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10:30 AM ET, May 22, 2009

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Toby Harnden / Toby Harnden's blog listings:
The 10 punches Dick Cheney landed on Barack Obama's jaw  —  The spectacle of two duelling speeches with a mile of each other in downtown Washington was extraordinary.  I was at the Cheney event and watched Obama's address on a big screen beside the empty lectern that the former veep stepped behind barely …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama Adopts the Bush Approach to the War on Terrorism  —  “We were able to hold it off with George Bush.  The idea that we might find ourselves fighting with the Obama administration over these powers is really stunning.”  — Unnamed and dismayed human rights advocate, on legalizing indefinite detention of alleged terrorists,
Michael James / The Note:
RNC Launches ‘Daisy’ Web Ad  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele this week promised an aggressive new approach to opposing President Obama.  —  That starts now.  —  The RNC is launching a Web ad on Friday highlighting Democrats' divisions …
The Corner:
Cheney vs. Obama  —  Two speeches, two very different men.  Former Vice President Cheney seeks no political future.  He speaks from the vantage of one who witnessed the killing of our fellow citizens, who deliberated and defined the strategy that would successfully prevent further murders of our fellow Americans.
Victoria McGrane / The Politico:
Rivals may back Obama & #160;on Gitmo
Discussion: The Page
Jeffrey Goldberg:
McCain: Cheney Endorses Spanish Inquisition Technique  —  I stopped by to see John McCain this afternoon in his Senate office.  I haven't seen him for several months, and was glad to see that he seemed rested and ready, if not tan.  He was in high spirits, and we talked …
Discussion: Firedoglake, Hot Air and Politics Daily
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements.  —  In his address to the American Enterprise Institute …
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Cheney On Torture: Misinformation And Straw Men
Discussion: Politicker NY, Salon and Wonkette
Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Speed reader makes Hill debut  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The congressional speed reader made his committee debut Thursday — but it looks like his brief taste of the limelight may mark his Capitol Hill swan song.  —  The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce committee, Texas Rep. Joe Barton …
Discussion: Hyscience and Michelle Malkin
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Speed Reading Clerk Reads Stalling Amendment To House Climate Change Legislation
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Cleverly Thwart ‘Nefarious’ …
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
U.S. to Steer GM Toward Bankruptcy  —  Filing Expected as Chrysler Set to Emerge  —  The Obama administration is preparing to send General Motors into bankruptcy as early as the end of next week under a plan that would give the automaker tens of billions of dollars more in public financing …
Discussion: The BLT and AMERICAblog News
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
White House Reporter Protects Cheney, Accuses Gibbs Of Taking “Swipe”  —  One of the odder things we've seen from some members of the White House press corps this year is a kind of zealous over-protectiveness of the previous administration — Dick Cheney, in particular.
Associated Press:
Bush: It's ‘liberating’ to be out of office  —  He gets warm welcome from group of graduating N.M. high school students  —  ARTESIA, N.M. - It was a humbling moment for the former commander in chief: President George W. Bush was walking former first dog Barney in his new Dallas neighborhood …
Discussion: Think Progress
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Some GOP-ers step away from Cheney  —  Dick Cheney's full-throated attack on the Obama administration has left congressional Republicans with a tricky decision: Do they embrace his critiques, even if it means aligning themselves with the most polarizing figure from the still-unpopular Bush administration?
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Animatronic Obama Going to Disney World With High-Tech Style  —  LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama was standing on a riser inside a warehouse here, delivering an inspirational speech about the blessings of freedom, when his left index finger began to twitch uncontrollably, unnerving his aides.
Discussion: The Page
Washington Post:
Creigh Deeds for Democratic Candidate for Va. Governor  —  WHO IS the best candidate for Northern Virginia?  Judge by appearances and there are two obvious possibilities in the Democratic primary for governor: Brian Moran, the former Alexandria prosecutor who served a dozen years in the House of Delegates …
Chip Somodevilla / Time:
Behind Ed Liddy's Departure from AIG  —  AIG CEO Edward Liddy (C) talks with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (L) and AIG Vice Chairman for Legal Affairs Anastasia Kelly (R) during a break in testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee  —  Ed Liddy, the former head …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Neoliberalism is Alive, Alive!  —  The Chrysler Bailout is “capitalism at work,” writes private equity macher Scott Sperling in the WSJ.  Here are some of the more questionable sentences in his essay: … The cuts current union members were forced to accept were not impressive.
