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4:00 PM ET, June 25, 2006

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Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
The War's Left Front  —  The Daily Kos thinks the politics of Iraq will help him shape the Democratic Party.  —  July 3-10, 2006 issue - Markos Moulitsas Zuniga is sitting on his back porch in Berkeley, Calif., listening to the hummingbirds and explaining his plans to seize control of the Democratic Party.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Newsweek goes after Kos but if he says they do, he's paranoid.  —  Newsweek has a big article on Kos that starts off looking like a puff piece.  He's listening to hummingbirds and finally getting that flat-screen TV.  But, make no mistake, it's quite hard on him.
Discussion: The Scratching Post
Associated Press:   Dean repeats call for Iraq troop drawdown
Los Angeles Times:
War's Iraqi Death Toll Tops 50,000  —  Higher than the U.S. estimate but thought to be undercounted, the tally is equivalent to 570,000 Americans killed in three years.  —  BAGHDAD — At least 50,000 Iraqis have died violently since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, according to statistics …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
VIOLENCE IN IRAQ: A COMPARISON  —  This report in today's Los Angeles Times says that 50,000 Iraqis have been killed since the American-led invasion in March 2003.  A large majority of these were murdered by terrorists.  The Times trumpets its figure, which it considers conservative …
Andrew Romano / Newsweek:
The Right: The Next Big Thing?  —  Conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt marries the power of talk radio with the reach of the 'netroots.' Watch out, Kos.  —  July 3-10, 2006 issue - Hugh Hewitt is a master of multitasking.  Week after week, the sanguine, persistent pundit hosts his "center-right" …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Conservative Convergence Coming  —  Newsweek has an interesting article on a project about which CQ has long known: the conversion of the durable Townhall website into a merging of conservative talk radio, weblogs, and opinion leaders to create an unprecedented media convergence.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Scott Hiaasen / Miami Herald:
Did feds foil — or foster — terror plot?  —  Some suggest the seven men accused of terror-related offenses were victims of entrapment by federal authorities who manufactured the crime.  Officials argue they thwarted a potential attack on the Sears Tower in Chicago and buildings in Miami.
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Sweetness & Light:
Media Portrays Sears "Plotters" As Harmless Cranks
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Florida Cracker
Miami Herald:
Feds' sting videotaped oaths to terrorists
Discussion: The Heretik
Associated Press:   FBI: Suspects Sought Help From al - Qaida
Washington Post:
Nonprofit Groups Funneled Money For Abramoff  —  Newly released documents in the Jack Abramoff investigation shed light on how the lobbyist secretly routed his clients' funds through tax-exempt organizations with the acquiescence of those in charge, including prominent conservative activist Grover Norquist.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Roger Ailes
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John Solomon / Associated Press:
E-mails detail Abramoff requests, contacts
Discussion: Democrats.com and TPMCafe
Arizona Daily Star:
Murtha says U.S. poses top threat to world peace  —  SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL  —  MIAMI — American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.
Greg Sargent / The Horse's Mouth:
CNN OMITS CRUCIAL FACTS ABOUT GOP FROM TROOP DRAWDOWN REPORT.  CNN has now picked up today's Times's story saying that the top commander of forces in Iraq projects troop drawdowns through 2007 — in stark contrast to the GOP's stay-the-course position.  And guess what?
Jerusalem Post:
Peretz: Palestinian terrorists will pay a 'painful price'  —  Defense Minister Amir Peretz, with Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz at his side, told reporters Sunday evening said that Israel "will do all" to return kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 19, from Mitzpeh Hila in the Galilee …
StrategyPage:
Treason You Can Get Away With  —  June 25, 2006: Because the war on terror is fought in a peacetime atmosphere, treason can be presented as dissent, and you can get away with it.  Case in point is the energetic pursuit, and publication, of U.S. intelligence gathering techniques, by the American media.
Louis J. Freeh / Opinion Journal:
Khobar Towers  —  The Clinton administration left many stones unturnd.  —  Ten years ago today, acting under direct orders from senior Iranian government leaders, the Saudi Hezbollah detonated a 25,000-pound TNT bomb that killed 19 U.S. airmen in their dormitory at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
BBC:
Iraq PM unveils unity proposals  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has presented a national reconciliation plan to parliament aimed at stemming sectarian tensions and violence.  —  The 24-point plan offers an amnesty to some insurgents, but not those from groups who have targeted Iraqi civilians, such as al-Qaeda.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Another Kennedy Living Dangerously  —  ONE of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family mementos is a boyhood photo of himself in the Oval Office with his uncle President John F. Kennedy.  Then 9, Mr. Kennedy — who is still known as Bobby — had just given the president a spotted salamander in a small vase.
Michele / f.t.t.w.:
OUR MOVING TRIBUTE TO AARON SPELLING  —  A good man has shuffled off his mortal coil today.  A man who has had so much impact on our culture he deserves to be honored on our site.  We know we usually bag on a lot of pop culture icons, but this guy changed a lot of us.  Most of us.
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Aaron Spelling, 83; Prolific TV Hitmaker
 
 
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
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Scheherezade Faramarzi / Associated Press:
Muslims address silence on Europe attacks
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Suspected al-Qaida aide leads Somali group
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Misreading Tehran  —  TEHRAN The mullah asked the Korean …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
U.S. Troop Cuts By Fall 2006 May Be In The Offing
Alexei Barrionuevo / New York Times:
For Good or Ill, Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Jerry Kammer / San Diego Union-Tribune:
A close-knit circle of money, power
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
Who's This 'We,' Non-Soldier Boy?
Independent:
British 'helpless' as violence rises in southern Iraq
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Robert Alter / New York Times:
Neocon or Not?  —  FOR a scholar who addressed what the general public …
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and Power Line
Times of London:
Key insurgents vow to reject Iraq peace plan
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Andrew Sullivan / Time:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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