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1:20 AM ET, January 20, 2009

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Alex West / The Sun:
Deadliest weapon so far... the plague  —  Terrorists train ... but they face invisible killer  —  At least 40 al-Qaeda fanatics died horribly after being struck down with the disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages.  —  The killer bug, also known as the plague …
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Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Al Qaeda bungles arms experiment  —  Biological or chemical weapons  —  An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.  —  The official, who spoke on the condition …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents … WASHINGTON (AP) - In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration.
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
No Pardon For Libby  —  Bush uses clemency powers sparingly to the end  —  I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing a leak investigation over the run-up to the Iraq war.  —  In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
VERY POOR CHOICE  —  As most of you likely know, the inauguration committee sold HBO the exclusive rights to broadcast yesterday's inaugural concert festivities.  I don't think that was a good idea since certainly not every American subscribes or can subscribe to HBO.
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Michael Jensen / AfterElton.com blogs:
Developing: HBO says they aren't to blame for not including Gene …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Biden tries to shush wife after state-VP slip  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Why I'm not sorry that George W. Bush beat Al Gore and John Kerry.  —  Yes, yes, I was on the downtown streets of Washington bright and early, mingling with the bright-eyed and the wide-eyed.  Yes, by all means I was there on the Mall Sunday afternoon, feeling no more moist than the next person …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
‘Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza’  —  Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists on suspicion of “collaboration” with Israel during Operation Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.  —  They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama Web-site imitation bears virus  —  With all the public interest in President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, it was only a matter of time before someone exploited the attention for harm.  —  According to the computer protection firm Panda Security, someone has made copies …
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Sean-Paul Correll / PandaLabs:
Malware Campaign Impersonates Barack Obama's Website
Discussion: Ars Technica and Pat Dollard
Christopher Beam / Slate:
Slate crashes Bush's farewell party.  —  You can often tell a party by its parties.  This week, Democrats are feting the incoming chief with top-shelf DJs, valet parking, and more coat checks than coats.  Republicans, on the other hand, seem to be partying on a tight budget, if at all.
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Obama's Moment Arrives  —  Historians Say He Could Redefine the Presidency  —  Barack Obama takes office today with a realistic prospect of joining the ranks of history's most powerful presidents.  —  The more familiar observation, that he confronts daunting trials, enhances that prospect.
John Collins Rudolf / New York Times:
Banks Foreclose on Builders With Perfect Records  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Dave Brown, one of this city's best-known home builders, had kept his head above water through the housing downturn, not missing a single interest payment on his loans.  So he was confounded a few months back when one of his banks …
John / Power Line:
PRESIDENT BUSH: AN ASSESSMENT  —  President Bush leaves office mostly unloved, with some poll respondents saying that they consider him one of our worst presidents ever.  This in itself is odd.  Generally, our worst Presidents have been one-termers, for obvious reasons: James Buchanan …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and GayPatriot
Matthew Cooper / TPMDC:
The Racial Thaw  —  It's a cliche that people who came of age after the civil rights movement, can't imagine the world of Jim Crow and segregation that preceded them.  To a lesser extent, at 45—I turn 46 on Wednesday—I find it slightly hard to explain what America's racial environment …
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Krugman on Stimulus Skeptics  —  Paul Krugman is unhappy with the economics profession: … If Paul really wants to know what I believe, he can read what I have written on the subject.  —  Let me make one thing clear: When I link to another economist here on this blog …
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Scott Mayerowitz / ABCNEWS:
What Recession?  The $170 Million Inauguration  —  Obama's Inauguration Has Been Financed Partially by Bailed-Out Wall Street Executives  —  ABC NEWS Business Unit  —  The country is in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, which isn't stopping rich donors …
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Mexican Billionaire Invests in Times Company  —  The New York Times Company said Monday it had reached an agreement with the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú for a $250 million loan intended to help the newspaper company finance its businesses.  —  Under the terms of the deal …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NOT SO MUCH  —  Theda Skocpol responds to Rep. Frank ...  I have to say, my read is very, very similar to Theda's.  I hope Frank was speaking in a more general sense rather than one of literal grand bargains or broad political economic quid pro quos.  In fact, I agree so much I think I'm …
Discussion: Corrente
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Will-be President Obama lauds would-be president McCain  —  It was a tough, nearly 2-year-long battle that cost Americans upward of $1 billion just between the last two men left standing.  —  And tonight at a special D.C. dinner, on the eve of becoming the nation's 44th president at Tuesday's inauguration …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Andy Borowitz / The Huffington Post:
In Last Official Act, Bush Repeals English Language  —  In what he hoped would be the capstone to his eight years as President, George W. Bush today signed an executive order repealing the English language.  —  Scrawling his name on the official document, Mr. Bush said that in abolishing English …
Rasmussen Reports:
44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People  —  Al Gore's side may be coming to power in Washington, but they appear to be losing the battle on the idea that humans are to blame for global warming.  —  Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters now say long-term planetary trends …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Here's the post where you can say good-bye to George Bush.  —  The sun has set on the last night of the Bush presidency.  Now, tired old George can retreat to Texas and not be kicked around anymore.  He can wait for that history he's always talking about to do its curative work.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Jon Henke / The Next Right:
The Cost of the Inauguration: A Cold Wind Blows
Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia pledges $1 billion to rebuild Gaza
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Anti-torture lawyer Lederman joining administration
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Bush's Foreign Policy Successes
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Cnaan Liphshiz / Haaretz:
Israel recruits ‘army of bloggers’ to combat anti-Zionist Web sites
Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
McCain Says Palin Could Be Prez, Speaks To Her Often
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Yes we can, Mr Geithner
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
You Thought the Jeremiad Was Over?
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Jacque Wilson / CNN:
Chris Rock on making fun of Barack Obama
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Fox News Primes Itself for a Shift
Discussion: Washington Monthly and TVNewser
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Media execs prep for ‘news emergency’
CNN:
No Bush moving trucks needed Inauguration Day
 

 
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