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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.
Reuters:
Canada wakes up to new Conservative government
MSNBC:
Canada's Conservative Party wins election
Norma Greenaway / canada.com:
Conservatives return to power
cbc.ca:
Martin to quit as Liberal leader
ctv.ca:
Conservatives win minority, Martin stepping down
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 …
Discussion: WTF Is It Now??
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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.
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Protesters See Mood Shift Against 'Roe'
Discussion: The Mahablog and feministing.com
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Liars For Life  —  William Schneider did a little blurb earlier today …
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" …
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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.
USA Today:   Surveillance program protects country, Bush says
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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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
Discussion: The Heretik and 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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Leftists Against Free Speech And Dialogue  —  One of the least-welcome developments of the Internet has been the rise of e-graffiti, especially at places like Amazon.com, where the victims overwhelmingly have been conservative writers.  It appears that those who oppose conservative thought …
BBC:
Poll finds surprising optimists  —  Iraqis and Afghans are the among most optimistic people in the world when it comes to their economic future, a new survey for the BBC suggests.  —  Italians join people in Zimbabwe and DR Congo as the most downcast about their future, according to the poll of 37,500 people in 32 nations.
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 …
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 …

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