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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 …
Discussion: Defense Tech and Air America Radio
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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.
Discussion: Bradford Plumer and The RCP Blog
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 …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Rep. Cunningham Enters Guilty Plea, Resigns  —  Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) pleaded guilty today to fraud, conspiracy to commit bribery and tax evasion.  Shortly after entering his plea, Cunningham announced that he is immediately resigning his seat, though he had already announced …
Associated Press:
Congressman Resigns, Admitting He Took Bribes
Discussion: Preemptive Karma and Dohiyi Mir
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Duke Cunningham timeline
Discussion: The Left Coaster
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cunningham pleads guilty, resigns from Congress
Discussion: Wonkette
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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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Time Reporter Called a Key to Rove's Defense In Leak Probe  —  The reporter for Time magazine who recently agreed to testify in the CIA leak case is central to White House senior adviser Karl Rove's effort to fend off an indictment in the two-year-old investigation, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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:
Discussion: Booman Tribune ~ Boo! and TalkLeft
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
'This Government Has Lost The Moral Authority To Govern'  —  The Canadian Parliament approved a historic no-confidence motion against the Liberal executive in Ottawa this afternoon, dissolving the government and forcing elections weeks after the Gomery Inquiry issued its first comprehensive report …
Discussion: Mind of Mog and Austin Bay Blog
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
No-Confidence Vote Topples Canada's Government
BBC:
Canada government 'set to fall'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
cbc.ca:   MPs topple Liberal government, trigger election
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.
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?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ezra Klein:
The Shallowness of Centrism
Discussion: Sirotablog
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Intellectual Integrity Watch  —  Joe Biden wrote an editorial calling for a timetable for Iraq yesterday, and today the White House not only endorsed Biden's plan, but claimed that it was actually Bush's: … Unfortunately, no one warned the right-wing bloggers that this was coming, and so …
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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.
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 …
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 …

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