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Maria Newman / New York Times:
Bush Learned Within Three Hours That Cheney Shot Hunter  —  President Bush was informed within three hours that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a fellow hunter in South Texas on Saturday afternoon, the White House said today.  —  The shooting, which occurred at about 5:30 p.m. …
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White House:
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan  — Response to a Question from the Briefing  —  MR. MCCLELLAN: Good afternoon, everyone.  Let me begin with one update on the schedule today.  The President will today — or today is submitting his 2006 Economic Report to the Congress.
CBS News:
Reporting Lag In Cheney Shooting  —  (CBS/AP) Questions are being raised about why it took the Bush administration a full day to disclose the news that Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a companion on a weekend hunting trip.  —  The incident occurred Saturday but was not reported publicly …
rawstory.com:
White House briefing: Reporters go after McClellan  —  RAW STORY  —  From Monday's White House press briefing.  Crooks and Liars now has the video here.  —  Q Scott, do you think that the shooting accident involving the vice president on Saturday should have been disclosed to the public on Saturday?
William Douglas / Knight Ridder:
Cheney's companion at fault in shooting, White House says  —  WASHINGTON - The White House blamed the 78-year-old man whom Vice President Dick Cheney shot during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas for the incident, as officials struggled Monday to explain why they waited nearly 24 hours before making the news public.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Piquing the nation's interest  —  I should probably admit something: when I first heard that Dick Cheney had accidentally shot someone while hunting, I thought, as long as no one was seriously hurt, it'd be an amusing little story for The Daily Show, we'd all have a little fun at the Vice President's expense …
New York Times:
No End to Questions in Cheney Hunting Accident  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — The White House sought with little success on Monday to quell an uproar over why it took the better part of a day to disclose that Vice President Dick Cheney had accidentally wounded a fellow hunter in Texas on Saturday …
Larisa Alexandrovna / rawstory.com:
Outed CIA officer was working on Iran, intelligence sources say
Patricia Wilson / Reuters:
White House under fire in Cheney shooting accident
Discussion: IMAO and Rantings of a Sandmonkey
And Another Thing:
Hunting Frenzy
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Groans at Home Re: (Cheney Joke Here)
Discussion: Whatever It Is …
Associated Press:
Abramoff Said to Claim Close Ties to Rove
Tom Baldwin / Times of London:
Cheney accused of cover-up over hunter shooting
Discussion: The Road To Surfdom
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Valerie Plame Leak Sabotaged America's Iran-Watching Intelligence Effort
Discussion: wnyc.org
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
U.S. and Israelis Are Said to Talk of Hamas Ouster  —  JERUSALEM, Feb. 13 — The United States and Israel are discussing ways to destabilize the Palestinian government so that newly elected Hamas officials will fail and elections will be called again, according to Israeli officials and Western diplomats.
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CNN:
Poll: Americans nervous about Iran  —  Bush's approval rating drops to 39 percent  —  (CNN) — Americans are nervous about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, but also worry about the ability of the United States and the United Nations to deal with the situation, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday suggests.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Expectations of Middle East Peace Drop Following Hamas Victory  —  Growing sympathy toward Israelis evident  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Following the election of Hamas as the Palestinian Authority's ruling party, Americans have grown more pessimistic that peace will ever be achieved in the Middle East …
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Daily Kos:   OH-Sen: Hackett out. Of politics.
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Michelle Malkin:
DANA MILBANK: CLOWN  —  Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank turned up on an MSNBC show to talk about the Cheney accidental hunting trip shooting wearing this costume:  —  Download and watch the video (Windows Media .wmv file).  —  Hat tip: Tom Elia at The New Editor …
Paul Waldman / Washington Monthly:
John Fund Again?  —  It's not your imagination—the Sunday shows really do lean right.  —  If you're up early on Sunday mornings in Washington, you can observe a weekly ritual.  Around 9am, a string of chauffeured town cars and SUVs pulls up outside the NBC studio on Nebraska Avenue …
Discussion: Eschaton
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Dispatches From The Fever Swamp
The Brussels Journal:
More and More Moderate Muslims Speak Out in Denmark  —  Dozens of Danish Muslims are joining the network of moderate Muslims, the Demokratiske Muslimer (Democratic Muslims).  About 700 Muslims have already become DM members and 2,500 Danes have expressed their will to support the network.
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Daily Kos:
The Cult of Bush  —  Glenn Greenwald: … As Atrios noted the other day, it'll be interesting to see what happens as Bush's lame duck presidency inches closer to sweet, final conclusion.  The Republican Party has abandoned all of its supposed core precepts (things like smaller government …
Hilary Goldstein / IGN:
WonderCon '06: Holy Terror, Batman!  —  Batman kicks Al Qaeda's ass.  Frank Miller's talks about upcoming book.  —  February 12, 2006 - During his WonderCon panel, Frank Miller discussed his next graphic novel.  Once again, Miller returns to the world of the Batman, this time with Holy Terror, Batman!.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Al Gore's Big Political Mistake (UPDATED)  —  Just when former Vice President Al Gore seemed to be re-carving a niche for himself as an outspoken, blunt political critic of the Bush administration he forgot a key rule of real estate:  —  "Location, location, location."
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rawstory.com:
Bush Admin. spent over $1.6 Billion on advertising and P.R. since 2003, GAO finds  —  RAW STORY  —  From a release to RAW STORY:  —  Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, and other senior Democrats released …

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