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Clive Davis:
STILL LOST IN THE CLOUDS OF FRENCH TEAR-GAS  —  [***Welcome, Instapundit readers.  BTW I'm not saying the reports of riots are exaggerated, simply that we need to be careful about reading too much into the accounts that have come in so far.  At the moment there seems to be a complex mix of causes.
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Patrick Belton / OxBlog:
JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT POSTING DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD DEPT: Only that there aren't nearly enough internet spots in the banlieues.  No wonder they're rioting.  A few quick observations from my first interviews, before I catch the RER up to Aulnay-sous-Bois; then I'll try to write more extensively this afternoon:
¡No Pasarán!:
French MSM covers up what is, in fact, a pogrom
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
State of Emergency Declared in France  —  President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence.
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CNN:
France extends anti-riot powers  —  PARIS, France (CNN) — The French Cabinet has approved emergency measures giving police more powers and allowing local officials to impose curfews in communities at risk of rioting after the nation endured a 12th night of unrest.
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Tim F. / Balloon Juice:
Hope Like Hell This Isn't True
Discussion: Ezra Klein
James Joyner / » Outside The Beltway:
U.S. Used "Chemical Weapons" in Falluja
Discussion: Right Wing Nut House
dailyprincetonian.com:
Nominee's missing thesis recovered  —  Alito '72 believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, adviser says  —  Chanakya Sethi  —  The senior thesis of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72, which along with some 300 others was lost during the 1970s, resurfaced Monday when Alito's thesis adviser provided a copy to the University.
Art Moore / WorldNetDaily:
General wants Wilson apology  —  Threatened again with lawsuit over claim of 'outing' CIA wife  —  Threatened with a lawsuit for "slander," retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely is turning the tables on Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, calling on the man at the center of the CIA leak controversy …
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Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Becoming Part of Sherrod Brown Campaign Story  —  So a Sherrod Brown staffer used some lines from one of my blog posts.  Who frigging cares?  This is a ridiculous story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: … This is the post Brown used to list the cases where Alito has attacked workers rights.
radioblogger.com:
Victor Davis Hanson on Muslim violence in France and Europe.  —  HH: I'm now joined by Victor Davis Hanson, military historian extraordinaire, and you can read him every Friday at National Review Online.  Victor, good to have you back on the program.  —  VDH: Glad to be here, Hugh.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Fox News Is Accused in Bias Suit  —  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against the Fox News network, claiming it harassed and discriminated against its female employees, creating a "hostile work environment because of their sex."
Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Dubya-Cheney ties frayed by scandal  —  'There has been some distance for some time'  —  WASHINGTON - The CIA leak scandal has peeled back the veil on the most closely held White House secret of all: the subtle but unmistakable erosion in the bond between President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Think Progress:
Sleeping With the Enemy: Chalabi's Sordid History  —  "I can't substantiate [Chalabi's] claims.  He makes new ones every year."  — Colin Powell, 6/12/03  —  Today, Ahmed Chalabi arrives in the United States.  The Guardian reports: … Here's a short rap sheet on the man …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
The CIA Disinformation Campaign  —  The CIA's disinformation campaign against President Bush — headlined in the Wilson/Plame affair — is more jujitsu than karate.  Instead of applying your own force to defeat your opponent, you turn his energy and momentum against him and bring him down.
Stephen Spruiell / National Review:
MDforDirtyPolitics...  Earlier this year a mysterious source turned over some e-mails to a Washington Post reporter.  The e-mails seemed to indicate that a man with ties to the Republican governor of Maryland, Robert Ehrlich, was spreading rumors about the governor's chief political rival on FreeRepublic.com.
Los Angeles Times:
Conservatives Also Irked by IRS Probe of Churches  —  The agency's warning to All Saints is part of a wider look into political activity by nonprofits.  —  The IRS threat to revoke the tax-exempt status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena because of an antiwar sermon there during …

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