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By Arthur Blaustein
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By Mark Heisler
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From blogging.la
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An estimated crowd of more than 500,000 thronged downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to protest a tightening of the country’s immigration laws.
Posted on Mar 26, 2006
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Ann Johansson / AP Photo
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On a day when tens of thousands have taken to the nation’s streets to protest a tightening of immigration laws, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas finds himself pinched between conservative “no amnesty” types and and Texas’ huge immigrant population.
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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From Max Becherer / Polaris / The New York Times
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As Baghdad’s murder rate triples from 11 to 33 a day, bodies are turning up with horrific signs of torture. “This is sectarian cleansing,” says a Kurdish member of parliament.
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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The former secretary of state writes that the White House’s “penchant for painting its perceived adversaries” with a “sweeping brush has led to a series of unintended consequences” in the Middle East.
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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The U.S. has apparently just told Iraq that it should no longer expect American dollars to aid in the country’s reconstruction—rather, Iraq must rely on its own revenues.
Did anyone know this was coming?
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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You may want to swallow your food before reading this….
Just as he did with the anti-torture law, Bush placed an addendum on the Patriot Act saying he doesn’t have to obey parts of the law.
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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From bendomenech.com via Salon.com
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That didn’t take long. Ben Domenech, the 24-year-old conservative blogger hired three days ago by the Washington Post, resigned after evidence surfaced that he plagiarized movie reviews before going to work for the Post.
Posted on Mar 25, 2006
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From bendomenech.com via Salon.com
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The paper’s new 24-year-old conservative blogger apparently cribbed movie reviews while in college, and may have fabricated a Tim Russert quote more recently.
Posted on Mar 24, 2006
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The pretense has been shattered. The U.S. is explicitly accusing Iran of supplying money and training to anti-U.S. fighters in Iraq.
Posted on Mar 24, 2006
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Pretenders to the White House are all staking out positions on what they expect to be a hot topic come next election.
Check out Truthdig’s Marc Cooper for the skinny on the underlying issue.
Posted on Mar 24, 2006
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From The Smoking Gun
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When the vice president spends the night at a hotel, he requires all TVs pre-tuned to Fox News (natch), room temperature set at 68 and caffeine-free Diet Sprite, among other things.
Posted on Mar 24, 2006
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Mike Luckovich
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What’s going on in this cartoon? Click to see a video of the heated exchange between columnist Helen Thomas and President Bush that inspired it.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
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Quelle Surprise! Haiti on the Mend
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