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1:00 PM ET, September 17, 2007

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thinkprogress.org:
Fox censors Sally Field's anti-war speech at Emmy's.  —  At tonight's Emmy Awards show, the audience cheered Sally Field's acceptance speech, which the recognized mothers of U.S. troops.  "Surely this [award] belongs to all the mothers of the world," she stated.  "May they be seen, may their work be valued and raised.
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Tomoneil / Los Angeles Times:
Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil  —  Wow!  They censored Sally Field!  —  "If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any god -" Emmy winner Sally Field said before the Emmycast cut off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage so viewers would be distracted.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Emmy Awards: Sally Field Censored by FOX  —  At last night's 59th Annual Emmy Awards, Sally Field, who won Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Nora Holden Walker in ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," was censored by FOX as she was about to make a point about the Iraq War.  —  Download (2809) |
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Going Out With a Bang & a Bleep
Discussion: Associated Press
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Schumer Eats His Words, Up-Chucks  —  Chuck Schumer has begun his rapid retreat from his statements of support for Michael Mukasey.  The New York Sun reports that Schumer, who had openly championed Mukasey as a "consensus candidate" to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General …
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Associated Press:
Bush Text on Attorney General Nomination
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
The Corner:
Meeting Mukasey  —  I wasn't going to post anything else on Mukasey …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Peter Lattman / Law Blog:
Seven Things to Know About Michael Mukasey
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Newshoggers
Massimo Calabresi / Time:
How Bush's AG Pick Irritates the Right
Discussion: The Gate, Open Left and Hot Air
New York Times:
Bush Names Choice for Successor to Gonzales
Discussion: The Hill, The Swamp and The Politico
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton unveils health care plan  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday offered a sweeping health care reform plan to ensure coverage for all Americans with federal assistance to help defray the cost.  —  Thirteen years after her first effort …
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Leonard Greene / New York Post:
HILL BILL FOOTED BY HSU  —  VEGAS VICTORY BASH  —  Members of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff got a nice payoff last year for their work to get her re-elected - a trip to Las Vegas funded by her fugitive former fund-raiser.  —  Among the Sin City guests of disgraced former …
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
CLINTONCARE, THE SEQUEL:  —  In a few hours, Hillary Clinton will be rolling out her health care plan before an audience in Iowa.  When she does, I'll have more to say on it.  But here's what I can tell you now, based on interviews with her advisers and some outside experts over the last few days.
Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and CNN
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Getting At 'The Truth'  —  We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an important development from the media world.  —  Ron Brownstein has been a fixture at the Los Angeles Times for nearly two decades, an influential political reporter and talking head who delves into policy as well as campaign strategy.
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security  —  Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
'Help Wanted' Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security  —  A week ago today, Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end.  —  But 10 days ago …
CNN:
Blackwater Security banned from Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq's Interior Ministry has revoked the license of Blackwater USA, an American security firm whose contractors are blamed for a Sunday gunbattle in Baghdad that left eight civilians dead.  —  Sunday's firefight took place near Nusoor Square …
Washington Post:
Crocker Blasts Refugee Process  —  Iraqis Could Wait 2 Years for Entry, Ambassador Says  —  The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned that it may take the U.S. government as long as two years to process and admit nearly 10,000 Iraqi refugees referred by the United Nations for resettlement to the United States …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
The Benefits Of Showing A Little Spine  —  What happens when you show a little spine up front?  Via the WaPo: … This was the appropriate response, swiftly rolled out, firmly communicated, and designed to take advantage of the weakened posture of the Bush WH on legal and ethical matters.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jules Crittenden:
Little Tet  —  Al-Qaeda announces its Ramadan offensive.  No indication as yet al-Qaeda is capable of a Tet, but an indication they may be trying.  AP: … Meanwhile, … Good luck with that. … AP's own reporting would suggest it is inspiring Shiites to jump on the bandwagon.
Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
IDF demands uncut al-Dura tape  —  The IDF has abandoned its official silence in a seven-year-old case that has been characterized as a "blood libel" against the IDF and the State of Israel.  —  On September 10, the deputy commander of the IDF's Spokesman's Office, Col. Shlomi Am-Shalom …
CNN Political Ticker:
Former Mexico pres. calls Bush 'cockiest guy I've ever met'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - The two leaders shared a border for six years, but former Mexico President Vicente Fox gives a tough assessment on President Bush in a new book out next month, according to U.S. News and World Report.
 
 
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The Corner:
So long, white boy
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and Daily Pundit
Joshua Holland / AlterNet.org:
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Telegraph:
Prepare for war with Iran, says French minister
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and QandO
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Study: Teens blank on Constitution Day
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MSNBC:
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Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
State Dept. Convoy Attacked in Baghdad, Sparking a Shootout
Discussion: Air America Radio
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Freaky deaky: Iranian Holocaust miniseries sympathetic to Jews?
CNN:
Web site: O.J. demands heard on tape