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9:10 AM ET, July 17, 2007

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Deborah Tate / Voice of America:
US Senate Democrats Plan Around-the-Clock Debate on Iraq  —  U.S. Senate Democratic leaders are planning an around-the-clock debate on Iraq beginning Tuesday to try to pressure Republicans to vote for legislation calling for a withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next April.
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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: AMERICAblog
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
GOP candidates fear Iraq war fallout
Discussion: Daily Kos and Riehl World View
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 …
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 …
Randy E. Barnett / Opinion Journal:
Libertarians and the War  —  Ron Paul doesn't speak for all of us.  —  While the number of Americans who self-identify as "libertarian" remains small, a substantial proportion agree with the core stances of limited constitutional government in both the economic and social spheres …
Michael Yon:
Superman  —  Superman  —  Route Tampa is the major supply route for Coalition forces in Iraq.  Billions of dollars' worth of gear and supplies are pumped up the northbound artery, while rumbling down the southbound vein back to Kuwait are damaged vehicles, units returning from a year or longer at war and convoys of empty trucks.
Discussion: QandO, Pat Dollard and The Belmont Club
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:
Read the "confidential memo" from the Minnesota Republican Party that is the basis of CREW's FEC complaint  —  CREW filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint today against the Republican Party of Minnesota and its former treasurer, Marina Taubenberger, alleging multiple egregious violations …
Discussion: Norwegianity
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.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly smears YearlyKos  —  Bill O'Reilly sent his rinky-dink camera crew over to assault the CEO of JetBlue because they sponsored YearlyKos.  It's another embarrassing effort by O'Reilly to smear people who he feels threatened by and a larger response by FOX News itself for being finally seen as an arm of the GOP.
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: My Left Nutmeg
R. H. Potfry / The Nose On Your Face:
TNOYF vs. CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper On BBC Radio  —  Potfry was on BBC Radio last night with Ibrahim Hooper from CAIR, discussing Islamic Rage Boy.  —  For those of you who don't know Islamic Rage Boy, his history at TNOYF can be found here.  —  The BBC Radio page, and audio of the debate, is here.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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 …
Senator Russ Feingold / Daily Kos:
The Question of Impeachment - UPDATED  —  Last week I came here to discuss how I plan to tighten my legislation to end the open-ended military mission in Iraq so the Administration would not be able to exploit it and keep tens of thousands of troops, if not more, stuck in the middle of an Iraqi civil war.
Discussion: Redstate, Althouse and Democrats.com
David Hambling / Popular Mechanics:
Better Bombs: Scientists Develop Metal That Explodes on Impact  —  When most bombs go off,  —  they release a spray of deadly shards of steel.  Now, imagine that those shards were themselves explosive, detonating in a massive chain reaction.  It's for real: Defense contractors are harnessing …
Discussion: WILLisms.com and Secular Blasphemy
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I've noticed that...  POLLS  —  I've noticed that we're again hearing …
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Editor and Publisher:
Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal …
New York Times:
The Hand That Controls the Sock Puppet Could Get Slapped
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Althouse
Fox News:
In Meeting With Atheists, Rep. Ellison Compares President Bush to Hitler
Jennifer Hunter / Chicago Sun Times:
GOP lawyer sold on Dems
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Kafeel's dream was to build housing complex where Shariat would rule
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Chrisena Coleman / NY Daily News:
G.I. in shoot scam: better shot in Bronx than in Baghdad
Discussion: Salon and Prairie Weather
NY Daily News:
Not too short, rich or Jewish
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The Corner:
Up All Night With Harry
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Harry R. Weber / The Huffington Post:
Condemned Ga. Killer Wins 90-Day Stay
New York Times:
Obama's Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors
Bill Roggio / Daily Iraq Report:
Iraq Report: Major offensive underway in Babil
Financial Times:
UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
Bush Bakered  —  Today President Bush gave a speech …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
FREE THE SOLDIERS RALLY NYC Let My People Go
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Ronpauldelaware / Delaware's Ron Paul Blog:
Military Favors Ron Paul Over McCain