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12:25 AM ET, April 24, 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.
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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  —  Above: U.S. soldier holds up the flag of The Islamic State of Iraq found in a Sunni village in Diyala province.  The Islamic State of Iraq is an al Qaeda front group masquerading as a "shadow government".  The above photo was posted at an internet forum …
Discussion: Political Animal
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
This is a bad one.  The Washington Post's David Broder …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eschaton
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.
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:   David Halberstam, 73, War Reporter and Author, Is Killed in a Car Crash
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.
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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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 …
Alisa Tang / Associated Press:
Soldier: Honor troops like Va. Tech dead  —  KABUL, Afghanistan - An Army sergeant complained in a rare opinion article that the U.S. flag flew at half-staff last week at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan for those killed at Virginia Tech but the same honor is not given to fallen U.S. troops here and in Iraq.
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.
 
 
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Anita Kumar / St. Petersburg Times:
FBI asks Tom Feeney about trip with Abramoff
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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
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Boris Yeltsin, RIP
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Gawker:
Eric Alterman Catfights With Ana Marie Cox
Steven Greenstreet / The Huffington Post:
Mormon Cheney Protesters Paying the Price
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 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
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
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Bruning says he leads Hagel by 9 points
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.