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David Espo / Associated Press:
DeLay Abandons Bid to Remain House Leader  —  WASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay on Saturday abandoned his bid to remain as House majority leader, clearing the way for leadership elections among Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal.  —  In a letter to rank-and-file Republicans …
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Washington Post:
DeLay Abandons Bid to Remain House Leader  —  Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) today abandoned his bid to remain House majority leader, bowing to pressure from a growing number of fellow House Republicans who wanted a permanent leadership change because of his indictment on campaign finance charges.
bucyrustelegraphforum.com:
Fellow Republican: Ney likely to be indicted  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, is likely to be indicted in an ongoing public corruption scandal, according to a fellow Republican congressman, Jim McCrery of Louisiana.  —  Ney has been linked by prosecutors to Jack Abramoff …
Discussion: MyDD
David Espo / Associated Press:
Officials: DeLay to Quit Leadership Post  —  Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay decided Saturday to give up his post as House majority leader, clearing the way for new leadership elections among Republicans eager to shed the taint of scandal, two officials said.  —  These officials said DeLay …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Tide Turning Against DeLay  —  Some House Republicans Push for Leadership Elections  —  Rank-and-file House Republicans took the first formal step toward permanently replacing Rep. Tom DeLay (Tex.) in the House's leadership by unveiling a petition to hold a special leadership election in the coming weeks.
New York Times:
Officials Focus on a 2nd Firm Tied to DeLay
Discussion: Daily Kos
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Rebels in G.O.P. Call for DeLay to Be Replaced
Byron York / New York Times:
Money Always Finds a Way
Discussion: sisu
Caren Deane Thomas / New York Times:
Sam He Was  —  WHEN I recently received an invitation to a reunion of my Yale Law School class, it stirred memories of the astounding group of students I found when I arrived there in 1972.  Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton are the most famous, of course, but my classmates also include someone else who has made news lately: Sam Alito.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Sitting Judges to Speak on Alito's Behalf  —  No Conflict of Interest In Role, Specter Asserts  —  Seven current and former federal appellate court judges will testify on behalf of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. next week, an extraordinary role for the sitting judges who will be dealing …
John / AMERICAblog:
Anyone can buy a list of your incoming and outgoing phone calls, cell or land-line, for $110 online  —  by John in DC - 1/07/2006 03:21:00 PM And the best part?  Congress and the Executive branch have known about this problem for half a year or more and no one did a damn thing to fix it.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and Daily Kos
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Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Your phone records are for sale  —  The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price.  Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law enforcement and privacy experts.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Sharing our "secrets" with Osama  —  (post is updated below)  —  One of the most revealing aspects of the NSA scandal has been the way in which Bush followers have been running around shrieking that national security has been damaged and treason has been committed by the New York Times.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
We love the troops; but it's a tough love (#144) … Left Coaster also discusses the NYT body armor story, addressed here by Conferederate Yankee, as well as the relative dearth in new jobs created in December (an interesting spin for an unemployment rate that fell below 5%).  But be that as it may.
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
MORE TOWN HALL  —  Via Michelle Malkin, another revealing moment from the "Town Hall Meeting" featuring congressmen Moran and Murtha.  Just before the end of the meeting, Vietnam veteran General Louis C. Wagner spoke on behalf of a friend who had been ignored by the congressman.
Discussion: Macsmind
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Peter Berkowitz / Weekly Standard:
Ariel Sharon's Legacy  —  THE POST-SHARON ERA began abruptly on January 5, when the 77-year-old prime minister of Israel suffered a massive stroke while visiting his beloved ranch in the northern Negev.  By the time Sharon reached the hospital, the bleeding in his brain had already made a return …
Discussion: Power Line
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Extremists boast they cursed Sharon
Discussion: Kesher Talk and Pandagon
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THEY'LL BE OK IF NO ONE READS THE REPORT  —  Yesterday the Congressional Research Service released a report that purported to be a bipartisan analysis of the legal issues raised by the NSA electronic intercept controversy, titled "Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance …
Discussion: The Right Coast
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Report Rebuts Bush on Spying

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