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6:20 AM ET, July 3, 2006

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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.
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
War on terror ruling worries GOP lawmakers
Discussion: TPMCafe
Fox News:   Transcript: Sens. Graham, Reed on 'FOX News Sunday'
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Aims to Use a War to Win an Election Battle
Richard Stengel / Time:
No One Gets a Blank Check  —  The tension between liberty and security is as old as the Republic—and as new as the latest high-tech listening device.  In wartime, that tension very often plays itself out as a battle between the White House and the press.  It is doing so again now.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Hot Air
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Associated Press:
NYT: Bank program not news to terrorists  —  NEW YORK - Published reports that the U.S. was monitoring international banking transactions were not news to the terrorists who were its target because the Bush administration had already "talked openly" about the effort, The New York Times' top editor said Sunday.
New York Times:
A New Partnership Binds Old Republican Rivals  —  John McCain and George W. Bush had notable differences in the 2000 Republican primary season, left.  But by Mr. Bush's re-election bid in 2004, the relationship had mellowed, at least publicly.  —  After years of competitive and often contentious dealings …
Mark / Mark in Mexico:
Mexico presidential election - too close to call  —  TV Azteca's exit polling calls it a tie.  TV Azteca won't release actual data if it falls within the margin of error (+/-1.6% — according to TV Azteca).  —  I'll update this post as things develop.  —  UPDATE I, 8:48 pm: Per TV Azteca …
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Gateway Pundit:
Mexican Presidential Election Roundup  —  Exit polls have the presidential election between the more Conservative Felipe Calderon of the ruling party and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the Leftist candidate of Hugo Chavez locked in a tie.  —  Presidential candidate Felipe Calderon …
Discussion: Assorted Babble
Traci Carl / Associated Press:
Mexico Presidential Race Too Close to Call  —  Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative free-trader both declaring themselves the winner.  Officials said they won't know who won for days.
Discussion: Big Lizards
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 …
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The Raw Story:
Paper confirms Coulter plagiarism reported online first  —  "Conservative scribe Ann Coulter cribbed liberally in her latest book, Godless, according to a plagiarism expert," reports The New York Post today.  —  "John Barrie, the creator of a leading plagiarism-recognition system …
Discussion: News Hounds
T. F. Boggs / t.f. boggs:
Interview With An Iraqi General  —  I wrote a story for Michael Yon's Frontline Forum a week ago about the town I am stationed in right now named Qayyarah.  Qayyarah is a model for other Iraqi cities because it was once a haven for terrorists but is now safe enough for anyone to travel around in without fear of terrorists.
Discussion: Mudville Gazette and Power Line
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The Ugly American / The Real Ugly American.com:   Interview With An Iraqi General
MSNBC:
Rice, Lavrov argue behind closed doors  —  Unedited audio feed provides glimpse into private diplomatic wrangling  —  MOSCOW - Intentionally or not, the Russians fed out audio of Thursday's closed lunch meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …
Washington Post:
The Unstoppable Cuban Spring  —  By Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas  —  HAVANA — In March 2003 dozens of leaders of Cuba's Varela Project and other human rights defenders were detained, subjected to summary trials, condemned to many years in prison, and confined in the most inhumane and cruel conditions.
Discussion: jameshudnall.com
MisterSnitch / physorg.com:
Nanotechnology 'fertile' for energy breakthrough  —  Thinking small may help solve one of the world's biggest problems — the need for alternative energy sources — according to scientists attending the first Energy Nanotechnology International Conference held June 26-28 at MIT.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Hamas To Target Schools, Hospitals  —  Hamas has threatened to retaliate for Israel's response to ongoing Palestinian provocations by committing war crimes.  The spokesman for the putative political party's terrorist wing stated that Hamas will attack schools and hospitals unless Israel unconditionally removes itself from Gaza:
Discussion: Wizbang and A Blog For All
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Kennedy Reigns Supreme on Court  —  With O'Connor's Departure, Sole Swing Voter Wields His Moderating Force  —  It was the O'Connor court.  Now it may be the Kennedy court.  —  The Supreme Court's just-concluded 2005-2006 term was a historic one, in which two new justices …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Court Enters the War, Loudly
Discussion: The American Street and Needlenose
New York Times:
Hardcover Business Best Sellers  —  THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman.  (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.)  A columnist for the New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy and presents an overview of globalization trends.  —  FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Discussion: David Sirota
Richard S. Lindzen / Opinion Journal:
Don't Believe the Hype  —  Al Gore is wrong.  There's no "consensus" on global warming.  —  According to Al Gore's new film "An Inconvenient Truth," we're in for "a planetary emergency": melting ice sheets, huge increases in sea levels, more and stronger hurricanes, and invasions of tropical disease …
Matt / The Great Society:
Bush Reportedly Instituted NSA Surveillance of Calls 7mos.  Prior to 9/11  —  Bloomberg is reporting that the Bush administration began spying on the phone calls of Americans months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to lawyers dealing with the AT&T lawsuit.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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Telegraph:
Reid accused of burying bad news by blocking research
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Ben Fenton / Telegraph:
Britons see US as vulgar empire builder
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Angela Delli Santi / Associated Press:
Atlantic City casinos next N.J. casualty
Discussion: PoliBlog
Raymond Bonner / New York Times:
A Terror Strike, Choreographed on a Computer
Moustafa Ayad / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Mystery surrounds FBI raid on North Side mosque
Josh White / Washington Post:
Hurdle to Closing Guantanamo: Where to Put Inmates
Discussion: The Heretik and Billmon
Pamela Leavey / The Democratic Daily:
Pundits Pushing Spin on John Kerry, Hillary Clinton '08
Roger L. Simon:
Stoolies  —  It must be difficult days indeed at the New York Times …
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Dana Priest smacks Bill Bennett around
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Baghdad Market Bombing Kills 66
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