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10:10 AM ET, June 21, 2007

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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Nader ponders run, calls Clinton 'coward'  —  Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters.  —  "You know the two parties are still converging …
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New York Times:
For 2 Years, Bloomberg Aides Prepared for Bid  —  The announcement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York that he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent was made after nearly two years in which his aides had laid the groundwork for a potential independent run for president.
Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg '08: a Real Long Shot
Discussion: TIME
Michael Powell / New York Times:   Giuliani May See a Rival in Successor
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
A Run, or the Runaround?  —  Bloomberg, Other Non-Candidates Master Art of Being Vague
Discussion: New York Times and Newsday
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:   Unity08 and Bloomberg: Perfect marriage?
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Gatekeepers of Hillaryland
Discussion: Associated Press
Gallup Guru:
New Gallup data show confidence in Congress at all time low  —  Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress.  —  This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which Gallup initiated in 1973.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed  —  Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common.  They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division.  And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Dept.'s No. 2 to Counter Claims of Untruths Over Firings
Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
Good News about CAIR  —  I've talked before about the Council on American-Islamic Relations — most recently because it filed that lawsuit against Americans who reported suspicious behavior by Muslims on a U.S. Airways flight.  Better known just as CAIR, the lobbying group has come under …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Hot Air
National Post:
Read the sunspots  —  The mud at the bottom of B.C. fjords reveals that solar output drives climate change - and that we should prepare now for dangerous global cooling  —  Politicians and environmentalists these days convey the impression that climate-change research is an exceptionally dull field with little left to discover.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
A Leader of Hamas Warns of West Bank Peril for Fatah  —  Mahmoud Zahar, perhaps the most influential Hamas leader in Gaza, warned Wednesday that Fatah's effort to repress Hamas in the West Bank could lead to Fatah's downfall there as well.  —  In an interview here, Mr. Zahar …
Discussion: A Blog For All
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Just getting organized.  Hello.  Questions.  —  Q Tony, does the executive order allow researchers to do anything they couldn't do under current guidelines?  —  MR. SNOW: Well, what it does …
CBS News:
Missing Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation  —  As Military Searches For Kidnapped Soldier In Iraq, U.S. Threatens To Send Wife Back To Dominican Republic  —  (CBS/AP) While the U.S. military searches for a soldier missing in Iraq, kidnapped by insurgents possibly allied with al Qaeda …
Discussion: Shakesville and KnoxViews
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Groups balk at disclosure  —  A central plank of congressional ethics reform appeared in danger of collapse yesterday when government watchdog groups balked at disclosing their donors.  —  A provision of the proposed reform would force watchdogs to reveal their donors if they file ethics complaints.
Jonas Parker / fred2008.org:
...Fred Thompson's politics:  —  That about says it all!  —  This music makes my day!  Go Fred!  —  Sorry honey, Fred? already has a trophy wife — and her boobs are bigger than yours!  —  by Jefferson's Child 2007-06-20 12:57:24  —  How about a Fred Thompson/Newt Gingrich ticket?!
Discussion: Hot Air
The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi responds to boos on war  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday reaffirmed her commitment to end the war in Iraq, but her words were greeted with skepticism and some boos by anti-war liberal activists.  —  Addressing the liberal pressure group Campaign for America's Future …
Discussion: Redstate
Michael Yon:
Operation Arrowhead Ripper: Day One  —  The first day of operation Arrowhead Ripper was intense.  The Army is giving full access to the battlefield, and while on base full access to the TOC (HQ) which means I see the raw truth on the ground, and as it feeds through the TOC.  They are hiding nothing.
The Age:
Is Osama a hero?  That's the provocative beginning of a new play about the "war on terror".  Robin Usher reports.  —  A SCHOOL assignment asks students to name a contemporary hero who is prepared to give up personal wealth for what he believes in and is inspirational to many people.
Mark Benjamin / Salon:
The CIA's torture teachers  —  Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics — likely with the approval of the Bush White House.  —  A detainee is escorted by military police at Camp 4 of the maximum security prison Camp Delta …
 
 
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Steven Stark / The Phoenix:
EMPTY PANTSUIT  —  There's a reason why two new biographies …
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
List of journalists taking sides
Discussion: Romenesko
Washington Post:
Top Iraqi Officials Growing Restless
Discussion: PBD, Needlenose and On Deadline
Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Congress to condition Egypt's aid
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Shiite Rivalries Slash at a Once Calm Iraqi City
Ian Black / Guardian:
Medical staff held in Libya 'could be freed in weeks'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
J. Grant Swank, Jr / MICHNEWS.COM:
BIBLE PREDICTS MIDDLE EAST BLOOD FLOW
Richard Beeston / Times of London:
British hostages held by 'Iran-backed' killers
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Los Angeles Times:
Abused orphans found in Baghdad
Discussion: Informed Comment
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: In Which Dr. Freud Demands a Retraction
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice Orders That Diplomatic Jobs in Iraq Be Filled First
Chicago Tribune:
The drip, drip, drip on Obama
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Precedents Begin to Fall for Roberts Court
Discussion: TalkLeft
Arthur C. Brooks / American Enterprise Institute:
Happy for the Work  —  It is vacation season once again …
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
The fights on the right  —  WHAT DO liberal Democrats think about the war in Iraq?
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Brendan Carlin / Telegraph:
BBC 'risked safety of troops'
 

 
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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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