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3:00 AM ET, January 31, 2007

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Fox News:
OFFICIALS: WHITE HOUSE HOLDING BACK REPORT DETAILING IRAN'S MEDDLING IN IRAQ  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A plan by the Bush administration to release detailed and possibly damning specific evidence linking the Iranian government to efforts to destabilize Iraq have been put on hold, U.S. officials told FOX News.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Pentagon investingating Iran's Qods Force role in Karbala attack  —  The US will withhold evidence that indicates Iran is providing weapons, bomb materials, agents and other support to the Sunni insurgency, al-Qaeda, and Shia militias.  Dozens of suicide bombers per month are entering Iraq from Syria.
CNN:
Iran involvement suspected in Karbala compound attack … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Pentagon is investigating whether a recent attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Baer / Time:
Are the Iranians Out for Revenge?  —  The speed and level of chaos in Iraq is picking up fast.  An apocalyptic cult came uncomfortably close to taking Najaf, one of Shi'a Islam's most holy cities, and murdering Grand Ayatollah Sistani.  Sistani is the neo-cons' favorite quietist Shi'a cleric …
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Senators warn against war with Iran
Discussion: TigerHawk
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Did Iran Attack American Troops In Iraq?
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 Three  —  Go buy Anatomy of Deceit.  Don't update crazily.  And don't expect a transcript.  —  We're in sidebar.  She's back to breathing.  Looks down.  She's wiping the sweat from under her eyes.  Sees someone is laughing.  Leans back.  Someone made her relax.
Discussion: TalkLeft and JustOneMinute
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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 …
Discussion: protein wisdom
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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
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.
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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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Confederate Yankee:
The Case for Outing Jamil?  —  I'm presenting working on what will likely be my last post on the Jamil Hussein/Hurriyah mosque attacks debacle.  I've got some emails out to several sources and the AP itself attempting to tie up loose ends, and I won't write a final draft until those addressed …
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:
obama.senate.gov:
Obama Offers Plan to Stop Escalation of Iraq War, Begin Phased Redeployment of Troops  —  Contact: Tommy Vietor or Robert Gibbs, 202-228-5511  —  Obama Offers Plan to Stop Escalation of Iraq War, Begin Phased Redeployment of Troops  —  Goal to Redeploy All Combat Brigades out of Iraq by March 31, 2008
Discussion: Political Animal and The Sideshow
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Obama Bill Sets Date For Troop Withdrawal
Discussion: Prairie Weather and AMERICAblog
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
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
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Andrew Sullivan and the hollow "Conservative Soul"  —  (updated below)  —  There is a serious fraud emerging in the political landscape that, though easily predictable and predicted, is now being perpetrated with full force — namely, that the so-called "conservative movement" …
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 …
Bloomberg:
Paulson May Find Bush Is Biggest Hurdle to Social Security Deal  —  Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who left one of Wall Street's most powerful posts in part to broker a Social Security overhaul, may find his biggest hurdle is his boss, President George W. Bush.
 
 
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Dawn Kopecki / Business Week:
Military Equipment: Missing in Action
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
SERGEANT IN AFGHANISTAN - STOP THE BS AND "LET'S GET IT DONE"
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The press manufactures John Kerry's tears
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Liberal Values
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann Special Comment Fact Checking the President
Discussion: The Mahablog and Democrats.com
Hindrocket / Power Line:
REINFORCEMENTS!  —  I love political cartoons, but nearly …
Mike Gallagher / Townhall.com:
Hanoi Jane makes me sick..literally
Discussion: Pharyngula
 Earlier Items: 
Bryan / Hot Air:
"If they're going to support us, support us all the way."
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
TROOPS RESPOND TO CRITICISM OF THE WAR.  A must-see video.
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Analysis: Najaf battle raises questions
Washington Wire:
How Mitt Romney Avoided Campaign-Finance Rules
Discussion: Daily Kos and Macsmind
Niles Lathem / New York Post:
GAZE IN THE MILITARY  —  MCCAIN-CLINTON LOVE-IN AT BASE
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - John Edwards' New House!
Richard G. Lugar / Washington Post:
Beyond Baghdad  —  Since President Bush announced that he would send …