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5:30 PM ET, June 9, 2007

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Tamara Lytle / Orlando Sentinel:
Immigrant bill hurts Martinez in polls  —  The Florida Republican senator's approval ratings are at an all-time low.  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll shows that U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's approval ratings with voters have plunged to an all-time low, apparently reflecting his support for a controversial immigration-reform bill.
Discussion: Macsmind, Redstate and Booman Tribune
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John Whitesides / Reuters:   More second-term blues for Bush on immigration
James Rowley / Bloomberg:   Bush Must `Get to Work' on Immigration, Martinez Says (Update1)
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
A Victim?  Hardly!  —  The Paris Hilton saga has become so compelling that many political bloggers who swore off mentioning her have weighed in on the topic, including myself.  Hilton got hauled off screaming and crying to jail after having been released by Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca five days …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Jailed Paris Hilton Captures World Press And Blog Attention
Natasha T. Metzler / Associated Press:
Dean: Democratic president would end war  —  WASHINGTON - The high hurdles faced by congressional Democrats in their efforts to end the Iraq war make electing a Democratic president in 2008 the best way to finish the conflict, Democratic party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday.
Discussion: First Draft
Andrew Ferguson / Washington Post:
What Al Wishes Abe Said  —  You can't really blame Al Gore for not using footnotes in his new book, "The Assault on Reason."  It's a sprawling, untidy blast of indignation, and annotating it with footnotes would be like trying to slip rubber bands around a puddle of quicksilver.
New York Times:
A Failure of Leadership  —  The immigration compromise collapsed on the floor of the Senate Thursday night.  Many of its hard-line foes are celebrating, but their glee is vindictive and hollow.  They have blocked one avenue to an immigration overhaul while offering nothing better …
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
NY Times Riffs on 'Segregation Now' Speech to Slur Immigration-Law Opponents
Discussion: Wizbang
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 7  —  Guests: Ben Affleck, Loretta Sanchez, Brian Bilbray, Ezra Klein, Karen Hanretty  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Hollywood stars have a big voice in politics.  —  Let's see if one of them, Ben Affleck, can answer some tough questions.  —  Let's play HARDBALL.
WVLT-TV:
Mary Winkler Sentenced to Jail  —  There have been 10 comments posted  —  Selmer, Tennessee (WVLT) Knoxville native Mary Winkler will go to jail in connection with the killing of her minister husband.  —  A judge sentenced Winkler to three years of split confinement in connection …
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Dr. Helen:
What—210 Whole Days in Jail just for Murder?
Discussion: Dean's World and Jules Crittenden
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EXTREMISTS....I just heard Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos chatting on the ABC Evening News about the collapse of the immigration bill.  Their conclusion?  It was killed by extremists on both sides: liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans overwhelmed the centrists.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Ezra Klein
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Uncured Bork  —  Reading Emptywheel's post about that horrible old man, Robert Bork, (and his equally horrible buddies) made me wonder if they have reason to believe they can get Libby's conviction reversed on a technicality.  —  After all, this isn't the first time we've been to this rodeo.
White House:
President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Prodi of Italy  —  PRIME MINISTER PRODI: (As translated.)  Good afternoon, everyone.  I am delighted to have received President Bush today, and I thank President Bush for having chosen to spend a couple of days …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Washington Post:
Talk of Resurrecting Immigration Bill Begins as Autopsy Goes On  —  Supporters of immigration reform launched new talks to save their tattered bill yesterday, with the chief architects of the bipartisan compromise confident that they could resurrect it — even as recriminations flew over its stunning collapse.
Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow  —  The highlight of President Bush's European tour may well be his visit on Sunday to this tiny country, one of the few places left where he can bask in unabashed pro-American sentiment without a protester in sight.
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
Romney Brothers Dish on Dad  —  Blog by Presidential Candidate's Five Sons Reveals G-Rated Details of Former Governor's Family Life  —  BOSTON — Tagg Romney, 37, loves the Sox and has a thing for Billy Joel.  Matt Romney, 35, always tunes in to "Saturday Night Live," and Josh Romney, 31, likes to surf and water-ski.
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich: McCain Can't Win GOP Nod  —  McCain Tells ABC Gingrich 'May Be Right' on Immigration's Peril to '08 Bid  —  Newt Gingrich predicts John McCain will never be the Republican nominee for president.  And McCain concedes he might be right.  —  The former House Speaker argued Friday …
Discussion: The Caucus and Redstate
Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Condi insists troop buildup is 'effective' in News sitdown  —  DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF  —  The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has been "effective" cleaning up parts of Baghdad, but the dramatic uptick in spectacular terror bombings is "unnerving," Secretary of State Rice told the Daily News yesterday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
National Review:
Polarization Nation  —  America's current culture war emerged clearly into the light of day about twenty years ago, with the publication of Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind.  Five years later, in 1992, James Davison Hunter's book, Culture Wars, cemented the phenomenon's name.
 
 
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Gateway Pundit:
The Failed Immigration Bill & The Politicians Who Failed to Listen
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and QandO
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
JFK Plot Larger Than First Thought
Ronald Kessler / NewsMax.com:
Romney to the Rescue  —  Mitt Romney's Got the  —  Right Stuff for 2008
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
STAR POWER....The LA Times reports on the political lay of the land recently in Tinsel Town:
Discussion: LA Observed
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Welcome Tom Allen, Next Senator From Maine!
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases
National Review:
Immigration Enigma  —  I cannot forecast to you the action of Congress.
Discussion: QandO
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
EXCLUSIVE: PROGRESSIVE LA TALK RADIO HOST TO BUY CINDY SHEEHAN …
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Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Report Gives Details on CIA Prisons
National Review Online:
Out of the Shadows  —  Leaders of both parties had agreed …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Townhall.com
Wall Street Journal:
Top Military Officer to Be Replaced
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Amicus Brief In Libby Case
Discussion: Dean's World and New York Sun
Timothy B. Lee / New York Times:
A Patent Lie  —  WHAT a difference 16 years makes.
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
Three arrested in arms plot to kill Americans
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
Michael Mandel / Business Week:
The Real Cost Of Offshoring
Michael Yon:
Death or Glory Part II of IV
Discussion: Fox News
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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