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2:45 PM ET, July 4, 2006

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New York Times:
Senator's Plan B Creates Quandary for Democrats  —  Six years ago Joseph I. Lieberman came within a hairbreadth of the vice presidency after the Democratic Party chose him as a moderate face whose support for family values and a stronger military might attract Reagan Democrats and independents.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I find myself not knowing quite what to say or to think about this unexpectedly fast emerging dust-up in the Connecticut Senate race.  TPM Reader SS wrote in the following yesterday in response to Lieberman's decision to run in the primary and run as an independent if he loses the primary.
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged and Eschaton
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden  —  WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday.  —  The unit, known as Alec Station …
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consortiumnews.com:
CIA: Osama Helped Bush in '04  —  The implications of this new evidence are troubling, too, for the American people as they head toward another election in November 2006 that also is viewed as a referendum on Bush's prosecution of the "war on terror."  —  As we have reported previously …
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:   CIA Closes Failed Bin Laden Unit
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Dissident's Holiday  —  Have you ever noticed a certain hesitant quality to the expressions of patriotism by progressives or left-wingers?  —  The patriotism of the conservative goes unquestioned.  It's assumed that every politician on the right will wear a flag on his lapel …
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John Kerry / The Huffington Post:
How to Love Your Country  —  This Fourth of July it's right to spend some time thinking about what it means not just to be an American, but to be a patriot — because the concept of patriotism itself is under assault in ways that remind me of a different time in our history.
Examiner:
Christopher Hitchens: This July Fourth, ignore polls on America's image  —  WASHINGTON - Here's what I want to know, and here's why I want to know it.  At what point in history, exactly, did the Pew Center decide that it knew how to measure world opinion?  —  I ask this because almost every week …
Discussion: Cold Fury
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Judith / Kesher Talk:
Democracy Whiskey Sexy: a 4th of July playlist  —  The text of the Declaration of Independence.  A fisking of the Declaration of Independence.  A fisking of opinion polls, and some good advice, from Christopher Hitchens.  —  Some loosely-defined Americana from my iTunes library for your pleasure …
Discussion: Wizbang and Yourish.com
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Declaration of Independence: A Fisking
Josh White / Washington Post:
Ex-Soldier Charged in Killing of Iraqi Family  —  Coverup Is Alleged; Four Others Implicated  —  A former U.S. Army soldier was charged yesterday with the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman and the slayings of three of her family members in their home south of Baghdad in March, federal prosecutors said.
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New York Times:
Ex-G.I. Held in 4 Slayings and Rape in Iraq
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
NASA Gives Green Light for Shuttle Launch  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials decided a crack in Discovery's fuel tank insulating foam wasn't enough of a threat to stop the countdown Tuesday to their first Independence Day shuttle launch.  The launch is set for 2:38 p.m. EDT.
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Guy Gugliotta / Washington Post:
Foam Mishap Won't Delay Shuttle Launch
Discussion: Billmon and Below The Beltway
Agence France Presse:
US stars align in anti-Iraq war hunger strike  —  Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan plan to launch a hunger strike, demanding the immediate return of US troops from Iraq.
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Amanda Beck / Reuters:
Anti-war protesters begin July 4 fast
Discussion: Opinion Journal
Haaretz:
IDF troops find bomb-laden car, searching for second near Jenin  —  By Avi Issacharoff (in Ramallah) and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies  —  Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Golani Brigade's elite Egoz anti-guerilla unit tracked down a bomb-laden car in the Jenin refugee camp on Tuesday morning.
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Jerusalem Post:
Asheri killers surrender to IDF troops
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
House GOP leaders say vote on minimum wage now likely  —  Cite the pressure of Nov. elections  —  WASHINGTON — With Democrats plotting to make the minimum wage a major issue in this fall's congressional races, House Republican leaders are conceding that they may have to yield to pressure …
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 …
MSNBC:
Dirty wars, dirty bombs  —  Plus, Slacker Friday letters  —  I am taking an extra day because I love my country, sooo much.  If people really miss me, I'll be on Al Franken's show around 1:30 p.m. ET.  —  I've got a new Think Again: The Best of Times . here.  —  We're not yet a police state.
New York Times:
No News Allowed  —  News has always been a tough nut for Communist dictators.  It happens unexpectedly, giving bureaucrats precious little time to prepare the correct ideological explanation; it often undermines whatever propaganda line the state is pushing, and if it happens …
Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
Target any white person: the chilling guidelines for Bali suicide bombers  —  Any white person is a target.  Avoid hotels because they are too well protected.  Carry the bombs in small knapsacks to avoid suspicion.  And don't worry about your escape route because you will become a "martyr".
Discussion: TigerHawk
Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland: Israel violating int'l law  —  GENEVA  —  Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment banned under the Geneva conventions on the conduct of warfare.
 
 
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
OPEN FOR BUSINESS  —  Townhall reopens today as a project of Salem Radio.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TBogg
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Would I have supported the American Revolution?
Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
Docs: Comatose Man's Brain Rewired Itself
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Palestinians Pledge To End Negotiations But Keep Shalit Alive
The American Thinker:
Why Obey The Supreme Court?
Discussion: protein wisdom
Gateway Pundit:
Happy Independence Day, 2006!... "One Nation, Under God!"
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Cassandra / Villainous Company:
Bill Keller: The Unitary Editor
Telegraph:
Proud to be Muslim, a soldier and British
Discussion: Harry's Place
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BBC:
Al-Qaeda 'bid to infiltrate MI5'
Bjorn Lomborg / Observer:
Climate change can wait. World health can't
Discussion: UNSPEAK
Tom Coghlan / Independent:
Two British soldiers killed as Afghan poppy crop booms
The Anchoress:
Anchoress identifies source of world's problems
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
John Steele / Telegraph:
Terror plots accelerating, warns police chief
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:
How to Help Afghanistan
Discussion: Daimnation!
Mark Landler / New York Times:
World Cup Brings Little Pleasure to German Brothels
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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