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Germanm / TheWorldNewser:
George Stephanopoulos: Can Karl help Joe? — According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President's political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: "The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do."
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michaelmoore.com:
It's All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore — Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war.
Stephanie Reitz / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Lieberman files to run as independent — HARTFORD, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman filed to run for re-election in November as an independent, saying Wednesday it would be "irresponsible and inconsistent with my principles" to quit. But Democratic leaders in Washington rallied around the man who beat him for the nomination, Ned Lamont.
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My Left Nutmeg
Martin Peretz / The New Republic:
LAMONT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORTERS: — So Ned Lamont did defeat Joe Lieberman. But Lamont won by just under four percentage points, a far cry from the huge margins he'd captured in the polls just a week ago. Lieberman's concession speech was also a declaration of intent to run as an independent …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:Lieberman calls it a 'shake-up'; staff calls it a 'resignation'
Perry Bacon, Jr / Time:The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off
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The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, The Moderate Voice, Captain's Quarters, TalkLeft and Blue Crab Boulevard
MSNBC:
3 of 11 missing Egyptian students found — 1 arrested in Minnesota, 2 others surrender in New Jersey … Three of 11 missing Egyptian students has been picked up - one in Minneapolis, Minn., and two in Manville, N.J., NBC News' Pete Williams reported. — The FBI confirmed the discovery …
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Reuters:
Iranians among Hizbollah combat dead: TV — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources.
Editor and Publisher:
Photographer for 'Times-Pic' Arrested As He Begs Cops to Kill Him — NEW YORK A photographer for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans who has undergone severe personal trauma since Hurricana Katrina hit was arrested Tuesday after trying to get police to shoot him to death.
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Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:
Does Iran have something in store? — During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used them, deterred by what was known as MAD, mutual assured destruction. Similar constraints have no doubt prevented their use in the confrontation between India and Pakistan.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. Let me get you apprised first of the President's day. Also a couple of key issues I know you want to talk about. I'll cover those first, and then we'll do questions. — The President this morning received his briefings from his national security team.
gop.com:
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Addresses The City Club Of Cleveland — Cleveland, OH - RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman addressed the City Club of Cleveland this morning. The following are excerpts of Chairman Mehlman's remarks as prepared for delivery. For more information on the Democrats transformation …
Brendan Bernhard / laweekly.com:
REUTERS' IMAGE PROBLEM — L.A. blog unmasks Hezbollah propaganda — It's been a good week for Los Angeles' most controversial political Web site, Little Green Footballs, widely reviled by some because it takes global Islamist terrorism more seriously than, say, a Dick Cheney hunting accident.
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New Sisyphus - PDX, Blue Crab Boulevard, Cathy's World, Ace of Spades HQ and Tristram Shandy
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Ned Lamont: Pink Diaper Baby With Silver Spoon In Mouth — MSM reporters repeatedly comment about how the anti-war Ned Lamont, now official Democrat Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, is paradoxically a wealthy businessman. — If these MSM reporters had any research skills …
Little Green Footballs:
Multi-Use Buildings — Unbelievable. — The building that we saw in two different photos on July 24 and August 5 ... was actually photographed first on July 18: … Here's another July 18 photo. (Hat tip: hcq.) — The two later photos with their captions:
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Between Joe's Webheads, Stories Differ — I've spoken at length with the two men closest to Sen. Joe Lieberman's ((D/I?) -CT) re-election Web site, joe2006.com, to understand at length what happened to the site yesterday morning. Their versions appear to differ, although it's not immediately clear why.
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Firedoglake
Agence France Presse:
September 11 — what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington took place, according to a poll published in the Washington Post newspaper.
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Whiskey Bar
CBS News:
Iranian Leader Speaks To Mike Wallace — Exclusive Interview Will Air On '60 Minutes' Sunday At 7 P.M. ET/PT — (CBS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sat down with Mike Wallace in Tehran on Tuesday in a rare, exclusive interview with a Western reporter.
Wired News:
Wired News Writer Faked Info — Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. — "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27, 2006), "NASA Boosts Heart-Monitoring Tech" (July 7 …
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