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12:40 PM ET, May 2, 2006

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Michelle Malkin:
THE PICTURES YOU WON'T SEE  —  ***updated 5/2 940am EDT...***  —  Compare the NYTimes' white-washed May Day photo section with these candid shots of yesterday's National Day to Hate the Yanquis:  —  Protest Warrior Chicago exposed ugly, American flag-trashing advocates...
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
Immigrants Take to U.S. Streets in Show of Strength  —  LOS ANGELES, May 1 — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters skipped work, school and shopping on Monday and marched in dozens of cities from coast to coast.  —  The demonstrations did not bring the nation to a halt …
Discussion: LA Observed
Pajamas Media:
A Day of Images : UPDATE 2  —  Under the auspices of Pajamas Media, Roger Simon and I went out to one of the LA versions of "A Day without Immigrants" and took documentary-maker Andrew Marcus and cameraman/editor Jeff Koeglar along with us.  —  One of the fun things about being among …
Michelle Malkin:
BORDERS? WHAT BORDERS?
Discussion: Power Line
Reuters:
Iran will hit Israel if US does "evil": agency  —Text+TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will target Israel first if the United States does anything "evil", a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.  —  The United States says it wants Iran's nuclear standoff …
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Edmund Blair / Reuters:   Iran threatens Israel if US acts "evil"
New York Times:
Keeping a Democratic Web  —  "Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic.  Cable and telephone companies that provide Internet service are talking about creating a two-tiered Internet, in which Web sites that pay them large fees would get priority over everything else.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Robert E. Litan / Washington Post:
Catching the Web in a Net of Neutrality
Discussion: Mia Culpa and THE NEWS BLOG
Shelby Steele / Opinion Journal:
White Guilt and the Western Past  —  Why is America so delicate with the enemy?  —  There is something rather odd in the way America has come to fight its wars since World War II.  —  For one thing, it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power …
USA Today:
Sour news for GOP in poll  —  WASHINGTON — Six months before Republicans try to hold on to control of Congress in the fall elections, a new poll shows President Bush has slid to the lowest approval rating of his presidency, and a majority of voters say they'll vote for Democrats in November.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Not Credible  —  David Shuster set hearts fluttering when he confirmed a Raw Story report telling us that Valerie Plame was the only person standing between us and a nuclear Iran.  —  Please.  —  David Shuster was a clearly dishonest when he deliberately dropped a key qualifier …
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Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Limbaugh Facing Drug Tests Under Deal  —  Rush Limbaugh must submit to random drug tests under an agreement filed Monday that will dismiss a prescription fraud charge against the conservative commentator after 18 months if he complies with the terms.  —  He also must continue treatment …
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CNN:
Random drug tests, no guns for Limbaugh
Discussion: Firedoglake and Demagogue
Washington Post:
Bolivian President Seizes Gas Industry  —  Troops Deployed In Move to Block Foreign Influence  —  CARACAS, Venezuela, May 1 — Bolivian President Evo Morales seized control of the country's natural gas industry Monday, sending soldiers to occupy fields that he contends private companies have plundered for years.
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Patrick J. McDonnell / Los Angeles Times:
Bolivia nationalizes oil, gas industry
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and RedState
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Drop a Tax Plan After Businesses Protest  —  WASHINGTON, May 1 — Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline prices.
Discussion: TAPPED and Air America Radio
Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Ideals Collide as Vatican Rethinks Condom Ban  —  ROME, May 1 — Even at the Vatican, not all sacred beliefs are absolute: Thou shalt not kill, but war can be just.  Now, behind the quiet walls, a clash is shaping up involving two poles of near certainty: the church's long-held ban on condoms and its advocacy of human life.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Feministe
Baltimore Examiner:
Arrogance defined by McCain  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - James Madison, the prime mover behind the U.S. Constitution, and his colleagues among the Founders rightly feared arrogant men like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., so they limited the central government to a few, well-defined powers.
Reuters:
Thousands march in Iran labor protest  —  TEHRAN, Iran, (Reuters) — Thousands of Iranian workers on Monday protested the growing use of short-term employment contracts.  It was the most vociferous May Day demonstration the Islamic state has seen in years.  —  The protest came as a reminder …
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
Poll Shows Many Can't Find La. on Map  —  Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.  —  Americans between the ages of 18 …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Sought Data on Thousands in '05  —  The FBI sought personal information on thousands of Americans last year from banks, Internet service providers and other companies without having to seek approval from a court, according to new data released by the Justice Department.
Discussion: ACSBlog
 
 
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New York Post:
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Discussion: Hot Air
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Freeman Hunt:
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Alec Russell / Telegraph:
Strikes on Iran too risky, says US general
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