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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Canadian Voters Oust Incumbent for Conservative — TORONTO, Jan. 23 - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party defeated the long entrenched Liberal Party in Canadian elections on Monday. A Conservative victory is a striking turn in the country's politics and is likely …
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Beth Duff-Brown / Associated Press:
Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election — OTTAWA - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party won national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule, a victory expected to move Canada rightward on social and economic issues and lead to improved ties with the United States.
cbc.ca:
Harper wins Tory minority government — Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will become Canada's next prime minister, as Canadians have elected a Tory minority government and ended a 12-year reign of Liberal rule. — Nationwide, the Tories are currently leading or elected in 123 ridings …
CNN:
Poll: Alito should sit on high court — Supreme Court nominee expected to win panel support Tuesday — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans said the Senate should confirm federal appellate judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, with just 30 percent opposing his confirmation, according to a poll released Monday.
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Insight:
Impeachment hearings: The White House prepares for the worst — The Bush administration is bracing for impeachment hearings in Congress. — "A coalition in Congress is being formed to support impeachment," an administration source said. — Sources said a prelude to the impeachment process …
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WTF Is It Now??
Matthew Yglesias / yglesias.tpmcafe.com:
Matthew Yglesias — Reasonable Boundaries — Kevin Drum wonders once again why the Bush administration didn't simply ask congress to amend FISA rather than breaking the law: "It certainly would have passed easily. The Patriot Act passed 99-1, after all.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
AMENDING FISA....Here's another point related to General Hayden's admission today that the NSA's domestic spying program isn't some kind of dazzling high tech black op, but merely garden variety wiretapping that was done outside normal FISA channels because NSA couldn't meet the "probable cause" …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House Got Early Warning on Katrina — In the 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm's likely impact, including eerily prescient predictions of breached levees, massive flooding, and major losses of life and property, documents show.
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PoliBlog, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Huffington Post, the talking dog, Burnt Orange Report and Air America Radio
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger — WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The White House was told in the hours before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans that the city would probably soon be inundated with floodwater, forcing the long-term relocation of hundreds of thousands of people …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:The Rancher in Chief and a Certain Cowboy Film
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Crooks and Liars
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Supreme Ethics Problem? — What Was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Doing on Day of Supreme Court Swearing-In? — Jan. 23, 2006 — At the historic swearing-in of John Roberts as the 17th chief justice of the United States last September, every member of the Supreme Court, except Antonin Scalia, was in attendance.
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Attytood, Shakespeare's Sister, The Volokh Conspiracy, Rook's Rant, Knowledge Is Power and Rising Hegemon
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Rove's Early Warning — Perhaps it's an aspect of compassionate conservatism. Or maybe it's just a taunt and a dare. Well in advance of Election Day, Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, has a habit of laying out his party's main themes, talking points and strategies.
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Washington Post:
President Bush Speaks at Kansas State University — SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — BUSH: Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for inviting me here to give the Landon Lecture. — For those students who are here, I want you to know, I can remember what it was like to sit through lectures.
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraq Rebuilding Badly Hobbled, U.S. Report Finds — The first official history of the $25 billion American reconstruction effort in Iraq depicts a program hobbled from the outset by gross understaffing, a lack of technical expertise, bureaucratic infighting, secrecy and constantly increasing security costs …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference — GOP Negotiators Criticized for Change In Measure on HMOs — House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a major budget-cutting bill, agreed on a change to Senate-passed Medicare legislation that would save …
Ian Welsh / The Blogging of the President:
The Morning After — Your email address: — Message (optional): — The Conservatives have their minority government. National results were: — Conservatives: 124 — Liberals: 103 — Bloc Quebecois: 51 — NDP: 29 — Independent: 1 — The only two party combination capable …
MB Williams / Wampum:
The 2005 Koufax Awards: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition — This is the hardest of the nomination posts to compile, one reason I chose to do it early this year - hopefully you'll all feel sorry enough for me that you'll send much Pinot Noir and pad thai (well, maybe not together …
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Orders Release of Gitmo Detainee IDs — NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled Monday that the Defense Department must release the identities of hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees to The Associated Press. — U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff told the government to provide the information …
