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9:20 PM ET, June 9, 2007

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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Right message, wrong messenger  —  Take a wild guess who shared these words of wisdom during a recent commencement address (via Jonathan Schwarz): … The words of Al Gore?  Bill Moyers?  Eric Alterman?  —  Try Katie Couric, anchor of the CBS Evening News, who would appear to have some power …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Los Angeles Times:
Tug-of-war over Hilton raises larger questions  —  A judge's order that the heiress return to jail pits the sheriff's power against the court's.  —  A sobbing Paris Hilton was shipped back to jail Friday, culminating a high-stakes legal showdown between a judge and Sheriff Lee Baca …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Jailed Paris Hilton Captures World Press And Blog Attention
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.
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: Redstate, Macsmind 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)
News24:
Bush in holy gaffe  —  Vatican City - US President George W Bush drew gasps at the Vatican on Saturday by referring to Pope Benedict XVI as "sir" instead of the expected "His Holiness", pool reporters said.  —  They could clearly hear the US leader say "Yes, sir" when the pope asked …
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.
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
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo  —  TIRANA, Albania — Ahktar Qassim Basit says he is not angry about the four years he spent as an American prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, before his captors mumbled a brief apology and flew him to this drab Balkan capital to begin a new life as a refugee.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Amygdala
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
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Peter Pace's Political Gaming on Libby and Gays Ends His Reign  —  Pete Pace is out, and it's good for the country.  —  This is not quite on the same par as Truman firing MacArthur, but a civilian leader firing a general now and then can be healthy — particularly when that General …
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.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
5 Myths About Scooter and the Slammer  —  Judge Reggie B. Walton, who sentenced I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in prison last week for lying to federal investigators about his role in the leak of a CIA officer's identity, received 373 pages of letters about the high-profile convict whose fate he had to decide.
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.
Telos Press:
Richard Rorty, 1931-2007  —  Richard Rorty, the leading American philosopher and heir to the pragmatist tradition, passed away on Friday, June 8.  —  He was Professor of Comparative Literature emeritus at Stanford University.  In April the American Philosophical Society awarded him the Thomas Jefferson Medal.
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
For U.S. Unit in Baghdad, An Alliance of Last Resort  —  The worst month of Lt. Col. Dale Kuehl's deployment in western Baghdad was finally drawing to a close.  The insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq had unleashed bombings that killed 14 of his soldiers in May, a shocking escalation of violence …
Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Report Gives Details on CIA Prisons  —  NATO Pacts Exploited, European Probe Finds  —  The CIA exploited NATO military agreements to help it run secret prisons in Poland and Romania where alleged terrorists were held in solitary confinement for months, shackled and subjected to other mental …
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Doreen Carvajal / New York Times:
Rights Group Offers Grim View of C.I.A. Jails
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Atlantic Online
 
 
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Hank Plante / KPIX-TV:
Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
Discussion: Donklephant
Washington Post:
Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
JFK Plot Larger Than First Thought
National Review:
Polarization Nation  —  America's current culture war emerged clearly …
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 7
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Welcome Tom Allen, Next Senator From Maine!
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
ABCNEWS:
Gingrich: McCain Can't Win GOP Nod
Discussion: Redstate and The Caucus
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases
 Earlier Items: 
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 …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Condi insists troop buildup is 'effective' in News sitdown
National Review Online:
Out of the Shadows  —  Leaders of both parties had agreed …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Townhall.com
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
 

 
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