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10:50 AM ET, July 17, 2007

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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Iran Is Found To Be a Lair of Al Qaeda  —  Intelligence Estimate Cites Two Councils  —  WASHINGTON — One of two known Al Qaeda leadership councils meets regularly in eastern Iran, where the American intelligence community believes dozens of senior Al Qaeda leaders have reconstituted …
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Washington Post:
Exit Strategies  —  Would Iran Take Over Iraq?  Would Al-Qaeda?  The Debate About How and When to Leave Centers on What Might Happen After the U.S. Goes.  —  If U.S. combat forces withdraw from Iraq in the near future, three developments would be likely to unfold.
Associated Press:
Report says al-Qaida seeks to attack U.S.  —  WASHINGTON - The terrorist network Al-Qaida will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil, according to a new National Intelligence Estimate on threats to the United States.
CNN:   Official: Al Qaeda will use Iraq to attack U.S.
New York Times:
Obama's Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors  —  Senator Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a dinner at the luxurious Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco this spring with a few hundred lawyers, executives and investors.  The guests drank a boutique beer with Mr. Obama's face on the label …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Democrats Maneuver To Force Iraq Votes  —  Senate Democratic leaders are planning a rare all-night session tonight, employing theatrics and scheduling votes that they hope will chip away at Republican resolve to back President Bush's Iraq war strategy.  —  Majority Leader Harry M. Reid …
Discussion: MSNBC and AMERICAblog
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Romney spent $300 on makeup 'consulting'  —  What kinds of things do you think of when you hear "communications consulting"?  —  Speechwriting?  Message strategy?  —  Well, "communications consulting" is how presidential candidate Mitt Romney recorded $300 in payments to a California company …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Politico sewer  —  The Politico today is prominently touting …
Discussion: Attytood and Shakesville
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
2008 Nomination Contests Holding Steady With Clinton and Giuliani on Top  —  No further decline in McCain's support despite rough patch on campaign trail  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup survey, conducted July 12-15, 2007, finds little change from earlier this month in public preferences …
Discussion: Pollster.com
New York Times:
The Hand That Controls the Sock Puppet Could Get Slapped  —  Correction Appended  —  On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog — or the chief executive of a Fortune 500 company.  —  Or so thought John Mackey, the chief executive of Whole Foods Market, who used a fictional identity …
Editor and Publisher:
Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal — Questions Bush's 'Mental Stability'  —  NEW YORK The Pittsburgh newspaper owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife yesterday called the Bush administration's plans to stay the course in Iraq a "prescription for American suicide."
Sarah Ellison / Wall Street Journal:
Dow Jones, News Corp. Set Deal  —  Tentative $5 Billion Pact  —  Gets Board Vote Tonight;  —  Family to Meet Thursday  —  News Corp. reached a tentative agreement for the purchase of Dow Jones & Co. at its original $5 billion offer price.  The deal will be put to the full Dow Jones board …
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Belabor the Point  —  Democrats find one government office they want to cut back.  It's the one that exposes union corruption.  —  The new Democratic Congress has finally found a government agency whose budget It wants to cut: an obscure Labor Department office that monitors the compliance of unions with federal law.
Cornelia Dean / New York Times:
Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World  —  In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism.  —  Now another voice is entering the debate, in dramatic fashion.
Discussion: Pharyngula and Whatever
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Habeas Restoration: Down To The Razor Thin Wire  —  I am told by a source who knows the head count that we are within a slim margin on the habeas restoration amendment — and that the vote could still go either way.  It is a razor thin margin right now, which means there is no Senator whose vote can be taken for granted.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and My Left Nutmeg
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
No Magic Bullets For Iraq  —  Leave Washington in the winter, return in midsummer.  First you'll be surprised by the heat, then by the humidity.  Then you'll be surprised by the certainty.  —  Out in the world, there are shades of gray.  Here inside the Beltway, there are black-and-white solutions.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Bush to Bolster Abbas and Seek Peace Talks  —  President Bush announced an initiative on Monday to shore up the Palestinian president and to begin building a Palestinian state, signaling that his administration will use its remaining months to make a major push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
 
 
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The Corner:
A Reminder  —  Washington, D.C. (July 16)-Veterans of the Iraq War …
Discussion: Power Line
David Brooks / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Heroes and History
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Georgia Board Grants Stay Of Execution to Consider Case
Discussion: The RBC and Air America Radio
Matt Kelley / USA Today:
Pentagon approves disputed Iraq costs
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Dan Morain / Los Angeles Times:
He backs Clinton; her backers help him
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Adventures in sock puppetry.
Jack Shafer / Slate:
HOW SHE AND LYNDON CAME BY THEIR MILLIONS.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I've noticed that...  POLLS  —  I've noticed that we're again hearing …
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R. H. Potfry / The Nose On Your Face:
TNOYF vs. CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper On BBC Radio
Senator Russ Feingold / Daily Kos:
The Question of Impeachment - UPDATED
Fox News:
In Meeting With Atheists, Rep. Ellison Compares President Bush to Hitler
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly smears YearlyKos
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:
Read the "confidential memo" …
Randy E. Barnett / Opinion Journal:
Libertarians and the War  —  Ron Paul doesn't speak for all of us.
Michael Yon:
Superman  —  Superman  —  Route Tampa is the major supply route …
Bill Roggio / Daily Iraq Report:
Iraq Report: Major offensive underway in Babil