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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Court finds a right to jihad in the Constitution — There are several ways to fight a war. On the one hand, you can put on a uniform, climb into a tank, rumble across a field and fire on the other fellows' tank. On the other, you can find a 12-year-old girl, persuade her to try …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court Enters the War, Loudly — JOHN C. YOO, a principal architect of the Bush administration's legal response to the terrorist threat, sounded perplexed and a little bitter on Thursday afternoon. A few hours earlier, the Supreme Court had methodically dismantled the legal framework …
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Needlenose
MSNBC:
Transcript for July 2 — MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Our issues this Sunday: Partisan battles on Capitol Hill, Iraq, immigration, flag-burning, and a Supreme Court ruling against the president's claim of wartime powers, all setting the stage for the November midterm elections.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justice Kennedy Makes the Calls on Roberts Supreme Court
Justice Kennedy Makes the Calls on Roberts Supreme Court
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The Heretik
Washington Post:
The Power of Hillary — "Hillary Clinton really is one of the weakest . . . nominees with whom the Democrats could be saddled." — "Democrats are worried sick about her chances." — "Just give someone else a chance, so we in the Democratic Party can elect a Democrat." — "She cannot possibly, possibly win."
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Washington Post:
Maryland Senate Race May Hinge On Ethnicity — Mfume Leads Cardin In Sharply Divided Primary, Poll Shows — Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume leads U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin in what is shaping up to be a racially polarized Democratic Senate primary in Maryland, even as roughly a third …
Hartford Courant:
No Conservative: Lieberman's A JFK Democrat — How would John F. Kennedy fare in his party today? — It is impossible to completely project a historical figure into the current political situation. However, it is fair to suggest that both parties have radically changed over the past half-century.
bloomberg.com:
Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say — June 30 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court.
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Has Israel lost the spirit of '76? — THIRTY YEARS AGO this week, on July 4, 1976, Israel carried out one of the most spectacular rescue missions in history — the raid on Entebbe airport in Uganda that freed more than 100 Jewish hostages being held by Arab and German terrorists.
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CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Is White House Scapegoating "New York Times"? ; Bloggers Respond to Recent Political Developments; Why the Media Hoopla Over Star Jones Departure? — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): Targeting the "Times."
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
I'm Vexed — I'm watching CNN's Reliable Sources …
I'm Vexed — I'm watching CNN's Reliable Sources …
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Patterico's Pontifications
Philip Recchia / New York Post:
COPYCATTY COULTER PILFERS PROSE: PRO — July 2, 2006 — Conservative scribe Ann Coulter cribbed liberally in her latest book, "Godless," according to a plagiarism expert. — John Barrie, the creator of a leading plagiarism-recognition system, claimed he found at least three instances of what he calls …
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Aims to Use a War to Win an Election Battle — Republicans are once again making the fight against terrorism a campaign cornerstone. So far, Democrats have not been as engaging. — WASHINGTON — President Bush says Democrats want to "wave the white flag of surrender" in Iraq.
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The Emerging Democratic …
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
LAST STAND — On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced what appeared to be a major change in U.S. foreign policy. The Bush Administration, she said, would be willing to join Russia, China, and its European allies in direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
New Ad: "Signs of Change" — Another ad set for release this week before the big debate on Thursday. From the press release accompanying the ad: — "Senator Lieberman presents an image of himself that is truly at odds with his voting record," said Lamont Campaign Manager Tom Swan.
Paul Blustein / Washington Post:
Trade Ministers Give Up on Compromise — Geneva Conference Collapses Over Agricultural Tariffs and Subsidies — GENEVA, July 1— A conference intended to achieve a last-ditch breakthrough in global trade negotiations collapsed Saturday, sharply diminishing prospects for an agreement …
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The Glittering Eye
Time:
The Democrats' New Populism — The best symbol of how the party hopes to take back the Senate this year may be Montana candidate Jon Tester's flattop — When Jon Tester was 9 years old, he lost the middle three fingers of his left hand in a meat grinder.
Washington Post:
Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm — EL CAMPO, Tex. — Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years.
Greg Tinti / Outside The Beltway | OTB:
Dana Priest's Cheap Shot (Video) — On this morning's Meet The Press, Washington Post reporter Dana Priest got downright nasty during a discussion of leaking and press responsibility. Guest host Andrea Mitchell quoted Bill Bennett (also on the panel) who said on his radio program …
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Byron Calame / New York Times:
Secrecy, Security, the President and the Press — THE Bush administration's unusually harsh attacks on The New York Times for exposing a secret banking-data surveillance program have turned a glaring spotlight on the paper's decision to publish the article.