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7:35 PM ET, September 29, 2006

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The Blotter:
Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Rhonda Schwartz contributed to this report.  —  Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned …
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Foley submits resignation to Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Mark Foley (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official.
The Blotter:
Exclusive: The Sexually Explicit Internet Messages That Led to Fla. Rep. Foley's Resignation  —  Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Florida Rep. Mark Foley's resignation came just hours after ABC News questioned the congressman about a series of sexually explicit instant …
Associated Press:
Foley Resigns From Congress Over E-Mails  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned from Congress on Friday, effective immediately, in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former teenage male page.  —  "I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16  —  The Democratic opponent of Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is calling for an investigation into an e-mail exchange that Foley conducted last year with a 16-year-old boy who had worked as a congressional page.
Gay Patriot:
US Rep. Mark Foley Resigns From Congress  —  Welcome Instapundit readers!  —  A friend of mine in DC is telling me that the Associated Press is reporting the imminent resignation of US Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL).  —  **UPDATED** - Foley has resigned from Congress this afternoon, according to the Associated Press at 3:18PM.
William Hamilton / Washington Post:
Card Urged Bush to Replace Rumsfeld, Woodward Says  —  Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card on two occasions tried and failed to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to a new book by Bob Woodward that depicts senior officials of the Bush administration …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq  —  The White House ignored an urgent warning in September 2003 from a top Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American troops were desperately needed to quell the insurgency there, according to a new book by Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter and author.
CNN:
Rumsfeld: No one anticipated insurgency's strength
Pajamas Media:
Senator Joseph Lieberman, Independent Democrat: The PajamasMedia Video  —  "The fastest growing political party in America is no party, which is to say, that the fastest growing group of voters are unaffiliated with either party.  That's a market statement on the two major parties."
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James L. / Swing State Project:
VA-Sen: Say Hello to Spitgate  —  First it was Macacagate.  Then it was Deerheadgate, and, uh, Rugbygate.  The slow drip of questions surrounding George Allen's racist past have turned into an all-out deluge this week with witness after witness stepping out of the woodwork and revealing more incidents of Allen's legacy of racism.
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Robert D. Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Use Brinkmanship on Iran  —  Any diplomatic effort by the U.S. won't work unless backed up by a credible threat of force.  —  FOR IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to snare an invitation to speak before the Council on Foreign Relations last week, after threatening several times to destroy Israel …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:   BREATHTAKING....You have to give the hawks credit.
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Brigitte Gabriel: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America  —  Welcome, Hot Air readers!  I got all blabby at the top, here, but the video's below.  Scroll a bit.  —  There's been a lot of talk in the blogosphere over the last couple of days about whether some conservatives think and speak …
Michael Kinsley / Washington Post:
Bush's Conception Conflict  —  It was, I believe, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) who first made the excellent, bitter and terribly unfair joke about conservatives who believe in a right to life that begins at conception and ends at birth.  —  This joke has been adapted for use against various Republican politicians ever since.
Discussion: The Corner, Donklephant and Inactivist
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Wildlife Waste Is Major Water Polluter, Studies Say  —  Does a bear leave its waste in the woods?  —  Of course.  So do geese, deer, muskrats, raccoons and other wild animals.  And now, such states as Virginia and Maryland have determined that this plays a significant role in water pollution.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Attacks Democrats Over Iraq and Terror  —  President Bush took on the Democrats on Thursday with some of his most pointed language yet this campaign year, telegraphing the start of the last, intensive phase of the election season for the White House.  —  Speaking to a crowd …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Beltway Democrats are seriously flawed, but the election is still critically important  —  (updated below)  —  Now that the torture and detention bill will become law, it is necessary to focus on the political implications of what happened yesterday and, more broadly, what has been done …
SITE Institute / siteinstitute.org:
New Message from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri Advertised Discussing Bush, the Pope and Vatican, Darfur, and the Crusader War  —  As-Sahab, al-Qaeda's multimedia production arm, issued today, Friday, September 29, 2006, a 17:51 minute video speech featuring Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and titled: "Bush …
Discussion: Hot Air, The Blotter and Hyscience
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Approves Warrantless Wiretap Law  —  WASHINGTON — The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions.  Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists.
Associated Press:
Ex-Prez Carter: Bush has brought U.S. "international disgrace"  —  RENO, Nev. Former President Carter is urging northern Nevadans to elect his son, Jack, to the Senate to help combat a Bush administration he says has brought "international disgrace" to the country.
 
 
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