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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Admits Taking Bribes — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators. — Cunningham, 63, entered pleas …
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Pleads Guilty — SAN DIEGO — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges involving the sale of his home two years ago to a defense contractor at an inflated price. — Admitting to a judge that he took bribes, Cunningham entered pleas …
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rep. Cunningham to Plead Guilty, Source Says — WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham will plead guilty to tax violations, a person close to the investigation of the California Republican has told The Associated Press. — Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home …
sandiegotribune.com:
Cunningham pleads guilty to conspiring to take bribes, income tax evasion — SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday morning to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence to help a defense contractor get business. — He also pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion.
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Congressman Resigns After Admitting He Took Bribes — Representative Randy Cunningham of California resigned from Congress today after admitting to a federal judge that he had taken $2.4 million in bribes from a military contractor. — Mr. Cunningham, 63, made a brief and tearful announcement …
rawstory.com:
Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify case that he misled leak inquiry, lawyers say — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week in his two year-old investigation into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Loose Lipped Luskin and the Sinking Ship Rove — Reader TerriGirl sent me a Ryan Lizza story from TNR last summer on Rove's lawyer, Robert Luskin that is just too much fun. Since it's behind a firewall and speaks volumes about why Viveca Novak might be called to testify about her conversations with him, I'm going to quote at length:
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Progressive Wal-Mart. Really. — There's a comic side to the anti-Wal-Mart campaign brewing in Maryland and across the country. Only by summoning up the most naive view of corporate behavior can the critics be shocked — shocked! — by the giant retailer's machinations.
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Bull Moose:
Are Bloggers Necessary? — The Moose urges perspective on the blogosphere. — The author has been blogging on and off for four years with a two year hiatus. It has been a good experience. Where else can someone write unedited in third person as an antlered mammal?
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Elaine Quijano / CNN:
Bush to focus on illegal immigration — Issue has divided members of president's own Republican Party — CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) — President Bush will make stops in Arizona and Texas this week to address an issue that has divided some members of his own Republican Party — illegal immigration.
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citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES DOBSON'S FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson.
Roger Pilon / Opinion Journal:
Alito and Abortion — Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, but he shouldn't say if he'd overturn it. — There's little doubt any longer: Samuel Alito's now-famous 1985 memo has changed the dynamics of the upcoming confirmation battle. Not that abortion would not be at the center of the battle in any event …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Medicaid Cutbacks Divide Democrats — House Condemns Provisions Crafted By Governors — Controversial House legislation designed to gain control of Medicaid growth has split Democrats, with lawmakers in Washington united in their opposition while Democratic governors are quietly supporting …
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
UP IN THE AIR — Where is the Iraq war headed next? — In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year.
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Bill Roggio / ThreatsWatch.Org:
Walking Husaybah — Two Patrols and a Meeting with the Sheikh — The nighttime mounted patrol in Husaybah was followed by a pair of foot patrols. I linked up with the 1st Platoon of Lima Company of the 3rd Marines, 6th Battalion, call sign Jackal 1. 1st Lieutenant William Oren took …
