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4:50 PM ET, October 2, 2007

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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Dems push new tax to fund war  —  Three senior House Democrats are proposing a new tax to pay for the Iraq war, as well as vowing to oppose any funding bill for Iraq that does not include a policy for ending the conflict.  —  House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Seize on Limbaugh to Distract from their Iraq Surrender  —  The Senate yesterday passed the annual defense authorization bill with little fanfare.  Although it was intended to be the vehicle for any Iraq restrictions Democrats could come up with, it passed by an eye-popping 92-3.
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Increase Domestic Spending; Propose Tax Increases for 'the War'  —  A little while ago I wrote about the plans of Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel to raise taxes by as much as $1 trillion over the next decade.  Today several Democratic leaders in the House have debuted …
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Obey: No Iraq supplemental until course change  —  President Bush will not get an Iraq war supplemental spending bill until he changes course on the war, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said Tuesday.  The powerful lawmaker also voiced his support for a "war tax."
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Approps Chair Obey Says He'll Block Funding For War Without Withdrawal Date
Discussion: TalkLeft
Gen. Wesley Clark / The Huffington Post:
Take Rush Limbaugh Off Armed Forces Radio  —  Click here to email Congress to take Rush Limbaugh off Armed Forces Radio.  —  Last week, Rush Limbaugh labeled any American soldier who supports an end to the war in Iraq as "phony."  We challenged Limbaugh through an email campaign …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Anti-war veterans target Limbaugh  —  An anti-war group consisting of veterans from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is launching an ad Tuesday that attacks popular conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh.  —  The group, VoteVets.org, is spending $60,000 on the ad, which will air on Fox News and CNN.
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote  —  Deficit Hawks Defect  —  As Social Issues Prevail;  —  'The Party Left Me'  —  \*country-region\*country-regionWASHING TON\*\* — The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title.
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Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
The GOP Has Some Re-Branding to Do  —  A couple of significant stories …
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Horses Mouth:
A lot of people are talking about the big speech Barack Obama gave today calling for multilateral nuclear disarmament.  But I wanted to focus in on what I think is a significant aspect of the speech that has little to do with the actual policy questions addressed here.
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Christopher Wills / Associated Press:
Obama urges eliminating nuclear weapons
Discussion: CBS News
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Giuliani directs fire at GOP rivals  —  Mitt Romney had his end-of-the-quarter expectation-setting memo, and now, before he releases his fundraising numbers, Rudy Giuliani is launching the final quarter of the year with some framing of his own.  —  Brent Seaborn, Giuliani's strategy director …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Caucus
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Perino: Bush Will Veto SCHIP 'Quietly' Without 'Ceremony'  —  Both the Senate and the House have passed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) with strong bipartisan majorities.  In today's White House press briefing, a reporter said that Democratic leaders …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Newsflash: Press Biased  —  Today, on the front page of The Washington Post, we see the third in a three-part series on roadside bombs in Iraq.  The stories in this series have been centered on the top half of the page and highlighted in red (a device I don't recall seeing before).
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Rick Atkinson / Washington Post:   'You can't armor your way out of this problem'
Anita Hill / New York Times:
The Smear This Time  —  ON Oct. 11, 1991, I testified about my experience as an employee of Clarence Thomas's at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  —  I stand by my testimony.  —  Justice Thomas has every right to present himself as he wishes in his new memoir, "My Grandfather's Son."
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ABCNEWS:
GMA Exclusive: Anita Hill
Discussion: Washington Wire
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
ISSA: WATCH OUT, WAXMAN  —  Rep. Darrell Issa went on CSPAN's Washington Journal this morning and had this to say about the House oversight committee's investigation of Blackwater (via Atrios): … Here's the video:
Discussion: Eschaton
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Marco Martinez / Townhall.com:
Marine Hero: The 5 Things I Saw that Make Me Support the War  —  Liberals often like to say that "violence is senseless."  —  That's wrong.  —  Violence isn't senseless.  Senseless violence is senseless.  And I should know.  Before being awarded the Navy Cross and having the privilege of becoming a Marine, I was a gang member.
Natan Sharansky / Wall Street Journal:
Palestinian Propaganda Coup  —  Last month, a French court heard an appeals case whose forthcoming verdict will have far-reaching ramifications for all who value truth and accuracy in Middle East news reporting.  The case involves Philippe Karsenty, a French journalist and media commentator …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Angry, hateful liberal bloggers  —  On Protein Wisdom — the right-wing blog of Pajamas Media's Jeff Goldstein — there is a "response" to a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago concerning the exaggerations of the Muslim threat from Marty Peretz's assistant, Jamie Kirchick of The New Republic and Commentary.
Associated Press:
Mobile phones seized in restive southern Thailand depict gruesome videos  —  PATTANI, Thailand: Police in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand said Tuesday that mobile phones seized from an attack site contain video clips showing suspected insurgents beheading their victims and in one case, cutting off a soldier's sex organ.
 
 
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Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
Thompson the Revolutionary  —  Stephen F. Hayes recently …
Discussion: The Corner
Christian L. Tom / CNN:
Professors, students protest Rumsfeld
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Mark Henderson / Times of London:
Incas fattened up their children before sacrifice on the volcano
CNN:
Blackwater contractor wrote government report on incident
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Washington Post Polls Democrats; Shows Support for Iraq Mission
Discussion: The Reaction
Gretchen Peters Reports / The Blotter:
Throwing in the Towel in Pakistan
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Jerusalem Post:
Censorship lifted on September 6 IAF strike inside Syria
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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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