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8:25 AM ET, June 28, 2007

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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Illegals bill loses support in Senate  —  The Senate immigration bill lost supporters yesterday and hangs on by a thread heading into this morning's showdown vote, after lawmakers voted down amendments making illegal aliens show roots to get legal status and cutting off their path to citizenship.
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Bloomberg:
Immigration Measure in Doubt Over Senate Defections  —  The fate of U.S. immigration legislation was cast into doubt when at least six senators who helped revive the proposed overhaul said they either oppose or are leaning against a move to permit a vote on final passage.
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration bill struggling  —  Proponents of the Senate immigration bill were unable to block an amendment Wednesday on identification requirements, casting doubt on whether the overall measure will clear a crucial test vote set for Thursday morning.  —  The bill survived its first cloture motion Tuesday by a vote of 64 to 35.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
New Senators Resist Overhaul of Immigration  —  In narrowly winning her seat last year, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri ran hard against what she saw as a flawed approach in Congress to dealing with illegal immigration.  Ms. McCaskill, a Democratic newcomer, says she is not about to change her view now.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Fox News:
Senate Immigration Reform Bill Takes Step Toward the Grave  —  WASHINGTON — The fragile immigration reform bill crafted in the Senate faces sudden death Thursday when a second vote is scheduled to shut down a filibuster.  —  If supporters don't get the 60 votes they need to end debate …
James Risen / New York Times:
White House Is Subpoenaed on Wiretapping  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney's office and the Justice Department after what the panel's chairman called "stonewalling of the worst kind" of efforts to investigate …
Discussion: the talking dog and Obsidian Wings
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Bruce Fein / Slate:
Impeach Cheney  —  THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS RUN UTTERLY AMOK AND MUST BE STOPPED.  —  Under Dick Cheney, the office of the vice president has been transformed from a tiny acorn into an unprecedented giant oak.  In grasping and exercising presidential powers, Cheney has dulled political accountability …
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Scott Horton / Harper's:
Cheney and the National Security Secrets Fraud  —  Aristotle, writing in his Politics, spends a good bit of papyrus on the question of tyranny.  What exactly makes a leader a tyrant, he asks.  And right at the core of that discussion, he comes to the role of secrets.
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
First Read: Edwards says Coulter's 'crazy'  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  A day after his wife Elizabeth called in to MSNBC's "Hardball" to confront conservative commentator Ann Coulter, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards made his own appearance on the show.
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USA Today:
Bloomberg: Neither party 'stands for anything'  —  NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who became an independent last week, showed his non-partisan colors Wednesday by criticizing both political parties.  —  Bloomberg, who left the GOP and is asked almost daily about running for president …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Bloomberg: Both Parties Have Become Meaningless
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation  —  The reporter intended the anecdote that opened part four of the Boston Globe's profile of Mitt Romney to illustrate, as the story said, "emotion-free crisis management": Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day.
Discussion: TIME: Swampland and Cliff Schecter
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Even in Agreement, Scalia Puts Roberts to Lash  —  It's not every day that one Supreme Court justice, even one as rhetorically unrestrained as Justice Antonin Scalia, characterizes another justice, let alone the chief justice of the United States, as a wimp and a hypocrite.
Discussion: Althouse and Connecting.the.Dots
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
A guide to Thursday's session
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Evan Coyne Maloney / Brain-Terminal.com:
New York Times Covers Indoctrinate U  —  27 June 2007 @ 8:28AM >> Today's New York Times contains a discussion of Indoctrinate U and the issue of free speech on campus.  —  Most of the article was spent addressing cases that weren't in the film, rather than addressing what was in the film.
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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: Townhall.com and Day In, Day Out
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Voinovich humiliates himself in shamnesty debate with Hannity …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and PrestoPundit
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Fired Prosecutor Says Gonzales Pushed Death Penalty  —  Figures Show Attorney General Often Overrules U.S. Attorneys' Arguments Against Capital Charges  —  Paul K. Charlton, one of nine U.S. attorneys fired last year, told members of Congress yesterday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales …
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Costs Skyrocket As DHS Runs Up No-Bid Contracts  —  $2 Million Security Project Balloons to $124 Million  —  The project started in 2003 with a $2 million contract to help the new Department of Homeland Security quickly get an intelligence operation up and running.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
CQ Radio Scoop: Fred Thompson Statement  —  In an exclusive scoop at BlogTalkRadio, Fred Thompson will make a statement at 3:30 pm CT today through an additional show for CQ Radio.  Be sure to listen live, or catch the podcast that will follow.  —  If you want to embed the player …
Melissa Nelson / Associated Press:
Fla. sheriff targets illegals  —  PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective — and controversial — way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.
 
 
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Laylan Copelin / Postcards from the Lege:
High court upholds dismissal of indictment against DeLay
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Redstate
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
PETA blasts Michael Moore for eating meat
Discussion: Don Surber
Sharon Begley / Newsweek:
How your brain makes political decisions
Discussion: Hot Air and TPMCafe blogs
Donna Smith / Reuters:
U.S. Senate heads for crucial immigration vote
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
A.G. clears Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Majikthise
Michael Sandler / CQ.com:
Decisive Immigration Votes Lined Up
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New York Times:
Blair Is Appointed Mideast Envoy
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Tancredo sends head of lettuce to Chertoff
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