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11:50 PM ET, April 23, 2007

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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Funding the Troops  —  End the war.  Fund the troops.  You can sum up the argument between George W. Bush and the Democratic majorities in Congress in just six words.  Both the House and the Senate have now passed supplemental appropriations that in different ways call for a beginning of an end to our military involvement in Iraq.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Democrats skipping briefings on Iraq Updates  —  Sen. Harry Reid says that the war is lost, then backtracks.  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi declares that the road to peace is through Damascus, and offers to meet with Iran's apocalyptic pirate president but declines to meet with the President of the United States.
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
There is no al Qaeda - Iraq Connection
Discussion: Political Animal
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
This is a bad one.  The Washington Post's David Broder …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eschaton
Matthew Yglesias:
Ever-Larger Media Matt  —  Okay.  The time has come to let you all in on some changes forthcoming soon in my life and on this blog.  Most notably, I'm leaving my job at The American Prospect to take a position at The Atlantic Monthly where my primary responsibility is going to be . . . producing this blog.
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Center of Attention … Two top it off: two great posts at Jon Swift.
Connie Skipitares / Mercury News:
Author David Halberstam killed in crash near Dumbarton Bridge  —  Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author David Halberstam was killed in a three-car accident this morning in Menlo Park near the Dumbarton Bridge, the San Mateo County Coroner's Office announced.
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
JESUS WANTS US TO EXPLOIT THIS TRAGEDY  —  Well, it's a free country, so the Reverend Donald Wilmon's American Family Association has the inalienable right to post "The Day They Kicked God Out of the Schools," a video making those old familiar arguments — that school shootings are the fault …
Discussion: Macsmind, Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Boris Yeltsin, RIP  —  [Ross] By coincidence, I finally got around to seeing The Lives of Others - which was as good as advertised - the day before Boris Yeltsin died, and it's hard not to let the movie's vision of pre-1989 East Germany edge into your thoughts while reading his obituaries.
Discussion: Crunchy Con and The Lede
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Lee Hockstader / Washington Post:
Former Russian Leader Boris Yeltsin, 76, Dies
Ariane deVogue / Legalities:
"Faith-Based Justices"  —  "You know what concerns me?"  Rosie O'Donnell asked last week on ABC's morning gabfest, The View.  —  "How many Supreme Court judges are Catholic, Barbara?"  —  "Five," responds host Barbara Walters.  —  "Five.  How about separation of church and state in America? …
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Bush Sr.: 'Bush fatigue' may be setting in  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President George Bush told CNN's Larry King Monday that the electorate may be experiencing "Bush fatigue."  —  And it may be the reason his son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is sitting out the 2008 presidential election, the 41st president said.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
McNulty to be interviewed by Senate Judiciary Committee  —  Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will be interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee this Friday, a week after his boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was publicly grilled by the panel.  —  McNulty will be questioned …
Max Boot / Weekly Standard:
Can Petraeus Pull It Off?  —  A report on the progress of our arms in Baghdad, Baqubah, Ramadi, and Falluja.  —  The news from Iraq is, as usual, grim.  Bombings, more bombings, and yet more bombings—that's all the world notices.  It's easy to conclude that all is chaos.  That's not true.
Discussion: Redstate, Abu Aardvark and The Corner
Andrew Koppelman / Balkinization:
Don't do anything you're going to regret later  —  "Marry, and you will regret it.  Do not marry, and you will also regret it.  Marry or do not marry, you will regret it either way.  Whether you marry or you do not marry, you will regret it either way.  Laugh at the stupidities of the world …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Former Aide to GOP Rep To Plead Guilty  —  Yet another shoe drops in the Jack Abramoff investigation.  A former aide to Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Mark Zachares, looks set to plead guilty to corruption charges.  —  The Justice Department filed a criminal information today on Zachares …
Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
RE: Kos  —  In my column this week I reported that Kos had bashed Barack Obama for his position on Iraq war funding.  Obama said he was opposed to adding a withdrawal timetable, or deadline, to the next funding bill the Democrats send Bush after he vetoes the current legislation.
Mike Finnigan / Crooks and Liars:
Decorated Texas Vet Presents G-Dub With A Purple Heart  —  The Cove Herald: … This story is jaw-dropping on all kinds of levels.  Consider: Then-Congressman George H. W. Bush used his considerable political power to jump Junior to the top of a list of over 500 applicants …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Frayed Nerves, Excruciating Punchlines, and Sanjaya: My Night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  It was Throwback Night at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this weekend, thanks to Rich Little's moldy-oldie comedy routine and Karl Rove's retro dismissal of global warming.
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Bruning says he leads Hagel by 9 points  —  Attorney General Jon Bruning said Monday he led Sen. Chuck Hagel by 9 points in a survey last week of likely Republican voters in a 2008 GOP Senate primary contest.  —  The poll of 404 Republicans was conducted by Bruning's pollster, Dresner, Wickers and Associates of San Francisco.
 
 
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Anita Kumar / St. Petersburg Times:
FBI asks Tom Feeney about trip with Abramoff
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Washington Post:
Hedge-Fund Ties Help Edwards Campaign
Discussion: Hot Air and theGarance.com
Scott Paul / The Washington Note:
Obama's Foreign Policy
Discussion: MyDD and Brian Beutler
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Perino: At Least He Didn't Make It Up  —  During the White …
Sam Rosenfeld / TAPPED:
NO MURROW.  Over at the Politico, Roger Simon takes us …
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Terrorists at University of Maryland?
Discussion: Riehl World View
Gawker:
Eric Alterman Catfights With Ana Marie Cox
Steven Greenstreet / The Huffington Post:
Mormon Cheney Protesters Paying the Price
Discussion: THIS DIVIDED STATE
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Officials Backing Down From Plan for Wall in Iraq
Discussion: At-Largely
Reuters:
Carl Bernstein writes biography of Hillary Clinton
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rosie to Sheryl Crow — one square's not enough for me
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
REACTION TO THE ORAL ARGUMENT IN BRENDLIN V. CALIFORNIA …
Discussion: WSJ.com and SCOTUSblog
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Mullah Dadullah About to Meet Allah, or Maybe Escape....AGAIN!
Discussion: Hot Air
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears
Discussion: Find Habeas
Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
Finish the Job. 5 Senators Remain.