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11:15 PM ET, January 30, 2007

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The Sun:
10 years to save the planet  —  Global Cool ... Pearl Harbor star Josh Hartnett  —  A NEW worldwide movement backed by celebrities, musicians, politicians and business leaders is aiming to reverse the effects of global warming over the next decade.  —  Global Cool launched in London …
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Agence France Presse:
Global warming: rise of 4.5 C if pollution doubles, says draft report
Discussion: Roger L. Simon and Macsmind
Agence France Presse:
Climate change means hunger and thirst for billions: report
Discussion: The Huffington Post
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Senators Assert Right to Block Bush on Iraq  —  Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee began laying the constitutional groundwork today for an effort to block President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq and place new limits on the conduct of the war there, perhaps forcing a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Republicans and Congress' war powers — then and now  —  Russ Feingold today is chairing a Committee hearing in order to demonstrate that Congress has the Constitutional authority to compel the President to withdraw troops from Iraq, a power that is not merely confined to cutting off appropriations.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Judy One  —  Ground rules: not a court reporter.  Limit refreshes, but not refreshments.  Shameless commerce: buy this.  —  Fitz in his seersucker-esque taking a drink of water, looking through his notes.  —  Here she comes.  White shirt, big lapels.  No glasses.
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Libby Live: Judy Two
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Libby Live: Judy Three
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Timothy Noah / Slate:
The Obama Messiah Watch  —  INTRODUCING A PERIODIC FEATURE CONSIDERING EVIDENCE THAT OBAMA IS THE SON OF GOD.  —  Is Barak Obama—junior U.S. senator from Illinois, best-selling author, Harvard Law Review editor, Men's Vogue cover model, and "exploratory" presidential candidate …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why aren't we ashamed of fawning over Obama?  —  Slate's Tim Noah has introduced a new regular feature called "The Obama Messiah Watch," devoted to "gratuitously adoring biographical details" about Barack Obama.  The first item, from the LA Times, quotes a former classmate of Obama's marveling …
Richard G. Lugar / Washington Post:
Beyond Baghdad  —  Since President Bush announced that he would send more American troops to Iraq, the debate on Iraq policy has reached new levels of stridency.  Opponents of the war have rallied against what they see as an unjustified escalation, while the administration has dismissed opposition as defeatism.
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Maverick Costco CEO Joins Push to Raise Minimum Wage  —  The chief executive of Costco Wholesale, the nation's largest wholesale club, yesterday became the most prominent member of a new organization of business owners and executives pressing Congress to approve an increase in the federal minimum wage.
Discussion: Free exchange and The Agonist
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Nico / Think Progress:
Senate Multimillionares Vote To Block Minimum Wage Hike
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Senate clears way for minimum wage vote
Discussion: BobGeiger.com and Daily Kos
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - John Edwards' New House!  —  1) Why should I care about John Edwards' new house?  —  Well, it's quite a house.  28,000 square feet of magnificent splendor located in one of North Carolina's most fashionable counties.  This isn't a McMansion we're talking about here.  This is the real deal - A Mansion!
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Michelle Malkin:
Lara Logan & al Qaeda: What's the 411, CBS?  —  First, read this heart-rending appeal from Lara Logan complaining about CBS News refusing to air one of her Haifa Street reports, which highlighted a masked "Haifa Street resident" who "blamed the fighting on the U.S. Here's a screen shot of her source:
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
How This White House Operates  —  From the first time the White House was asked about allegations that senior officials had exposed a CIA agent's identity as part of a plot to discredit an administration critic, the answer was consistent.  —  As spokesman Scott McClellan put it as early as July 22 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Wonkette
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John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Exclusive: GOP talking points encourage using Lieberman to attack Democrats on war  —  A set of talking points sent out yesterday by the staff of House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) encouraged House Republican press staff to use a quote from Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) — a onetime Democrat …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Democrats unveil massive spending bill
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Riehl World View
Lee Harris / TCS Daily:
Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Resenting History  —  When Abraham Lincoln decided to run for a second term in the midst of the Civil War, he used a homespun analogy that nearly everybody could relate to: "You don't swap horses in the middle of a stream."  In 1864, after all, people still rode horses to go places.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Webb to Secretary Rice: Ahem  —  A couple weeks ago, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) asked Secretary Condoleeza Rice if the administration thought President Bush had the power to take military action against Iran without permission from Congress.  —  She deferred an answer, saying …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
FBI turns to broad new wiretap method  —  The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed.  —  Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing …
Discussion: Donklephant
Julie Farby / All Headline News:
Landmark Court Ruling Orders Apple To Pay $700,000 For Blogger's Legal Fees  —  Santa Clara, CA (AHN)-In a landmark ruling in favor of bloggers and cyber journalists, a Santa Clara County Court defended the First Amendment rights of online journalists to protect their confidential sources …
Discussion: Donklephant
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP Right Sees Lemons in White House Race  —  Contemplating the current field of Republican presidential candidates, Rush Limbaugh sounded like a man with malaise.  —  "To be honest with you, there's nobody out there that revs me up," he confessed to his audience of several million conservative sympathizers …
Washington Wire:
How Mitt Romney Avoided Campaign-Finance Rules  —  Federal law limits how much money individuals can give to presidential candidates — $2,300 per election.  But what about Compuware Inc. founder Peter Karmanos?  Last year, he gave $250,000 to presidential aspirant and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Macsmind
 
 
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Niles Lathem / New York Post:
GAZE IN THE MILITARY  —  MCCAIN-CLINTON LOVE-IN AT BASE
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Admiral Calls for 'New and Different' Approach in Iraq
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Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Flip Flops, Now Says He Would Not Consider Redeployment Under Any Scenario
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