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9:10 PM ET, June 24, 2006

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Rod Nordland / Newsweek:
Maliki's Master Plan  —  A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.  —  Ali Haider / Reuters-pool  —  Maliki is scheduled to unveil a national reconciliation plan on June 25
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
"A BROAD, CONDITIONS-BASED TIMETABLE"....The fine folks at Newsweek have gotten hold of a draft copy of the national reconciliation plan soon to be announced by Iraq's new Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.  Among other things, it will ask for a firm U.S. withdrawal plan to be enforced by a United Nations resolution:
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico Cancels his Subscription to the L.A. Times  —  I cancelled my subscription to the Los Angeles Times this morning.  —  I explained to the person who answered the phone that I was cancelling because I am outraged that the newspaper revealed classified details of a successful anti-terror operation.
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The Raw Story:
NY Times columnist Brooks attacks 'Kingpin' of Daily Kos  —  In Sunday's paper, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks attacks the founder of Daily Kos for acting like a "Kingpin" who "commands his followers" to "unleash their venom on those who stand in the way," RAW STORY has found.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Glenn Greenwald's Career In Comedy  —  Glenn Greenwald, who never settles for "shrill" when "hysterical ranting" is within reach, tells the world that Jason Zengerle *might* have fabricated an email from Steven Gilliard when he wrote this post.  —  However - it is only in an UPDATE …
Lindsay Beyerstein / Majikthise:
Zengerle's sketchy sources  —  Lately, Jason Zengerle of The New Republic has been frantically trolling the blogosphere, insinuating that Kos rules the sphere with an iron fist.  —  We all need a little extra attention from time to time.  Besides, trolling is a central plank of TNR's new business model.
Commissar / The Politburo Diktat:   GREENWALD V. GILLIARD
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Notes From The Clownhouse  —  Mickey Kaus continues to study …
Discussion: Donkey Cons
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts  —  WASHINGTON, June 24 — The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.
wtnh.com:
Lieberman, Lamont differ on Iraq  —  (East Hartford-WTNH, June 23, 2006 6:00 PM) _ The man looking to force Sen. Joseph Lieberman out of his job is using the war in Iraq as the catalyst.  But Lieberman says his Democratic primary opponent Ned Lamont is waffling over ending the war in Iraq.
Discussion: ConnecticutBLOG
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B.A. / Connecticut Bob:
Joe's got issues...
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lamont Wavers, Rival Camp Says
Thirdparty / LamontBlog:
Fantasy Land  —  Lies, and the lying senators who tell them:
Discussion: TPMCafe
Richard Perle / Washington Post:
Why Did Bush Blink on Iran?  (Ask Condi)  —  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran knows what he wants: nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them; suppression of freedom at home and the spread of terrorism abroad; and the "shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems."
Democrat Taylor Marsh Blogs Politics:
Duncan Hunter and the Swiftboating of Jack Murtha  —  It began yesterday and kept on rolling when I was directed to yet another vile spewing Republican anti-veteran blog.  —  Then reader Vanmojo wrote this little beauty in the comment section this afternoon.
Discussion: MyDD
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Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
They're Gonna Swiftboat Murtha
Discussion: Murtha Must Go!!
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
One Party's Lawmaking Is Another's Electioneering  —  The Republican-controlled Congress seems to be struggling lately to carry out its most basic mission: passing legislation.  A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage failed miserably.  Long-debated immigration legislation has reached an impasse.
Discussion: MyDD and The American Street
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RJ Eskow / skippy the bush kangaroo:
I've Done A Lot More Television Than Geraldo Rivera  —  Crooks and Liars has the video of Geraldo Rivera saying he's "seen a lot more combat than John Kerry."  He uses his "foxhole cred" to support the eternal occupation of Iraq.  I'll just say this:  —  I've done a lot more television than Geraldo Rivera.
Tony Karon / Time:
The Miami Seven: How Serious Was the Threat?  —  The group indicted for terror plans appears to have had more in common with homegrown cults than al-Qaeda terrorists.  Which doesn't mean they weren't dangerous  —  The Federal government has indicted seven men arrested in Miami on charges …
TalkLeft:
James Dobson Unmasked  —  Focus on the Family founder James Dobson (the evangelical leader called by Karl Rove to help sell the Harriet Miers nomination) is revealed in a feature article by Pulitzer prize winner Eileen Welsome in this month's 5280.  And on the Eighth Day, Dr. Dobson Created Himself is free and online, don't miss it.
StrategyPage:
Why Iraq WMD Finds Were Kept Secret  —  June 23, 2006: The revelation that Coalition forces have discovered about 500 shells containing chemical weapons (mostly sarin nerve gas and mustard gas) since 2003, most of which are pre-1991 Gulf War vintage, leads to the question as to why the U.S. waited so long to reveal this.
Juan / Informed Comment:
CAIR: Miami Cult not Muslims  —  I just saw the spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations on CNN saying that the Miami cult members just arrested are not Muslims.  I'd say that is a fair statement.  —  For one thing, they are vegetarians!  —  It seems pretty obvious …
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cair.com:
Media Asked Not to Call Miami Terror Suspects 'Muslims'
Victor Comras / Counterterrorism Blog:
Reports of US Monitoring of SWIFT Transactions Are Not New: The Practice Has Been Known By Terrorism Financing Experts For Some Time  —  Yesterday's New York Times Story on US monitoring of SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) transactions certainly hit the street with a splash.
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
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