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12:45 PM ET, May 15, 2007

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Richard Adams / Guardian:
Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade  —  An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
Bank Rebukes Wolfowitz On Ethics  —  A World Bank investigating committee sharply rebuked President Paul D. Wolfowitz, concluding that he broke ethics rules and undermined the integrity of the institution in engineering a hefty pay raise for his girlfriend.  —  "These actions manifest a lack …
Financial Times:
Letter from World Bank country directors
Joseph Carroll / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%  —  Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush.  Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress …
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Byron York / National Review:
Poll: Congress 29, Bush 33
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Comey Details White House Attempt to Force Approval of Secret Program  —  In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey detailed the desperate late night efforts by then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House chief …
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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Comey SJC Testimony, Liveblog  —  Click here for the SJC Webcast here.  —  Chuck Schumer and Pat Leahy snuck Jim Comey in to testify before SJC today (not really-it just didn't get much publicity).  I'm glad they did, though, because SJC has been a lot more fun to watch than HJC.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Gonzales's Deputy Quits Justice Dept.
Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Fingerprints  —  Last week Keith Olberman reported a story …
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign  —  New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is prepared to spend an unprecedented $1 billion of his own $5.5 billion personal fortune for a third-party presidential campaign, personal friends of the mayor tell The Washington Times.
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John Podhoretz / National Review:
The Silly Story of the Day...  ...is that Michael Bloomberg …
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Brian MacQuarrie / Boston Globe:
Son of professor opposed to war is killed in Iraq  —  Boston University professor Andrew J. Bacevich has been a persistent, vocal critic of the Iraq war, calling the conflict a catastrophic failure.  This week, the retired Army lieutenant colonel received the grim news that his son had been killed on patrol there.
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Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
Romney's South Carolina Embarrassment  —  There are two interesting things about the most recent poll out of South Carolina, done by Ayres McHenry & Associates: 1) Mitt Romney is in a weak fifth place, despite a massive effort in the state (though he is still ahead of Lindsay Lohan), and 2) …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration  —  Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent  —  Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP faceoff: Round two
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Mark Kleiman / The RBC:
Godwin's law and the New Right  —  I know that supporters of the currently ruling coalition of crooks, warmongers, torturers, incompetents, and theocrats are deeply, deeply hurt when they and their pet politicians are compared to Nazis.  But could someone suggest to them — politely …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Southpaw / The Atlantic Online:   Der Dolchstoss
Washington Post:
White House Edits to Privacy Board's Report Spur Resignation  —  The Bush administration made more than 200 revisions to the first report of a civilian board that oversees government protection of personal privacy, including the deletion of a passage on anti-terrorism programs …
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Matthew Felling / CBS News:
Fox News Declines C-SPAN's Request To Carry Debate  —  If you're interested in catching Fox News Channel's GOP Presidential Debate tonight, you better make a point of tuning in or TiVo'ing it.  Unlike the two earlier debates hosted by MSNBC, you won't be able to find the debate anyplace else on the TV or radio dial.
Discussion: mediabistro.com, PrezVid and Fox News
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A Question Of Race Vs. Class  —  Barack Obama doesn't think anyone should cut his two daughters any slack when they apply to college — not because of their race, at least.  In the unlikely event that the Obama family goes broke, then maybe.  —  In an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's …
Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 24 in Pakistan  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.  —  The blast deepened instability in Pakistan …
Washington Post:
A Casualty Of War: MySpace  —  U.S. Military Blocks Popular Web Sites, Cutting Ties to Home  —  The Defense Department began blocking access on its computers to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other Web sites yesterday, severing some of the most popular ties linking U.S. troops in combat areas …
 
 
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