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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Learning from Dear Leader  —  (updated below - updated again, several times)  —  I disagree with lots of things which Cindy Sheehan says but if the circumstances of her arrest last night at the State of the Union speech are anything like what she describes them as being (h/t Lis Riba), then her arrest is completely disgraceful.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
State Of The Union: Live Blog
BBC:
France enters Muslim cartoon row  —  A French newspaper has reproduced a set of Danish caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have caused outrage in the Muslim world.  —  France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that "religious dogma" had no place in a secular society.
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Times of London:
French newspaper reprints Muhammad cartoons  —  Under the headline "We have the right to caricature God," a French newspaper today reprinted the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have ignited extraordinary anti-Danish protests, death threats and boycotts across the Muslim world.
Los Angeles Times:
Bush Stretches to Defend Surveillance  — The president's justification for his spy program has disputable roots, as do some of the facts and figures he put forth in his speech.  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush received a roaring ovation Tuesday for his prime-time defense of wiretapping phone calls without warrants.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Bush vs. Bush  —  WHEN HE MET with TV anchors over lunch …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
New Justice's First Challenge: Clap On or Clap Off?  —  Samuel A. Alito Jr., barely eight hours into his job as a Supreme Court justice, had to make a series of important rulings as he sat in the House chamber for last night's State of the Union address.  —  For instance: How enthusiastically would he applaud for President Bush?
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
A Speech Both Stately And Stolid  —  Whether George W. Bush is, at best, the worst president since Herbert Hoover — as a seemingly sizable number of Americans appear to believe — he acquitted himself fairly well and came off as basically competent when he delivered his fifth State of the Union speech last night.
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Drudge Report:
KERRY CLAIMS: 53% OF CHILDREN DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL  —  Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that 53% of America's children do not graduate from high school — a claim that raised eyebrows in the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
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Michelle Malkin:
KERRY'S "53 PERCENT" LIE (VIDEO)
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Newsweek:
The Case for Joe Biden  —  A long time political consultant argues that the senior senator from Delaware is the Democrat's best shot  —  Jan. 31, 2006 - There are several ways we choose our presidents.  During the primaries, we may vote for the person who looks as if he or she will perform best …
Discussion: firedoglake and Big Brass Blog
Pamela Hess / UPI:
SECURITY & TERRORISM  —  Some US troops question Woodruff coverage  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) — The American media stood up and took notice when an improvised explosive device grievously injured an ABC News crew Sunday.  —  In Iraq, and throughout the military, there is sympathy …
Michael Hedges / Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's defense fund in red  —  Congressman raised $590,000 last year but still owes hundreds of thousands more  —  WASHINGTON - Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay raised more money for his legal defense in 2005 than ever before but still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers, according to documents released Tuesday.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Bush's New Ally: France?  —  PARIS — Once every five or six weeks, a French presidential adviser named Maurice Gourdault-Montagne flies to Washington to meet with his American counterpart, national security adviser Stephen Hadley.  They spend several hours coordinating strategy on Iran …
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
President panders to anti-manimal lobby!  Dr Moreau flees country in rage!  —  I didn't listen to the State of the Union Address last night, preferring to maintain my equanimity by attending a talk on quantum physics, but I knew I could trust my readers to email me with choice weird science bits.
National Review:
SOTU Critics Room  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: National Review Online asked a group of experienced experts for their take of the president's State of the Union address immediately after the speech or in the wee hours after.  Here's what they had to say.  —  DANIEL CASSE

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