EXCLUSIVE: Lieberman Ad Uses Fake Lamont Sticker  —  A TV ad, with a message approved by Sen. Joe Lieberman, uses a phony Ned Lamont bumper sticker to falsely claim that all Lamont has to say is "No More Joe."  —  The ad ran today on Hartford's Fox affiliate WTIC-61, during "Fox News Sunday."

Attention Pundits  —  Memo to: Jon Chait, Joe Klein, Lee Siegel, Richard Cohen, and the rest.  —  From: Some guy with a blog.  —  Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that your strings of pearls are being worn thin from clutching, at the intemperate and potty-mouthed "fascism" of liberal blogs.

Bush's Shift: Being Patient With Foes  —  WASHINGTON, July 9 — President Bush has never made apologies for enshrining pre-emption as the defining doctrine of his first term.  He has declared many times that in a post-9/11 world, presidents no longer have the luxury of waiting for the slow grinding …

Congressman Says Program Was Disclosed by Informant  —  WASHINGTON, July 9 — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that the Bush administration briefed the panel on a "significant" intelligence program only after a government whistle-blower alerted him to its existence and he pressed President Bush for details.

Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad  —  Neighborhood Residents Describe Signs of Torture  —  BAGHDAD, July 9 — Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.