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11:05 AM ET, June 28, 2007

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court strikes down school integration plans, ends Term  —  Concluding its current Term with a historic ruling on race in public policy, the Supreme Court divided 5-4 on Thursday in striking down voluntary integration plans in the public schools of Seattle and Louisville.
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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 …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
White House Drops Vice President's Dual-Role Argument as Moot  —  The White House has dropped the argument that Vice President Dick Cheney's dual role as president of the Senate meant that he could deny access to national archivists who oversee the handling of classified data in the executive branch.
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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Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
The imperial vice presidency  —  New details about his secret mission to expand the power of the president show that Cheney, at the end of his career, refuses to loosen his grip.  —  Vice President Cheney speaks about the war in Iraq on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
Scott Horton / Harper's:
Cheney and the National Security Secrets Fraud
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McConnell avoids immigration bill deliberations
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Nearly 250,000 open wallets for Obama  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to nearly 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.
Discussion: Associated Press and MyDD
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Lois Romano / Washington Post:
House Grudgingly Accepts a Pay Raise, as Usual  —  Democrats have for weeks been privately wringing their hands over whether to accept an automatic 2.5 percent pay increase, fretting that the raise may appear inconsistent with their campaign promises.  —  But last night, the House made its peace …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  No other agency in the government has as much power over the lives of citizens as the Justice Department.  That's what has made the U.S. attorney firings scandal so urgent.  —  And time and time again, the scandal has provided dispiriting glimpses …
Discussion: War and Piece
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Fired Prosecutor Says Gonzales Pushed Death Penalty
Robert M. Dunn Jr / TCS Daily:
How the Mexican Immigration Problem Will Solve Itself  —  As the debate over illegal immigration from Mexico rages in Washington and across the country, and as the administration's reform bill hangs by a thread, few Americans are aware that this problem will automatically decline and eventually become a vague memory.
Hal R. Varian / New York Times:
An iPod Has Global Value.  Ask the (Many) Countries That Make It.  —  Who makes the Apple iPod?  Here's a hint: It is not Apple.  The company outsources the entire manufacture of the device to a number of Asian enterprises, among them Asustek, Inventec Appliances and Foxconn.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Immigration Bill Prompts Some Menacing Responses  —  The threat came in the weekend mail.  —  The recipient was Senator Mel Martinez, Republican of Florida, who has been a leading advocate of the proposed legislation for changing the immigration system.  His offices in Washington …
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 …
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.
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:
NBC's David Gregory thinks we just need to "strip away" Ann Coulter's inflammatory rhetoric to listen to her points  —  Not kidding.  According to NBC's David Gregory we're all missing the very important points that Ann Coulter makes because we get caught up in her hate speech.
Discussion: Eschaton and Balloon Juice
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Immigration Stance Is Costly for McCain  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is not wavering on immigration.  This week, he continued to stand firm with President Bush in seeking a Senate compromise on the issue in the face of intense opposition from core activists in the Republican Party.
 
 
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Jason Harrow / SCOTUSblog:
LiveBlog Of The Final Opinion Day - 10 AM Eastern
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
"Mother Jones invites you to question if the Politics 2. revolution …
Michelle Malkin:
Kill the Bill: Shamnesty showdown Update: Telephone system has shut down
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Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Day of Campaigning for a G.O.P. Noncandidate
Discussion: Bloomberg, MSNBC and TIME
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi reminds the left that she's on its side
Julian Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq strategy geared to U.S. pullout
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bill Had His Al, and Hillary Might Have Her Bill
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Eric Pooley / Time:
Exclusive: Rupert Murdoch Speaks
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Bush facing GOP mutiny over immigration
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David Adesnik / OxBlog:
STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO MICHAEL MOORE: To what extent does criticism …
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Paris Hilton, Free To Speak Her Mind (Such as It Is)
Evan Coyne Maloney / Brain-Terminal.com:
New York Times Covers Indoctrinate U
Sharon Begley / Newsweek:
How your brain makes political decisions
Discussion: Hot Air, TPMCafe blogs and Althouse
Melissa Nelson / Associated Press:
Fla. sheriff targets illegals
 

 
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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”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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