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1:15 AM ET, May 3, 2006

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Adam Green / The Huffington Post:
Mike McCurry — Hurting The Internet, Hurting His Admirers  —  I feel sorry for Mike McCurry.  I really do.  —  As a George Washington University political communications student in the 1990's, I joined many in looking up to Mike McCurry as the best in our field.
Discussion: The Agonist
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talkingpointsmemo.com:
More on Mike.  —  Below (via Atrios) I flagged this Huffington Post Mike McCurry post about the Net Neutrality debate.  But I wanted to focus in on this one paragraph where Mike is discussing not so much the NN debate as the culture of the blogosphere and the relationship between blogs and the mainstream media ...
Hugh Hewitt:
NYT Editor Bill Keller: Slayer of Straw Men; Inventor of Privileges  —  Like most Americans, the Wall Street Journal's editors have a low opinion of leakers passing top secret material to "reporters" who in fact act as fax machines to the front page.  —  New York Times' editor Bill Keller responds …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby Versus The Press  —  Libby's team continues their tussle with the press.  I intend to post the documents shortly. … Hmm, I am looking at more than 45 pages here.  —  1. Here is Part 1 of the Consolidated response (23 page .pdf)  —  2. Here is Part 2 (27 page .pdf)
Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Scooter Libby Reads the News
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Time to stop feeling guilty and start really bombing  —  (updated below)  —  The Wall St. Journal's Opinion Journal today published an Op-Ed by Shelby Steele that advances one of the most truly incoherent and just plain inane arguments I have read in a long time.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Language, Intent, and the other Other  —  In today's WSJ Opinion Journal, Shelby Steele writes eloquently and forcefully on a subject familiar to regular protein wisdom readers: the dangers of undue (and artificial) deference to Otherness, particularly its tangible effects on protecting the security of the US.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
The Cole Report  —  When it comes to Iran, he distorts, you decide.  —  In some ways, the continuing row over his call for the complete destruction of Israel must baffle Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  All he did, after all, was to turn up at a routine anti-Zionist event and repeat …
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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Think Progress:
UPDATE: The National Anthem At Bush's First Inaugural  —  UPDATE: Contemporaneous media accounts (see here for example) report that Secada was singing "America the Beautiful," not the national anthem.  The story from Cox News below, reporting that Secada sang the national anthem in Spanish, appears to be in error.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Bush, Hill Republicans Agree To Extend Expiring Tax Cuts  —  Democrats Point to Deficit and Benefits for the Rich  —  President Bush and congressional Republicans agreed yesterday on a $70 billion package of tax-cut extensions that they hope will help halt the deterioration of their political fortunes.
Drudge Report:
MARY CHENEY SAYS HER FATHER SAID EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO HEAR WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS GAY  —  Vice president tells VANITY FAIR his image might be better if he spent more time trying to improve it, "but that's not why I'm here"  —  New York, N.Y. - In her new memoir, NOW IT'S MY TURN …
Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Evan Bayh: Making a stand on stewardship  —  Editor's note: Even though the presidential election is not until 2008, potential candidates to succeed President Bush are already making their way around the country.  When they visit the Triangle, The News & Observer will try to ask them a few questions.
Discussion: Wizbang, Brendan Nyhan and GOP Bloggers
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
U.S. and Europe Draft U.N. Resolution on Iran  —  PARIS, May 2 — The United States, Britain and France have drafted a binding Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop key nuclear activities, but Russia and China are already resisting, officials involved in the negotiations said today.
Michael Wines / New York Times:
How Bad Is Inflation in Zimbabwe?  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 25 — How bad is inflation in Zimbabwe?  Well, consider this: at a supermarket near the center of this tatterdemalion capital, toilet paper costs $417.  —  No, not per roll.  Four hundred seventeen Zimbabwean dollars is the value of a single two-ply sheet.
Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
McClellan Says White House Records Won't Show Everything  —  Those White House visitor logs that were supposed to show all of Jack Abramoff's comings and goings?  —  The infuriating exchange from this morning's press gaggle:  —  QUESTION: Scott, the Secret Service has agreed to turn …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Bush's Disapproval In Gallup Within MoE of All-Time Record  —  Gallup shows Bush at 34 / 63, for an overall net of -29.  A net disapproval of -29 puts him only 2 points behind the all-time worst of Bush Sr. and Carter, who both cratered at -31.  However, I want to emphasize the importance …
The Raw Story:
New Army documents reveal US knew of and approved torture before Abu Ghraib scandal  —  New Army documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union today reveal that Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez ordered interrogators to "go to the outer limits" to get information from detainees.
Discussion: Cannonfire and Air America Radio
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument  —  WASHINGTON, May 2 — This is the week that the Supreme Court, done with its regular argument sessions, enters the stretch run.  —  While it is too soon for substantive appraisals of the first year of the Roberts court, it is not too soon …
Discussion: Althouse
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South  —  TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, April 27 — Building on a winter campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations and the knowledge that American troops are leaving, the Taliban appear to be moving their insurgency into a new phase …
 
 
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Newsday:
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