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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Dean issues Smack-down on Wolfie  —  They are trying so hard to link Democrats to Abramoff's scandal that on today's Late Edition, Howard Dean almost set Wolfie's beard on fire.  —  Video-WMP Video-QT (transcript)  —  Blitzer has been doing much better as an interviewer lately …
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CNN:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER  —  Interview With Shimon Peres; Interview With Benjamin Netanyahu  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's 11:00 a.m. in Washington, 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 6:00 p.m. here in Jerusalem and 7:00 p.m. in Baghdad.
MSNBC:
Transcript for January 8  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday-with ethical charges swirling, Congressman Tom DeLay will not return as House majority leader.  Washington lobbyists and fund-raiser Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion.
rawstory.com:
Bush trying to round up all photos of President with Abramoff  —  RAW STORY  —  Aides to President George W. Bush are trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the President and lobbyist Jack Abramoff together, TIME's White House Correspondents Mike Allen and Matt Cooper report in Monday editions, RAW STORY has learned.
Gateway Pundit:
40 0f 45 Democratic Senators Took Abramoff Money!
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and Flopping Aces
Associated Press:
DeLay Gives Up Post as House Majority Leader
Discussion: Gay Patriot
Atrios / Eschaton:
Beard Transcript
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Alito: What the NY Times Editorial Didn't Tell You  —  The NY Times editorial Judging Samuel Alito didn't say much for the self-professed paper of record's ability to put claims in context.  Let's help them out.  The NY Times says: … Here's what the NY Times didn't tell you:
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Washington Post:
A Search for Order, an Answer in the Law
Discussion: firedoglake and Confirm Them
Sean Gleeson:
Dean's Song  —  Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Jane Roh / Fox News:
Democrats Hit Possible Snag Ahead of Alito Hearings  —  A key witness to the character of Judge Samuel A. Alito has been removed from the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' testimony list, FOXNews.com has learned.  —  Stephen R. Dujack, editor of The Environmental Forum magazine …
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Time:
How to Stay Out of Power  —  Why liberal democrats are playing too fast and too loose with issues of war and peace  —  House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat, engaged in a small but cheesy bit of deception last week.  She released a letter, which quickly found …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
72 HOURS: WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE?  —  We've been getting emails from liberals demanding to know why we haven't written about the 72-hour provision of FISA, which, they say, definitively proves that there couldn't possibly have been any need to go outside the FISA structure for purposes of speed.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WHAT THE TIMES HAS WROUGHT  —  Time has posted Joe Klein's …
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction?  —  Here is a report on Friday's panel at the AALS annual meeting sponsored by the Section on Scholarship on Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction?  The program described the session as follows: … After moderator Dennis M. Patterson (Rutgers-Camden) …
Ian James / Associated Press:
In Caracas, Belafonte Calls Bush Terrorist  —  Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist in World,' Praises Chavez in Venezuela  —  CARACAS, Venezuela Jan 8, 2006 — The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" …
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Michelle Malkin:
HEY, HARRY BELAFONTE: DON'T COME BACK
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
MSNBC:
His year in Iraq  —  Some say Paul Bremer's service laid the groundwork for possible democracy in the Middle East, others see him as a poster child for America's mismanagement of the war … Raging fires, looting, chaos, and destruction: That was the scene when Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III first laid eyes on Baghdad.
Mediacrity:
The Times Misquotes the Roadmap  —  In a front page story in the New York Times today, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Steven Erlanger breaks with Times policy by acknowledging that Palestinians, and not just Israelis, have obligations under the Road Map for Peace.  Bravo!  Bravo!
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:   With Sharon Ill, Palestinians Face Own Travails
David Rose / Observer:
Scandal of force-fed prisoners  —  Hunger strikers are tied down and fed through nasal tubes, admits Guantánamo Bay doctor  —  New details have emerged of how the growing number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay are being tied down and force-fed through tubes pushed …
BBC:
The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks  —  In stark contrast to the generally turgid language of politics, Tony Banks was known for his acid tongue and sharp wit.  —  He called the once feared Tory Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, "half mad", William Hague was labelled a "foetus" …
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Biased BBC
Jason / COUNTERCOLUMN:
Saddam's terror training camps - and how Stephen Hayes misses the mark  —  Stephen Hayes is reporting that Saddam's regime was running three separate training facilities in Iraq - in Samarra, Ramadi, and Salman Pak - graduating 2,000 foreign terrorist every year from 1999 to 2002.
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The Left Coaster:
No proteins for wisdom, it seems  —  I suspect Steve (Soto) may be on the way back from the east coast, so I'm going to post a quick note on this and let him respond further if he deems it appropriate.  Yesterday, in the middle of a round-up post, Steve posted this brief note (emphasis mine):
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
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Mark / Decision '08:
None Dare Call It Treason? (Part Two)
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Miriam Pawel / Los Angeles Times:
Farmworkers Reap Little as Union Strays From Its Roots  —  The movement built by Cesar Chavez has failed to expand on its early successes organizing poor rural laborers.  As their plight is used to attract donations that benefit others, services for those in the fields are left to languish.
Discussion: MyDD and Burnt Orange Report
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:   FARM WORKERS AND THE UFW....The United Farm Workers union …

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David Tell / Weekly Standard:
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