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2:55 PM ET, July 6, 2007

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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 …
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Associated Press:
Court nixes suit against spying program  —  CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court on 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 …
Discussion: Corrente and Left in the West
Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Live Earth Adds DC Show to Global Event  — Al Gore announced Friday a surprise Live Earth concert in Washington, foiling Senate Republicans who blocked Gore's attempt to bring his global warming extravaganza to the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.  —  The former vice president said the all-day …
Discussion: News Bloggers Blog and Wampum
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J. Freedom Du Lac / Washington Post:
Live Earth Concert to Be Held in Washington on Saturday  —  Live Earth will be live in Washington, after all.  —  Al Gore's global-warming concert series — previously given the cold shoulder here — will touch down for a satellite show at the National Museum of the American Indian tomorrow morning …
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CNN:
Dow Jones: Report On Completed News Corp Deal 'False'
Discussion: Guardian
Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistani leader escapes attempt on life  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gunners fired after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's plane took off from a military base on Friday in what one official described as a failed assassination attempt.  —  Security forces quickly raided a nearby home …
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Gateway Pundit:
Pakistani President Musharraf Survives Assassination Attempt
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Reuters:
FACTBOX-Assassination attempts against Pakistan's Musharraf
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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.
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 …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Support for Iraq Policy Erodes Further  —  Support among Republicans for President Bush's Iraq policy eroded further on Thursday as another senior lawmaker, Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, broke with the White House just as Congressional Democrats prepared to renew their challenge to the war.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
White House questions Dems' zeal for oversight  —  The White House Thursday raised questions about the level of Democratic oversight, saying that the time the majority spends on investigating the Bush administration could be used to pass bills.  —  Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel told reporters during …
Robin Toner / New York Times:
2008 Candidates Vow to Overhaul U.S. Health Care  —  There is no better measure of the power of the health care issue than this: Sixteen months before Election Day, presidential candidates in both parties are promising to overhaul the system and cover more — if not all — of the 44.8 million people without insurance.
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Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
SiCKO: Ask The Right Question First
Discussion: Eschaton
maynardije.org:
Mayor's Girlfriend Placed on Leave  —  Telemundo to Conduct "Internal Review" of Events  —  Telemundo anchor Mirthala Salinas, partner in an affair with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is being placed on unpaid leave while her employer conducts "an internal review of the decision …
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William Booth / Washington Post:
Sex and City Hall
Discussion: Romenesko
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 …
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 …
Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
Stop Wexler's Censure Wrist-slap  —  Robert Wexler is a great Congressman - and one of my heroes from his outstanding efforts to count every vote in Palm Beach in 2000 - but this is a terrible move: … In other words, this is barely a slap on the wrist.  It's more like the sound of one hand clapping.
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Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Obstruction of Justice Merits More Punishment than Censure
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Republican enters race for ill senator's seat  —  South Dakota state Rep. Joel Dykstra (R) has officially entered the race for the Republican nomination to face Sen. Tim Johnson (D) in 2008.  —  Dykstra filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday and declared himself a "candidate for U.S. Senate."
Faiz / Think Progress:
Washington Talk Radio Station Drops Bill O'Reilly  —  Washington DC FM talk radio station 106.7 WJFK yesterday announced it was dropping Bill O'Reilly's nationally syndicated show, and replacing it with a sports-talk program.  The Washington Post reports today that O'Reilly's cancellation is a …
Discussion: Washington Post and QandO
 
 
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David Barboza / New York Times:
China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption
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Why I don't buy the 4.5% Unemployment Rate
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Bush officials don the hijab
Los Angeles Times:
What Bono doesn't say about Africa
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
My Challenge to GE: Time for Cable News That Respects the American People
Amina Luqman / Washington Post:
Obama's Tightrope  —  The world felt topsy-turvy as I watched …
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War Costs Soar by a Third; Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion
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Reuters:
Polish official says to sue CIA jail report author
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE = TERRORISM....Conservatives want Americans …
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Hamas won the propaganda war this week
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Ellen Goodman: The segregationist
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Where the Avatars Roam  —  I am not usually found at bars during …
Discussion: The Corner and FRAMESHOP
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