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12:15 AM ET, August 30, 2006

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Senator Bill Frist:
The Bright Light of Public Scrutiny  —  Last week, I blogged on the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, S. 2590, a crucial step towards fixing the federal government's spending problem.  S. 2590 would create a single, easily searchable database capable of tracking approximately $1 trillion …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Bill Frist Pledges To Take S 2590 To Floor
Discussion: Tapscott's Copy Desk
Tim / TimChapmanBlog.com:
In defense of secret holds
Discussion: The Corner
Redstate Network / Redstate:
Is Senator Stevens Holding Up Coburn-Obama?
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Hot Air
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DefenseLINK:
Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention  —  Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, August 29, 2006  —  Tom [American Legion Commander Tom Bock], I understand that your son is flying a Chinook in Iraq …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Up to 14 hurt in SF hit-and-run spree 7 critical; driver believed to have struck, killed a man in Fremont earlier  —  (08-29) 15:56 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — As many as 14 people were injured this afternoon by a motorist who drove around San Francisco running them down before he was arrested, authorities said.
Associated Press:
Former VP candidate Jack Kemp to campaign for Lieberman  —  NEW LONDON — Sen. Joe Lieberman, running for re-election as an independent after losing the Democratic primary and being abandoned by top-ranking Democrats earlier this month, will campaign with former Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Lieberman said Tuesday.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Reaction
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn & Helen Show: Richard Posner on Terrorism and the Constitution  —  With the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks coming up, we thought we'd talk to law professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, whose latest book, Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
"Conservatives" cheer on Judge Posner's highly un-conservative defense …
Discussion: Politics Central
Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
Beyond Macaca: The Photograph That Haunts George Allen  —  Barnstorming around Virginia in the re-election campaign that Republican Senator George Allen hopes will provide the impetus for his 2008 run for the presidency, he has suddenly been forced on the defensive.
Associated Press:
Perry calls special election for DeLay's unexpired term  —  AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily fill the seat left vacant when former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay resigned.  —  DeLay, a Republican whose term would have expired in January, resigned in June.
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Associated Press:
Special elections set for DeLay's seat
Discussion: Redstate and PoliPundit.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Reuters van attack: 70mm unguided rocket?  —  So I e-mailed Noah Shachtman of Defense Tech and asked him to look at the photo of the Reuters van that was hit by the IAF in hopes of identifying what ordnance they used.  While conceding that the damage looked "strange, strange," …
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english.farsnews.com:
Full Text of Pres.  Ahmadinejad's Letter to German Chancellor  —  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently forwarded a letter to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.  —  This was President Ahmadinejad's second letter to the heads of western states …
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Plame Out  —  THE RIDICULOUS END TO THE SCANDAL THAT DISTRACTED WASHINGTON.  —  I had a feeling that I might slightly regret the title ("Case Closed") of my July 25 column on the Niger uranium story.  I have now presented thousands of words of evidence and argument to the effect that …
Lynda Gledhill / San Francisco Chronicle:
Assembly approves universal health care  —  Passage of bill seen as election-year test for Schwarzenegger  —  (08-29) 04:00 PDT Sacramento — The Democratic-controlled Legislature is on the verge of sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would create a state-run universal health care system …
Ed Sealover / Gazette:
Hefley ponders run at seat as write-in  —  Rep. Joel Hefley is seriously considering running as a writein candidate to retain his seat rather than risk handing it over to Republican nominee Doug Lamborn.  —  In meetings with national political consultants, Hefley and his supporters have come …
Megan McCormack / NewsBusters.org:
Oops!  CNN Airs Anchor's Girltalk Over Bush Speech  —  Looking for a "passionate, compassionate, great, great" man?  Well, according to CNN's Kyra Phillips, they do indeed exist.  —  During CNN's live coverage of President Bush's remarks from New Orleans, Phillips was unaware that her microphone …
Jay Price / Raleigh News & Observer:
Brain injury budget faces cut  —  Military research, treatment at risk  —  Brain injuries are so common among U.S. troops that they're called the signature injury of the Iraq war, but Congress is poised to cut military spending on researching and treating them.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fauxtography: The incredible disappearing Katie (Update: Innocent explanation?)  (Bumped)  —  She's on the Adnan Hajj diet.  Try it and watch the pounds melt away from your waist and neck.  —  Unfortunate side effect of the Adnan Hajj diet: your chin is sharpened to the point where it can cut glass.
 
 
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Battle for Baghdad Continues
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The Australian:
Red Cross slams Downer hoax claim
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In Defense of Welfare Reform
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Inquiry Criticizes U.S. Broadcasting Official Over Hiring
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Bush Pledges Improved Hurricane Response
WorldNetDaily:
Gov. Arnold tosses school moral codes
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wnyc.org:
T-Shirt Inscription Keeps Iraqi Man From Boarding Flight
New York Post:
NASRALLAH'S BLUNDER  —  LEBANESE TURN ON HEZ CHIEF
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ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE LEAVES REUTERS AMBULANCE IN FLAMES, CHOPPED, CHANNELED
White House:
Vice President's Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention