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Michelle Malkin:
THE COWARDLY AMERICAN MEDIA (VIDEO ADDED)  —  ***scroll for updates***  —  Read this CNN report very carefully: … Unbelievable.  The news network reports on an international controversy, but refuses to show readers what the news is actually about and let them judge the cartoons for themselves.
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Michelle Malkin:
IN SEARCH OF A BRAVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER (UPDATED)  —  ***11:20am update...I've just learned that the NYSun published two of the cartoons in today's print edition...will post scans if I can get them...bravo!...scan posted below...***  —  I have contacted several newspaper op-ed editors urging …
CNN:
Storm grows over Mohammad cartoons
Chris Tryhorn / Guardian:
BBC joins cartoon controversy
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The cartoon crisis continues
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and TigerHawk
Scott Burgess / The Daily Ablution:
An Awakening Europe Reacts - Spineless UK Press Doesn't
Discussion: The Officers' Club
David Espo / Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected House Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio was elected House majority leader Thursday to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay.  —  Boehner defeated fellow Republican Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record) of Missouri …
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Associated Press:
Rep. Boehner Elected GOP Majority Leader  —  WASHINGTON — Republican officials say Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has been chosen House majority leader.  —  Boehner defeated Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, 122-109, after lagging behind his rival in a first, inconclusive ballot.
CNN:
Boehner elected House majority leader  —  Republicans choose Ohio lawmaker to succeed DeLay  —  (CNN) — House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.  —  He upset Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a 122-109 vote on the second ballot.
New York Times:
Ohio Congressman Wins Majority Leader Race, Replacing DeLay  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Representative John Boehner, an eight-term Congressman from far west Ohio, defeated Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri today to become House majority leader as Republicans showed their eagerness …
Discussion: QandO and TheAgitator.com
Krempasky / RedState:
Congratulations, Mr. Leader  —  Congressman John Boehner …
Discussion: Wizbang, On Tap and BizzyBlog.com
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Iraq, Niger, And The CIA  —  Vice President Cheney and his then-Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were personally informed in June 2003 that the CIA no longer considered credible the allegations that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger …
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The Left Coaster:   Treasongate: Libby and Uranium from Africa
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Bush told Blair we're going to war, memo reveals  —  · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings  —  · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes  —  · Bush: postwar violence unlikely  —  Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" …
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Gary Gibbon / channel4.com:   The White House memo
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Bring On The Screeching Harpies  —  These missing Cheney e-mails are very intriguing.  This is particularly so because we went though a similar event during the Clinton administration and the Republicans went completely apes**t over it.  In 2000, it was revealed (through the machinations of Judicial Watch) …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Fitzgerald - Missing Emails?
Daily Kos:
TX-28: Is this really a *Democratic* primary?  —  Atrios digs this up from the Google cache: … And this from the Club for Growth endorsement, delivered by Pat Toomey of all people: … This may be billed as a Democratic primary, but in this solidly Democratic Latino-majority district …
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Tony Blankley / realclearpolitics.com:
State of the Democratic Party  —  During an election campaign, political operatives are fond of seeking to induce in their opponent a negative "defining moment."  That is to say a highly publicized moment when their opponent portrays everything that is wrong with him.
Discussion: QandO and California Conservative
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Betsy / Betsy's Page:
One of the joys of teaching is seeing things through young eyes.
Discussion: The Anchoress
Benjamin Harvey / aolsvc.news.aol.com:
In Turkish Movie, Americans Kill Innocents  —  Gary Busey, Billy Zane Co-Star in Anti-American Film  —  ISTANBUL, Turkey (Feb. 2) - In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
When does the "self-correcting" blogosphere start to self-correct?  —  (updated below - twice - and then once again)  —  Before the Capitol Police acknowledged yesterday that there was no legal basis for removing, let alone arresting, Cindy Sheehan — to the contrary, they admitted that they …
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate  —  New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection.  —  Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Alito: More Independent Than Ted Kennedy
Discussion: Hyscience and Betsy's Page
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Commentary:
Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act?  —  "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts."  Thus ran the headline of a front-page news story whose repercussions have roiled American politics ever since its publication last December 16 in the New York Times.
Discussion: Power Line
WorldNetDaily:
NAACP chairman compares GOP to Nazis  —  Bond delivers blistering partisan speech in North Carolina  —  Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Netroots, It's Time to Get Serious About Power  —  One of the arguments I've tried to make is that the Democratic Party and the blogosphere itself lacks a functional apparatus for projecting power.  The Washington Post has a terrific article that we should all read and work through on the recent Alito fight.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Democrats and Bush Aides Spar in Senate Over U.S. Spying  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Senate Democrats today angrily accused the Bush administration of conducting a public relations campaign to defend the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program while refusing …
Slate:
Is Abortion Bad?  —  Dear Katha,  —  Let's start by explaining to readers why we're having this conversation.  Last week in the New York Times, I urged pro-choicers to wage war on the abortion rate through birth control and sex education.  This week in The Nation, you replied that …

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Lawrence Solum / lsolum.blogspot.com:
Barnett's Taft Lecture
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11
Kevin G. Hall / Knight Ridder:
Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports
Ann Hulbert / Slate:
Will Boys Be Boys?  —  Why the gender lens may not shed light …
Larry Elder / Townhall.com:
The (blue) State of the Union address
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Why education is productive — a parable of men and beasts
Fausta / Fausta's Blog:
Evo Morales: "Fidel's a democratic man"
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Rogers / Kung Fu Monkey:
Just.  Stay.  Down.  —  I don't often get involved in blog-spats.
Discussion: UNCoRRELATED
Times of London:
The President is a dolt - so how can America be such a success story?
New York Times:
The March of the Straw Soldiers
 
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