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Associated Press:
Cindy Sheehan Considering Senate Run — CARACAS, Venezuela — Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq.
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Michelle Malkin, Captain's Quarters, ProfessorBainbridge.com, GOP Bloggers and The American Mind
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Ian James / Associated Press:
Chavez Backs Sheehan Plan for Bush Protest — CARACAS, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who just announced that she is weighing a run for Senate, plans to protest again outside President Bush's Texas ranch, Venezuela's president said Sunday with Sheehan by his side.
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The American Mind
Associated Press:
Frist: Gov't Unwanted in End-of-Life Cases — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who took a leading role in the Terry Schiavo case, said Sunday it taught him that Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions. — Frist, considered a presidential hopeful …
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MSNBC:
Transcript for January 29 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Hamas wins in the Middle East, domestic eavesdropping in America, the Jack Abramoff scandal, Hurricane Katrina, and more. With us: an exclusive interview with the majority leader of the United States Senate, Dr. Bill Frist, Republican from Tennessee.
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The Huffington Post
Crooks and Liars:
Frist on MTP:NSA-Stocks-Schiavo=distortions and untruths! — Frist on MTP:NSA-Stocks-Schiavo=distortions and untruths! — Bill Frist joined Tim Russert on MTP this morning and looked like a deer caught in the headlights for most of the show. Tim did do some follow up question for a change …
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Sen. Obama criticizes filibuster tactic — WASHINGTON - To more effectively oppose Supreme Court nominees in the future, Democrats need to convince the public "their values are at stake" rather than use stalling tactics to try to thwart the president, said a senator who opposes Samuel Alito's confirmation.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Woodruff Injury Shows Journalism Is Dangerous Business — The news that ABC World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were badly injured in Iraq underscores a fact often forgotten in these days when the news media is under fire in many quarters: journalism can be a dangerous business.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Why I Oppose the Filibuster — Before you post any searing criticism of me in response to this post, I ask you to at least give me the decency of actually reading my analysis below. Then go for it. Thank you, JOHN — I understand that my friend Cenk at the Young Turks radio show is taking me on …
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Michelle Malkin:
DAVOS: RECAPPING THE GLOBAL BLOVIATE-O-FEST (W/ VIDEO) — The World Economic Forum in Davos, which attracts the world's wealthiest and windiest bloviators, wrapped up this weekend. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt turned up, along with Michael Douglas, Peter Gabriel, retired tennis player Monica Seles …
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Will Dunham / Reuters:
Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has forced about 50,000 soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints ended under a policy called "stop-loss," but while some dispute its fairness, court challenges have fallen flat.
Discussion:
Scrutiny Hooligans, Say Anything, The Officers' Club, Running Scared, Dr. Sanity and BlondeSense
Matthew B. Stannard / San Francisco Chronicle:
THE WAR WITHIN — Pike County, Ky. — BATTLE SCARS: The photo of the 'Marlboro Man' in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict when it ran in newspapers across America in 2004. Now the soldier has returned home to Kentucky,where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress
Paul Boutin:
Chinese Google filter only works if you can spell — google.cn image search for Tiananmen: Gate of Heavenly Peace. — google.cn image search for Tianenmen, Tienanmen and Tiananman: Tanks, tanks, more tanks. — Try it yourself: Compare the same image search on google.com and google.cn.
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Guess Who Likes the G.I.'s in Iraq (Look in Iran's Halls of Power) — NOT long after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, a top aide to L. Paul Bremer III, then the head of the American occupation authority there, excitedly explained that Iraq had just become the front line …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE SILENCE OF THE TIMES — Last night at the end of his long post "Ahabs everywhere," John took a look at the New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau and Adam Liptak purporting to assess the Bush administration's argument for the legality of the NSA surveillance program.
Katrina vanden Heuvel / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers—Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem — Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the blogosphere about everything from Kaine's looks, style …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Weak Ratings Confront Bush Ahead of State of Union — War Fatigue, Ethics Concerns Impact Approval Rating — Jan. 29, 2006 — A weakened George W. Bush faces the nation in his 5th State of the Union address beset by war fatigue, persistent discontent on the economy and other domestic issues …
Observer:
Women demand tougher laws to curb abortions — · Poll reveals growing concern over late terminations — · Blair under pressure to agree review as MPs urge change — Denis Campbell and Gaby Hinsliff — A majority of women in Britain want the abortion laws to be tightened …
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Henry / Crooked Timber:
Bloggers and journalists — I was at the bloggers-meet-journalists lunch a few days ago which Matt Stoller and others have been talking about, and even tried to say something, but was shut down by the moderator, who thought that I was going to say something else altogether.
James Wolcott:
PAJAMA PARTY SPRINGS A LEAK — When bloggers are in full war cry against Big Bad Butt-Ugly Mainstream Media, they demand transparency and accountability from these bureaucratic dinosaurs tottering on the bottom line of extinction; they want files thrown open, memos released, heads lopped, apologies tendered.
New York Times:
Corporate Wealth Share Rises for Top-Income Americans — New government data indicate that the concentration of corporate wealth among the highest-income Americans grew significantly in 2003, as a trend that began in 1991 accelerated in the first year that President Bush and Congress cut taxes on capital.
