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1:01 PM ET, July 19, 2007

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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Bush: No Deal On Children's Health Plan  —  President Says He Objects On Philosophical Grounds  —  President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew a popular program that provides health coverage to poor children …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
George Bush Leaves Children Behind In Health Insurance Proposal Stance
Discussion: All Spin Zone and Kiko's House
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain's comeback plan  —  Sen. John McCain is circulating talking points to supporters making the case for why he can still win despite his precarious money situation and loss of key staff.  In two documents obtained from a Republican source outside McCain's circle, the campaign compares …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Author of His Own Undoing  —  At noon on April 25, in Prescott Park in Portsmouth, N.H., John McCain announced his presidential candidacy.  Less than two hours earlier, in the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer who had been solicitor general in the Clinton administration spoke in the name of McCain.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain on the Mend?  —  After enduring a week of staff departures …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Activity Guide  —  Democrats want 'John Doe' provision cut  —  Democrats are trying to pull a provision from a homeland security bill that will protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leadership aides.
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Flying Imams — Are Democrats Trying to Sink Pete King's Amendment?  —  In November 2006, six Islamic leaders were removed from a U.S. Airways flight in Minneapolis after they were observed acting suspiciously-including not sitting in their assigned seats, asking for seatbelt extenders although …
hughhewitt.townhall.com:
General David Petraeus on the conditions on the ground in Iraq  —  The Hugh Hewitt Show  —  HH: Welcome, General.  You took over command of the multinational forces in February of this year, February 10.  In the past five months, how have conditions in Iraq changed?
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Tony Snow / USA Today:
Victory in Iraq is vital
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
An Epic Showdown as Harry Potter Is Initiated Into Adulthood  —  So, here it is at last: The final confrontation between Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, the "symbol of hope" for both the Wizard and Muggle worlds, and Lord Voldemort, He Who Must Not Be Named …
Discussion: CBS News and Hot Air
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Editor and Publisher:
A Harry Decision: 'NYT' and 'The Sun' Break Embargo on Potter Book
Discussion: Attytood
Huffington Post:
Harry Potter And The Fact That I Hate The New York Times
Associated Press:
Mysterious insurgent a sham, U.S. says  —  BAGHDAD — Over the past year, Iraqis heard several audio recordings by a mysterious terrorist leader named Omar al-Baghdadi singing the praises of al-Qaida and urging his followers to attack U.S. troops.  —  The whole thing was a sham, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
Discussion: Don Surber and Jules Crittenden
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Jo Becker / New York Times:
Records Show Ex-Senator's Work for Family Planning Unit  —  Billing records show that former Senator Fred Thompson spent nearly 20 hours working as a lobbyist on behalf of a group seeking to ease restrictive federal rules on abortion counseling in the 1990s, even though he recently …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
FACT OR FICTION?  AN UPDATE  —  Last night we noted the New Republic's "Shock troops" article by the pseudonymous "Scott Thomas" portraying the disgraceful behavior of American troops in Baghdad.  Michael Goldbarb has called for help from readers who can shed light on the veracity of the New Republic article.
CBN.com:
Obama Campaign Responds to Sex Education in Kindergarten Comments  —  At first the headline was shocking.  ABC News ran a story with the headline "Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama."  You can read the story here and watch his comments here.  The key excerpt is below:
Andrew Grice / The Independent:
How Murdoch had a hotline to the PM in the run-up to Iraq war  —  Tony Blair had three conversations with the media magnate Rupert Murdoch in the nine days before the start of the Iraq war, the Government has disclosed.  —  Details of the former prime minister's contacts with Mr Murdoch …
Discussion: Attytood and AMERICAblog
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
'Brandeis Boys' come to D.C. Madam's rescue with website of phone listings  —  As the phone records of the "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jeane Palfrey, became public last week, curious Washingtonians started searching a mysterious database at dcphonelist.com that had organized mountains of her documents.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Murdoch's Arrival Worries Journal Employees  —  On May 14, more than 100 reporters, editors and executives clustered in The Wall Street Journal's main newsroom to mark the retirement of Peter R. Kann, the longtime leader of their corporate parent, Dow Jones & Company.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FEMA Suppressed Health Warnings for Workers, Katrina Victims  —  Agency Rejected Environmental Testing on Formaldehyde Gas Levels  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems …
Think Progress:
Bush's Agencies Of Mass Politicization  —  This week's report that officials in the Office of National Drug Control Policy made politically motivated appearances in the months leading up to the 2006 elections are only the latest example of the Bush administration's misuse of federal employees.
Discussion: The Sideshow and Norwegianity
Andrew Ryan / Boston Globe:
None of the above  —  Bill offers voters a way to put action in dissatisfaction: force a new election  —  Massachusetts voters sick of holding their noses on Election Day could get another option: none of the above.  —  The proposal would let voters reject all candidates and demand a new election.
Discussion: Wizbang and Reason Magazine
 
 
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
US to crack down on "terror bankrolls"
Discussion: TalkLeft and WorkingForChange
Gen. Wesley Clark / The Huffington Post:
Blogosphere Day: Time to Invest in Our Future
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
The Debates' New Face  —  Not long ago Kim, a mother of two …
Seumas Milne / Guardian:
Iraq's new coalition: the insurgents
ABCNEWS:
Clinton: No Military Victory in Iraq
Atrios / Eschaton:
Simple  —  The conclusion of this op-ed in the LA Times:
Guardian:
The epic narcissism of Cindy Sheehan
Andrew Pierce / Telegraph:
BBC phone-ins chose fake winners
 Earlier Items: 
The Atlantic Online:
No Such Thing As a Paid Vacation
Jennifer Hunter / Chicago Sun Times:
Republicans flip out over lawyer flap
Atrios / Eschaton:
In Which I Go Insane  —  Washington Post's Lyndsey Layton:
Discussion: Think Progress and Open Left
Nicole Gaudiano / delawareonline:
Biden puts struggles on display in book
Discussion: MSNBC
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Democrats Fail to Win Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Candidates spend heavily on voter lists
Discussion: MSNBC
CBS News:
Poll: Most Support Iraq Timetable
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
KTVT-TV:
UPDATE: Cache Of Weapons Found In Dallas Apartment
Discussion: snapped shot and Jihad Watch
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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