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4:10 PM ET, June 26, 2007

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Rick Klein / Political Radar:
Bush Calls Immigration Bill "Amnesty"  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: President Bush has spent a whole lot of time in recent months claiming that the immigration bill isn't "amnesty."  —  But in describing the measure Tuesday morning, an apparent slip of the tongue suggested otherwise …
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National Review:
Bad Vibe  —  Something about this immigration battle doesn't sit well.  For all the bitterness of our political battles, there's at least the sense that the government responds to the drift of public opinion.  The Republicans in Congress turned into big spenders and the war in Iraq went poorly.
Pajamas Media:
SECRET REID PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION BILL  —  Pajamas Media has learned that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may be using an "unprecedented combination of legislative procedures" to push through the controversial Kennedy Immigration Bill - today!  In fact, it may already be in progress by the time you read this.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and Hot Air
White House:
President Bush Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Discussion: First Draft
CNN:   Plenty of hurdles ahead for immigration bill
Washington Times:
Rough road ahead for immigration bill
Discussion: National Review
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney  —  The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office.  Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.  —  As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq …
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blog.washingtonpost.com:
A Strong Push From Back Stage  —  Air Force Two touched down at the Greenbrier Valley Airport in West Virginia on Feb. 6, 2003, carrying Vice President Cheney to the annual retreat of Republican House and Senate leaders.  He had come to sell them on the economic centerpiece of President Bush's first term: a $674 billion tax cut.
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Ann Coulter Attacks John Edwards On Good Morning America  —  From an e-mail from John Edwards' Campaign: … As you'll see from the clip, the caption read "Republicans Losing Ground?" and we see just why that's happening when Annie opens her trap.  Way to go, ABC...
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Chairman Waxman Writes to White House Counsel Fielding on Security Violations  —  Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who produced the initial report on Vice President Cheney's disregard for rules governing the handling of classified information …
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
The Truth About Guantanamo  —  Proposals to treat detainees as criminal defendants make a mockery of international humanitarian law.  —  Was it wishful thinking?  On Thursday the Associated Press reported that, according to sources it did not name, "the Bush administration is nearing …
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Eric Moskowitz / Concord Monitor:
Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal  —  Lieberman allies distraught at loss  —  August 13.  —  hen Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman lost the Democratic Senate primary last week and decided to run as an independent, his old supporters in New Hampshire were watching.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Swett Keeps Running From Lieberman — Donates To Maine's Tom Allen
Discussion: Firedoglake
Thomas B. Edsall / Huffington Post:
Fred Thompson: The Philip Morris Candidate  —  If Fred Thompson is elected president, he will be the first federally registered lobbyist to become Commander in Chief.  Since his days as top minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, Thompson has collected over $1 million in lobbying fees.
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Associated Press:
GOP blocks union bill in Senate
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Shticko  —  Reason has a good review of the latest Michael Moore movie.  Moore is both a practiced liar and not-too-smart.  The implication that "free healthcare" run by the government is somehow immune to the laws of economics is classic Moore boilerplate:
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   AMERICA'S DRUG HABIT....No healthcare system is perfect …
Dave Kilcullen / SWJ Blog:
Understanding Current Operations in Iraq  —  I've spent much of the last six weeks out on the ground, working with Iraqi and U.S. combat units, civilian reconstruction teams, Iraqi administrators and tribal and community leaders.  I've been away from e-mail a lot, so unable to post here at SWJ …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
How the GOP Could Win  —  There are two ways to predict the winner of the 2008 presidential race: Check the polls or read some history.  The polls tell you that with George Bush's approval ratings abysmally low; with the war in Iraq becoming increasingly unpopular; with the GOP lacking a dominant candidate …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Cage Match: Did Griffin Try to Disenfranchise African-American Voters in 2004?  —  For years, Tim Griffin, the former aide to Karl Rove who's been at the center of the U.S. attorney controversy, has been dogged by allegations that he was a part of a 2004 scheme to block African-Americans in Florida from voting.
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
For G.I.'s in Iraq, a Harrowing Day Facing a Trap  —  The enemy was a phantom who never showed his face but transformed a neighborhood into a network of houses rigged to explode.  —  And the soldiers from Comanche Company's First Platoon confronted this elaborate and deadly trap.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Bending Congressional Ears  —  Back in September of 2006, around the time that the provisions gutting habeas were passed in the Senate, former Reagan Justice official Bruce Fein was interviewed on The Newshour on PBS in a discussion opposite David Rivkin, who served as the designated Bush Administration policy promoter.
New York Times:
Justices Loosen Ad Restrictions in Campaign Finance Law  —  The Supreme Court on Monday took a sharp turn away from campaign finance regulation, opening a wide exception to the advertising restrictions that it upheld when the McCain-Feingold law first came before it four years ago.
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Web chatter vows GOP convention protests  —  Some groups have given a glimpse of plans for the GOP convention in St. Paul.  But authorities are circumspect about their veracity.  —  Anarchists and antiwar organizations preparing for the Republican National Convention are planning dozens …
 
 
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CQ.com:
Other GOP Senators Embrace Lugar's Call for Change of Course in Iraq
Discussion: The Politico and AMERICAblog
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
The Washington Post weeps for Scooter Libby
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Three Quarters Believe Global Warming A 'Natural Occurrence'
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
FREE SPEECH AND SELECTIVE ORIGINALISM
Guardian:
From No 10 to the Middle East: Blair gets a new job
Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
Wonks vs. Revolutionaries: The Biggest Division Within the Democratic Party
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama, in New TV Ads, Focuses on His Pre-Senate Years
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody
Discussion: TalkLeft
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Judge Discusses Details of Work On Secret Court
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars of War
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Out-of-Afghanistan rumblings on the Hill
 

 
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

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