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5:15 PM ET, May 16, 2006

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CNN:
Conservatives appear unmoved on immigration  —  Poll suggests Bush address swayed viewers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's plan to toughen border security may not be enough to overcome opposition within his own party to his "earned-citizenship" proposal, which critics decry as "amnesty," House conservatives said Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Border Illusions  —  President Bush's speech from the Oval Office last night was not a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform.  It was a victory for the fear-stricken fringe of the debate.  —  These are the people who say illegal border crossings must be stopped immediately, with military boots in the desert sand.
New York Times:
Bush's Speech on Immigration
Discussion: TAPPED, ParaPundit and AMERICAblog
judicialwatch.org:
Judicial Watch to Obtain September 11 Pentagon Video at 1 p.m. Today  —  Department of Defense Responds to Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act Request and Related Lawsuit  —  (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption …
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CNN:
First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack released  —  Watchdog group says video will end 'conspiracy theories'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Video showing a plane crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was released publicly for the first time Tuesday, a judicial watchdog group said.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter strikes NSA deal  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and conservative members of his panel have reached agreement on legislation that may determine the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program, GOP sources say.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
GOP Senators block judicial review of NSA program  —  A front-page article in this morning's The Hill reports that Sen. Specter has finally made enough concessions to secure the support of the more right-wing members of the Judiciary Committee for his legislation that (along with a bill from Sen. DeWine) …
judeoscope.ca:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Press Statement on Resignation from Parliament  —  I came to Holland in the summer of 1992 because I wanted to be able to determine my own future.  I didn't want to be forced into a destiny that other people had chosen for me, so I opted for the protection of the rule of law.
Discussion: Booker Rising, Hot Air and Jihad Watch
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Marlise Simons / New York Times:
A Critic of Muslim Intolerance Faces Loss of Dutch Citizenship
Zogby:
Bush Immigration Speech: Half Disappointed, Half impressed Nation also split whether Bush plan will solve immigration problem; Bush approval - 32%  —  President Bush's speech to the nation on immigration reform Monday night drew mixed reviews, but left a plurality of likely voters across …
Lorie Byrd / Lorie Byrd.com:
Goodbye Poli  —  I just posted the following at Polpundit:  —  It is 1 a.m. and I still have a ton of things to do before I can go to bed and a child up with a fever for the second night in a row, but if I don't post this now, it might not get posted.  Forgive me if this is a bit rambling or unclear.
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PoliPundit.com:
An Editorial Change  —  Let me quote from Lorie's post below: … Lorie was well aware that we were having a private discussion.  Yet she saw fit to quote from my e-mails in public, without adequate context.  She has forced me to temporarily revoke everyone's posting privileges …
Discussion: Hot Air, Balloon Juice and Decision '08
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
President's speech mauled by his base  —  (updated below)  —  So, President Bush gave his big speech last night designed to mollify his rage-fueled base and to stem the tide of his rapidly collapsing presidency.  The speech is done and the reviews are in.  How did he do?
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Associated Press:
Venezuela Weighs Selling U.S. Jets to Iran  —  Venezuela is considering selling its fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to another country, perhaps Iran, in response to a U.S. ban on arms sales to President Hugo Chavez's government, a military official said Tuesday.
Judith Miller / Opinion Journal:
How Gadhafi Lost His Groove  —  The complex surrender of Libya's WMD.  —  As the Bush administration struggles to stop Iran and North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons, it might recall how Libya was persuaded to renounce terrorism and its own weapons of mass destruction programs …
Anne Marie Squeo / Wall Street Journal:
Rove's Camp Takes Center of Web Storm  —  Bloggers Underscore How Net's Reporting  —  Dynamics Provide Grist for the Rumor Mill  —  On Saturday night, attorney Robert Luskin was trying to barbecue at his Washington home when the phone started ringing nonstop.
New York Times:
House Resists Call for Papers in Bribery Case  —  WASHINGTON, May 15 — Justice Department investigators and lawyers for the House of Representatives are wrangling over a request by the department for Congressional committee documents related to its expanding inquiry into the bribery scheme …
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Behind Bush's Address Lies a Deep History  —  Photographers gathered around President Bush in the Oval Office Monday after his televised speech.  "America needs to conduct this debate on immigration in a reasoned and respectful tone," Mr. Bush said.  —  WASHINGTON, May 15 …
The Anchoress:
The immigration speech - UPDATED  —  I'm still not writing about politics, but just skimming some righty and lefty blogs, I cannot help but notice that a number of conservative bloggers - some of whom I have long-respected - have already decided that President Bush's speech tonight …
 
 
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Jennifer Brown / Denver Post:
Termination, suspension possible for Churchill Governor calls …
Discussion: Sweetness & Light and And Rightly So!
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
As the bombs fall, Iraq's Kurds have 'no friends but the mountains'
TCS Daily:
The Family vs. the State
Discussion: Asymmetrical Information
Bobby L. Warren / Progressive Texan:
Liveblogging Houston Mayor's Conference Call on Citywide WiFi
Discussion: houstondemocrats.com, Houstonist, Greg's Opinion, Off the Kuff, Houston Chronicle, This Blog Is Full Of Crap, Isolated Desolation and Business Unusual
Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
It is Either Guest Worker or Deportation
Discussion: Captain's Quarters, PoliBlog, The American Street, Hit and Run, Middle Earth Journal and BitsBlog
Associated Press:
Bush: U.S. doesn't eavesdrop on phone calls of ordinary Americans
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Shakespeare's Sister, PinkDome, Waveflux and True Blue Liberal
Jonathan David Farley / New York Times:
The N.S.A.'s Math Problem
Discussion: Outside The Beltway, GroupIntel and Brilliant at Breakfast
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
GOP hopes 'Speaker Pelosi' will scare voters this fall
Discussion: The Stakeholder, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Club For Growth
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Battle Fatigue  —  Insty links, in characteristically laconic style, to this comment:
Discussion: Classical Values, Firedoglake and neo-neocon.blogspot.com
Jonathan Allen / The Hill:
'Nuke' could backfire, say some on right
Discussion: TAPPED and The Carpetbagger Report
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Rising Diabetes Threat Meets a Falling Budget
Discussion: Just a Bump in the Beltway and Ezra Klein
Morologus / volpac.org:
Real Fencing  —  I am looking forward to President Bush's …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, Hugh Hewitt and Riehl World View
Ryan Sager / Real Clear Politics:
Hot-Tub Libertarians  —  As the Republican Party abandons …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Hit and Run, Cato Unbound and QandO
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Karl Rove, Bullish on the Budget and the Border
Discussion: The Washington Note, driftglass and Think Progress
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Blue Nation  —  Ever since 2000, American progressives …
Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Outside The Beltway, Demagogue, Hit and Run and Burnt Orange Report
 

 
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