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11:40 PM ET, June 15, 2007

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Michael Kinsley / Time:
The Quiet Gay Revolution  —  When William F. Buckley Jr. revived American conservatism by founding National Review in 1955, he said the magazine's job was to stand "athwart history, yelling stop."  At that time, history did seem to be moving in the wrong direction if you were a conservative, and Buckley was gutsy to admit as much.
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The Atlantic Online:
Contingency? Irony? Solidarity!
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Eschaton
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
We Win  —  That was quick, wasn't it?  Mike Kinsley writes …
Discussion: Pandagon and Kevin Sullivan
Ezra Klein:
Do Philosophies Matter to Political Parties?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
DoJ Purge Figure Resigns  —  Nothing like a Friday afternoon resignation to end the week.  —  From the AP: … Update: Some highlights from Elston's tenure at DoJ:  — He allegedly called three of the fired U.S. attorneys and made an implicit threat that the Justice Department …
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Official close to attorney firings quits  —  WASHINGTON — A senior Justice Department official who helped carry out the dismissals of federal prosecutors said Friday he is resigning.  —  Mike Elston, chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, is the fifth Justice official …
Discussion: Think Progress
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Clinton Spokesman: Drudge Version Misses a Detail About Pay Day  —  Drudge is taking Bill Clinton to task for giving a $100,000 speech via satellite to a group of investors in Hong Kong on the 5th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  —  But Clinton's press office now says that although …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama Campaign Circulating Negative (And Ultimately False) Story About Bill Clinton
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
The Backstory on Obama-Clinton Attack Memos
Discussion: Prairie Weather, MSNBC and Taylor Marsh
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
The Best Days Of My Life  —  After spending all week trying to think of a poignant way of making this announcement, and drawing nothing but blanks, I have decided to just say it as plainly as I can.  Today, after more than three years, I am stepping down as the lead writer and managing editor of MyDD.
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Conservative bloggers revolt over immigration … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Different conservative blogs have different pet issues — government transparency, federal judges, Fred Thompson, to name a few.  —  But no issue in recent memory has united conservative bloggers like the debate over immigration.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Economist:
Vote for me, dimwit  —  How the electorate is irrational  —  ANYONE who follows an election campaign too closely will sometimes get the feeling that politicians think voters are idiots.  A new book says they are.  Or rather, Bryan Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason University …
New York Times:
Duke Case Prosecutor Says He Will Resign  —  Durham County district attorney Michael B. Nifong said today he plans to resign his job, after admitting that he had "crossed the line" of ethical standards in some of the public statements he made about the Duke University lacrosse players he charged with rape.
Discussion: The World Wide Rant and QandO
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Watergate's 35th Anniversary: Would That Story Have Been Broken Today?  —  Who knows, someone with a cell phone camera working in the parking garage might have snapped a photo of Woodward chatting with this unknown source.  Or a blogger would have blown the whistle.  —  Sunday will be a memorable day for me, for two reasons.
Discussion: CBS News, First Draft and Attytood
James Risen / New York Times:
Senator Blocks Vote on Subpoenas Over Eavesdropping  —  A Republican senator blocked a vote in the Judiciary Committee on whether to authorize subpoenas to the Justice Department to obtain secret legal opinions and other documents related to the National Security Agency's program of domestic eavesdropping.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Inside the Ring  —  China arming terrorists  —  New intelligence reveals China is covertly supplying large quantities of small arms and weapons to insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, through Iran.  —  U.S. government appeals to China to check some of the arms shipments …
Michelle Malkin:
www.trentlott.com  —  ***update: Rush on Lott—"You've got Republicans talking about talk radio like liberals talk about talk radio.  That tells you something."  Yes, it does.  It tells you that the Republican Party is in deep, deep doo-doo.  Speaking of doo-doo, the literal kind apparently turned up in the Capitol today.
Matthew Levitt / Counterterrorism Blog:
Palestine's Party of God  —  As the world watches the Hamas coup in Gaza unfold, it is worth considering that Hamas's emulation of the Hezbollah was not unexpected.  Consider the following, from the concluding section of my book HAMAS: Politics, Charity and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad:
Discussion: The Belmont Club
New York Times:
The Laptop Is Mightier Than the Sword  —  WHILE waiting to see if the Iraq surge strategy pays off, President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have shown Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the door and brought in Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the new White House "war czar."
Becky Bohrer / SunHerald.com:
New Orleans turns to international aid  —  NEW ORLEANS — The cash-strapped city of New Orleans is turning to foreign countries for help to rebuild as federal hurricane-recovery dollars remain slow to flow.  —  Kenya Smith, director of intergovernmental relations for Mayor Ray Nagin …
 
 
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Chris Barge / Rocky Mountain News:
Tancredo wins surprise immigration vote
New York Times:
Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Immigration Bill
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Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Planned Parenthood Reports Record Abortions, High Profits
Washington Post:
The Dean Team, Broadway Bound?
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Oliver Willis:
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IraqSlogger.com:
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Thompson: Griswold Was Wrong
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National Review:
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Discussion: Power Line and Overlawyered
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
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Dean Calbreath / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cunningham financier admits role in scandal
Editor and Publisher:
Latest from McClatchy's Iraqi Staffers: The 'City of Cemeteries'
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ABCNEWS:
Romney's Pro-Life Conversion: Myth or Reality?