memeorandum: Machines to the Left, Republicans to the Right (Matt Stoller/MyDD)

6:10 PM ET, July 29, 2006

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Big List Of Big Givers Bolsters Lieberman — Lamont Far Back In Fundraising — WASHINGTON — Every day a fax machine in a Senate office spits out lists of the latest big donors to the Democratic primary campaigns of Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont. — The Lieberman list is long …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Next Hurrah, The Moderate Voice, Connecticut Bob, Daily Kos, Sisyphus Shrugged and My Left Nutmeg RSS Feed

David Espo / Associated Press:
Struggling Lieberman faces political abyss

Discussion: LamontBlog and New York Times

David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Leans On Democrat Record

Discussion: Firedoglake and ConnecticutBLOG

TMZ.com:

Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade — Alleged Cover Up — TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.

Discussion: Sean Gleeson, Outside The Beltway, Mark in Mexico, Crunchy Con, Associated Press, Ace of Spades HQ, The American Street, The Reaction, Daimnation!, Atlas Shrugs, Pam's House Blend, The Bullwinkle Blog, Macsmind and TalkLeft

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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:

Mel gives cops hell — Report: Drunken Gibson threatens officer in rant — LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Patterico's Pontifications, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Booman Tribune, The Democratic Daily and WTF Is It Now??

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Mel Gibson Self-Destructs? — Here's a page from what looks like a police report about Mel Gibson's alleged rants about "the Jews" after an arrest for drunk-driving, cited by the New York Daily News (click on the image below for a larger version) and originally reported by the celebrity news site, TMZ.com.

Discussion: Gay Orbit

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Mel Gibson erupts with Jew-hate after DWI arrest

Discussion: Mark in Mexico and TMZ.com

White House:

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom Participate in Press Availability — PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. Prime Minister Tony Blair, welcome back to the White House. As you know, we've got a close relationship. You tell me what you think.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Blogs for Bush, TAPPED and The Heretik

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New York Times:
Bush and Blair Push Plan to End Mideast Fighting

Discussion: the talking dog, PoliBlog and The Horse's Mouth

Washington Post:
Rice: Hezbollah Comments a 'Positive Step'

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Winds of Change.NET and Power Line

Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
500,000 Israelis living in bomb shelters

Discussion: Left I on the News, onegoodmove and Say Anything

Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:

Minimum Wage Hike Passed By House — The House last night voted to boost the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner enough Senate support to become law.

Discussion: The American Street, Norwegianity, Blue Crab Boulevard, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Shakespeare's Sister, Political Animal, The RBC, Liberty and Justice and Copeland Institute …

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:

House Passes Minimum Wage Increase — The House approved an increase in the federal minimum wage on Saturday, but its future was clouded because Republicans tied the pay change to an estate tax cut that had been blocked in the Senate. — In a prelude to a summer of campaigning in the battle …

Discussion: First Draft, The Carpetbagger Report, Beat the Press and Talking Points Memo

Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House approves minimum wage increase

Discussion: All Spin Zone, Right Wing News and NewsHog

Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:

Bush submits new terror detainee bill — WASHINGTON - U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.

Discussion: Drug WarRant, Brilliant at Breakfast and Bark Bark Woof Woof

James Glanz / New York Times:

Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects — The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Shakespeare's Sister and Blah3 Feed

Associated Press:

Iranian Leader Bans Usage of Foreign Words — TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.

Discussion: Blogcritics, The Jawa Report, The Moderate Voice and PoliBlog

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Grand Jury Probes News Leaks at NSA — A federal grand jury in Alexandria is investigating unauthorized leaks of classified information and has issued a subpoena to a fired National Security Agency officer who has acknowledged talking with journalists about the agency's warrantless surveillance program …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG, JustOneMinute and The Bullwinkle Blog

Matt Stoller / MyDD:

Machines to the Left, Republicans to the Right — I love New England. Contrary to David Brooksian garbage mythology, New England residents are not unhinged hippies looking for the next bong hit with Michael Dukakis. There's a lot of rural space, with farm equipment, horses, cows, etc. your basic agricultural setup.

Discussion: Hartford Courant, Winds of Change.NET and Hit and Run

Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:

2008 May Test Clinton's Bond With McCain — Two summers ago, on a Congressional trip to Estonia, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting that the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest. — Delighted, the leader …

Discussion: Preemptive Karma, The Democratic Daily, PoliPundit.com and Copeland Institute …

Michelle Malkin:

Meet the Muslim shooting suspect — Here he is, via the Seattle Times: — That's his high school yearbook photo. It says "Peace." — More: … Geez, where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah. Here. And here. And here. — A few more details about his burning hatred:

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press, Outside The Beltway, Riehl World View, Power Line, Instapundit.com, Security Watchtower, Ace of Spades HQ, Sound Politics and The Florida Masochist

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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Seattle jihad shooter: "Peace be upon you"

Discussion: Slog, Dr. Sanity and The Corner

Editor and Publisher:

Gallup: Current Negativism on Iraq Echoes View of Vietnam War in 1970 — NEW YORK An analysis released today by Frank Newport, director of The Gallup Poll, shows that current public wishes for U.S. policy in the Iraq war eerily echo attitudes about the Vietnam war in 1970.