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1:15 AM ET, April 5, 2006

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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Armtwisting For Jesus  —  There's lots of speculation about what "conservative organization" Tom Delay is going to work for in northern Virginia.  Most people think he's going to become a lobbyist, but I would imagine that someone with his legal problems is not going to do that under the advice of his lawyers.
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Houston Chronicle:
DeLay's address to the constituents of the 22nd District of Texas
tampabays10.com:
POLICE REPORT:  —  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, D.C., was arrested this evening …
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Michelle Spitzer / Associated Press:
Homeland Agent Arrested in Seduction Case
Discussion: the talking dog and Silflay Hraka
Eric / Is That Legal?:
Michelle Malkin: Blogging While Flying?  —  ome have maintained for a while now that a person other than Michelle Malkin is writing and posting some of the material that gets posted with her byline on her blog.  She has denied it.  —  To my eyes, the jury has always been out on that question.
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Michelle Malkin:
MY WORK ETHIC  —  Longtime readers of this blog and my writing in general know that I work a lot.  I write early in the morning.  I write late at night.  I write books and columns when my kids and husband are asleep.  Bloggers are born multi-taskers.  Sometimes, I blog when I'm cooking or when the kids are watching "Dragon Tales."
Discussion: TalkLeft
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
McCain: Not Enough Guest-Worker Backing  —  WASHINGTON - Supporters of a guest worker program that would let illegal immigrants stay in the United States said Tuesday they don't have enough Senate votes to overcome objections from conservatives who oppose the measure on grounds it amounts to amnesty.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TAPPED
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Sara Goudarzi / Yahoo! News:
Jesus Could Have Walked on Ice, Scientist Says  —  Rare conditions could have conspired to create hard-to-see ice on the Sea of Galilee that a person could have walked on back when Jesus is said to have walked on water, a scientist said today.  —  The study, which examines a combination …
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.
Reuters:
Sex tourism thriving in Bible Belt  —  ATLANTA (Reuters) - In a sleazy hotel room, "Brittany," then aged 16 and drugged into oblivion, waited for the men to arrive.  Her pimps sent as many as 17 clients an evening through the door.  —  A "john" could even pre-book the pretty young blonde …
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Massachusetts Set to Offer Universal Health Insurance  —  BOSTON, April 4 — Massachusetts is poised to become the first state to provide nearly universal health care coverage after the state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill today that Gov. Mitt Romney says he will sign.
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Smart Talk and Girly Talk on the Campaign Trail  —  Forget the Swift boat ads, the economy or international terrorism.  Here's what really may have decided the last presidential election:  —  President Bush and Vice President Cheney sounded more presidential than their Democratic counterparts.
Discussion: Wonkette and Betsy's Page
Associated Press:
Iran: Stealth 'Flying Boat' Successfully Tested  —  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a "super-modern flying boat" capable of evading radar.  State TV showed a brief clip of the boat's launch.  —  "Due to its advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can detect it.
Media Matters for America:
If It's Sunday, It's Still Conservative … Six weeks ago, Media Matters for America published an in-depth study of guests on ABC's This Week, CBS' Face the Nation, and NBC's Meet the Press in which we demonstrated that the shows' Republican and conservative guests outnumbered Democratic and progressive guests over a nine-year period.
Discussion: Donklephant and Bring it On!
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Union Leaders Boo McCain on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) threatened on Tuesday to cut short a speech to union leaders who booed his immigration views and later challenged his statements on organized labor and the Iraq war.
Discussion: PunditGuy and The Talent Show
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
IT'S TIME: MEDALS OF HONOR FOR THE PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT #93  —  Almost a year and a half ago, I did a post advocating the awarding of Medals of Honor to the passengers of Flight #93.  —  Now that the movie United 93 is set to be released April 28, I think it is time once again to propose …
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.
Discussion: The Washington Note
Daily Mail:
'Let burglars off with caution', police told  —  Burglars will be allowed to escape without punishment under new instructions sent to all police forces.  Police have been told they can let them off the threat of a court appearance and instead allow them to go with a caution.
 
 
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Andy / The World Wide Rant:
CANCER SUCKS  —  This morning, April 4, my friend Tom Vicker …
Faiz / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Bush Waves The Mexican Flag
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Focus Campaign Communication on Quality, Not Quantity
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
New York Magazine:
Hillary at the Gate  —  "The trade issue is crippling the Democrats …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS  —  This morning's Washington Times reports …
Noahmax / Defense Tech:
IRAN'S KOOKY, INCENDIARY ARSENAL
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Chevy Tries a Write-Your-Own-Ad Approach, and the Potshots Fly
Discussion: BuzzMachine and azerbic
Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
Who hates the other more - liberals or conservatives?
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Garance Franke-Ruta / TAPPED:
THE LIBERTARIAN WEST.  I see I've earned a mention in this David …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Right-wing Seeks to Take Your Internet
Dignan / Dignan's 75 Year Plan:
Dignan v. Cynthia McKinney
Duane Bourne / Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia Beach agrees to change the way it scores police math exams
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
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Fareed Zakaria:
To Become an American  —  Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany …
 

 
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