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Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — Why the Chris Matthews smear matters — The anger over Chris Matthews' comment that Osama bin Laden in his new video sounds like Michael Moore, and the resulting campaign demanding that Matthews apologize, arises from much more than a single comment, and has little to do with Moore himself.
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Editor and Publisher:
Tucker Carlson: Bin Laden Getting 'Talking Points' from 'NY Times' — NEW YORK While much of the liberal blogosphere, and political figures such as Sen. John Kerry, remain inflamed over comments by MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "Hardball" on Thursday—in which he suggested that Osama bin Laden …
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ABCNEWS:
Why Isn't Bin Laden Caught, 'Dead or Alive?' — Al Qaeda Chief May Have Found a Sanctuary in Remote Pakistan — Jan. 20, 2006 — Somewhere in the mountains of Pakistan or Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden probably is smiling — maybe even with a clean-shaven or reconstructed face.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:Matthews Explains His Bin Laden "Sounds Like an Over-The-Top Michael Moore" Remark
MichaelMoore.com:EXCLUSIVE: JIHADBALL! — CHRIS MATTHEWS AND OSAMA BIN LADEN — A "SPECIAL" FRIENDSHIP
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
The Firestorm Over My Column — Nothing in my 50-year career prepared me for the thousands of flaming e-mails I got last week over my last column, e-mails so abusive and many so obscene that part of The Post's Web site was shut down. — That column praised The Post for breaking the story …
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran — JERUSALEM - Israel's defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action. — "Israel will not be able to accept …
Reuters:
Report says ransom money found on Osthoff — BERLIN (Reuters) - Part of the ransom money alleged to have been paid by the German government to win the freedom of Iraq hostage Susanne Osthoff last month was found on Osthoff after her release, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.
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David Ammons / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Returning Abramoff cash 'taints' tribes, Murray says — OLYMPIA — Sen. Patty Murray said Friday that returning contributions from Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff would "taint" the tribes. — The state's senior senator, a Seattle Democrat, said there was nothing wrong with accepting …
The Left Coaster:
Rove's Strategy is Out, What's Ours? — I'm in a bleak, weary mood laced with caffeine, but nonetheless I will press ahead in some self-absorbed quest of futility: I want to know how the Democrats are going to win Congress in 2006. Yes, both the House and Senate.
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William Baude / New York Times:
States of Confusion — IT'S no longer just anti-abortion advocates who oppose Roe v. Wade. These days, Roe's traditional critics are joined by a surprising and increasing number of people who are pro-choice but willing - in fact, eager - to have the ruling overturned.
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Shakespeare's Sister:
A Million Dollars Worth of Irony — Back in June, I mentioned a reality show called "Welcome to the Neighborhood," in which three white, self-described "Christian" families in Texas got to pick their new neighbors from among a group of minority families, including an African-American family …
MB Williams / Wampum:
The 2005 Koufax Awards: Best New Blog — Here we go! — This is the category for best of the new crop of bloggers who bore their progeny blog sometime after January 1, 2005. The closest I personally have ever come to receiving a Koufax Award was when I was runner up in this category …
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Zachary Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Balloting Security — In Controlled Test, Results Are Manipulated in Florida System — As the Leon County supervisor of elections, Ion Sancho's job is to make sure voting is free of fraud. But the most brazen effort lately to manipulate election results …
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Filibuster Alito? — WASHINGTON — Pressure from liberal activists to oppose confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court has been so intense that Democratic senators may be trapped into a filibuster that they do not want to wage. — Despite the consensus that Alito performed …
Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:
Now I am 100% convinced that the "Bin Laden Tape" is a fake, put together by Rove & Co. — Think about it. — What is the archetypal Karl Rove strategy? … The timing and content of this so-called "New Bin Laden" tape has Rove's fingerprints all over it.
Daily Kos:
The Real Truth About Bush's "War On Terror" — Karl Rove, who himself is a threat to national security, revealed that the GOP will make national security a central issue in 2006. Who better to reveal the Republicans' Orwellian plan that the man who probably leaked highly classified national security secrets …
Michelle Malkin:
BLOGGING FOR HALEIGH — Here's the latest in Haleigh Poutre's fight for her life: The Massachusetts Department of Social Services, which last week won court-ordered authority to remove Haleigh's feeding tube, is now under fire for failing to detect and act on signs that Haleigh was abused:
New York Times:
Pakistan's Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter — PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan. 19 - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down …
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