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8:25 PM ET, July 6, 2007

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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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CNN Political Ticker:
Paul reports more campaign cash than McCain
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:   Why Do The Iraqis Hate the Terrorists?
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
G.I.'s Forge Sunni Tie in Bid to Squeeze Militants
Discussion: The Corner and The Strata-Sphere
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CNN:
Dow Jones: Report On Completed News Corp Deal 'False'
Discussion: Guardian and NewsBusters.org
MarketWatch:   Dow Jones denies it's forged News Corp. deal
Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Iran's Proxy War  —  Tehran is on the offensive against us throughout the Middle East.  Will Congress respond?  —  Earlier this week, the U.S. military made public new and disturbing information about the proxy war that Iran is waging against American soldiers and our allies in Iraq.
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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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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Impeachment Fever: America's Got It!
Discussion: The Reaction
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:
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
Peter Hecht / Sacramento Bee:
Doolittle calls for pullback in Iraq  —  Criticizing 'quagmire,' he sees advisory role for U.S.  —  Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1  —  Rep. John Doolittle, questioning whether the Iraq war is worth the continued loss of American lives, said Thursday that U.S. troops …
 
 
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
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CNN Political Ticker:
Giuliani: 'Shocked' by former chairman's cocaine charges
Townhall.com:
Republican women  —  Mary Katherine Ham is further proof …
Discussion: IMAO
Satyam / Think Progress:
Kristol Offers Neoconservative Prescription For America's Woes: 'Be Happy!'
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Center of Attention  —  What's funnier: Hookers, cocaine or... censoring president Bush?
Discussion: The Impolitic
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Glasgow terror plot police charge first suspect
David Barboza / New York Times:
China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption
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Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Why I don't buy the 4.5% Unemployment Rate
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Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistani leader escapes attempt on life