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Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment — We Need Policies for a Real, Lasting Middle East Peace — The Middle East is a tinderbox, with some key players on all sides waiting for every opportunity to destroy their enemies with bullets, bombs and missiles. One of the special vulnerabilities of Israel …
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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Israel Is Losing This War — Its leaders need to act fast. — Israel is losing this war. — This is not to say that itwill lose the war, or that the war was unwinnable to start with. But if it keeps going as it is, Israel is headed for the greatest military humiliation in its history.
Edward Morrissey / Examiner:
This is the soft nihilism of low expectations — WASHINGTON - Israeli aircraft bombed a Hezbollah launching site in Qana this weekend as part of its prosecution of the war along its northern border. — Unfortunately, the strike killed dozens of civilians in the residential area hit …
New York Times:
Israel Pushes On Despite Agreeing to Airstrike Lull — A Gaza home destroyed by Israel Monday. The Israeli Army called the homeowner to warn him about the attack, and his family was evacuated. — As Israel poured soldiers and artillery shells into southern Lebanon …
Miami Herald:
A prelude: Miami streets burst with spontaneous joy — Miamians, eager to celebrate a change of any sort in Cuba's leadership, reacted to news of Cuba's power transfer with spontaneous partying, honking, yelling and joy. — ocorral@MiamiHerald.com — For two generations …
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Michelle Malkin:
DANCING IN THE STREETS — ***1000am 8/1 update: Boston Herald's Jules Crittenden: Break out the cigars*** — Thousands of anti-Castro Cuban-Americans are celebrating in the streets of the Little Havana of Miami tonight. Streaming video of the celebrations here. One step closer to Cuba Libre, baby.
Elizabeth Hamilton / Hartford Courant:
Running Silent — Lieberman and campaign volunteers won't discuss petitions being signed in support of a third-party Senate bid, should he lose the Democratic primary. — Judy Yost won't talk about the petitions she's circulating to ensure Sen. Joseph Lieberman a spot on the November ballot …
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Ned Lamont on the Colbert Report
Ned Lamont on the Colbert Report
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Judd / Think Progress:
Powerline Uses Chopped Audio Clip to Smear Rep. John Dingell As Hezbollah Apologist — Yesterday, the popular right-wing blog Powerline smeared Rep. John Dingell (R-MI) as an apologist for Hezbollah using an edited clip from local Detroit television. The post, entitled "Dingell …
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Peter Jackson / Associated Press:
GOP aids Green candidate Carl Romanelli — HARRISBURG, Pa. - Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record).
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Tax Cheats Called Out of Control — So many superrich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct, according to a Senate report that provides the most detailed look ever at high-level tax schemes.
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Associated Press:
Mel Gibson's Statement — Statement From Mel Gibson Asking for Help From Jewish Community — Aug 1, 2006 (AP)— Mel Gibson's statement, released to the news media early Tuesday, five days after his drunken driving arrest in Malibu: — There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance …
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Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:
Pressure Politics — This won't be a very organized post. But I wanted to catalog, in one place (hopefully with updates) the many different levers of power that leaders around the world are trying to use to get Israel and the Bush Administration to agree to a cease fire.
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Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
Evolution's Backers in Kansas Start Counterattack — God and Charles Darwin are not on the primary ballot in Kansas on Tuesday, but once again a contentious schools election has religion and science at odds in a state that has restaged a three-quarter-century battle over the teaching of evolution.
Haaretz:
Livni: Qana attack led to turning point in support for Israel — The deaths of dozens of civilians in an Israel Air Force attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana marked a significant diplomatic turning point against Israel, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday.
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
White House Pressroom Gets a Makeover — Video Wall, Other Technology Could — Inject Drama and Directly Appeal — To Public in Briefings — WASHINGTON — For a decade, the daily White House news briefing has been televised. Now it is becoming television.
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Democrats Unite on Iraq Withdrawal Demands — Twelve Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have urged President Bush in a strongly worded letter to begin withdrawing the 130,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by year's end, a sign that Democrats may be uniting on a key election-year issue that has divided the party.