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7:45 AM ET, May 22, 2007

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David Espo / Associated Press:
Dems set war bill without Iraq timeline  —  WASHINGTON - In grudging concessions to President Bush, Democrats intend to draft an Iraq war-funding bill without a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and shorn of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs, officials said Monday.
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Congress' reform promises fizzle  —  It's a familiar backpedaling pattern emerging early in the new Democratic-controlled Congress.  From lobbying reforms to anti-corruption proposals to curbing earmarks, Democratic lawmakers who railed against Republican corruption a year ago have flinched …
Simon Tisdall / Guardian:
Iran plans Iraq summer showdown  —  Iran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say.
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Onetime Giuliani Insider Is Now a Critic From Outside  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani runs for president, his image as a chief executive who steered New York through the disaster of Sept. 11 has become a pillar of his campaign.  But one former member of his inner circle keeps surfacing to revisit …
Discussion: Liberal Values and TalkLeft
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Edwards charges $55,000 to speak to UC Davis students about poverty  —  Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who as a Democratic presidential candidate recently proposed an educational policy that urged "every financial barrier" be removed for American kids who want to go to college …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Liberal Values
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigration Compromise Faces New Opposition  —  Proposal Stays Alive, But Foes Lie in Wait  —  The Senate voted last night to move forward on an overhaul of immigration laws, but even proponents of the delicate compromise proposal conceded that the furor over the deal was surpassing their expectations and endangering the plan.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Peanut Envy  —  THE LATEST ABSURDITIES TO EMERGE FROM JIMMY CARTER'S BIG, SMUG MOUTH.  —  Almost always, when former President Jimmy Carter opens his big, smug mouth, he has already made the psychological mistake that is going to reduce his words to absurdity.
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Rachel Lucas:
Rachel's Helpful Guide to Online Dating: For Men  —  Must get this one out of my system.  —  Almost all of the single people I know use online dating services; the taboo seems to have completely lifted in the last few years.  Because, would it really be better to meet men in bars?  Eww.
Bob Kerrey / Opinion Journal:
The Left's Iraq Muddle  —  Yes, it is central to the fight against Islamic radicalism.  —  At this year's graduation celebration at The New School in New York, Iranian lawyer, human-rights activist and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi delivered our commencement address.
New York Times:
Editorial: Macho Mistakes at Ground Zero  —  As more and more workers who inhaled the dust at ground zero fall ill, it has become increasingly clear that much of the problem can be traced to the Giuliani administration's failure to insist that all emergency personnel and construction workers at the site wear respirators.
Discussion: The Reaction and The Heretik
White House:
President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer  —  PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all for coming.  Mr. Secretary General, thank you very much for joining us.  Laura and I are really happy to have you here at our place in Crawford.
Discussion: The Heretik and First Draft
ABCNEWS:
Who's Your Daddy?  Paternity Battle Between Brothers  —  Judge Uses Old-Fashioned Detective Work to Determine Who the Father Is  —  Twin brothers Raymon and Richard Miller are the father and uncle to a 3-year-old little girl.  The problem is, they don't know which is which.  Or who is who.
Discussion: digg
Dinesh D'Souza / Townhall.com:
A Canadian philosopher worth reading  —  In winning the Templeton Prize for religion, philosopher Charles Taylor is not only $1.5 million richer, but he also joins an august company of scholars and world leaders, including physicist Freeman Dyson, author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, evangelist Billy Graham, and Mother Teresa.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards not involved in haircut  —  As he told the New York Times's Matt Bai of the haircut mess, "Other people arrange these things, and I wasn't personally involved in it."  —  To be fair, this one should probably just be filed, at least in part, under the weirdness of the campaign life …
 
 
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New York Times:
Senate Critics Vow to Alter Immigration Measure
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The Amnesty Fraud  —  Nothing is more common than political …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
After the Surge  —  The Administration Floats Ideas for a New Approach in Iraq
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More on immigration (and some of my colleagues)
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Stephanie Sandoval / Dallas Morning News:
Judge temporarily halts FB rental ban
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Police, Improperly Clad Women Clash In Tehran
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Battling al Qaeda in Iraq
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Al Gore with Diane Sawyer
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Human Events:
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Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Richardson Formally Enters Race for President
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National Review:
'Fallujah' Fantasies  —  I am always amazed at the variants …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iran Charges U.S. Scholar With Trying to Topple Regime
Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Disney Explains Reaction to Hamas Show
Robert E. Rector / Heritage Foundation:
Executive Summary: The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer
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