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2:47 AM ET, July 18, 2007

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Live-Blogging The Senate Iraq Filibuster — [ThinkProgress is at the Capitol building, live-blogging the all-night conservative filibuster of Iraq withdrawal legislation.] — 12:27 AM: 1,000 people gathered outside the Capitol tonight for a rally and candlelight vigil.

Discussion: BobGeiger.com, The Gavel, TalkLeft, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post, Norwegianity, Hullabaloo and Pam's House Blend

Media Matters for America:

On Good Morning America, Sawyer falsely claimed Reid "vows to filibuster" — During the July 17 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-anchor Diane Sawyer falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "vows to filibuster, talking all night to close out all topics besides a vote on Iraqi troop withdrawals."

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Daily Kos, The Carpetbagger Report, The Vanity Press, Talking Points Memo, Fact-esque and The Agonist

Washington Post:

Senators Pull All-Nighter For Debate On Iraq War — GOP Denounces Effort As Political Theatrics — Democrats rolled out cots and ordered pizzas as they settled in for a marathon Senate debate on Iraq last night that featured numerous speeches but little chance of getting any closer to resolving the stalemate over how to end the war.

Discussion: Reuters, Firedoglake and AMERICAblog

Mike Allen / The Politico:

A look inside the war rooms on the war — Leaders are instructing Democratic lawmakers to blitz their states with anti-Bush messages as the Senate gears up for an all-night debate on Iraq withdrawal, according to an internal memo provided to The Politico by a Democratic official.

Discussion: Redstate, Blogcritics Section and Hot Air

Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout

Discussion: Sister Toldjah

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
McClatchy on why...

Discussion: McClatchy Washington Bureau

Satyam / Think Progress:
Nuclear Option Conservatives Embrace Permanent Filibuster For A Permanent Occupation

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mad Kane's Political Madness, Norwegianity, Campaign for America's Future, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Tangled Webs, The Hill and MSNBC

Jay Newton-Small / Time:
Do the Dems Want to Win on Iraq?

Discussion: The Poor Man Institute and TIME: Swampland

John Bresnahan / The Politico:

GOP establishment rallies around Bush — The Republican establishment is rallying to the defense of President Bush and his controversial war strategy, with some GOP members of Congress cherry-picking intelligence about a resurgent Al Qaeda to buy at least two more months for Bush's Iraq strategy.

Discussion: New York Times, Confederate Yankee and AMERICAblog

Walter Pincus / Washington Post:

Intelligence Report Warns of al-Qaeda's Capabilities — Worldwide counterterror efforts have restrained Osama bin Laden's network from again attacking the United States, but al-Qaeda's capabilities to mount such an attack have been "protected or regenerated" partly by securing a safe haven …

Discussion: Salon, The Gun Toting Liberal™, The Democratic Daily, At-Largely, Daily Kos, Riehl World View and Prairie Weather

Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Experts: Unclassified Report 'Pure Pablum,' Hides Truth

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, Washington Monthly, bustardblog, The Carpetbagger Report, Riehl World View, Washington Post and Little Green Footballs

New York Times: Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan

ESPN:

Falcons' Vick indicted by grand jury in dogfighting probe — Michael Vick has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the dogfighting probe of his property in Virginia. — The indictment alleges that Vick and his co-defendants began sponsoring dogfighting in early 2001 …

Discussion: The Reaction, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Whim and Shakesville

ABCNEWS:
NFL Star Sacked in Dogfight Probe

Discussion: Captain's Quarters and WILLisms.com

CBS News:
Michael Vick Indicted By Grand Jury

Discussion: The Smoking Gun, protein wisdom, Outside The Beltway and ESPN

Joan Walsh / Salon:

The Salon Interview: Elizabeth Edwards — On her confrontation with Ann Coulter, why she backs gay marriage — and why Edwards is a better choice for women than Hillary Clinton. — Elizabeth Edwards listens to her husband speak at a campaign event in Concord, N.H., April 2, 2007.

Discussion: MSNBC, New York Times, TIME: Swampland, Althouse, Brian Beutler, Political Radar, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, National Review, Riehl World View and Brilliant at Breakfast

Klaus Marre / The Hill:

Wamp: Thompson is close to joining '08 race — Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House. — "My view is that he'll enter the race at some point just in the coming days," said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.

Discussion: The Crone Speaks and California Conservative

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP Poll: GOP pick is 'none of the above'

Discussion: CNN, MyDD, Dick Polman's American Debate, theneweditor.com, Street Prophets, CNN Political Ticker, Open Left, The American Mind, The Gun Toting Liberal™, The Carpetbagger Report, All Spin Zone, Donklephant, Vox Popoli, DownWithTyranny!, The Right's Field and Democrats.com

Washington Times:

Bush office is anti-Muslim, group says — A Muslim civil rights group today blamed Bush administration policies for promoting "Islamophobia" and said the "war on terror" won't stop terrorists. — "The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," …

Discussion: Don Surber, Riehl World View, Jihad Watch, Power Line, Stop The ACLU, Atlas Shrugs and Little Green Footballs

Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:

FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande — Brian Ross Reports: — The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, La Shawn Barber's Corner, Hot Air, Blue Crab Boulevard and Lonewacko

Max Boot / Commentary:

More News from Ramadi — You don't hear much about Anbar Province anymore. That's because this area, once the scene of the heaviest fighting in Iraq, has turned remarkably quiet of late. Attacks are down 80 percent since last year. If there is any cause for optimism in Iraq this is it …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, QandO, Weekly Standard and The Corner

James Thorner / St. Petersburg Times:

Cigarmakers in a panic … Eric Newman punches the numbers on his calculator and gapes at the results one more time. — It's no mathematical error: The federal government has proposed raising taxes on premium cigars, the kind Newman's family has been rolling for decades in Ybor City, by as much as 20,000 percent.

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, Wizbang, Chronicle of the Conspiracy and ProfessorBainbridge.com ®

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

It's amazing what... STAY UP ALL NIGHT WITH US! SORTA — It's amazing what people will do when they're into politics. — One thing I know a lot of you are going to do is stay up all night watching the filibuster hijinx in the senate. We're going to watch a lot of it here at TPM.