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2:20 PM ET, April 5, 2006

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tampabays10.com:
Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary arrested  —  Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Arrested on Polk County Charges  —  Brian J. Doyle, DOB 4/7/50, the Deputy Press Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Public Affairs in Washington …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
DHS Spokesman Is Accused of Soliciting Teen Online  —  The deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested last night on charges that he used the Internet to seduce an undercover Florida sheriff's detective who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
Discussion: Wonkette
Joshua Brockman / New York Times:
Child Sex as Internet Fare, Through Eyes of a Victim
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Pedophiles — Things You Ought To Know
New York Times:
Couric Announces Departure From 'Today' Show  —  Katie Couric, the most successful host in the more than 50-year history of NBC's "Today" show, told her audience of more than 6 million viewers this morning that she will step down from the program and leave NBC when her contract concludes at the end of next month.
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Media Research Center:
Katie Couric's Years of Liberal Tilt  —  Since becoming co-host of NBC's Today in April 1991, Katie Couric has often used her perch to salute her liberal heroes (including Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Carter) or complain about "right-wing conservatives."  In her years on Today …
wnbc.com:
Couric Announces Move To CBS  —  NEW YORK — On her 15th anniversary on "Today," Katie Couric told viewers Wednesday she's leaving NBC to join CBS and become the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast.  —  Slideshow: Couric Says She's Leaving 'Today'
Vaughn Ververs / News Blog:
Katie Bar The Door (Sorry, Couldn't Resist)
Rebecca Dana / New York Observer:
Katie Cronkite
Discussion: Rathergate.com
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Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
The party of police-haters  —  There's only one thing more damning than the recent caterwauling of cop-bashing Rep. Cynthia McKinney and her race-mongering mob:  —  The stone-cold silence of Beltway Democrats.  —  While McKinney and her ilk sling wild charges of racism and conspiracy at the police …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Legal Fiction
Mary Curtius / Los Angeles Times:
DeLay to Stay Close to Political Action
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Democracy In Iraq Not A Priority in U.S. Budget  —  While President Bush vows to transform Iraq into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, his administration has been scaling back funding for the main organizations trying to carry out his vision by building democratic institutions such as political parties and civil society groups.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
BUSH AND DEMOCRACY....This is what I was talking about a couple of days ago:
nbcsandiego.com:
Schools Ban Patriotic Clothes, Flags  —  SAN DIEGO — In the wake of last week's immigration-reform protests, one school district is taking drastic measures, banning all symbols of patriotism, both U.S. and Mexican.  —  Images: Schools Ban Patriotic Clothes, Flags  —  Discuss: District Bans Patriotic Clothes, Flags
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Harry Shearer / The Huffington Post:
Found Object: DeLay on Hardball  —  To see just how grateful Chris Matthews was for getting the Tom DeLay scoop, and what DeLay may think of Hillary Clinton, go here.  Thanks to the usual source gods.  —  Player not working?  Download the quicktime video here.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and PinkDome
Eliot A. Cohen / Washington Post:
Yes, It's Anti-Semitic  —  Academic papers posted on a Harvard Web site don't normally attract enthusiastic praise from prominent white supremacists.  But John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" has won David Duke's endorsement as "a modern Declaration …
Steve Clemons / tpmcafe.com:
US War Planners Should Listen to Israel Regarding Iran  —  As I stated on Christopher Lydon's NPR show, Radio Open Source, tonight — one of the take-aways from my recent Israel trip is that Israeli national security bureaucrats — diplomats and generals — have far greater confidence …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Mass. Bill Requires Health Coverage  —  State Set to Use Auto Insurance As a Model  —  BOSTON, April 4 — The Massachusetts legislature approved a bill Tuesday that would require all residents to purchase health insurance or face legal penalties, which would make this the first state to tackle …
National Review:
86 the Anti-527 Action  —  We're old enough to remember when the Republican mainstream was against restricting campaign finance.  That was about four years ago.  Way back then, House leaders were decrying McCain-Feingold as damaging to the GOP's electoral fortunes and probably unconstitutional.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt, The Hill and Election Law
John F. Kerry / New York Times:
Two Deadlines and an Exit  —  WE are now in the third war in Iraq in as many years.  The first was against Saddam Hussein and his supposed weapons of mass destruction.  The second was against terrorists whom, the administration said, it was better to fight over there than here.
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Big Gain for Rich Seen in Tax Cuts for Investments  —  The first data to document the effect of President Bush's tax cuts for investment income show that they have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans, reducing taxes on incomes of more than $10 million by an average of about $500,000.
 
 
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
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Greg Sargent / American Prospect:
The Plame Game  —  What Murray Waas's big scoop may really tell us …
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