Caleb / Caleb's blog:
History Is (Re)Written By The Winners  —  ... or at least, by the ad agencies.  —  The History Channel is a generally well-respected brand in the United States.  The shows routinely make “water-cooler” conversation at sites like Redstate.  Indeed, the sister networks like The Military Channel …
Steve Kingstone / BBC:
Spain's celebrated ‘blogger granny’ dies at the age of 97  —  A Spanish grandmother who billed herself as the “world's oldest internet blogger” has died at the age of 97.  —  Maria Amelia Lopez only began blogging from her seaside home in Galicia two years ago.
Discussion: CBS News and Fausta's Blog
Siobhan Courtney / BBC:
YouTube removes hundreds of pornographic videos  —  Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.  —  The material was uploaded under names of famous teenage celebrities such as Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers.
Discussion: Guardian
Rasmussen Reports:
Just 24% Favor Federal Bailout for California  —  Twenty-four percent (24%) of voters nationwide favor federal bailout funds for states like California that are encountering “serious financial problems.”  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% are opposed to such bailouts.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Obama Curtails Bush Policy That Let Federal Rules Override State Laws  —  It Let Federal Rules Override State Laws  —  President Obama continued to reverse his predecessor's policies this week by undoing a controversial Bush administration rule known as “preemption” that used federal regulations …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Blue Double Cross  —  That didn't take long.  Less than two weeks have passed since much of the medical-industrial complex made a big show of working with President Obama on health care reform — and the double-crossing is already well under way.  Indeed, it's now clear that even as they met …
Discussion: Cup O' Joe and Economist's View
Los Angeles Times:
Poor would be hard hit by proposed California budget cuts  —  The governor suggests dismantling welfare programs for families and ending CalGrants for college students.  —  Reporting from Sacramento — With deficit forecasts growing darker by the day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Washington Times
Evan Ramstad / Wall Street Journal:
Citizen Spies Lift North Korea's Veil  —  With Sleuthing and Satellite Images, Mr. Melvin Fills the Blanks on a Secretive Nation's Map  —  SEOUL — In the propaganda blitz that followed North Korea's missile launch last month, the country's state media released photos of leader Kim Jong Il visiting …
George Rush / NY Daily News:
Rush: Love tangle for Citigroup exec  —  It's no secret that Citigroup board Chairman Richard Parsons has been working for months to repair the financial giant.  —  But, until now, even his closest associates didn't know he also was wrestling with a personal crisis - how to tell his wife …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and Gothamist
NBC New York:
Accused Terror Ringleader: I'm a Pothead  —  “I smoke (marijuana) regularly,” he tells judge  —  Not only did the terror plot go up in smoke, the alleged mastermind was high.  —  The ringleader of the four-man homegrown terror cell accused of plotting to blow up synagogues in the Bronx …
Discussion: Raw Story and TPMMuckraker
 
 
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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
L.A. police union wants San Diego newspaper writers fired
Wall Street Journal:
Recession Turns Malls Into Ghost Towns
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
House Panel Passes Limit on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Washington Post:
Supermax Prisons in U.S. Already Hold International Terrorists
Discussion: Wonkette
Edith Honan / Reuters:
Suspects in NY synagogue plot to be held in jail
Richard Mcenroe / Not One Red Cent:
A Florida Parable!  —  Talk about your perfect timing.
Peter Kirsanow / The Corner:
Cheney: Adult  —  A serious, important speech.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 Earlier Items: 
Lloyd Garver / The Huffington Post:
California For Sale
Maggie Gallagher / The Corner:
The Trouble with Social Conservatives
Discussion: Politics Daily and AmSpecBlog
Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
NYT Reporter: Maybe 1 In 7 Detainees Didn't “Return” To Terrorism
The Huffington Post:
Glenn Beck Demands “A Damn Apology” From The View (AUDIO)
Discussion: TVNewser
Megan McArdle:
The Road to Bankruptcy  —  At the end of his book's harrowing account …