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4:50 AM ET, June 16, 2007

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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.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Conservative Blogger E-mails Tell The Story  —  Peter Hamby of CNN talked with a number of conservative bloggers about the immigration bill pending on the Senate table, and all agreed on one thing: our e-mail has almost unanimously declared the bill a disaster.
The Atlantic Online:
Contingency?  Irony?  Solidarity!  —  Young Ezra observes that "One could easily imagine a left win that's closer to the Dobbsian/Christian Democrat compromise of social conservatism with economic progressivism."  And, as he says, it's easy to imagine a situation in which politics takes place …
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Ezra Klein:   Can Economic Liberalism and Social Conservatism Co-exist?
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979  —  Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and GINA COBB
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New York Times:   Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House
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
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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 …
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Don Surber:
The week that was  —  Seven days you'll never get back.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Chris Barge / Rocky Mountain News:
Tancredo wins surprise immigration vote  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted to withhold federal emergency services funding for "sanctuary cities" that protect illegal immigrants.  —  Anti-illegal immigration champion Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. …
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 …
Mark Walker / North County Times:
Hearing officer: Evidence does not support murder case  —  The officer in charge of a military hearing expressed serious doubts Friday about the government's prosecution of Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, one of three Marines charged in the November 2005 shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians in the city of Haditha.
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Redstate
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
ROBIN OLDS PASSES ON  —  Email from my Dad passes on this sad news:  —  Brigadier General Robin Olds, 1922-2007 … Your six is clear, General!  Have a safe trip...a grateful nation thanks you for your service.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Kate Greene / Technology Review:
Stanford's New Driverless Car  —  Junior the autonomous car passes an initial round of tests in preparation for DARPA's Urban Challenge, slated for later this year. … Yesterday, a Volkswagen Passat drove around a parking lot in Mountain View, CA, made three-point turns …
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons  —  We have an added treat today: Another animation from our friend, Nick Anderson.  This time, Nick gives us a fun game to play called Bush Administration Missile Defense and it's a takeoff on the old arcade game.  It's certainly a challenge to make this defense system work — give it a try.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Financial Times:
Push for Blair as new EU president  —  By George Parker in Brussels, John Thornhill in Paris and James Blitz in London  —  Tony Blair, the British prime minister, could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being actively touted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.
Discussion: Democracy Project
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
 
 
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Bill Moyers Journal:
Begging His Pardon  —  by Bill Moyers  —  We have yet another …
Diana West / Washington Times:
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Jacqueline Palank / New York Times:
House Passes Security Bill That President Opposes
CBS News:
Mental Illness In The Military On The Rise
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Michael C. Moynihan / Reason Magazine:
Anti-Capitalism for Kids!  —  First it was The O'Reilly Factor for Kids, then Help!
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New York Times:
Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Immigration Bill
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Mouth of the Potomac:
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Watergate's 35th Anniversary: Would That Story Have Been Broken Today?
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Becky Bohrer / SunHerald.com:
New Orleans turns to international aid
James Risen / New York Times:
Senator Blocks Vote on Subpoenas Over Eavesdropping
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