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11:15 AM ET, May 2, 2007

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New York Times:
Bush Vetoes Bill Tying Iraq Funds to Exit  —  President Bush vetoed a $124 billion war spending bill on Tuesday, setting up a second round in his long battle with Congressional Democrats who are determined to use the financing measure to force the White House to shift course in Iraq.
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New York Times:
Citing 'Rigid' Deadline, Bush Vetoes Iraq Bill  —  President Bush vetoed the Iraq-war spending bill this evening, calling it a blueprint for failure and defeat and intensifying a showdown with the Democratic-controlled Congress.  —  Mr. Bush said the bill was unacceptable because it set …
Jules Crittenden:
Another Grunt's Rant on Iraq
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Wizbang
Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Obama blows into MySpace  —  This seems like it was bound to happen with Obama's top-down campaign structure as it grows by leaps and bounds.  With much of that energy coming from a bottom up movement that's responsible for that growth, the campaign moves in to take control of the decentralized action.
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Micah L. Sifry / techPresident:
The Battle to Control Obama's Myspace  —  In November 2004, Joe Anthony, a paralegal living in Los Angeles, started a unofficial fan page for then-newly-elected Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) on MySpace.com.  Inspired by Obama's keynote address at that summer's Democratic convention, Anthony had never been politically active before.
Discussion: Hotline On Call and PrezVid
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Most Stupendous Trolling Effort Yet  —  On the cover of a magazine, no less!  —  A not insignificant columnist once asked me who my favorite columnist was.  As with the "favorite movie" or "favorite book" question that answer would vary depending on what popped into my head …
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Los Angeles Times:
Small turnout, big questions  —  Rallies draw a fraction of last year's crowd as activists ponder the movement's future.  Clash erupts in evening.  —  Waving U.S. flags and demanding citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tens of thousands of jubilant protesters marched through the streets …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Immigration rally disrupted by police.  —  CNN reported a disturbing account from an immigration rally in Los Angeles yesterday: … Watch the report:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5- 63-56-88-c0  —  Today was an insane day.  And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts...  In building and shaping the site I've always tried to stay as hands on as possible.  We've always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community.
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Giuliani's Tie to Texas Law Firm May Pose Risk  —  For a native New Yorker mounting a first bid for national office, Rudolph W. Giuliani has shown an impressive ability to raise money in Texas, where his Republican presidential campaign collected $2.2 million in the first quarter of the year, far more than any other candidate.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Ronald Reagan, In His Own Words  —  Ronald Reagan thought Alexander Haig was "utterly paranoid," considered former senator Lowell Weicker "a pompous, no good fathead" and was "surprised at how shy" Michael Jackson was.  —  Reagan also refused to talk to his son after Ron Reagan hung up on him …
New York Sun:
Mr. Broder Goes to Washington  —  So the entire Democratic caucus in the United States Senate — 50 senators — has sent a letter to the Washington Post attacking the dean of the Washington press corps, David Broder, for a column in which Mr. Broder dared to criticize their leader for his preemptive surrender to the terrorists in Iraq.
Noah Shachtman / Wired News:
Army Squeezes Soldier Blogs, Maybe to Death  —  The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned.  The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction …
Discussion: Defense Tech and digg
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Biden on Iraq bill: "We're going to shove it down his throat."  —  Blunt talk from Joe Biden, picked up by C-Span answering a man's question at Jim Clyburn's fish fry April 27 in Columbia, S.C.  —  Biden is asked what he'll do when Bush, as is expected, vetoes the Iraq funding bill.
Discussion: TIME, Betsy's Page and On Deadline
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Edwards dominates money race in South  —  WASHINGTON - North Carolina's John Edwards says he's the only Democratic presidential candidate with any chance of winning the coveted South.  —  If early fundraising is any indication, he might be right.  —  Edwards placed a distant third behind …
 
 
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Kelly Thornton / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Separate trial, transfer of venue sought for ex-CIA official
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
James Risen / New York Times:
Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement
Graeme Wilson / Telegraph:
Brown to be PM in weeks, says Blair
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Politics / Washington Post:
Edwards Ads Take Aim At Veto
The Blotter:
Anti-Fraud Official Faces Fraud Probe
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
PERSONAL SIDE: Desert island necessities
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Residency Clause Adds Fuel To Dispute Over U.S. Attorneys
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Interior official quits ahead of hearing
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Pelosi calls out Bush for 1999 statement on timetable.
Arizona Republic:
Renzi's taxes telling
Matthew Yglesias:
Sowell's Coup  —  This is interesting.  Utterly without further …
Mcjoan / Daily Kos:
Did McCain Cause 9/11?
Media Matters for America:
Beck said Gore using "same tactic" …
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
News Corp. Makes a $5 Billion Bid for Dow Jones
Gary Kamiya / Salon:
Last refuge of the scoundrel  —  Bush is trying to convince …
Jerusalem Post:
Top Hamas official: Kill all Americans