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9:20 PM ET, June 5, 2007

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Hilton Check-In / The Smoking Gun:
Scooter Libby Love Letters  —  Washington elite petition judge on behalf of convicted Cheney aide  —  Donald Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Paul Wolfowitz, and John Bolton top the list of individuals who wrote a federal judge on behalf of former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby …
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Associated Press:
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation — the probe that showed a White House obsessed with criticism of its decision to go to war.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Who, Me?  —  Bush evades his responsibility with respect to Libby. … I FEEL TERRIBLE for Scooter Libby's family.  Millions of Americans feel terrible for Scooter Libby's family.  But we can't do anything about the injustice that has been done.  Nor can we do anything to avert …
Discussion: Townhall.com
CNN:
Libby sentenced, Cheney 'saddened' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators looking into the leak of a CIA operative's identity.  —  He also was fined $250,000.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Eight
Discussion: Daily Kos and NO QUARTER
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:   Libby Sentencing Five
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby Sentencing  —  Marcy Wheeler is liveblogging …
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Sentencing Seven
Discussion: Think Progress and TalkLeft
Washington Post:
GOP Candidates to Debate on War, Social Issues  —  The Republican presidential candidates meet here tonight for their third nationally televised debate, an exchange likely to feature pointed discussion about the war in Iraq, social issues and the controversial immigration reform pending in Congress.
Discussion: Althouse and Sister Toldjah
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Nico / Think Progress:
Leahy To Schlozman: 'You're Trying To Break Gonzales' Record' Of Saying 'I Don't Recall'  —  Today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Justice Department official Bradley Schlozman was supposed to testify on his role in the politicization of the Department's Civil Rights Division …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Schlozman and Graves Testimony Before Senate Judiciary, Part II
Discussion: Salon
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Immigration Deal Under Threat in Senate  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A broad bipartisan immigration deal was threatened Tuesday as the Senate prepared to vote on a Republican proposal to make it harder for millions of illegal immigrants to qualify for green cards.  —  The proposal by Sen. Wayne Allard …
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Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration debate may stall
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and American Pundit
Dallas Morning News:
Conservatives: We must band together on immigration bill  —  The choice we face on immigration isn't between the Senate bill and perfection; it's between the Senate bill and the unacceptable status quo.  —  This is the most far-reaching and thoughtful reform of our immigration system …
Jason Lee Miller / Insider Reports Feed:
New AT&T Same As The Old AT&T  —  AT&T chief Ed Whitacre is out, retired, ready to sit back and enjoy his golden (and I mean golden) years.  As of yesterday, he's replaced by SBC front-man Randall Stephenson, a 25-year company man, and a man after Whitacre's own heart.
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Tkarr / Save the Internet Blog:
Ed Whitacre: Gone But Not Forgotten
Amanda / Think Progress:
Petraeus: 'We Haven't Started The Surge Yet'  —  In April, during the congressional debate over war funding, Gen. David Petraeus pushed back against a withdrawal timeline from Iraq "because we're only about two months into the surge," assuring Congress that he would be able to report on progress in September:
Hillel Fendel / Arutz Sheva:
Editor Admits: We Slanted the News  —  (IsraelNN.com) A former Israel Broadcasting Authority news editor admits: "We slanted the news towards a withdrawal from Lebanon - because we had sons there."  —  Speaking at the Haifa Radio Conference on Monday, several former and current news broadcasters …
Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton: God got me through marital strife … WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public discussion of her husband's infidelity, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she probably could not have gotten through her marital troubles without relying on her faith in God.
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Ryan Grim / The Politico:
BlogJam: Bloggers can't blunder  —  Last week we launched a new feature called BlogJam, in which we sketch bloggers who are affecting the ongoing political conversation.  —  We've taken a little heat for the name ("How low can you go?" wondered one reader at Mediabistro's FishbowlDC …
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Jeri Thompson - asset or albatross?  [Part Two]  —  It never fails.  You do a throw-away post at the end of the day that you think no one is even going to read and it generates a firestorm of criticism.  After over four years of blogging, I'm used to that.
Kevin Cullen / Boston Globe:
Graying duo keep passenger in check  —  Shortly before landing, Bob Hayden and a flight attendant had agreed on a signal: When she waved the plastic handcuffs, he would discreetly leave his seat and restrain an unruly passenger who had frightened some of the 150 people on board a Minneapolis …
Discussion: The Belmont Club and BLACKFIVE
Pew Research Center:
Thompson Demonstrates Broad Potential Appeal  —  Bush Approval Falls to 29% — Lowest Ever  —  Summary of Findings  —  Former Sen. Fred Thompson has broad potential appeal among Republican voters even before his expected entrance into the presidential race.
Wall Street Journal:
In Murdoch's Career, A Hand on the News  —  His Aggressive Style  —  Can Blur Boundaries;  —  'Buck Stops With Me'  —  By STEVE STECKLOW and AARON O. PATRICK in London, MARTIN PEERS in Sydney, Australia, and ANDREW HIGGINS in New York  —  As Rupert Murdoch advances in his bid to buy …
 
 
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White House:
President Bush Visits Prague, Czech Republic, Discusses Freedom
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Irony Squigglies  —  Hey, remember that fawning Giuliani article …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Mike S. Adams / Townhall.com:
A New Definition of Feminism  —  Recently, a bright, young …
Confederate Yankee:
The Sliding War  —  According to professional media organizations …
Discussion: Reuters
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Rulings leave Guantánamo in legal limbo
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL DOWN....The Washington Post reports …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Obama warns of 'quiet riot' among blacks
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Mind
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The Hill's got eyes: Medical marvel or makeup, new look turning heads
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