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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Alberto Gonzales Testimony, Part I
Discussion: Agence France Presse and TalkLeft
Faiz / Think Progress:   Schumer Rips Gonzales Over Contradictory Reponses On Spying Program
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Alberto Gonzales Testimony, Part II
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and TPMmuckraker
Ed Tibbetts / Quad City Times:
Clinton takes Obama to task over statements  —  TODAY: (Updated 12:25 p.m.) Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton today called rival Barack Obama's statement that he would meet with the leaders of several countries antagonistic to the United States "irresponsible" and "naive."
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Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Most Top Seed Pairings in 2008 Presidential Election Are Too Close to Call
Discussion: Pollster.com and TIME
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Further politicization of the U.S. military's public statements  —  In light of the decision last week by Gen. David Petraeus to choose Hugh Hewitt, of all people, to interview him, and in light of the post I wrote concerning Gen. Petraeus' three-year history of dubious and seemingly partisan claims …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Is Seen in Iraq Until at Least '09
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
U.S. sets 2008 goal for Iraq security
Discussion: First Draft
David Brooks / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: A Reality-Based Economy  —  The neopopulist story line about skyrocketing inequality and the tides of globalization is incredibly simple-minded.
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Dean Baker / American Prospect:
David Brooks Sets Record for Most Economic Errors in An Oped Column!  —  It looks like David Brooks is training for an Olympic event, he can really stuff a great volume of misinformation into a 750 word oped.  —  Let's see what we've got:  —  1) Brooks says "after a lag, average wages are rising sharply.
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David Freddoso / The Corner:
Dangerous Attack on Free Speech  —  The proprietor of this blog claims that he has filed an FEC complaint against Daily Kos.  Supposedly, this won't fly, based on earlier FEC rulings, but this is nonetheless an outrage against the First Amendment that every conservative should fight vigorously.
New York Times:
Spitzer Aides Cited for Use of Police to Tarnish Bruno  —  Gov. Eliot Spitzer's aides, including one of his closest advisers, improperly used the State Police to gather information about the governor's chief rival, Joseph L. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, in an effort to plant …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Diplomats Received Political Briefings  —  White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted …
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Outsourcing the Picket Line  —  Carpenters Union Hires Homeless to Stage Protests  —  The picketers marching in a circle in front of a downtown Washington office building chanting about low wages do not seem fully focused on their message.  —  Many have arrived with large suitcases …
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
SNAPS AT GUN-TOTING YOUTUBER.  —  Historic Historic CNN YouTube Historic Debate II: Ryan Sager has some afterthoughts.  I agree that the Biden response to the gun-toting You-Tuber was revealing—it showed Biden lacks even moderately calibrated snap judgment—and it was revealing in a way that a) …
Robert Dreyfuss / The Huffington Post:
Another Cheney-Linked Hawk Down  —  Vice President Cheney is losing a trusted aide: David Wurmser, Cheney's chief adviser on Middle East affairs and perhaps the Bush administration's most radical hawk.  According to multiple sources, Wurmser will leave the office of the vice president (OVP) …
Discussion: The Washington Note
Opinion Journal:
Cheese Headcases  —  Wisconsin reveals the cost of "universal" health care.  —  When Louis Brandeis praised the 50 states as "laboratories of democracy," he didn't claim that every policy experiment would work.  So we hope the eyes of America will turn to Wisconsin, and the effort …
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Dems crush GOP in money game  —  From almost any angle, Republicans are facing a Democratic financial tsunami in 2008.  —  In the first six months of this year, Democratic federal candidates and the party's three national committees raised $381 million compared with the $291 million their counterparts collected.
Discussion: QandO and theneweditor.com
 
 
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Obama's Astonishing Moment
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Business Owner Welcomes Bush, But Not His Ideas on Health Care
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Not the Retiring Kind  —  As a retiree, Cindy Sheehan …
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