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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman To Start Petition Drive — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is to announce today he will petition for a place on the November ballot as an "independent Democrat," giving him a chance to stay alive politically should he lose an Aug. 8 primary for the Democratic nomination.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman may campaign as independent — HARTFORD, Conn. - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, will collect signatures for a possible independent run this November …
Tparty / LamontBlog:
Joe Jumps Ship — Today, Joe Lieberman cut-and-ran from the Democratic party on the slowest news day of the summer. — In announcing he would run as a petitioning candidate in November if he loses on August 8th, he has clearly stated he is no longer a member of the Democratic party.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sore Loserman — The Lieberman presser just ended in Hartford, and I just got off the phone with Jane. She and Paul Bass and the poodles are back in the car and driving over to a Ned Lamont presser. But she had time to relay this quote from Boltin' Joe:
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman says he'll collect signatures for independent campaign — HARTFORD, Conn. —U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, said Monday he'll collect signatures to run …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Lieberman Announcement at 1 pm ET
BREAKING: Lieberman Announcement at 1 pm ET
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
War on terror ruling worries GOP lawmakers — WASHINGTON - Two Republican senators said Sunday that Congress must rein in the Supreme Court ruling that international law applies to the Bush administration's conduct in the war on terror. — Thursday's Supreme Court decision embracing Article 3 …
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mexican Presidential Rivals Both Claim Win in Tight Vote — MEXICO CITY, July 2 — Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Felipe Calderón each claimed victory in Mexico's presidential election late Sunday night, even though the country's electoral commission said the race …
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Agence France Presse:
Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll — LONDON (AFP) - People in Britain view the United States as a vulgar, crime-ridden society obsessed with money and led by an incompetent president whose Iraq policy is failing, according to a newspaper poll. — The United States is no longer a symbol …
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Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
We Need Fewer Secrets — The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turns 40 tomorrow, the day we celebrate our independence. But this anniversary will not be a day of celebration for the right to information in our country. Our government leaders have become increasingly obsessed with secrecy.
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Liberal Contortions To Avoid Blame — The Libs are besides themselves trying to explain why their partisan Jihad against Bush has not culminated in exposing all Americans to heightened risk of a terrorist attack. All of this surrounds the blatant decision by the NY Times …
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Associated Press:
Al-Zarqawi's cell phone reportedly yields surprises — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator. — Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
What is left of Malkin, Hinderaker and Horowitz's credibility? — (updated below) — As I documented at length this weekend, Michelle Malkin, John Hinderaker, Red State, David Horowitz and many others of that sort spent the weekend engaged in the most vicious and self-evidently misguided attacks …
Warren E. Leary / New York Times:
Crack Is Found in Shuttle's Foam Insulation — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 3 —Inspectors found a crack in the foam insulation of the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank early today. NASA managers are meeting to determine whether it will affect a planned liftoff Tuesday afternoon, according to the space agency.
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
On Right and Left, a Push for Government Openness — WASHINGTON, July 2 — Exasperated by his party's failure to cut government spending, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, is seeking cyberhelp. — Mr. Coburn wants to create a public database, searchable over the Internet …
Associated Press:
Preteen mag accused of military pitching — PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Parents and teachers are complaining that the latest issue of a popular magazine for preteens amounts to little more than an early recruitment pitch for the Army. — Cobblestone magazine, which is put out by Carus Publishing in Peterborough …
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Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Israel says no negotiations on soldier — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier gave Israel less than 24 hours Monday to start releasing 1,500 Palestinian prisoners and implied that he would be killed if it did not comply, but Israel said it would not negotiate.
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Spengler / Asia Times:
The fraud of primitive authenticity — Two billion war deaths would have occurred in the 20th century if modern societies suffered the same casualty rate as primitive peoples, according to anthropologist Lawrence H Keeley, who calculates that two-thirds of them were at war continuously …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THEY ALREADY KNEW THE COLONISTS WERE FED UP — (Courtesy of reader Les Baitzer.)