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11:25 PM ET, April 18, 2007

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Countdown With Olbermann:
Full coverage: Virginia Tech massacre  —  April 18: NBC News releases a picture of Cho Seung-Hui that was in the package the Virginia Tech gunman sent to NBC between the two shootings on Monday.  —  Photos & audio  —  Virginia Tech students, faculty come to terms with the horror of the mass shooting at the Blacksburg, Va., school.
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ABCNEWS:
VT Killer Ruled Mentally Ill by Court; Let Go After Hospital Visit  —  Harassed Two Female Students; Concerns He Was Suicidal  —  A Virginia court found that Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho was "mentally ill" and potentially dangerous.  Then the state let him go.
Michelle Malkin:
Wanted: A culture of self-defense  —  My column this week:  —  There's no polite way or time to say it: American college and universities have become coddle industries.  Big Nanny administrators oversee speech codes, segregrated dorms, politically correct academic departments, and designated …
Ragnar / The Jawa Report:
Down the Memory Hole...
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Don Surber
Jack Shafer / Slate:
In Praise of Insensitive Reporters
Discussion: CJR Daily and Blog P.I.
Dinesh D'Souza / News Bloggers Blog:
Where Is Atheism When Bad Things Happen?
Discussion: Liberal Values and Pharyngula
Matthew Yglesias:
In Defense of Crass Politicization
Discussion: Blog P.I.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court Backs Ban on Abortion Procedure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.  —  The 5-4 ruling said the Partial …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court upholds federal abortion ban  —  Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a sweeping — and only barely qualified — victory to the federal government and to other opponents of abortion, upholding the 2003 law that banned what are often called "partial-birth abortions."
Bill Mears / CNN:
Justices uphold ban on abortion procedure … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that banned a type of late-term abortion, a ruling that could portend enormous social, legal and political implications for the divisive issue.  —  The sharply divided 5-4 ruling could prove historic.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Four Things To Remember When Reading Gonzales v. Carhart  —  As an antidote against the inevitable chorus of fake moderates arguing that today's abortion case is no big deal, four things to keep in mind as you ponder today's decision:  — Don't take assertions by the Court …
Discussion: the talking dog
Eye / eyeon08.com:
PBA decision impact
Discussion: The Caucus and The Hillary Spot
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
The Profound Effects of Justice O'Connor's Retirement
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Commentary: Some consequences of Carhart II
Discussion: The Sideshow
LII:   Supreme Court collection
Nico / Think Progress:
Breaking: FBI Raids Rep. Doolittle's Home  —  Roll Call reports, "The FBI has raided the Northern Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), according to Congressional sources.  No details are publicly available yet about the circumstances of the raid, but Doolittle and his wife …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
FBI RAIDS DOOLITTLE'S HOME
Discussion: Think Progress and On Deadline
Fester / The Newshoggers:
Doolittle Raid  —  TPMMuckraker is forwarding a report …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Political Radar:
Fred Thompson 2008: A Matter of When — Not If  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Fred Thompson's top cheerleader on Capitol Hill — Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. — said Wednesday that the former Republican senator's entrance into the 2008 presidential race is a matter of when — not if.
Discussion: Don Surber and TIME
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Hotline On Call:
Tour De Fred Draws 53 Members
Discussion: Redstate and The Right's Field
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Can conservative bloggers tell the truth?  —  Here's a simple challenge for John Hinderaker, a writer for the popular conservative blog Power Line who recently revisited the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign controversy.  Upset by recent media references that suggested …
Discussion: Power Line and Hullabaloo
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   INEFFECTIVE, EVEN FOR A LIBERAL  —  Eric Boehlert of Media Matters must …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Don't Reward Failure By Giving Money to NARAL  —  I'm sure Nancy Keenan is licking her sweet chops over the latest SCOTUS decision.  It is, after all, probably going to be the biggest fundraising opportunity she's had during her tenure at NARAL.  Bigger even than Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Poll reveals most negative assessment of Iraq war yet  —  In the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, taken April 10-12, 69 percent of Americans say things are going badly for the United States in Iraq.  That's the most negative assessment yet recorded, up from 54 percent …
Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
Who Placed a Secret Hold on Sunlight?  —  Yet again an anonymous Senator has placed a secret hold on legislation that would increase transparency.  This time a secret hold has been placed on a bill, S. 223, that would mandate that Senators file their campaign finance reports electronically.
Richard Beeston / Times of London:
This may look like a UN plane... but Sudan used it to bomb Darfur  —  Britain and America threatened yesterday to impose new sanctions on Khartoum after a United Nations report accused Sudan of disguising its military planes and helicopters as UN aircraft and using them to attack villages in Darfur.
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Eisner says it's time to get the public "emotional" about gun control  —  Appeals to reason are so passe.  Or so suggested the former Disney CEO during his appearance this afternoon on CNBC's "Power Lunch," in which he called explicitly for the abolition of handguns in America.
Rick Maze / Marine Corps Times HOME:
Experts: Force increases may not be enough  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday that increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps may not resolve severe and growing personnel problems.  There was even talk of returning to the draft to fill the ranks.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A New Threat In Iraq  —  While the Bush administration struggles to stabilize Baghdad, a major new threat is emerging in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.  If it isn't defused, this crisis could further erode U.S. goals in Iraq — drawing foreign military intervention …
 
 
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Justin McCarthy / NewsBusters.org:
Barbara Walters on Rosie's Gun Control Surrrender: 'Made Me Sad'
Discussion: Hot Air and Right Voices
Debbie Schlussel:
Is This "Ismail" Cho Seung-Hui?
Barack Obama / Real Clear Politics:
Obama on Virginia Tech, Violence in Society
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Consequences  —  (Lovely handmade rocking chair photo via MontanaRaven.)
Discussion: The Mahablog and TalkLeft
Amanda / Think Progress:
Sen. Coleman Falsely Claims He Never Nominated Paulose As U.S. Attorney
 

 
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