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10:45 AM ET, June 28, 2007

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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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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  —  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.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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 …
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush won't supply subpoenaed documents  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers' demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors.
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Bush facing GOP mutiny over immigration
Discussion: Donklephant
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
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
McConnell avoids immigration bill deliberations
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court strikes down school integration plans  —  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.
Discussion: The Debate Link and On Deadline
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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: MyDD and Associated Press
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Ron Hutcheson / MiamiHerald.com:
'Black vote split' between Clinton, Obama  —  Though all Democratic candidates at tonight's debate will be looking for a share of the black vote, the spotlight is on the two favorites: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.  —  rhutcheson@mcclatchydc.com  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates …
Discussion: The Caucus, Hillary Is 44 and MSNBC
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.
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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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.
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
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
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.
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Day of Campaigning for a G.O.P. Noncandidate  —  Former Senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee delivered a pep talk to his fellow Republicans here Wednesday, reminding voters in this early primary state about what he called the virtue of conservative ideals.  —  Over lunch in a hotel ballroom …
Discussion: Bloomberg, MSNBC and TIME
 
 
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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
Discussion: BizzyBlog
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi reminds the left that she's on its side
Washington Post:
Car Bomb Kills at Least 22 in Iraq, 20 Found Beheaded
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Immigration Bill Prompts Some Menacing Responses
Julian Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq strategy geared to U.S. pullout
Hal R. Varian / New York Times:
An iPod Has Global Value. Ask the (Many) Countries That Make It.
Discussion: EconLog
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bill Had His Al, and Hillary Might Have Her Bill
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MSNBC
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Eric Pooley / Time:
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Discussion: Gawker
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)
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Sharon Begley / Newsweek:
How your brain makes political decisions
Discussion: Hot Air, TPMCafe blogs and Althouse
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation
Melissa Nelson / Associated Press:
Fla. sheriff targets illegals