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1:50 AM ET, July 9, 2007

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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Why Bush Gave Scooter Libby a Pass  —  As is often the case in the Bush White House, it was a decision made swiftly, and with stealth.  For weeks, allies of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby had aggressively lobbied the president to pardon Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
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ABCNEWS:
White House Subpoena Battle Escalates
Nico / Think Progress:
Conyers Raises Specter Of Impeachment, Highlights Support …
Discussion: QandO
Atrios / Eschaton:
Things I Don't Understand  —  What possible authority does …
Joel Gibson / Sydney Morning Herald:
Fifty bucks for a beer?  It was Livid Earth in Sydney  —  Cool start ... scientists from the British research station in Antarctica were the first to kick off the Live Earth concerts with their indie band, Nunatak.  —  Out front, Crowded House were getting reacquainted …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Muqtada al Sadr back in Iran  —  Muqtada al-Sadr.  —  Mahdi Army leader leaves Iraq and goes to Iran for second time this year  —  Muqtada al Sadr, the leader of the Shia Mahdi Army and the Sadrist bloc in parliament, has left Iraq and is in Iran, military sources told Reuters.
Discussion: Agence France Presse
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Reuters:
Iraq's Sadr back in Iran - U.S. military sources  —  Source: Reuters  —  BAGHDAD, July 8 (Reuters) - Fiery Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has gone back to neighbouring Iran, U.S. military sources in Baghdad said on Sunday.  —  Earlier this year, U.S. officials said the anti-American cleric …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
In White House, Debate Is Rising on Iraq Pullback  —  White House officials fear that the last pillars of political support among Senate Republicans for President Bush's Iraq strategy are collapsing around them, according to several administration officials and outsiders they are consulting.
Steven Weber / The Huffington Post:
What does Al know that we don't?  —  Why, given the opportunity that's been presented to him on a silver Prius, is this man not going to run for (and win) the presidency of the United States?  If ever there was a clarion call to be answered it is this one: heed the will of the majority of the people …
Discussion: Kevin Sullivan
Chicago Sun Times:
CIA leak: Now it can be told  —  Sun-Times columnist and famous Washington insider Robert Novak is one of the most controversial political reporters in America.  In the sweeping memoir The Prince of Darkness, the private man opens up for the first time about his life and career.
Discussion: Macsmind
Washington Post:
All Grown Up — and Going to War  —  July is a month I sincerely hoped would never come.  —  At the end of this month, my young son, my only child, deploys with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.  His departure had been six months away, three months; now it is a matter of weeks.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Edwards to announce poverty tour  —  Can JRE pull off a JFK, or an RFK (asks Politico chief political writer Mike Allen, who is sharing guestblogging duties while Ben is on vacation)?  John Edwards plans to announce Monday that he'll take a break from fund-raising and campaigning …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Sister Toldjah
Martha Deller / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Three men in jail over bomb at church  —  Three Burleson men who belong to a "radical Christian activist group" were in the Johnson County Jail on Friday night after a church deacon caught two of them attempting to ignite an explosive device on Independence Day at a church under construction in north Burleson, authorities said Friday.
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Maha / The Mahablog:   The Wisdom of Doubt, Part V
Florida Times Union:
Files show talks on 'vote caging'  —  Discussions with elections chief were prior to '04 election  —  TALLAHASSEE - Internal city memos show the issue of Republican "vote caging" efforts in Jacksonville's African-American neighborhoods was discussed in the weeks before the 2004 election …
Thers / Firedoglake:
Face the Snark?  Face the Fred.  —  The past few few days have been chock full of fascinating info about Fred Thompson.  Thompson is of course the ungainly actor and undeclared GOP presidential aspirant who smells really nice, at least according to Chris Matthews.
Discussion: National Review and Norwegianity
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justice Secures His Place as a Critic of Integration  —  When Justice Clarence Thomas provided a pivotal vote last month as the Supreme Court struck down school integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle, he suggested the concept of integration was inherently demeaning to black children …
Michael Daly / NY Daily News:
Son is Gore's Al-batross  —  With Al Gore in the news for battling global warming and Al Gore 3rd in the news for getting toasted, my favorite NYPD detective recalled a story that helps explain how father and son each became a particular kind of loser.  —  The story was told to the detective …
Raleigh News & Observer:
Blackwater manager blamed for 2004 massacre in Fallujah  —  When four Blackwater USA security guards were ambushed and massacred in Fallujah in 2004, graphic images showed the world exactly what happened: four men killed, their bodies burned and dragged through the streets.
Gateway Pundit:
She's Baaaa-aaack!  —  Mother Sheehan is back!  —  That pain-filled exodus away from the cameras lasted... a little more than a month.  —  She made a moving announcement to the media last week that she was back in the game- insisting that she was not a media whore.
Chuck Plunkett / Denver Post:
Back-to-back Colo. fundraisers for Sen. Clinton  —  Aspen - Sen. Hillary Clinton drew powerful, deep-pocketed crowds at a pair of fundraisers here Saturday, speaking at length on issues from health care to the environment to removing American troops from Iraq.
 
 
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
On the Wrong Side of 5 to 4, Liberals Talk Tactics
Discussion: Althouse
Dean Baker / American Prospect:
Jobs Report: Sagging Employment Rates
Dean Nelson / Times of London:
Brainwashed children plead to die as martyrs in Red Mosque siege
Telegraph:
Islamic charity linked to car bomb suspect
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
KIKI MUNSHI MEET MICHAEL YON
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Why She Still Rocks  —  Madonna turns La Isla Bonita …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Her Jewish State  —  Soon after our first meeting in her Spartan office …
Discussion: Power Line
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Letter from Washington: Why Bloomberg can't win
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Bruce Lambert / New York Times:
So Far, Both Sides in Suffolk Tax and Immigration Impasse Are Ahead
BBC:
Farewell to a changed, subtle Iran
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Ynetnews:
US closer to cracking Iran's nuclear secrets
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Denis Campbell / Observer:
New health fears over autism surge
Discussion: Tim Worstall
Liberty / Corrente:
Come Home America
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sen. Schumer says they are thinking of calling Patrick Fitzgerald in for questioning
Byron York / Washington Post:
Base to Bush: It's Over
 

 
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