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John / AMERICAblog:
Get ready for the white men of the Republican party to lecture black leaders about not knowing their place  —  UPDATE: Well that didn't take long.  But rather than old white men, it's an old white woman of the far-right wing of the Republican party telling black leaders to mind their place.
Discussion: firedoglake, TalkLeft and Cold Fury
The Anchoress:
Wellstoning the King Funeral  —  Check out Chris Muir's cartoon today!  —  Oh, come on, you're not really surprised, are you, that Coretta Scott King's funeral got political?  —  I'm not.  I remember this:  —  Sen Paul Wellstone Memorial  —  After President Bush praised Dr. King, things went downhill, apparently.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Praises King for Changing the Country  —  President Bush, leading the nation in celebrating the life of Coretta Scott King, praised the civil rights leader for enduring extraordinary pain and loss to give generations of people "a better, more welcoming country."
Michelle Malkin:
UNHINGED AT CORETTA SCOTT KING'S FUNERAL
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Legacy of Kings
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Four Presidents Join Mourners at Funeral of Coretta Scott King
Discussion: The Left Coaster and The RCP Blog
Eric / Is That Legal?:
Stop the "Wellstone Funeral" Meme In Its Tracks!
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Jay Reding.com
New York Times:
Some Democrats Are Sensing Missed Opportunities  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Democrats are heading into this year's elections in a position weaker than they had hoped for, party leaders say, stirring concern that they are letting pass an opportunity to exploit what they see as widespread Republican vulnerabilities.
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — A House Republican whose subcommittee oversees the National Security Agency broke ranks with the White House on Tuesday and called for a full Congressional inquiry into the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA  —  George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word "theory" at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agency officials said.
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
THE 'CARTOON RIOTS': BIGOTS ON BOTH SIDES  —  February 7, 2006 — RIOTS scorch the Islamic world as maddened believers protest Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.  Embassies burn, demonstrators die, crazed threats resound.  Far more Muslims fill the streets than protested the invasion of Iraq.
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New York Times:
Muslim Protests Against Cartoons Spread  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 — Muslim anger over Danish cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad continued to swell across the Middle East and elsewhere in the world on Monday, turning violent in Afghanistan, where at least five protesters died …
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease  —  The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet keeps women from getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet had no effect.  —  The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women aged 50 to 79 who were followed for eight years.
The New York Observer Politicker:
NY Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out  —  The editorial staff of the alternative weekly New York Press walked out today, en masse, after the paper's publishers backed down from printing the Danish cartoons that have become the center of a global free-speech fight.
Paul Craig Roberts / counterpunch.org:
My Epiphany  —  A number of readers have asked me when did I undergo my epiphany, abandon right-wing Reaganism and become an apostle of truth and justice.  —  I appreciate the friendly sentiment, but there is a great deal of misconception in the question.  —  When I saw that the neoconservative …
Michelle Malkin:
VIDEO: BREAKING THE TABOO  —  I appeared tonight on Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes for an all-too-brief segment on the Mohammed Cartoons.  Before I drove to the Washington, D.C., studio, I stopped by a Kinko's store, printed out the cartoons, and pasted them onto a piece of poster board.
Media Matters for America:
How many Time reporters knew they were deceiving readers about Rove's role in Plamegate? … On October 13, 2003, Time magazine ran an article that included a quote from White House press secretary Scott McClellan insisting that White House senior adviser Karl Rove had nothing to do with outing undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Newsweek:
Reform, Washington Style  —  How an eight-term congressman with extensive ties to K Street became the new face of the House Republican Party.  —  Feb. 13, 2006 issue - Like any good politician, John Boehner knew how to read his audience.  Early last week the Republican Study Committee …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Our Message In 2006: Republicans Control Congress  —  Update: If you think this is an important idea, please email it to anyone you know in politics.  —  Last week, I put up a post entitled Voter Knowledge and the House of Representatives.  Referencing long-term National Election Survey data …

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