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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
U.S. Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding  —  Documents Show Much of the Funding Diverted to Security, Justice System and Hussein Inquiry  —  BAGHDAD — The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Guerrillas Target Police all over Iraq  —  with 13 Car Bombs on New Year's Day
Discussion: Regnum Crucis
Fox News:
Transcript: McConnell, Schumer  —  The following is a transcript from "FOX News Sunday" on Jan. 1, 2006:  —  CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.  A new controversy about that NSA domestic spying program, next on "Fox News Sunday".  —  As we begin 2006, there's a growing debate …
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Michelle Malkin:
CHUCK SCHUMER, ONE-ARMED PLUMBER  —  I had a "See, I told you so" moment yesterday morning watching Sen. Chuck Schumer on Fox News Sunday attempt to excuse the NYT/NSA leaks.  —  First, watch Schumer spin when Chris Wallace asks him about the DOJ criminal investigation into the NYT/NSA leaks:
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Alito Supporters Portray Nominee as Less Polished  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 - As Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. enters his final week of dress rehearsals for his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, participants say his performance has already made one thing clear: he will never be as polished …
Scott Shields / MyDD:   Republicans Not Confident About Alito Hearings
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
So Much for the President's Assent to the McCain Amendment  —  The President signed the Defense Appropriations bill on Friday.  In his signing statement he did at least two notable things.  —  First, with respect to several provisions of the bill, the President signaled his intention …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:   Move to scuttle Hamdan, Al Odah cases?
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Russia Warned on Natural Gas Dispute  —  EU Plans Emergency Session to Address Sharp Drop in Gas Imports  —  MOSCOW, Jan. 2 — Several European countries reported sharp drops Monday in the level of natural gas they are receiving from Russia as a dispute over pricing between …
Discussion: Rook's Rant
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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Kerry Positioned for '08 White House Bid  —  WASHINGTON - It's almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president.  He still jets across the country, raising millions of dollars and rallying Democrats.  He still stalks the TV news show circuit, scolding President Bush at every turn.
Hotline On Call:
Welcome To Oh...Six  —  The Hotline pauses for a bit and what happens?  News still breaks out.  Imagine that.  So to catch you up, here's our summary of the past ten days, in it's-not-hackneyed-until-we-do- it "Best Of/Worst Of" form.  —  Best use of a college bowl game …
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TBogg:
Okay.  Enough celebrating.  Let's get started...  It's 2006, wingnuttery abounds and time's a'wastin'....  First up, K-Lo rings in the New Year: … Unfortunately Mitt Romney was unavailable for smoochies (he must have been with one of his wives) and so K-Lo was forced to finish off her Zima alone …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The latest from Bush followers
Discussion: protein wisdom
Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
Under What Definition Is This A Scandal?  —  The Times reports that the Lincoln Group in some fashion paid Sunni clerics to assist in bringing their constituencies over from the dark side, or at least to keep them from going that way.  Were they paid for their advice, paid for their actions regarding …
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Kobayashi Maru:
The MSM Franchise - Erosion... and Backlash?  —  I find it tremendously ironic that during a period in which the blogsophere has enabled personal and political expression to flourish like no other in history (easier, cheaper, freer and more accessible) the anti-Bush crowd says that it is more concerned …
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ShrinkWrapped:
"Bear Baiting" at the New York Times
Discussion: The Anchoress
Mark Ballard / 2theadvocate.com:
Blanco orders remodeling just after storms  —  Office tab: $564,838  —  Some members of the governor's staff will return from the three-day holiday on Tuesday to newly renovated offices at the State Capitol.  —  Shortly after the two hurricanes, Gov. Kathleen Blanco decided to renovate some of her staff's offices.
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistanis Back Off Vow to Control Madrasas  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 - As the incendiary training at some of Pakistan's seminaries drew renewed focus in the weeks after the July 7 bombings in London, President Pervez Musharraf promised to bring the schools into the mainstream and expel …
John M. Broder / New York Times:
States Take Lead in Push to Raise Minimum Wages  —  Despite Congressional refusal for almost a decade to raise the federal minimum wage, nearly half of the civilian labor force lives in states where the pay is higher than the rate set by the federal government.
Telegraph:
Sniper shot that took out an insurgent killer from three quarters of a mile  —  Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M24 rifle, Staff Sgt Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier.
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Alito Once Made Case For Presidential Power  —  As a young Justice Department lawyer, Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. tried to help tip the balance of power between Congress and the White House a little more in favor of the executive branch.  —  In the 1980s, the Reagan administration …

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David Goodhart / Guardian:
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John / AMERICAblog:
Exactly how has Bush made America any safer in the past 4 years?
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Prejudice  —  Black Republicans should be able to live without fear.
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