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1:55 AM ET, January 30, 2007

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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Ari Fleischer Two  —  Standard housekeeping warnings. emptywheel?  Not a court reporter (in fact, she's the author of Anatomy of Deceit)-consider this a decent paraphrase, but not a transcript.  And updates?  Please consider the servers before you update every minute.
Discussion: Needlenose
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Booman Tribune:
Did Ari Fleischer Commit Perjury Today?  —  I think I may have found evidence that Ari Fleischer committed perjury today.  If Ari Fleischer did not commit perjury today, then former Time Magazine reporter John Dickerson is a big-time liar.  First I will introduce the principals …
Discussion: David Corn and The Corner
Slate:
Dispatches From the Scooter Libby Trial  —  I wanted to raise my hand and ask, "Your Honor, may I approach the bench?"  —  I was at the Scooter Libby trial to cover it, and all of a sudden, I found myself in the middle of the case.  In his testimony today, former White House press secretary …
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Ari Fleischer One  —  Hey, look at the exploding pig in the poke cartoon graphic I found!  Or perhaps "pig in the poke to stay out of the pokey"?  —  If you don't know the reference, Patrick Fitzgerald described the process of offering Ari Fleischer immunity "buying a pig in a poke."
Washington Post:
Fleischer Tells Jury That Libby Told Him About Plame  —  Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told a jury today that Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff was the first person to disclose the identity of an undercover CIA officer to him in July 2003.
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Damning Witness  —  Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer took …
Discussion: CorrenteWire
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   Never in His Wildest Dreams
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation  —  President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.
Washington Post:
Iraqis Raid Insurgents Near Shiite Holy City  —  More Than 300 Reported Dead in Ongoing Battle in Najaf  —  Iraqi soldiers, backed by U.S. helicopters, stormed an encampment of hundreds of insurgents hiding among date palm orchards in southern Iraq in an operation Sunday that set off fierce …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Clinton's Presidential Posturing  —  When Lt. Gen. David Petraeus went before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week in open session, its members understandably had many questions for the new commander of American forces in Iraq.  —  They knew of his reputation as a battlefield leader …
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:   KLEIN, MAN OF SUBSTANCE, DEFENDS BRODER'S SUBSTANCE-FREE ATTACK ON HILLARY.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Air America Radio Buyout, Stephen L Green  —  NEXT SUCKER, PLEASE  —  AAR Buyer Finally Emerges, Franken Bye-Bye  —  *** Also: give Maria Bartiromo a break!  And: updates at SaveWRKO ***  —  With a deal finally announced, the only surprise is that the "winning" bidder was a late entrant to the Air America Radio bailout race.
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Gregg Easterbrook / Slate:
What the President Got Right  —  GIVE BUSH CREDIT FOR HIS ENERGY PROPOSAL.  —  It "fell far short" (Washington Post editorial) and offers only "marginal" gains (New York Times editorial) and is "nonsense" (Charles Krauthammer) and "isn't much" (Thomas Friedman).
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:   THE FUEL ECONOMY SHUFFLE....For reasons that escape me …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Warns Iran Against Action in Iraq  —  President Bush said today he has no intention of sending U.S. forces into Iran, but he vowed to "respond firmly" if Iran steps up a campaign that the United States charges is aimed at killing U.S. troops and derailing democracy in Iraq.
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ABC News:
Bush warns Iran over Iraq 'interference'
Discussion: The Belmont Club and Majikthise
Ali Ansari / Guardian:
Only the US hawks can save the Iranian president now  —  Ahmadinejad is failing to deliver for the poor and losing support, but he could yet survive because of the international threat  —  The honeymoon is over.  Iran's controversial president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has finally come unstuck.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Women Feeling Freer to Suggest 'Vote for Mom'  —  Some women were struck by the politics of maternity practiced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in recent weeks, the imagery and stagecraft that highlighted their roles as mothers and/or grandmothers.
Discussion: Feministing, TAPPED, The Nation and Althouse
Hindrocket / Power Line:
PRESIDENT BUSH'S SUPPORT HOLDING STEADY  —  We hear a lot of hysteria in the press about the American people deserting President Bush.  Every time a new poll is released, it is trumpeted as documenting a new low in the President's approval rating.  But these polls follow a variety of methodologies …
New York Times:
23-Month Campaign  —  In the old days, presidential races were one-year events.  John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy on Jan. 2, 1960, and was elected that November.  Earlier this month, would-be candidates who were still deciding whether to run in 2008 were being accused of reckless delay.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Don Surber
NPR:
Full Transcript: NPR Interview with President Bush  —  · The following is a full transcript of NPR's interview with President George W. Bush, conducted by Juan Williams on Monday, Jan. 29, 2007.  —  JUAN WILLIAMS: Mr. President, we can't say thank you enough for giving NPR this time, so thank you.
Reuters:
Survey shows 13 pct of Americans never heard of global warming  —  OSLO (Reuters) - Thirteen percent of Americans have never heard of global warming even though their country is the world's top source of greenhouse gases, a 46-country survey showed on Monday.
Jack Langer / Human Events:
All the Old Dudes  —  "A man could make a fortune selling Geritol to these people."  —  Capitalist stooge that I am, that was my first reaction upon reaching the Washington Mall last Saturday to observe tens of thousands of demonstrators rally against the war in Iraq.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Wizbang
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Courts Turn to Wikipedia, but Selectively  —  When a court-appointed special master last year rejected the claim of an Alabama couple that their daughter had suffered seizures after a vaccination, she explained her decision in part by referring to material from articles in Wikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
 
 
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Pelosi Reaches Out to Blogging Community
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Discussion: Think Progress and First Draft
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
The Double Talk Express
Micah L. Sifry / Personal Democracy Forum blogs:
2008: Who's Ahead Online (Ds-Week Two)
Jon Keller / CBS4Boston:
Exclusive Survey Shows Tight Race In N.H.
Discussion: The Corner
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Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Mushrooms and mystical experience
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush clarifies 'Democrat majority' gaffe
Associated Press:
MIAMI PLANS CASTRO DEATH PARTY IN ORANGE BOWL
Discussion: Hot Air
Confederate Yankee:
Walkback?  —  In the wake of my January [25] 26 letter …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
What She Meant  —  Hillary's odd, non-verbal joke that's getting …
Sam Coates / Times of London:
Extreme youth: the Muslims who would swap British law for Sharia
 

 
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