memeorandum: Kos: Tillman Murdered for Chomsky Admiration, Antiwar Views (Rusty/The Jawa Report)

1:50 AM ET, July 28, 2007

Top Items:

White House Conference Call On Executive Privilege (Update: Executive Privilege Analysis) — The White House hosted a blogger conference call to discuss the issues surrounding the Bush administration's use of executive privilege in the probe of the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Impolitic, bustardblog, Balloon Juice, The Newshoggers, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, GregsOpinion.com and Wake up America

The Raw Story:

White House calls bloggers to push privilege — At the urging of top conservative bloggers, the White House set up a Friday morning conference call to promote its message on the subject of executive privilege, RAW STORY has found. "The White House hosted a blogger conference call to discuss …

Discussion: Think Progress, Firedoglake and Crooks and Liars

David Stout / New York Times:

White House Backs Gonzales on Testimony — The White House offered a vigorous defense of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today, insisting that he had not given misleading testimony to Congress, but that national security factors prevented further clarification for now.

Discussion: FP Passport, Midtopia, Brian Beutler and Daily Kos

Carrie Budoff / The Politico:

'No more confirmations of Bush high court nominees' — New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush "except in extraordinary circumstances."

Discussion: Power Line, Comments From Left Field, Redstate, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Wizbang, Townhall.com, Viking Pundit and Gateway Pundit

Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Democrat charges U.S. justices "duped" Senate

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and michellemalkin.com

Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

Another Thompson resignation — Another aide to Fred Thompson's campaign-in-waiting resigned last night, two sources close to the campaign confirm. Tom Frechette had been effectively serving as campaign manager Tom Collamore's deputy. Collamore was removed from his post Tuesday and given a "senior adviser" role.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, The Newshoggers, MSNBC, Wake up America, Cliff Schecter, National Review and race42008.com

Kombiz Lavasany / Democratic National Committee:

Rough Seas Ahead For Thompson — The Fred Thompson campaign has seen some tough times lately, confronted with his record as a lobbyist and the subsequent cover-up. That was followed by staff problems at the very top of the campaign. — But rather than kick a man when he's down, we decided to throw him a life vest.

Discussion: Blogs For Fred Thompson and BobGeiger.com

Digby / Hullabaloo:
Frederick of Hollywood and the Tiny Silicone Penis

Discussion: Cliff Schecter

CNN Political Ticker:

Clinton seeks 'cleavage' cash — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Few political fundraising e-mails have ever carried the subject header "cleavage," but White House hopeful Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign sent a solicitation to supporters Friday with the attention-grabbing header in order to decry …

Discussion: New York Times, WIMN's Voices, Wonkette, New York Times, The Carpetbagger Report, Washington Times and MSNBC

Washington Post:

Let the Cleavage Conversation Begin — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has sent out a fundraising letter calling a Washington Post fashion writer's column on Clinton's cleavage "grossly inappropriate" and asking donors "to take a stand against this kind of coarseness and pettiness in American culture."

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Democratic Daily, Don Surber, Jules Crittenden, All Spin Zone, NewsBusters.org, Extreme Mortman, Hot Air, Balloon Juice and Althouse

Rusty / The Jawa Report:

Kos: Tillman Murdered for Chomsky Admiration, Antiwar Views — It's about time someone finally connected Noam Chomsky to Pat Tillman's death. Another Kos diarist goes off the deep end. This time with help from the AP which leads yet another story about the tragic death of Pat Tillman with this:

Discussion: At-Largely, Riehl World View, Little Green Footballs, The Impolitic, Comments From Left Field and Liberty Street

Think Progress:
Time For President To Come Clean On Tillman Cover-Up

Discussion: The Newshoggers

Josh Swiller / The Huffington Post:
Who Killed Pat Tillman?

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal

Faiz / Think Progress:

Chickenhawk Congressman Smears Military Expert — Center for American Progress military expert Lawrence Korb testified before the House Armed Services Committee this morning, challenging escalation proponents to have the courage of their convictions and call for a draft if they would like the surge to continue indefinitely.

Discussion: Buckeye State Blog

Center for American Progress:
Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow

Discussion: Think Progress

Amanda / Think Progress:

Bush Administration Subpoenas Michael Moore — For the filming of his documentary SiCKO, Michael Moore took sick 9/11 workers to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to help them obtain free medical care. "The (rescue workers) just want medical attention!" Moore shouts into a loudspeaker in the movie …

Discussion: Mouth of the Potomac and Brian Beutler

UPI:
Your Thoughts — Let him claim executive privilege and ignore the subpoena.

Discussion: Cliff Schecter

Phillip Carter / INTEL DUMP:

Review: "No End In Sight" — On Tuesday, I attended a screening of the new Iraq documentary "No End in Sight" in Los Angeles which was co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress and USC's Center for Public Diplomacy. (The movie is reviewed today in the New York Times.)

Discussion: TalkLeft

A. O. Scott / New York Times:
In the Beginning: Focusing on the Iraq War Enablers

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Ana Marie Cox / Time:

Will the G.O.P. Say No to YouTube? — The sequel to the self-styled "ground-breaking" YouTube debate on CNN may be history before it even begins. — The Rudy Giuliani campaign has cited scheduling conflicts in saying it will skip the Republican version of this week's Democratic debate …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, Townhall.com, Daily Kos and TIME: Swampland

Post / Washington Post:
YOUTUBE, TAKE TWO Few GOP Candidates Commit to Debate

Discussion: Althouse, The Jawa Report, Pajamas Media, Bluey Blog, Hot Air, Firedoglake, NewsBusters.org, Heading Right, michellemalkin.com, Wizbang, CBS News, Crooks and Liars and Townhall.com

David S. Cloud / New York Times:

U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia — The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to total $20 billion over the next decade at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis …

Discussion: democracyarsenal.org, The Agonist, Connecting.the.Dots and The Gun Toting Liberal™

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Edwards: "They want to shut me up" — MyDD flags an intense minute and a half from John Edwards in Creston, Iowa, yesterday in which he heatedly tells an audience that the attention to trivia (I assume the reference here is to his haircuts) is "not an accident" and that "they want to shut me up" …

Discussion: Political Insider, Sister Toldjah, Liberal Values, Ian Schwartz, The Corner, Hot Air and Riehl World View

Christopher Drew / New York Times:

Scientists' Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere — Computer scientists from California universities have hacked into three electronic voting systems used in California and elsewhere in the nation and found several ways in which vote totals could potentially be altered …

Discussion: Obsidian Wings

Fred File:

On Federalism — The Framers drew their design for our Constitution from a basic understanding of human nature. From the wisdom of the ages and from fresh experience, they understood the better angels of our nature, and the less admirable qualities of human beings entrusted with power.

Discussion: WILLisms.com and Wake up America