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4:18 AM ET, February 13, 2007

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Amanda Marcotte / Pandagon:
Announcement  —  I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what's right.  Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don't respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Marcotte Resigns  —  Amanda Marcotte has resigned from the Edwards campaign (h/t Jeff G.): … I am genuinely, sincerely saddened.  I have said on many occasions that I didn't want Marcotte to lose her job.  I explained part of the reason I felt that way in this post:
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Targeted Blogger Quits Edwards Campaign  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of the chief campaign bloggers for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards quit Monday after conservative critics raised questions about her history of provocative online messages.  —  Amanda Marcotte posted …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Breaking: Marcotte Resigns (updated.  And updated again)  —  Ms Marcotte blames the Catholic League's Bill Donohue for her troubles, but in truth, her anti-religious screeds (she calls them "anti-theocracy"—though the distinction seems rather disingenuous, given that her attacks tend …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Potty mouth fembigot down  —  John Edwards' now former blogstress was the talk on O'Reilly tonight:  —  After the airing, Amanda Marcotte resigned from the Edwards campaign.  She's blaming it all on Bill Donohue, and the AP is only too happy help her tote that banner:
Danny / Beltway Blogroll:
Edwards' Campaign Blogger Resigns  —  Amanda Marcotte has resigned as the blogger for the presidential campaign of Democrat John Edwards.  She blamed her decision on Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League who last week demanded that Edwards fire her for anti-Catholic statements at the blog Pandagon.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:   A Blogger for Edwards Resigns After Complaints
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Marcotte Quits, Sun To Rise In East In The Morning
Discussion: QandO
Lorraine / culturekitchen:   Jesus Did Not Say: "Shut Your Pie Hole"
New York Times:
In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set  —  The United States and four other nations reached a tentative agreement to provide North Korea with roughly $400 million in fuel oil and aid, in return for the North's starting to disable its nuclear facilities and allowing nuclear inspectors …
Discussion: TigerHawk
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Draft Accord Reached in North Korea Nuclear Talks  —  Negotiators for the six nations in the North Korean nuclear disarmament talks are poised to announce a new agreement on Tuesday, but they are first awaiting approval of the draft accord from their respective governments …
Edward Cody / Washington Post:   Tentative Nuclear Deal Struck With North Korea
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Pace Demurs on Accusation of Iran  —  General Says He Knows Nothing Tying Leaders to Arms in Iraq  —  Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that he has no information indicating Iran's government is directing the supply of lethal weapons to Shiite insurgent groups in Iraq.
Discussion: NewsHog, The Reaction and AMERICAblog
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Al Pessin / Voice of America:
Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran
Jonathan S. Landay / Real Cities:   Joint Chiefs chairman sees no evidence of meddling by Iran's regime
Washington Post:
Pincus Reveals Fleischer As Leak Source  —  Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus testified in court this morning that then-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, not I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was the first person to tell him that a prominent critic of the Iraq war was married to undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.
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Michelle Malkin:
Obama: Soldier deaths = "Wasted" lives  —  Sen. Barack Obama's nutroots are showing.  RedStateLady has the video of Obama arguing that each and every member of the military who volunteered to serve and died in Iraq wasted his/her life:  —  Transcript: … The audience roared with cheers and applause.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE and Nitpicker
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Obama says lives of troops killed in Iraq were "wasted"
Ezra Klein:
Prison Rape  —  I've written about this before.  Here's a first-person account: … The crime this man committed for us to throw him into a jail where we know he'll be brutally assaulted, raped, and possibly contract a terminal immune system disease?  Drinking and driving.
NEWS.com.au:
Al-Qaeda praying for Obama win, says PM  —  PRIME Minister John Howard has blasted US presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying his policy of withdrawing troops from Iraq will destabilise the entire Middle East.  —  Senator Obama, who is aiming to be the first black American president, has vowed to withdraw US forces if elected.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Report Shows Lost FBI Computers Still a Problem  —  At Least 10 Laptops Contained Highly Classified Information  —  The FBI reported 160 laptop computers as lost or stolen in less than four years, including at least 10 that contained highly sensitive classified information and one that held …
Discussion: TalkLeft and On Deadline
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian President Ducks Charges That Iran Is Arming Iraqi Insurgents  —  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Says His Country Is Asking for Peace and the U.S. Should Leave Iraq  —  In an exclusive interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refused to address accusations …
Greg Robb / MarketWatch:
Federal surplus widens to $38.2 billion in Jan.  —  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. federal budget surplus widened by 82% in January to $38.2 billion from $21 billion a year earlier, the Treasury Department reported Monday.  —  The surplus is slightly below the Congressional Budget Office estimate of about $40 billion.
Discussion: The RBC
 
 
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