Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:40 PM ET, January 7, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Nico / Think Progress:
Pelosi: Congress Will Not Fund Escalation If Bush Does Not Justify It  —  This morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that Congress may refuse to authorize funding for an escalation of U.S. forces to Iraq if President Bush cannot justify the strategy.
RELATED:
CBS News:
WHAT DO YOU THINK?  —  (CBS/AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said newly empowered Democrats will not give President George W. Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, hinting they could deny funding if he seeks additional troops.  —  "If the president chooses to escalate the war …
Bob Geiger:
Pelosi: Bush Must Justify Future Iraq Actions  —  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was on CBS's Face The Nation this morning and she has made remarkably clear that Democrats will likely withhold any funding for the escalation of the Iraq war that George W. Bush is expected to announce in the coming week.
Taylor Marsh:
Speaker Pelosi Lays Bush Out on Iraq  —  updated below—  In her first Sunday morning interview, Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid it out plainly on Iraq. … It's nice to be home and have all my tech toys so that I could catch the Speaker's performance.  Let's make sure this YouTube gets around.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
The Imperial Presidency 2.0  —  Observing President Bush in action lately, we have to wonder if he actually watched the election returns in November, or if he was just rerunning the 2002 vote on his TiVo.  —  That year, the White House used the fear of terrorism to scare American voters …
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Pelosi Hints at Denying Bush Iraq Funds
Discussion: Firedoglake
Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
Speaker Pelosi Lays Bush Out on Iraq
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Nancy Pelosi will not fund the McCain doctrine without justification
Miami Herald:
Suspicious truck stopped at the Port of Miami-Dade  —  Federal and county authorities have arrested as many as three Middle Eastern men at the Port of Miami-Dade after they tried to enter the facility Sunday morning without proper paperwork, officials said.  —  An FBI spokeswoman in Miami …
Discussion: Power Line and PrairiePundit
RELATED:
Fox News:
PORT OF MIAMI ON HEIGHTENED ALERT  —  MIAMI — The Port of Miami on Sunday was in a heightened state of security after police discovered two men hiding in a cargo truck and a bomb squad was summoned to the scene, FOX News has learned.  —  The container truck was stopped near the cargo-area entrance …
Discussion: SevenStripes.com
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Something up at the Port of Miami?  —  Florida Cracker has details.  Fox's correspondent at the scene says the bomb squad is on the way.  According to the Miami Herald, the driver is Iraqi and one of the men found hiding in the truck is Lebanese.  —  The Herald also says the Center …
Gateway Pundit:
FBI Arrests 3 Middle Eastern Men Trying to Enter Miami Ports!
Discussion: Wizbang
Washington Post:
A 'Surge' in Iraq?  —  A troop increase that few in the Pentagon, Congress or the Iraqi government really want  —  PRESIDENT BUSH is widely expected to unveil a new strategy for Iraq this week that will include a substantial increase in U.S. troops.  If he does, he will face a formidable task …
RELATED:
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Fred Hiatt hails McCain's courage and seriousness
Discussion: The Impolitic
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Iraqi Leader Plans Security Push
Washington Post:
Critics Say 'Surge' Is More of The Same
Associated Press:
Israel Denies Planning Iran Nuke Attack  —  LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper reported Sunday that Israel has drafted plans to strike as many as three targets in Iran with low-yield nuclear weapons, aiming to halt Tehran's uranium enrichment program.  The Israeli Foreign Ministry denied the report.
RELATED:
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Sen. Lieberman Goes His Independent Way  —  He Calls for 'Substantial' Troop Increase in Iraq  —  Standing under the grand dome of the Library of Congress on Friday, the three top Senate Democrats bitterly condemned sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, as President Bush is now considering.
RELATED:
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Two options, one choice: Lessons of history show way to right path
Discussion: PrairiePundit and JoeTrippi.com
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
McCain backers fear they could lose new Florida governor's support  —  Publication of Rudy Giuliani's secret campaign plan has so embarrassed Florida's new Gov. Charles Crist that supporters of Sen. John McCain fear it might backfire against their campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
I Just Don't Get It  —  This is discouraging. … There are several serious problems here.  — Allowing Bush to escalate the war is unwise.  (Note that Biden told Bush last month, after the election, that there was nothing the Democrats would do to stop him on the war.
RELATED:
Matt Stoller / MyDD:   No Escalation  —  Pelosi is standing firmly with the public …
Ben Shouse / Argus Leader:
Gore bars press from talk  —  Former VP will meet with students but not media  —  Reporters and TV news cameras will be banned from almost all of former Vice President Al Gore's appearance Jan. 23 in Sioux Falls.  —  Gore is the Boe Forum speaker at Augustana College and plans a talk called …
RELATED:
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Al Gore Takes A Page From George Bush's Book
Ryan Lizza / New York Times:
The Invasion of the Alpha Male Democrat  —  NANCY PELOSI'S carefully crafted introduction to the American people last week seemed to reinforce some stereotypes of the so-called mommy party.  On the day she made history as the first woman to be elected speaker, she appeared on the House floor …
Independent:
Future of Iraq: The spoils of war  —  How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches  —  Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:40 PM ET, January 7, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jamie Doward / Observer:
Revealed: preachers' messages of hate
Times of London:
Congo ruler runs up £207,000 hotel bill
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
NRA Pressured To Resist Bush Energy Policies
Payson / Think Progress:
Senate Minority Leader on Bush Iraq Escalation: 'I Intend To Support Him'
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
Bolton unbound
Matthew D. LaPlante / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utahns break from Bush on Iraq
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? …
Discussion: The Sideshow and Oliver Willis
 Earlier Items: 
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Catholic Collaborator Resigns As Archbishop At Installation Mass
Discussion: Reuters and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
U.S. Selecting Hybrid Design for Warheads
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Deacon / Power Line:
NOT JUST ANY IDIOT  —  Last night, John reported that …
Discussion: Roger Ailes and PrairiePundit
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Goal Is to Look Good, Writer of Democratic Memoir Admits
Discussion: Kesher Talk and Hot Air
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justices Continue Trend of Hearing Fewer Cases
Discussion: Law Librarian Blog
Rick Atkinson / Washington Post:
Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie