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8:40 PM ET, June 27, 2007

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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
White House, Cheney's office, subpoenaed  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday for documents relating to President Bush's warrant-free eavesdropping program.  —  Also named in subpoenas signed …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Dems force Cheney to flip-flop on secret docs  —  Dick Cheney's office is abandoning a justification for keeping the Vice-President's secret papers out of the hands of the National Archives.  —  Officials working for Cheney had tried to claim he is separate from the executive branch …
James Risen / New York Times:
Senate Issues Subpoenas in Eavesdropping Investigation  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a series of subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Cheney's office, and the Justice Department today related to the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program …
Discussion: The Politico and Prairie Weather
leahy.senate.gov:
U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY  —  CONTACT: Office of Senator Leahy, 202-224-4242  —  VERMONT  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoenas  —  For Legal Basis Of Bush Administration's  —  Domestic Surveillance Program  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and On Deadline
Jeremy Jacobs / The Hill:
Leahy: Bush's lawlessness worse than Nixon's  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) blasted the Bush administration Wednesday, indicating that it is disregarding the law more flagrantly than the Nixon administration.  —  "Certainly not since I've been old enough to vote …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
SJC Wants WH, DOJ's Own "Family Jewels"  —  The CIA's declassification of its "family jewels" — decades-old files on scandals past — may have attracted a ton of attention, but the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon subpoenaed the Bush administration's family jewels …
Discussion: Salon and Scholars and Rogues
Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Romney in Deep Doo-Doo?  —  I'll have a more formal version of this story up in a bit, but: it turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts state law, which says anyone who … Not that we can lock him him up.
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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Romney's Shaggy Dog Story  —  I can't be the only one who finds, in this anecdote, something else entirely besides, "emotion-free crisis management": … Unless by "emotion-free" you mean, "the kind of cold fish who could feel no emotion about strapping his dog to the roof of his car."
Boston Globe:
Journeys of a shared life  —  Raising sons, rising expectations bring unexpected turns  —  The five Romney boys each had their own profiles within the family.  As Tagg would later describe his brothers, Matt was "the jokester, always pushing people's buttons" and Josh was "the typical middle child …
Discussion: MSNBC and Wonkette
Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Earmarks in the Amnesty Bill: Trading Votes for Pork  —  There are all sorts of goodies in Sen. Harry Reid's clay pigeon amendment, but two pork projects — one in Utah and the other in Alaska — stand out.  Why?  Three of the senators who would benefit from the earmarks voted in favor of cloture yesterday.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Rioting In Iran  —  Here's some video:  —  For some reason, this isn't front-page news.  It should be.  You can see more photos from a Tehran blogger here.  Australia's ABC News is on the case.  FT has a story here.  Gateway Pundit has gone cable on it.  Blogger Winston opines: … Know hope.
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Think Progress:
Senate Conservatives Aggressively Obstructing Critical Legislation  —  Senate conservatives in the 110th Congress are obstructing and blocking legislation at a rate more than double that of the past two Congresses combined.  —  During the first six months of the current Congress …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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National Review:
Cloture Tomorrow  —  A Senate source with well-established good instincts predicts: "Vote should be close... I'll be very surprised if this bill lives beyond tomorrow morning.  Not certain, but four of the 64 are now on record as changing to "no" votes.  One more and it's over—assuming none of the "no" votes flip."
Discussion: Day In, Day Out
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Voinovich humiliates himself in shamnesty debate with Hannity …
Discussion: PrestoPundit
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Washington Times:
'Amnesty' fake papers pledged in wiretap  —  ONLINE EXCLUSIVE:  —  The head of a Mexican forgery ring was convinced he could make phony documents that illegal aliens could use to indicate fraudulently that they were eligible for a new amnesty, says a government affidavit recounting wiretapped phone calls the man made.
Nico / Think Progress:
Meet The Press Roundtable To Feature Christian Broadcasting Network Blogger  —  ThinkProgress has learned that this Sunday's edition of NBC's Meet the Press will include a journalist roundtable featuring David Brody, a blogger and news correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 26  —  CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Ann Coulter, author of "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," plays HARDBALL.  Let's play with her!  —  Good evening.  I'm Chris Matthews.  Welcome to HARDBALL.  Tonight, from our HARDBALL plaza, just steps away from the U.S. Capitol …
 
 
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National Review:
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CBS News:
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