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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Ron Paul Tops McCain in Cash on Hand — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Though often regarded as a longshot candidate for president, Republican Ron Paul tells ABC News that he has an impressive $2.4 million in cash on hand after raising an equal amount during the second quarter …
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Online community flocks to Ron Paul — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani may lead the polls and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney might have the most money among GOP presidential candidates, but Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) clearly leads his Republican colleagues in online support …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit on Surveillance — A divided federal appeals court today dismissed a case challenging the National Security Agency's program to wiretap without warrants the international communications of some Americans, reversing a trial judge's order that the program be shut down.
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Lisa Cornwell / Associated Press:
Court Rejects Domestic Spying Suit — CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue. — The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated …
Deacon / Power Line:
REVERSAL IN THE NSA SURVEILLANCE CASE
REVERSAL IN THE NSA SURVEILLANCE CASE
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Thompson, as a lobbyist, took abortion rights assignment — A spokesman for the presidential hopeful denies he did the work, a claim an ex-colleague calls "bizarre." — Former Tennessee Sen. Fred D. Thompson, who is campaigning for president as a "pro-life" Republican …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Pending Mudslinging — It's easy to tell when a candidate …
The Pending Mudslinging — It's easy to tell when a candidate …
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Global Business News Online:
exclusive: rupert murdoch buys dow jones, owners of the wall street journal — Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones. Negotiations are now complete and a formal announcement is expected next week. — Rupert Murdoch has succeeded with his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones …
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Poll: Americans Evenly Divided On Impeachment Of Bush, Majority For Targeting Cheney — Does the conventional wisdom that impeachment would be politically radioactive still hold true in the post-Libby commutation political world? A new poll from American Research Group shows a startling result …
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Michael Yon:
Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007 — Today marks "D +16" of Operation "Arrowhead Ripper," the Battle for Baqubah. Arrowhead Ripper kicked off on 19 June 07. I have several dispatches in the works about the major events since that time. Although the serious fighting seems to be over …
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
David Shuster dismantles Fouad Ajami's comparison of Libby to our fallen soldiers — David Shuster filled in for Chris Matthews this evening on "Hardball" where he interviewed neo-con author, Fouad Ajami, and absolutely shredded him over his Wall Street Journal OpEd comparing Scooter Libby to fallen U.S. Soldiers in Iraq.
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
The Taliban Challenges Jawa, Jawa Responds — No joke, the Taliban have posted a message on a well-known Islamic forum addressing me, Rusty Shackleford, indirectly. In it, they gloat that their website is back online. I'll just add: for now. — Here's a rough translation:
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Tim Worstall
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
War Costs Soar by a Third; Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion — It's not just the troops that are surging. War costs are up for American operations in Iraq and Afghanistan* — way up, more than a third higher than last year. In the first half of this fiscal year, the Defense Department's …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
The group blog of The American Prospect — IRAN SPECIFICS WATCH: JOE LIEBERMAN EDITION. Joe Lieberman takes to the Wall Street Journal — where else? — this morning to whip up fears about Iran's Proxy war" against not only the United States, but also Islamic moderates in Lebanon, Palestine, and Afghanistan.
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David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Land Politics: Progressives' Big Opportunity in the West — Tired and worn out from the difficult slog of a populist campaign in the red state of Montana, I penned three articles (in the Washington Monthly, the American Prospect and In These Times) in December of 2004 showing how the politics …
zombietime:
Anti-American July 4th — July 4th in San Francisco. So many things to do! — After attending the AK Press "F**k the Fourth" party as a pre-holiday warm-up, I was hungry for some more Independence Day patriotism — San Francisco style. — I was tempted at first by a public event celebrating the …
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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
"They don't own the Democratic Party" — Joe Biden talks about lefty bloggers, the perils of candor in a YouTube age, Dick Cheney's secret thoughts, and how many troops a Biden administration would keep in Iraq. … Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at the Iowa statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007.