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Sen. Kerry calls for filibuster of Alito — Unclear if Massachusetts Democrat has votes needed to block nominee — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John Kerry has decided to support a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN's Congressional Correspondent Ed Henry reported Thursday.
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Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
BREAKING: KERRY WILL LEAD FILIBUSTER!!!!! — Bush & Co. are trying to transform the US government into a dictatorship. The least the Senate opposition can do is mount a filibuster against the confirmation of Alito to the SC. — Presently, the US public is not paying attention to the issues posed by Alito's pending confirmation.
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Michelle Malkin:
SEN. BYRD: THE PEOPLE WERE APPALLED (VIDEO) — Sen. Robert Byrd took to the Senate floor earlier today to criticize the manner in which the Alito hearings were conducted. Watch this and file it under "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." — Download the video (.wmv file)
John Kerry / dailykos.com:
Filibuster Alito — Do I support a filibuster? The answer is yes. — Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it. I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination. I know Senator Kennedy does not either. He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
CNN:
Kerry will try Alito filibuster — White House confident it has support to bring vote — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, CNN has learned. — Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:Kerry Urges Alito Filibuster, but His Reception Is Cool
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Etgar Lefkovits / Jerusalem Post:
Carter calls for funding Palestinians — A day after Hamas swept to an upset victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday said that Wednesday's voting had been orderly and fair. — "The elections were completely honest, completely fair …
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Defense Lawyers Seek Prosecution Data on Reporters in Leak Case — WASHINGTON, Jan 26 — Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff asked a federal judge on Thursday to order the prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case to turn over all documents in his possession related …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby To Pursue Media (cont.) — It was previously reported that Libby's defense in the Plame investigation would include putting the media on trial. New court filings, as described by Reuters, the AP, and the NY Times shed more light on the defense strategy. — From the AP:
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:Irony Alert: Tim Russert to Lecture on Ethics (Get Your Tickets Now!)
David Donnelly / THE DAILY DELAY:
Photograph Company President that "scrubbed" Abramoff photo with Bush gave to Bush — Josh has a post in which he interviews the President of Reflections Photography on why their photos of Abramoff and Bush are no longer available. From his post: … Business decision. Yeah, I bet.
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:
Who is Georges Sada and why should we care? — The New York Sun publishes an interview with Georges Sada, director of the Iraq operations of the Christian humanitarian organization, World Compassion. Mr. Sada previously was known as General Sada and was Air Vice Marshal in Saddam Hussein's military.
canada.com:
Gore accuses big oil of bankrolling Tories — Election laws only allow $1,000 corporate donations — Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore has accused the oil industry of financially backing the Tories and their "ultra-conservative leader" to protect its stake in Alberta's lucrative oilsands.
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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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Oprah Throws the Book at Herself — Talk-Show Host Apologizes for Defending Falsified Tale, Then Grills 'Pieces' Author — Oprah Winfrey, embarrassed by her defense of a memoir after it was exposed as partially fabricated, apologized yesterday and then lectured the sheepish-looking author …
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Jan Sjostrom / palmbeachdailynews.com:
Broadcaster says serious news at risk — The anchorman whose boss once characterized him as ice compared with his successor's fire was anything but chilly in the impassioned speech he delivered Tuesday at The Society of the Four Arts. — "Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and …
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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White House:
Press Conference of the President — THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to interrupt. (Laughter.) Thank you all very much. I 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.
Opinion Journal:
Hard Line State — Big Labor's war on Wal-Mart claims casualties among poor Marylanders. — BALTIMORE—In Big Labor's war against Wal-Mart, "collateral damage"—in the form of lost jobs and income for the poor—is starting to add up. Of course, since the unions and their legislative allies claim …
Radio Blogger:
Karl Rove on Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid — "...this president treats the opposition with dignity and respect. You'll notice that he has never, for example, said anything regarding the Democratic leadership that could come close to the venom and the anger and the rage …
