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Stephen Castle / Independent:
Mohamed cartoons provoke bomb threats against Danish newspaper  —  A Danish newspaper suffered bomb scares a day after apologising for cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed which prompted protests from Muslims and a boycott of Danish products in a dozen nations.  —  The offices of Jyllands-Posten …
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service.spiegel.de:
Alienated Danish Muslims Sought Help from Arabs  —  Twelve drawings of Muhammad printed in a major Danish newspaper have turned millions of Muslims against Denmark.  But three images that had nothing to do with the campaign that were shown to Muslim leaders on a trip by a group of Muslims living …
Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Offending Cartoons Reprinted
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
More European Papers Print Cartoons of Muhammad, Fueling Dispute With Muslims
Discussion: sisu and Mark in Mexico
New York Times:
House Approves Budget Cutbacks of $39.5 Billion  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — House Republicans eked out a victory on a $39.5 billion budget-cutting package on Wednesday, with a handful of skittish Republicans switching their votes at the last minute in opposition to reductions in spending on health and education programs.
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MSNBC:
House sends budget cut bill to Bush's desk  —  Body approves Congress's first try in eight years to slow benefit programs  —  WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday narrowly approved Congress' first attempt in eight years to slow the growth of benefit programs like Medicaid and student loan subsidies …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Budget Cuts Pass By a Slim Margin  —  Poor, Elderly and Students to Feel Pinch  —  The House yesterday narrowly approved a contentious budget-cutting package that would save nearly $40 billion over five years by imposing substantial changes on programs including Medicaid, welfare, child support and student lending.
New York Times:
Congress Narrowly Approves $39 Billion in Budget Cuts
Opinion Journal:
Republican Referendum
Discussion: Gay Patriot and SoCalPundit
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Washington Post:
Republicans Were Masters In the Race to Paint Alito  —  Democrats' Portrayal Failed to Sway the Public  —  On the night of Sunday, Oct. 30, the White House team charged with getting Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination through the Senate got a first look at the nominee.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Alito's first significant vote: splits with conservatives
Discussion: The Sideshow
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Not So Free Speech  —  In the kabuki theatre world of GWB Productions, there is good speech (that which works with the stage direction of the event) and bad speech (that which does not make for good camera shots and must, therefore, be shut down).  —  You will no doubt recall last year's instance …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Update 10: Police Apologize, Drop Charge Vs. Sheehan  —  Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Wednesday and apologized for ejecting her and a congressman's wife from President Bush's State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages.
Kevin G. Hall / Knight Ridder:
Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports  —  WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush's Goals on Energy Quickly Find Obstacles  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The energy proposals set out on Tuesday by President Bush quickly ran into obstacles on Wednesday, showing how difficult it will be to take even the limited steps he supports to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign oil.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Eschaton
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senate Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance …
Editor and Publisher:
Joint Chiefs Send Rare Protest Letter to 'Wash Post' Over 'Reprehensible' Toles Cartoon  —  NEW YORK A Tom Toles editorial cartoon published in The Washington Post on Monday and on its Web site has drawn a very rare and very strong protest letter to the editors from all six members of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, E&P has learned.
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Washington Post:
A Reprehensible Cartoon
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Ex-Aide Libby Wants Classified Materials  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for a former top White House aide want access to classified intelligence briefings to show that he had more pressing matters on his mind than lying about leaking the identity of a CIA operative to get even with her husband for criticizing President Bush.
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:   Lawyers in Leak Case Outline Libby's Defense
CNN:
Jimmy Carter: Give Hamas a chance  —  Former president says U.S. should not cut off aid to Palestinians  —  (CNN) — Hamas deserves to be recognized by the international community, and despite the group's militant history, there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence …
Discussion: TigerHawk and In the Bullpen
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MSNBC:
Scoring SCOTUS  —  Alito and the Democrats  —  Judge Sam Alito was confirmed today, as expected.  The final vote was 58 to 42.  The voting list is here.  —  This past weekend saw a unified effort in the blogosphere to engage readers in a call to action.
Washington Post:
Retreating on the Offensive  —  THE MOST important foreign policy theme in President Bush's State of the Union speech Tuesday night was his warning that the United States cannot afford to retreat from the aggressive defense of its interests abroad.  The hardships of the wars in Iraq …
Discussion: Bull Moose
Ctblogger / CONNECTICUTBlog:
See Lieberman jump for joy  —  Okay, I had a chance to go back and take a look at the Lieberman footage from last night and I have to revise my eariler statement.  —  It seems like a very small handful of moderate Democrats stood up along with Lieberman when Bush made his "we're winning the Iraq war" …
Wall Street Journal:
Alito-Palooza  —  Regularly Updated Political Insight and Analysis  —  Justice Samuel Alito stopped by the White House Wednesday afternoon for a ceremonial swearing in, with President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and a galaxy of Republican legal stars, from Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese III …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway

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