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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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Telegraph:
Day of anger threatened over cartoons of Prophet  —  A leading Islamic cleric called for an "international day of anger" today over publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, and a Danish activist predicted that deadly violence could break out in Europe "at any minute".
CNN:
Storm grows over Mohammad cartoons  —  (CNN) — The international storm over cartoon drawings of the Prophet Mohammad published in European media gathered pace across the Islamic world Thursday with angry demonstrations and the shutting down of the EU office in Gaza City.
Chris Tryhorn / Guardian:
BBC joins cartoon controversy
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The cartoon crisis continues
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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.
David Harris / NJDC's Blog:
New GOP Leader Chosen: What Every American Jew Should Know About John Boehner
Discussion: TalkLeft
CNN:
Boehner elected House majority leader
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
Mark Benjamin / Salon:
Out of jail, into the Army  —  Facing an enlistment crisis, the Army is granting "waivers" to an increasingly high percentage of recruits with criminal records — and trying to hide it.  —  Pages 1 2  —  Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++ … It was about 10 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2002 …
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Algorehasalockbox / huffingtonpost.com:
MURTHA'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT …
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
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.
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Sam Rosenfeld / TAPPED:
IS ABORTION BAD?  So far, Will Saletan and Katha Pollitt's exchange about abortion in Slate is interesting and worth a read, though I rather think it typifies a certain frustrating tendency in political commentary that Matt has often noted: the insistence on framing discussions of actual …
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Slate:
Is Abortion Bad?
Discussion: Eschaton
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Needlenose and Democratic Veteran
John / AMERICAblog:
Help me understand this  —  I just got the following two emails, one from some lady in Florida, and another from a retired Marine.  These are pretty good examples of the emails I've been getting from those on the right, and several folks claiming to be military or associated with the military …
mysanantonio.com:
NEW: Bush-Cuellar photo prompts donations to Rodriguez  —  A well-traveled photograph of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar being embraced by President Bush prior to Tuesday's State of the Union address triggered a rush of Internet donations to one of Cuellar's Democratic primary rivals Thursday.
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11  —  NEW YORK - A federal judge blasted former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman on Thursday for reassuring New Yorkers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that it was safe to return to their homes and offices while toxic dust was polluting the neighborhood.

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PBS Station Nixes Show On Terrorism
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