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10:20 PM ET, August 2, 2006

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Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman  —  E.J. Dionne repeats a piece of conventional wisdom that irks the hell out of me every time I hear it - if Lieberman loses the primary and runs as an independent it will distract everyone from the true villain, the GOP, and therefore we should just give him a pass.
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Little Green Footballs:
Lieberman in Blackface at Huffington Post  —  You've got to be kidding me.  Currently featured at Huffington Post: Jane Hamsher: On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman.  (Hat tip: Delvin.)  —  Accompanied by this picture:  —  UPDATE at 8/2/06 1:46:30 pm:  —  The picture has now been removed …
Discussion: Decision '08 and Ace of Spades HQ
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
"Beyond The Pale"  —  Jane Hamsher, apparently intent on becoming the left's answer to Ann Coulter, put up a Huffington Post with Joe Lieberman in blackface.  —  But where is the commitment to artistic integrity and free expression?  The offensive graphic is now gone (but not forgotten) …
Michelle Malkin:
Netroots vs. Rightroots; left-wingers love blackface
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
About That Graphic...  I sincerely apologize to anyone …
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Sox standout Lowell: Castro killed my kin  —  Charging Fidel Castro with the deaths of his relatives, Cuban-American Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell declared last night: "I hope he does die."  —  Castro's health:  —  "Castro killed members of my family," Lowell told the Herald …
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Colleen O'Boyle / Media Research Center:
Decades of Cheering Castro's Communism  —  As news organizations update their obituaries of ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, it's worth recalling how many liberal journalists have fallen under Castro's spell over the years, sounding like paid Cuban government propagandists as they touted the …
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Castro Is 'Stable,' but His Illness Presents Puzzle
Discussion: Sirotablog and Daniel W. Drezner
Jerusalem Post:
Bloggers raise questions about Kana  —  The IDF is looking into allegations raised over the past few days by several pro-Israel, Jewish and conservative Weblogs that Hizbullah may have staged aspects of the Kana tragedy on Sunday, in which some 60 Lebanese bodies were removed from a building …
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Associated Press:
Rome: Jewish shops defaced with swastikas  —  About 20 shops owned by Jews vandalized in apparent neo-fascist attack linked to fighting in Middle East.  Flyers signed by group calling itself Armed Revolutionary Fascists left at the shops denouncing 'Zionist economy,' including pro-Hizbullah slogans
Discussion: Daily Pundit
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Reuters:
Europeans reach out to Hezbollah's backers in bid to end crisis
Discussion: Hot Air and EU Referendum
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush's Embrace of Israel Shows Gap With Father
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Hezbollah fires record number of rockets  —  BEIT HILLEL, Israel - Hezbollah launched its deepest strikes yet into Israel on Wednesday, firing a record number of more than 190 rockets.  An Israeli-American was killed as he fled for home by bicycle, and a stray rocket hit the West Bank for the first time.
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CNN:
Israel arrests 5, kills 10 in hospital raid  —  Israeli military: Video proves hospital was Hezbollah HQ  —  JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israel's military released video Wednesday that it said proved a hospital it raided overnight in Lebanon was a Hezbollah headquarters.  Hezbollah disputed the account.
Joseph Goldstein / New York Sun:
Court Hands New York Times a Setback in Miller Case  —  The New York Times suffered a legal setback yesterday in its battle to keep a federal prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, from obtaining the phone records of its former reporter, Judith Miller.  —  A federal appeals court yesterday granted …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Must Surrender Reporters' Phone Data
Associated Press:
Source: Haditha evidence implicates Marines  —  Investigators reportedly finish initial review in deaths of 24 civilians  —  WASHINGTON - Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children …
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority  —  Kansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Lieberman Plans for Loss Next Week  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) will shake up his campaign staff if he loses Tuesday's Democratic primary to challenger Ned Lamont.  Lieberman supporters have watched with growing dismay since the spring as the three term senator's campaign has gone from oblivious to defensive.
Reuters:
Iran frees bin Laden son: newspaper  —  Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.  —  Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green Party Drive  —  OK, we've done it.  We've nailed it down: Every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate is actually a conservative — except for the candidate himself.  —  The Luzerne County Green Party raised $66,000 in the month …
Discussion: Hotline On Call, PBD and AMERICAblog
theonion.com:
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self  —  WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1-0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.  —  "As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
An Image Popular in Films Raises Some Eyebrows in Ads  —  At 200 pounds plus — most of that pure attitude — she is hard to miss.  —  Her onscreen presence takes on many variations, but she is easily recognizable by a few defining traits.  Other than her size, she is almost always black.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Washington Traffic Jam?  Senators-Only Elevator  —  In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only elevators at the Capitol are being overrun by the unelected.  —  "I hesitate to say that it's a big problem," …
 
 
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Patrick O'Connor / The Hill:
DCCC's $51.5M ad blitz
Discussion: MyDD and BluegrassReport.org
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ANOTHER "CIVILIAN" BITES THE DUST
Nancy A. Youssef / Knight Ridder:
Shiite leaders distance themselves from Iraqi government
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Troops Fight to Expand Foothold in Ramadi
Discussion: Needlenose and Think Progress
Neil Modie / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
McGavick sued over Safeco payout
Media Matters for America:
Matthews: "We know" President Clinton "didn't stop" 9-11
Associated Press:
Ex-aide says Harris hid subpoena
William Wallis / Financial Times:
Fighting 'has sunk hope of a free Lebanon'
 Earlier Items: 
CQPolitics.com:
Updated Forecast: Republican Reichert Faces Tougher Fight in Wash.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Lieberman Question  —  If I were a Democrat, I'd support Joe Lieberman next week.
Little Green Footballs:
Green Helmet Guy: Abdel Qader
Judith / Kesher Talk:
Steven Vincent: bloggers remember one year on
Sameer Yacoub / Associated Press:
Iraq vows security takeover this year
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Hill fries free to be French again