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MSNBC:
Falwell in 'gravely serious' condition  —  Evangelical leader was found in his university office  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell — founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s — was in "gravely serious" condition Tuesday after being found unconscious …
Sue Lindsey / Associated Press:
Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University.
CNN:
Rev. Jerry Falwell dead at 73 … (CNN) — Evangelist Jerry Falwell died Tuesday after he was found unresponsive in his office, an official at Liberty University told CNN.  —  Falwell, 73, was rushed to a Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital, where he was given CPR.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Jerry Falwell dies at age 73  —  One of the nation's most notorious TV preachers, Jerry Falwell, died today in Lynchburg, Va. … More soon.  —  Update: I have to admit, writing about Falwell's death poses an awkward challenge for me.  When I worked at Americans United for Separation …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Eschaton
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.
Discussion: Eschaton
William Branigin / Washington Post:   White House Pushed Ashcroft on Wiretappings
David Stout / The Caucus:
Law School Classmates Criticize Gonzales
Looseheadprop / Firedoglake:
Fingerprints  —  Last week Keith Olberman reported a story …
Discussion: NION and The Blue State
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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The Atlantic Online:
Yes, Hypocrisy Matters  —  It's no surprise to see that James Kirchick, assistant to New Republic editor in chief Martin Peretz, shares his patron's passion for the cause of keeping Paul Wolfowitz in office at the World Bank.  Kirchick says Wolfowitz's critics are making baseless charges …
Discussion: Mercury Rising
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
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Congress Dives Below Bush Line
Discussion: Heading Right
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 …
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Southpaw / The Atlantic Online:   Der Dolchstoss
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.
Slate:
Liberal Hawks Reconsider the Iraq War  —  Who are these people?  —  My own two cents, on the topic of WMD: I never did think that Saddam's weapons were sufficient grounds for war.  I even said so here, in Slate, before the war.  If WMD were the problem, containment and deterrence were the solution.
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Ezra Klein:
Dispatches From When The Country Went Crazy: Kill 'em All Edition
Discussion: TAPPED and Eschaton
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 …
Jill Zuckman / Chicago Tribune:
Clinton courting non-voters  —  The N.Y. Democrat's presidential campaign is going after a far more elusive goal than female voters: Women who have not even registered, a target that includes 21 million under age 44  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton includes a biographical section …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Taylor Marsh
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) …
 
 
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