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12:05 PM ET, May 19, 2006

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Washington Post:
Senate Votes English as 'National Language'  —  After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the "national language" of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law.
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Reid calls language proposal racist  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called a proposal to make English the official language "racist" on the Senate floor yesterday.  —  "This amendment is racist.  I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish," the Democrat said during …
Donna Smith / Reuters:
Senate says English is national, unifying tongue
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Set English as National Language
Chris Wattie / canada.com:
Iran eyes badges for Jews  —  Law would require non-Muslim insignia  —  Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.
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Amir Taheri / National Post:
A colour code for Iran's 'infidels'
Discussion: Hot Air and Hyscience
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
On the Air!  —  Today, our campaign launched two new Ned Lamont for U.S. Senate commercials created by renowned producer and innovator Bill Hillsman.  They'll go on the air in the traditional media this afternoon.  The two, "Underdog" and "Right Now" can be viewed below.
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William Yardley / New York Times:
Liberal Wrath in Connecticut  —  HARTFORD, May 18 — "George Bush's favorite Democrat," they call him.  "Republican Lite," they sneer.  But liberals are no longer just venting on Internet blogs and talk radio programs about their centrist nemesis: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut.
Bloomberg:
Democratic Activists Seek to Punish Their Own for Backing Bush  —  May 19 (Bloomberg) — Democratic activist groups that mounted an aggressive campaign against President George W. Bush in the 2004 election have a new target: Democrats who support his policies.
Discussion: David Sirota
Carole Bass / newhavenadvocate.com:
Lieberman, Lamont, Labor  —  Union support ebbs for a pro-war, high-maintenance senatorbut doesn't flow to his challenger.  —  "I was the first union leader to endorse Joe Lieberman against Lowell Weicker" in 1988, says Steve Perruccio.  Eighteen years later, "I'm very disappointed in his years in the Senate."
Discussion: Ned Lamont for Senate and MyDD
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CNN:
CIA pick promises to revamp agency
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Choice Says He's Independent of the Pentagon
Discussion: Washington Post and The Reaction
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
As Death Stalks Iraq, Middle-Class Exodus Begins  —  Roula Kubba, 13, whose family plans to leave Baghdad because of the rising sectarian violence.  They live in the wealthy Mansour district.  More Photos >  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 18 — Deaths run like water through the life of the Bahjat family.
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:   The Part for the Whole
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Vote in House Seeks to Erase Oil Windfall  —  WASHINGTON, May 18 — In an attempt to revoke billions of dollars worth of government incentives to oil and gas producers, the House on Thursday approved a measure that would pressure companies to renegotiate more than 1,000 leases for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Giuliani Campaigns for Ex-Leader of Christian Coalition  —  ATLANTA, May 18 — Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani glided over his support for gay civil unions and declared heterosexual marriage to be "inviolate" today as he helped raise money for a former leader of the Christian Coalition …
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Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
Giuliani Headlines Ralph Reed Fundraiser
Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
US fumes as Iraq backs Israel boycott  —  The US-backed Iraqi government sent an official representative to this week's meeting of the Arab League Boycott Office in Damascus, The Jerusalem Post has learned, prompting criticism from members of Congress and the Bush administration.
Discussion: Debbie Schlussel
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Greg Myre / New York Times:
Hamas-Led Government Deploys Security Force, Defying Abbas  —  A security force patrolled Gaza City Wednesday, deployed by the Hamas-led Palestinian government in a challenge to Mahmoud Abbas.  Israeli soldiers killed two members of Islamic Jihad in a raid at a house in Nablus where more than 50 pounds of explosives was found.
thewbalchannel.com:
Couple Arrested For Asking For Directions  —  BALTIMORE — Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions.  —  WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins said Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday.
Claudio Gatti / MSNBC:
Ex-senator linked to oil-for-food claims  —  The US Senate is looking into allegations that a former US senator urged Baghdad to give a US company lucrative contracts under the much-criticised United Nations oil-for-food programme.  —  This is the first time that a leading US lawmaker …
John Wisely / Detroit News:
Massive Hoffa hunt  —  FBI calls it the best tip in years, sends up to 50 agents to Milford  —  MILFORD TOWNSHIP — The FBI is mounting one of its biggest searches to date for the remains of former Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa, bringing in dozens of agents for what agents say will be a multi-week dig …
Associated Press:
Preacher: God told him about storms, tsunami  —  Robertson says warning was for this year; tsunami might hit Northwest  —  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - In another in a series of notable pronouncements, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says God told him storms and possibly a tsunami will hit America's coastline this year.
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Afghanistan Rocked As 105 Die in Violence  —  Toll Is Among Worst Since 2001 Invasion  —  ASADABAD, Afghanistan, May 18 — Afghanistan has been rocked over the past two days by some of the deadliest violence since the Taliban was driven from power in late 2001.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and True Blue Liberal
John O'Neil / New York Times:
U.N. Panel Backs Closing Prison at Guantánamo  —  A United Nations panel on torture called on the United States today to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and expressed concern over reports of secret detention centers and of a practice of sending terror suspects to countries with poor human rights records.
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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