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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israelis continues bombardment of Beirut  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday to punish Hezbollah — and with it, the country — for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
CNN:
Rockets fly into Israel as it pounds Lebanon  —  Reports: Hezbollah leader safe after Israeli airstrikes  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli warships and aircraft were clamping down on Lebanon's air, sea and land infrastructure on Friday, three days after Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Nasrallah reported to be unharmed  —  Hizbullah threatened to strike Haifa with improved Katyusha rockets on Friday evening after IAF warplanes destroyed the building housing the headquarters of the Hizbullah terror organization in south Beirut and organization head Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's private home.
Michael Oren / Washington Post:
Necessary Steps for Israel
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Voices of Peace Muffled by Rising Mideast Strife
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Attacks Could Erode Faction's Support
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:   IDF confirms warship hit by explosive-laden UAV
Donna Cassata / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Poll: Americans want Democrats in power  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November.  With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold …
Orin Kerr / OrinKerr.com:
The Specter Bill's Major Shift in Constitutional Authority to Conduct Monitoring  —  I have read the Specter bill, and am most intrigued by Section 9 of the bill, which is titled "CLARIFICATION OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978."  Interestingly, the Section is a "clarification" …
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Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:
Bush agrees to have domestic eavesdropping program reviewed
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Angry Bear
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: DNC'S VOTING RIGHTS INSTITUTE ISSUES STATEMENT CALLING FOR 'MANUAL COUNT' OF ALL BALLOTS IN BUSBY/BILBRAY ELECTION!  —  Filed by Brad Friedman from San Diego...  In a harshly worded statement, the DNC's Voting Rights Institute has issued a statement condeming the adminstration …
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Greg Moore / The Democratic Party:
DNC Voting Rights Institute on CA-50 Special Election
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Cheney, Rove and Libby Sued Over CIA Leak  —  Former U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, former CIA agent Valerie Plame, said today Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials knowingly lied and abused their power to "exact personal revenge" …
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:   Valerie Plame Wilson, Ready for Her Close-Up
Walter Pincus / niemanwatchdog.org:
Fighting back against the PR presidency  —  The Summer 2006 issue of Nieman Reports is about 'Reflections on Courage.' Veteran Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus thinks that Washington editors and reporters should be brave enough not to cover any statements made by the president …
Discussion: PostWatch
Marc Caputo / Miami Herald:
Story of 'Joe's dead intern' began Harris' slide, insiders say  —  When Katherine Harris attacked a TV pundit, insiders say the incident revealed the depth of problems with her campaign — which was hit again by six staff departures.  —  mcaputo@herald.com
Newsday:
Lieberman has $4.3 million for re-election bid  —  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a strong Democratic primary challenge, said Friday he has nearly $4.3 million cash on hand for his re-election campaign.  —  Lieberman raised $1.3 million in the three-month period ending June 30 …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Valerie Wilson Press Conference  —  Valerie and Joseph Wilson held a press conference this morning to announce the civil suit against Cheney, Rove and Libby.  —  Valerie: I am proud to have served my country by working at the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
About Those Poison Pills...  UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Left Coaster
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Watching Finances Of Terror Suspects Discussed in 2002  —  At a House subcommittee hearing five months after the Sept. 11 attacks, plans were openly discussed to give the government a highly secure, real-time electronic capability to request and receive data from financial institutions …
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate denies funds for new border fence  —  Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it.  —  "We do a lot of talking.  We do a lot of legislating," …
Adrienne P. Samuels / Boston Globe:
A new intolerance visits Provincetown  —  Police say gays accused of slurs  —  PROVINCETOWN — Town leaders here are holding a public meeting today to air concerns about slurs and bigoted behavior.  And this time, they say, it's gay people who are displaying intolerance.
John W. Dean / Boston Globe:
Triumph of the authoritarians  —  CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATISM and its influence on the Republican Party was, until recently, a mystery to me.  The practitioners' bludgeoning style of politics, their self-serving manipulation of the political processes, and their policies that focus narrowly …
Discussion: Centerfield
 
 
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