Dissects Cheney's Lies and Distortions — As a senior interrogator in Iraq (and a former criminal investigator), there was a lesson I learned that served me well: there's more to be learned from what someone doesn't say than from what they do say.
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Crooks and Liars
Detroit Free Press:
Watson paid pittance for taxes on ‘nonexistent’ Detroit house — Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson paid only $68 in property taxes this year because city records say her well-kept, brick Tudor-style home doesn't exist. Although the home has occupied its west-side plot since 1926 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How Much Do Safe Havens Matter? — I'm still trying to decide what I think about this question. But given how much strategic focus we're giving to Afghanistan, I'm confident we haven't given the question enough collective thought. Matt Yglesias had a post a couple months ago asking a basic question …
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