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11:05 PM ET, January 18, 2007

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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Republicans Halt Ethics Legislation  —  Senate Republicans scuttled broad legislation last night to curtail lobbyists' influence and tighten congressional ethics rules, refusing to let the bill pass without a vote on an unrelated measure that would give President Bush virtual line-item-veto power.
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Washington Post:
Chinese Satellite Test Draws Sharp Protest From Other Nations  —  The Chinese military used a ground-based missile to hit and destroy one of its aging satellites orbiting more than 500 miles in space last week, an apparent test of anti-satellite technology that raised concerns about a possible arms race …
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Craig Covault / aviationweek.com:
Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon
Mcjoan / Daily Kos:
Impeach Gonzales  —  A reader transcribed this exchange concerning habeas corpus from today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings (no official transcript yet): … Article I, Section 9: … Alberto Gonzales should not only be impeached for his willfully obtuse interpretations of the Constitution, he should be disbarred.
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Pelosi Won't Block Iraq Funding to Stop Troop Surge  —  Tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer Bush "Has to Answer for This War"  —  There may be a growing battle between Congress and the president over the Iraq War strategy, but new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she won't block funding for additional troops.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
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John Heilprin / Associated Press:
Pelosi Creates Global Warming Committee  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to create a special committee Thursday in an effort to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming and produce a bill by Independence Day.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Richard Severo / New York Times:
Art Buchwald, 81, Columnist and Humorist Who Delighted in the Absurd  —  Art Buchwald, who poked fun at the follies of the rich, the famous and the powerful for half a century as the most widely read newspaper humorist of his time, died Wednesday night in Washington.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Mahablog
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Ben Bradlee / Washington Post:
Remembering Art Buchwald
CNN:
An American in Paris  —  Buchwald launched his career …
Discussion: Bitsblog
Melissa Drosjack / Fox News:
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY TO ALLOW REBUTTAL AFTER CARTER SPEECH  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter won't go unchallenged after his appearance next week at Brandeis University, where he is lecturing on his latest book about what he terms the Palestinian apartheid by Israel.
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Brett Arends / Boston Herald:
McCain no longer rocks in Granite State  —  As Mitt, Hillary, Barack and a dozen others jump into the presidential stampede, something interesting is happening in New Hampshire.  —  For seven years, conventional wisdom has said that the state's pivotal independent voters would line …
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Mahdi Army expressing siege mentality  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army fighters said Thursday they were under siege in their Sadr City stronghold as U.S. and Iraqi troops killed or seized key commanders in pinpoint nighttime raids.  Two commanders of the Shiite militia said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki …
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Potomac High  —  The earnest straight-A student.  The mysterious newcomer.  The guys who love to hear themselves talk.  No, it's not the pep rally.  It's the Democratic primary.  —  Jan. 18, 2007 - You knew Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in high school.  At least I did.
Discussion: Political Animal and Hullabaloo
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Taking Power, Sharing Cereal  —  SOME of the most powerful Democrats in America are split over a most incendiary household issue: rodents.  —  "I once had to pick up a mouse by the tail that Durbin refused to pick up," complained Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, referring to his roommate Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois.
Discussion: DCist, Gawker and Wonkette
Ari Berman / The Nation:
No Blank Check on Iran  —  The Iraq Study Group recommended that the Bush Administration engage Iran.  Instead, the Administration chose to threaten it.  —  In recent weeks President Bush attacked Iran in a speech announcing his escalation in Iraq, deployed a second naval battleship …
Dinesh D'Souza / Los Angeles Times:
How the left led us into 9/11  —  The Clinton and Carter administrations made the U.S. look like a weak, attractive target for terrorists.  —  In considering a funding cutoff for U.S. troops in Iraq, the liberal leadership in Congress runs the risk of making the United States more vulnerable …
Anna Mulrine / US News:
U.S. Launches Armed Force to Block Iranian Influence in Iraq  —  The U.S. military has launched a special operations task force to break up Iranian influence in Iraq, according to U.S. News sources.  The special operations mission, known as Task Force 16, was created late last year …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Laura Rozen / National Journal:
The Nonwar War Against Iran  —  While the Iraq debate was gripping Washington over the past few weeks, the Bush administration was also shifting its policy toward neighboring Iran — in a more confrontational direction.  —  U.S. officials, who asked not to be identified …
Discussion: Political Animal
John Holusha / New York Times:
Retired Generals Criticize Bush's Plan for Iraq  —  A panel of retired generals told a United States Senate committee today that sending 21,500 additional troops to Iraq will do little to solve the underlying political problems in the country.  —  "Too little and too late," …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Waiting Room, Fifth Cuppa  —  (Painting by Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night.)  —  Via a call from Digby, I can now officially report that Jane is out of surgery and her surgeon says that she is doing very well — she's strong, she's a fighter, and thus far, she's having no complications …
 
 
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George McGovern / Yahoo! News:
An Impartial Interrogation of George W. Bush
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
FORMER MEMBER OF CAIR (COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS) …
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Wayne Parry / Associated Press:
Muslims Unhappy Over `24' Portrayal
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
A 12th Dallas Convict Is Exonerated by DNA
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and TalkLeft
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Testimony of Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Happy Hours  —  SOMETHING odd happened on Capitol Hill this week.
Gateway Pundit:
Iranian Politicians Threaten to Wipe Ahmadinejad From Map
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Pentagon sets rules for detainee trials
Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:
AL GORE WON'T DEBATE: The Wall $treet Journal has an interesting …
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Democrats Seek to Resurrect Dead Fairness Doctrine
Charles Murray / Opinion Journal:
Aztecs vs. Greeks
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
After Iraq Trip, Clinton Proposes War Limits
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX NEWS POLL: MOST THINK TROOP SURGE IS BUSH'S LAST CHANCE IN IRAQ
Amanda / Think Progress:
FACT CHECK: Bush Has Cut Funding For Cancer Research
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Speaking Chic to Power
 

 
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