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He decided he didn’t want to be reminded how unpopular he is:
President Bush’s visit to Stanford University’s Hoover Institution was quickly moved to another location after more than 1,000 protesters converged around the Hoover tower.
The White House said the protesters blocked the only road into the central areaof the campus where Hoover is located, which [...]

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That AIPAC case sure is interesting:
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist’s lawyer said Friday.
Prosecutors disputed the claim.

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No civil war in Iraq, nope, nothing to see here, just move along:
ARLINGTON, Va. — Shiites are starting to move into the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, jockeying for position alongside the Kurds and Sunnis who have been on the verge of open war over the oil-rich prize since Saddam’s ouster, according to a U.S. [...]

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I wonder: What, if anything, will upset Americans enough to take to the streets?
The CIA had evidence Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction six months before the 2003 US-led invasion but was ignored by a White House intent on ousting Saddam Hussein, a former senior CIA official said, according to CBS. [...]
The source “told [...]

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And yet, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are still employed:
WASHINGTON - In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News learned Friday.
The officer flunked a polygraph exam before being fired on Thursday and is now under investigation by the Justice Department, NBC has learned.
Intelligence [...]

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How many more stories like this? Dear God.
Like most troops of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Sims had been in Iraq on a previous tour of duty. The Covington, Ky., native graduated high school in 2003 and married the following year, just before heading out on his first tour in Iraq.
Some Marines carry [...]

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Just found out via my friend Somegirl:
The big day, of course, is July 4, which will feature “Let Freedom Ring” at 2 p.m. in front of Independence Hall.
The ceremony will begin with a speech by the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice, Samuel A. Alito Jr., a New Jersey native and former judge of the Philadelphia-based [...]

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Via Daily Kos, introduced today in the Illinois state legislature by Rep. Karen Yarbrough. If you live in Illinois, voice your support:
WHEREAS, Section 603 of Jefferson’s Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature; and
WHEREAS, President Bush has [...]

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Fitz reconvened the Plame grand jury this morning. Rove indictments are rumored to be imminent.

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Yale wants to hire Juan Cole. The wingnuts say he’s (gasp!) “political” and he must be stopped. Some familiar names are involved in the academic pogrom.
And yes, David Horowitz is still a fucktard.

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Kiko’s House begs your input on a topic we covered previously: what is the worst song ever?

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Even though Chafee’s record wasn’t as bad as Kos said, Jane’s still got a point.

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When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archeologist. Didn’t happen, but I still get a kick out of stories like this.

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Scientists to California: If the Big One hits, your economy is fucked worse than you can imagine.

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The FDA (that bastion of pure science) announces marijuana has no place in any medical treatment, according to their review of current information.
Scientists who have worked on the actual research say once again, the FDA is allowing politics to trump reality. Hey, so what else is new with BushCo?

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Looks like the money people aren’t feeling all that good about the Republicans these days:
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continued to outpace the National Republican Senatorial Committee in fundraising, bringing in more contributions and finishing the quarter with twice as much money in the bank, according to Federal Election Commission reports released yesterday.
In years past, [...]

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Some people seem to miss the point of the net neutrality debate, and as a result, flip directly into “Fine with me, I don’t want the government involved” default position. I find that response hard to understand, because the proposed legislation will prevent giant cable and telecom monopolies from taking over the internet the way [...]

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Well, Kos kicked off a firestorm this morning by railing against the Sierra Club’s endorsement of Sen. Linc Chafee, saying he only earned a 20% on his environmental scorecard. Jane joined in.
But someone in her comments section says:
Whoa, hold on…I don’t know where Kos got the “20% score in 2004.” The Sierra Club does not [...]

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How low can he go?
33. On Fox.

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Now, think how bad it is when even Tom Friedman says Bush shouldn’t be running foreign policy. Then read Greg Mitchell in E&P:
So let’s assume, as Nixon might put it, that we do have George Bush to kick around for another almost-three-years. How worried should we be about the possible damage he might inflict — [...]

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Jay Rosen has a great analysis of the McClellan “communications” strategy. Go read it all:
McClellan was a cog in a machine for making the executive power more opaque, and the presidency itself less dialogic. (Fewer questions, no answers unless under subpoena.) We have to understand how this system works, and why it’s appeared now.
Bush and [...]

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WordPress seems to be having some problems today. If you can’t get on to this site later, try the old one. I’ll post there if there’s a problem.

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That’s our Karl, who’s still not in the clear:
Just as the news broke Wednesday about Scott McClellan resigning as White House press secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove shedding some of his policy duties, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald met with the grand jury hearing evidence in the CIA leak case and introduced additional [...]

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Will has more on my former Congress critter, wacky Wayne “Curt” Weldon. In keeping with the Delaware County GOP machine’s policy of cradle-to-grave welfare for friends and family of county politicians, he carries on:
Representative Curt Weldon (R., Penn.), a powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee, has been a good friend to the Italian [...]

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Steve Clemons talks sense on Iran. Go read the whole thing.

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Billmon on the Democrats’ refusal to denounce plans to start a war with Iran:
Most aides refused to speculate whether Democrats might support a military operation in Iran. Several aides acknowledged, however, that some Democrats in Congress could support a military strike . . . Any military action Democrats supported, one aide said, would not include [...]

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Billmon on the Democrats’ refusal to denounce plans to start a war with Iran:
Most aides refused to speculate whether Democrats might support a military operation in Iran. Several aides acknowledged, however, that some Democrats in Congress could support a military strike . . . Any military action Democrats supported, one aide said, would not include [...]

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Josh Marshall states the obvious about the White House staff “shakeup.” I suppose the ladies and gentlemen of the Washington press corpse haven’t noticed.

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The funny thing about this FCC radio payola investigation? The listeners probably wouldn’t care if they’d disclosed it. “Here’s a new sponsored artist from L.A.” -why would the fans care? It’s not as if they have discerning taste anymore.

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