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Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
CT-SEN: Richard Goodstein: "Email Me The Last Good Story You Wrote About Joe Lieberman" — So I just reached D.C. lobbyist Richard Goodstein on his cellphone. Goodstein the lobbyist confirmed that he is indeed the guy on the front-page of today's Record-Journal who appeared to be heckling Lamont in a diner.
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Lieberman rival owns stock in Wal-Mart — Connecticut millionaire businessman Ned Lamont, who sharply criticized the employment practices of Wal-Mart this week in his campaign to unseat Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democrat primary, owns stock in the company, Senate records reveal.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Lieberman More Popular With Republicans Than Democrats — Favorable image dips further among Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has faced mounting difficulties among fellow Democrats in his home state of Connecticut over his pro-Iraq war stance, possibly culminating …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Ned Lamont Fails First Test Of Character — Say it with me - it's not the crime, it's the coverup! Jane Hamsher is a major blog supporter of Ned Lamont who has raised money and directed commercials for his campaign on a volunteer basis. Ms. Hamsher caused a flap for her candidate by posting …
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Old Friends With Deep Pockets — In Financial And Political Circles, Backers Pledge To Stand Beside Lieberman — WASHINGTON — The big givers crammed a room at the Washington Court hotel a few days ago to salute and contribute money to their old friend, Joe Lieberman.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Lieberman Keeps Getting Classier — Update: I see Aldon had this first. — Ok, so this is instructive, so bear with me for a bit while I walk through one particular person who seemed to be spearheading he Lieberman charge at the cheeseburger joint yesterday.
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Agence France Presse:
Iran to supply Hezbollah with surface-to-air missiles — LONDON (AFP) - Iran will supply Hezbollah with surface-to-air missile systems in the coming months, boosting the guerrillas' defences against Israeli aircraft, according to a report by specialist magazine Jane's Defence Weekly, citing unnamed Western diplomatic sources.
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Haaretz:
Iranian official admits Tehran supplied missiles to Hezbollah — A senior Iranian official admitted for the first time Friday that Tehran did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hezbollah. — Mohtashami Pur, a one-time ambassador to Lebanon who currently holds the title …
Al Bawaba:
Hizbullah's social network torn to shreds — As war rages on in Lebanon, Israel has been targeting not only Hizbullah's fighters, but also, the social network that prior to the current clashes had served Lebanon's Shiite community with its basic needs. Massive damage to Hizbullah's social …
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Murtada Faraj / Associated Press:
Iraqi Shiites chant 'Death to Israel' — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday in a show of support for Hezbollah militants battling Israeli troops in Lebanon.
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Christian Avard / The Raw Story:
Ambassador claims shortly before invasion, Bush didn't know there …
Ambassador claims shortly before invasion, Bush didn't know there …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Bush Starts 10-Day Texas Vacation — Shorter Summer Break Reflects Post-Katrina Criticism — President Bush arrived here Thursday evening to begin a 10-day stretch at his Prairie Chapel ranch, his longest planned period away from Washington during this summer vacation season.
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Randy Hall / CNSNews:
A Bit of History for Global Warmers: Look at 1930 — (CNSNews.com) - People sweltering from a heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. might find cold comfort in the fact that the temperatures of the past few days are not the hottest on record. That "honor" belongs to a summer 76 years ago …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The End Of the Right? — Is conservatism finished? — What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics. The question is being asked — mostly quietly but occasionally publicly — by conservatives themselves …
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Tim Harper / Toronto Star:
Star's man in Havana caught by Castro — Star reporter in Havana gets a taste of official Cuba at its most oppressive — HAVANA—"Mr. Timothy, you must come with me. There is a problem in your room." — I had just tucked into a pork sandwich at the hotel bar when the ominous voice from behind stopped me in mid-bite.
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Ezra Klein:
Clinton The Fighter — Kevin Drum writes: … People have rather weird ideas about Bill Clinton. Remember that he didn't enter the 1988 race because he worried that the Reagan revolution hadn't yet run its course. And remember, too, that his 1992 campaign was supposed to do nothing …
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Hagel: Begin Iraq withdrawal within 6 months — The United States needs to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within the next six months, Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday, rather than ratcheting up its military commitment now. — With Iraq exploding in sectarian violence and …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Specter's NSA Plan Hits Snag — Senate Democrats Also Vow to Block Justice Dept. Confirmation — A White House-endorsed plan to formally legalize the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program ran into more political problems yesterday in the Senate …
Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad's call to destroy Israel draws French condemnation — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, Iranian state media reported. — In a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia …