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5:50 PM ET, May 11, 2007

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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
As MSNBC reported late yesterday, retired General John Batiste has been fired as an analyst for CBS News because he appeared in a VoteVets ad slamming President Bush and advocating for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  I just checked in with CBS for an explanation, and the network gave me this statement:
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MSNBC:
'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for May 10, 2007  —  Guests: Howard Fineman, John Dean, John Batiste, Craig Crawford, Alex Borstein  —  KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST: Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow?  —  In the wake of the visit by the gang of 11, the president picks a peck of Peter Pace's predictions.
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Think Progress
Redstate:
An Open Declaration of War Against The House Republican Leadership  —  There is only one thing you need to do.  Call John Boehner at (202) 225-4000 and tell him the House GOP will get no support until Ken Calvert is off Appropriations.  —  Dear Readers of RedState,
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Calvert to replace Doolittle on Appropriations panel  —  The House Republican Steering Committee appointed Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) to fill an open Appropriations Committee seat that has been vacated by embattled Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.).  —  Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and CREW
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Conservative bloggers revolt
Discussion: Democrats.com
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Bush and Democrats in Accord on Trade Deals  —  The Bush administration reached agreement on Thursday with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and other Democrats to attach environmental and worker protections in several pending trade accords, clearing the way for early passage of some pacts and improving prospects for others.
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Pelosi announces bipartisan trade policy  —  The deal negotiated with the administration incorporates labor and environmental standards, she says.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), joined by congressional leaders and two Bush administration officials …
Larisa Alexandrovna / At-Largely:
The Assassination of Journalists - Protected by States Secrets  —  I wrote about this two years ago: … <snip> … We now learn that both Keogh and O'Connor have been found guilty: … So, two government officials acting out of their conscience to expose President Bush's plans to bomb journalists are found guilty.
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
2 Convicted of Leaking Memo on Bush-Blair Talk  —  A British court found a civil servant and a legislator's aide guilty on Wednesday of breaking the Official Secrets Act by leaking a classified memorandum concerning a conversation at the White House between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
A beautiful mosaic of anti-blogger hatred  —  Various prominent personages share their visceral contempt for blogs:  —  John Yoo at an April 18 Civil Liberties debate (via blogger Roger Ailes): … As Ailes says: "Yoo wishes they never existed because, unlike illegally-detained prisoners …
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Kevin Wick / NPR:   FOR THE MOTION  —  David Frum, author of five books …
Jose Lambiet / Palm Beach Post:
FBI agent steps into Coulter voting case  —  Conservative pundit Ann Coulter has been cleared of allegations that she falsified her Palm Beach County voter's registration and voted illegally — this, after a high-level FBI agent made unsolicited phone calls to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office to vouch for Coulter.
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge OKs Immunity Deal in Firings Probe  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge approved an immunity deal Friday allowing former Justice Department aide Monica Goodling to testify before Congress about the firing of eight federal prosecutors.  —  Goodling, who served as the department's White House liaison …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Poll: Congress' Approval Same As Bush  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs that have seen little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues.
MSNBC:
FBI probes Nevada governor for corruption  —  Did Jim Gibbons accept cash and gifts in exchange for defense contracts?  —  Then-Congressman Jim Gibbons, seated, toasts with Dennis Montgomery during a March 2005 cruise.  Montgomery has now accused Gibbons of accepting cash on the trip.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Wonkette
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville:
Rape is Hilarious  —  Via Breitbart TV, this clip from the XM radio show of "shock jocks" Opie and Anthony is truly sickening.  Please be warned—it's got extremely offensive and vulgar language and is definitely not worksafe.  —  One of their guests, a man called Homeless Charlie, says …
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Bush aides berate GOP members  —  Top Bush administration officials lashed out at a pair of House Republicans at the White House yesterday after details about a contentious meeting between President Bush and GOP legislators were leaked to the media earlier this week.
Sam Stein / The Politico:
Bloggers could be dead link for Clinton  —  As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, her biggest opposition may not come from primary rivals or Republican challengers, but rather from the leftist blog community that often views her as a political punching bag.
The Smoking Gun:
Art Critic Obama  —  Britney Spears painting, other work ditched before gallery fundraiser  —  When Barack Obama arrived this week for a campaign fundraiser at a Virginia art gallery, one large painting was covered by a curtain and another had been removed entirely before the Democrat's arrival.
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Don Surber
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Retail sales drop 2.4% in April
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Truman Lewis / ConsumerAffairs.com:
Senate Press Gallery Ejects Consumer Journalist
CNN:
U.S. commander in Iraq urges troops to fight fair
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
CNN:
U.S.: Terror plot discovered in Germany
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Cheney to Try to Ease Saudi Concerns
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Mort Kondracke's Plan B for Iraq: Ethnic cleansing by Shiites
Joe Klein / Time:
Hillary's Quandary  —  "I was born into a middle-class family …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Ezra Klein
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Buchanan / Real Clear Politics:
Rudy's Party Or Reagan's?
White House:
Interview of the Vice President by Bret Baier, FOX News
Nancy Gibbs / Time:
The Religion Test  —  John F. Kennedy's election in 1960 …
The Atlantic Online:
Delicate Flowers  —  I was at a big old get together yesterday …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Opinion Journal:
Canadian Drugs, Eh?
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
President's Dinner? Bring the Lettuce.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Cliff Schecter
Garrett Epps / Salon:
Karl Rove's big election-fraud hoax
Richard N. Perle / Washington Post:
How the CIA Failed America
 

 
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New York Times:
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