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CNN:
Palestinian PM says government will quit after Hamas win  —  Israeli PM: 'Will not negotiate' with those who won't fight terrorism  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) — In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Thursday he and others …
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New York Times:
Anticipating Hamas Victory, Palestinian Cabinet Resigns  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, and his government submitted their resignations Thursday as the radical Islamic faction Hamas appeared to have scored a major upset and defeated the ruling Fatah party in parliamentary elections.
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Hamas Claims Victory in Palestinian Elections  —  Group Says It Has Clear Majority of Seats; Prime Minister and Cabinet Resign  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 26 — The radical Islamic group Hamas claimed victory Thursday in voting for the first Palestinian parliament in a decade …
BBC:
Hamas sweeps to election victory  —  Islamic militant group Hamas has won a stunning victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections.  —  According to preliminary results, Hamas won 76 seats to 43 for the ruling Fatah party, giving them a majority in the 132-seat chamber.  The turnout was 77%.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Welcome To War  —  Exit polling turned out to be optimistic for the now-defunct Palestinian Authority, dominated by Fatah since its founding by Yasser Arafat.  The supposedly reformed terrorist kept the government as a sinecure for his PLO comrades, and made sure that any elections held …
Pajamas Media:   Hamas captures majority of parliament seats: Hamas and Fatah officials
New York Times:
Bush Wants Abbas to Remain Palestinian Leader
Patrick Belton / OxBlog:
UF, WELL THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!  When I wrote …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Austin Bay Blog
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush: Hamas Must Alter Stance on Israel to Be 'Partner in Peace'
Discussion: In the Bullpen
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:   Hamas Victory Stuns Palestinian Pols
Emanuele Ottolenghi / National Review:
Hamas Without Veils
Discussion: The Key Monk and irishpennants.com
Washington Post:
President Bush Holds a White House Press Conference  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: I thank you all very much.  Look forward to answering some of your questions here in a minute.  —  I'm also looking forward to going up to Capitol Hill next Tuesday to give my State of the Union address.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
The Power-Madness of King George  —  Is Bush turning America into an elective dictatorship?  —  It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights.  President Bush believes he has the legal authority …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Taking Bin Laden Threat Seriously
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
White House Dismissed '02 Surveillance Proposal
New York Times:
Senators in Need of a Spine  —  Judge Samuel Alito Jr., whose entire history suggests that he holds extreme views about the expansive powers of the presidency and the limited role of Congress, will almost certainly be a Supreme Court justice soon.  His elevation will come courtesy …
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Ann Imse / Rocky Mountain News:   Salazar: Thomas an 'abomination'
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Picks Up Second Democrat Supporter
Discussion: Orcinus
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Right Wing Nut House:
OH THOSE PESKY IRAQI WMD'S!  —  For almost three years, the conventional wisdom regarding Iraq WMD's prior to our invasion was that Saddam never had them, we knew it, Bush lied, and we invaded anyway because we wanted their oil, or to establish military bases, or because George Bush is a meany …
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The Fix-It Myth  —  Almost everyone agrees that we ought to "fix the health care system" — a completely meaningless phrase despite its popularity with politicians, pundits and "experts."  Indeed, it is popular precisely because it is meaningless.  The people who proclaim it rarely tell you the discomforting choices it might involve.
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Milt Freudenheim / New York Times:
Prognosis Is Mixed for Health Savings
Discussion: TAPPED
Media Blog on National Review Online:
The Left's Revolution Against the Media  —  I think this post, written by Salon's Peter Daou, captures the essence of a movement that is sweeping the liberal side of the blogosphere.  In the past few weeks, liberal blogs have organized campaigns against Chris Matthews, Tim Russert and the the Washington Post …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE CHINA-GOOGLE PROTEST LOGO ALBUM  —  I'm collecting photoshopped/altered Google logos by bloggers and others in response to the search engine company's decision to kowtow to China.  Let a thousand protest icons bloom!  —  Here was mine:  —  Murdoc:  —  Pam at Atlas Shrugs, who's calling on you to divest from Google:
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Financial Times:
US congressman takes Google to task on China
Discussion: Slate and Kudlow's Money Politic$
Leslie Baldacci / Chicago Sun Times:
Thousands apply for jobs at new Wal-Mart  —  Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits.
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
GOP Freezes Jobs List, a Vestige of the K Street Project  —  Republican lawmakers yesterday ended their long practice of routinely summoning lobbyists to the Capitol to try to persuade them to hire their aides and colleagues, in the wake of the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal.
neo-neocon:
A mind is a difficult thing to change—Part 6 B (After 9/11: war is interested in you)  —  You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.  —  Leon Trotsky  —  INTRODUCTION  —  This segment of the story begins with a shock to the system: 9/11.
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Worst Beltway Incest Yet?  —  Tim Russert isn't doing his son any favor.  —  Earl Ofari Hutchinson contributes a forceful and admirably BS-free post on a dirty little un-PC secret of the Democratic coalition: Anti-illegal immigrant sentiment among blacks. ...
Discussion: Betsy's Page

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