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11:50 AM ET, August 31, 2006

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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld  —  Keith had some very choice words about Rumsfeld's "fascism" comments tonight.  Watch it, save it and share it.  —  Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld's comments echoes …
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Washington Post:
Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist  —  President Bush and his surrogates are launching a new campaign intended to rebuild support for the war in Iraq by accusing the opposition of aiming to appease terrorists and cut off funding for troops on the battlefield, charges that many Democrats say distort their stated positions.
Los Angeles Times:
State on Verge of Greenhouse Gas Restrictions  —  The Senate votes to slash emissions 25%, the first such action in the nation.  Business groups are angry, but the governor is on board.  —  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed Wednesday on a plan to cut …
Discussion: TAPPED and Crooks and Liars
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Wall Street Journal:
California Pact Would Place Cap On Emissions  —  Anti-Global-Warming Effort  —  Faces Business Opposition;  —  A Split With Washington  —  California, the nation's most populous state and a longtime bellwether on environmental policy, will impose the first broad cap in the U.S …
Discussion: The RBC
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
GLOBAL WARMING....California is on the verge of passing a law …
Associated Press:
Laura Bush hails Burns' record  —  BELGRADE - First lady Laura Bush campaigned for U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns here Wednesday, calling the Republican a strong advocate for Montana farmers and families.  —  "In Washington, Senator Burns is a respected voice on the issues facing rural communities …
Discussion: Left in the West
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Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press:
Frist expected to get medical board fine
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
President Set to Renominate Five for Appeals Courts
Hartford Courant:
Helen Ubiñas  —  Liebermont Bickering Gets Old  —  A little advice for Joe Lieberman's new communications director, Dan Gerstein: Think about the "good stuff," buddy.  —  Gerstein was downright chafed when I called him about the New Age-y Lieberman ad that urges folks to step away …
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Telegraph:
Pinocchio and friends converted to Islam  —  Malcolm Moore in Antalya  —  Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum.  —  "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto …
This Is London:
PRESIDENT BUSH 'ASSASSINATED' IN NEW TV DOCUDRAMA  —  This is the dramatic moment when President George Bush is gunned down by a sniper after a public address at a hotel, in a gripping new docudrama soon to be aired on TV.  —  Set around October 2007, President Bush is assassinated as he leaves the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.
George Soros / Boston Globe:
Blinded by a concept  —  THE FAILURE OF Israel to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept.  One of those weaknesses is that even if the targets are terrorists, the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause.
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Jerusalem Post:
Abbas urges prisoners' document reply
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Engram / Back Talk:
Americans Hate their Fabulous Economy  —  Polls consistently show that Americans are rather negative about the economy, and many have wondered why that might be considering that our economy is the envy of the world (as well it should be).  The source of our pessimism is a bit of a mystery, and it is one that I am going to pursue.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Taxpayers pay for Bush's campaign travel  —  WASHINGTON - Bankrolled almost entirely by taxpayers, President Bush is roaming far and wide on Air Force One to help Republicans retain control of Congress and capture statehouse contests in high-stakes midterm elections.
Elizabeth Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
No Day at the Beach  —  Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation  —  A banner stripped across the top of the Daily Dish declares that the popular Web log's host, Andrew Sullivan, has "gone fishing."  Mr. Sullivan declared a two-week vacation and opted to leave his political blog behind.
William M. Welch / USA Today:
Pentagon sees risk in troops' loan debt  —  'Payday' lenders prey on military, report says  —  As many as one in five members of the armed services are being preyed on by loan centers set up near military bases that can charge cash-strapped military families interest of 400% or more, a new Pentagon report has found.
Rachael Ray / KIRO-TV:
National Guardsman Brutally Attacked In Pierce County  —  PARKLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon.  —  The soldier was walking …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract  —  U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Romenesko
Terrence Pell / Opinion Journal:
By Any Means Necessary  —  A federal judge plays politics in Michigan.  —  DETROIT—A decision Tuesday by a federal judge in Detroit could set the stage for a sweeping expansion of the Voting Rights Act, which would turn the federal courts into a national campaign police.
Discussion: The Corner and GOP Bloggers
Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
Game over on the Plame leak?  Maybe not  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — There's a new twist to a controversy that has been roiling the political waters for more than three years.  —  This week numerous news organizations, including CNN, have identified former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage …
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Iranian President Meets Press and Is Challenged  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meant to use Tuesday to focus attention on his challenge to the president of the United States: a face-off in a live televised debate.  —  But at a freewheeling two-hour news conference, Mr. Ahmadinejad …
John Lehman / Washington Post:
We're Not Winning This War  —  Despite Some Notable Achievements, New Thinking Is Needed on the Home Front and Abroad  —  Are we winning the war?  The first question to ask is, what war?  The Bush administration continues to muddle a national understanding of the conflict we are in by calling it the "war on terror."
Discussion: The Glittering Eye and Redstate
 
 
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Opinion Journal:
Back to the Congressional Future  —  Let's think about how the Democrats would govern.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Rumsfeld's Four Questions
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
There Is Silence in the Streets; Where Have All the Protesters Gone?
Discussion: TAPPED and Althouse
Flip / Suitably Flip:
Hold the Phone - Another Secret Holder Lurks!
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War
Discussion: Needlenose and The Rude Pundit
Ynetnews:
Hizbullah presents: How to recruit children
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots
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Justin Logan / American Prospect:
Mind the Gap  —  Democratic voters have unambiguously repudiated the Bush doctrine.
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
NYT move to block Web to Britons raises questions
RJ Eskow / The Huffington Post:
"Islamic Fascism" - The Buzzword That Makes Us Weaker
Uncle / PunditGuy:
The Terrorists' Next Tool in the Skies - Approved by the FAA!
Financial Times:
UN condemns Israeli strategy as 'immoral'
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Sacrificing truth on the altar of diversity