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1:40 PM ET, July 7, 2007

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Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Will Her Face Determine His Fortune?  —  AS the election of 2008 approaches with its cast of contenders who bring unprecedented diversity to the quest for the White House, the voting public has been called on to ponder several questions: Is America ready for a woman to be president?  What about a black man?
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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 …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Someone Must Be Very Worried
Discussion: The Newshoggers
New York Times:
Group Says It Hired Fred Thompson in Abortion Rights Bid
Discussion: Norwegianity
Daily Mail:
Live Aid is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on?  —  As Madonna bounds on to the huge Wembley stage to save the planet, how the assembled Greenies will cheer.  —  The superstar is today fronting the massive Live Earth event, with nine concerts played …
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The Corner:
Live Earth non-update  —  I don't know about the rest of the gang but I was kinda looking forward to spending the weekend doing cracks about rock stars taking their private jets halfway round the world to tell the little people why they need to sell the second-hand Honda Civic and get back on the bus.
Tim B. / Tim Blair:
GARRETT SILENCED  —  Live Earth is underway!  Lisa Crouch reports:
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Senate Floor To Be a Stage For '08 Race  —  Antiwar Candidates Seeking the Spotlight  —  The four Senate Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination will take their campaigns to the chamber's floor next week, pushing new limits on U.S. involvement in Iraq in an attempt to burnish their antiwar credentials.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILLARY'S POLL VAULT
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
New York Times:
Bombers Kill Dozens North of Baghdad  —  Suicide bombers killed dozens of people in two attacks north of Baghdad on Saturday, raising questions about whether insurgents who have fled intense military operations in Baghdad and Diyala are turning to more vulnerable targets nearby.
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Reuters:   FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 7
Washington Post:
Glasgow Suspect Angered by Iraq War, Relative Says  —  Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that his prominent Sunni family "lost everything" …
Agence France Presse:
Much of US favors Bush impeachment: poll  —  Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday.  —  The survey by the American Research Group found that 45 percent support …
Jeremy D. Mayer / The Politico:
Forget Libby; stop the next Bush pardon(s)  —  The Bush White House thought it had the perfect defense for the commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence: Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich.  When the former president joined in the criticism of Bush's act …
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Faiz / Think Progress:
Lindsey Graham: Escalation 'Is Working Beyond My Expectations'  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), returning from a visit this week to Iraq along with his pro-escalation partner Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), offered the following assessment of the situation in Iraq:
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons  —  We have an added treat today: Another hilarious Walt Handelsman animation from deep inside Dick Cheney's hidden bunker to the tune of — if you can believe this — "Wouldn't it be Lovely."  —  Click on the screenshot above or go here to see it.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
You Could Have Knocked Me Over . . .  . . . with a hanging chad when I found out that George Bush and the Dalai Lama were both born yesterday.  But then you know what they say about karma.  —  Well, wait.  What do they say?  This confoozlement led me to consult at the knee of Craig Johnson …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping  —  The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, by a 2-1 decision, vacated last August's Order of the Order from District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor which enjoined the Bush administration from eavesdropping without warrants.
Bill Mears / CNN:
Justices snipe at each other in opinions  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — One Supreme Court justice says his fellow conservatives are "too dismissive" of government efforts to ensure racial diversity in schools.  Another more liberal member says those on the right did "serious violence" to a high school student's free speech rights.
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
A GOP discord on Bush's Iraq strategy  —  A growing number of Republican lawmakers are dissenting from the administration and urging for a change of course.  —  WASHINGTON — Wearied by the lack of progress in Iraq and by the steady stream of military funerals back home …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Andrew Pierce / Telegraph:
The textbook terrorists  —  The roots of last week's attempted terrorist attacks in Britain lie not in poverty but in the thwarted aspirations of middle-class Muslims  —  One of the most shocking revelations in the aftermath of the July 7 attack, whose second anniversary falls today …
Discussion: Harry's Place and Samizdata.net
 
 
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush rips Democratic lawmakers' failures
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Whistle-Blower's Fight For Pension Drags On
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and Norwegianity
Associated Press:
9/11 panel member warns U.S. not secure
Michelle Malkin:
Live Earth, Green Circus
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Paul Waldman
Discussion: Shakesville
CNNMoney.com:
Goldman Sachs targeted with death threats
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Politics: About Conflict
New York Magazine:
New 'Times' Tower: 'It's Like the Dark Ages'
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USA Today:
New battery packs powerful punch
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
NO FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION IN E-MAIL ADDRESSES, IP ADDRESSES …
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Israeli Settlements Exceed Boundaries, Report Says
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
We Need to Talk  —  America can't afford to lose its common language.
Charles Clover / Telegraph:
Wormeries 'may add to greenhouse gases'
Toby Helm Chief / Telegraph:
EU wants tax on books and children's clothes
Discussion: Tim Worstall
Tim Blair / NEWS.com.au:
Martyr Mouse taking Mickey
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Economist:
Bomb proof  —  Terrorism is no longer much of a "black swan" event for markets
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to The NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
A profile of Town & Country EIC Stellene Volandes, who is trying to keep the Hearst-owned 178-year-old magazine relevant via social media and its website

 
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