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8:55 PM ET, May 30, 2007

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Fred Thompson running for president  —  Fred Dalton Thompson is planning to enter the presidential race over the Fourth of July holiday, announcing that week that he has already raised several million dollars and is being backed by insiders from the past three Republican administrations, Thompson advisers told The Politico.
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USA Today:
Thompson wants to be 2008's outsider  —  STAMFORD, Conn. — Politician-turned-actor Fred Thompson has been coy with audiences as he flirts with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  In an interview with USA TODAY, however, the former Tennessee senator not only makes it clear …
Susan Page / Tennessean.com:
Thompson says he plans to run, wants to be 2008's outsider  —  STAMFORD, Conn. — Politician-turned-actor Fred Thompson plans an unconventional campaign for president using blogs, video posts and other Internet innovations to reach voters repelled by politics-as-usual in both parties, he told USA Today.
Discussion: KnoxViews and BuzzFlash.org
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Fred Thompson to Form Presidential Committee  —  "Law and Order" star Fred Thompson will make his flirtation with a White House bid official this week, forming a presidential committee and launching a fundraising effort that could culminate in a formal announcement over the July 4th weekend, advisers to the former senator said.
National Review:
No July 4 Announcement For Fred Thompson (UPDATED)
Discussion: The Fix, Hot Air, TIME and Townhall.com
Reuters:
Bush envisions U.S. presence in Iraq like S.Korea  —  Source: Reuters  —  President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role, the White House said on Wednesday.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Seeks to Double Spending for AIDS Program
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Debate Could Turn on a 7-Letter Word
Rick Perlstein / commonsense.ourfuture.org:
E. coli conservatism (19): the ne plus ultra  —  Offered without comment.  What is there possibly to say? … Oh, all right.  One small comment.  First, observe the contempt for liberty.  When E. coli conservatives say self-regulation is preferable to government, they're even lying about that.
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Associated Press:
U.S. government fights to keep meatpackers from testing all slaughtered cattle for mad cow  —  WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.  —  The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Right-wing noise machine: Plame not covert  —  (updated below - updated again - Update III)  —  NBC News, yesterday: … The right-wing noise machine spent the last two years repeatedly, continuously and emphatically telling their followers the exact opposite:
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Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
TB Patient Says He Was Advised Not to Fly  —  A man who may have exposed passengers and crew members on two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month to a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis knew he was infected, and had been advised by health officials not to travel overseas.
Discussion: Shakesville and Rising Hegemon
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ACLU:
ACLU Sues Boeing Subsidiary for Participation in CIA Kidnapping and Torture Flights  —  Group Also Appeals to United States Supreme Court in Khaled El-Masri Lawsuit  —  NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. …
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Pat Milton / Associated Press:   ACLU: Boeing offshoot helped CIA
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Iraq—the Coming GOP Collapse?  —  Was talking to an influential Republican strategist who thinks if Iraq looks the way it does now in September, Bush will lose about 25 Senate Republicans on a bill with some sort of timetable for withdrawal.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Economix: Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs  —  The whole controversy involving Lou Dobbs and leprosy started with a "60 Minutes" segment a few weeks ago.  —  The segment was a profile of Mr. Dobbs, and while doing background research for it, a "60 Minutes" producer came across a 2005 news report …
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Cheney Visitor Logs Not Recorded  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Vice President Dick Cheney told the Secret Service in September to eliminate data on who visited Cheney at his official residence, a newly disclosed letter states.  —  The Sept. 13, 2006, letter from Cheney's lawyer …
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ArkansasTimes:
It's official  —  The U.S. Justice Department has notified Arkansas's congressional delegation that Interim Eastern District U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin is resigning effective Friday, June 1.  Jane Duke will become acting U.S. attorney.  (This is the assistant in the office who the Justice Department once …
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Our 44th President  —  Fred Thompson is so three hours ago.  Via Ballot Access News comes new info about former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, last seen punching a Capitol Hill cop and then losing re-election: … Please note that she includes "impeachment of the president" among her potential campaign planks …
Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Times and Wonkette
David Boaz / NY Daily News:
Libertarians, beware the rigid reign of Rudy  —  Behind Rudy Giuliani's impressive lead in the polls is one fact that puzzles the pundits: Many cultural conservatives are backing a pro-choice, pro-gun control candidate.  But what should be equally surprising is the strong support Giuliani …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Jeff Gerth, meet Judith Miller  —  Isn't former New York Times reporter Jeff Gerth writing the definitive book about Hillary Clinton sort of like Judith Miller deciding to write the definitive book about Iraq's WMDs?  It just doesn't add up.  —  After all, both Gerth and Miller …
Discussion: Shakesville and Election Central
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Romney Interview  —  I just finished my one-on-one exclusive …
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Happy Memorial Day … An Iraqi boy hides behind a U.S. soldier …
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Live Vlog with Chris Dodd
Chris Achorn / My Two Sense:
Glenn Beck Ratings Report (May 21-25)
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Biden's debate  —  The Fox News Channel/Congressional Black …
Discussion: MyDD, Daily Kos and Think Progress
New York Times:
Hillary's War  —  On a Thursday afternoon in early May …
Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
'Russian' Grenades Being Used to Kill U.S. Troops?
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. / Heritage Foundation:
1986 Redux: Proposed Senate Immigration Reform Repeats Past Failure
Discussion: Bluey Blog
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James Rosen / The State:
DeMint rips war 'wimps'
John Edwards for President:
Edwards Calls On FCC To Make Internet More Available And Affordable
Discussion: MyDD, techPresident and The Agonist
Jason Steck / The Moderate Voice:
Romney and Rudy: Religious Rorschach for Republicans
Edward Wong / New York Times:
In North Iraq, Sunni Arabs Drive Out Kurds
CNN:
Terror suspects detained in Sadr City
Anna Johnson / Associated Press:
Al-Qaida video threatens attacks on U.S.
Michelle Malkin:
The persecution of Lina Joy, continued
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:
Lieberman in Iraq sees "progress," …
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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