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4:15 PM ET, October 24, 2007

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Drudge Report:
SHOCK DOCS: THE NEW REPUBLIC 'SHOCK TROOPS' STORY COLLAPSES  —  The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained internal documents from the investigation of THE NEW REPUBLIC'S "Baghdad Diarist", Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private turned war correspondent who reported tales of military malfeasance from the Iraq War front.
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Michelle Malkin:
Drudge: The Beauchamp transcripts; Foer to Beauchamp: "Let us control the way this story proceeds;" Foer exploits Beauchamp's wife: "Ellie sent me an e-mail to tell you that it's the most important thing in the world for her that you say that you didn't recant."  —  Update 2:51pm Eastern.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Drudge: Leaked documents prove TNR's Beauchamp story has collapsed?  Update: Drudge pulls documents?  Update: TNR preparing to torpedo Drudge?  —  Haven't even had time to read it yet.  Just tossing it up so that you guys have a place to comment while you read it yourselves.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
MORE BEAUCHAMP....Drudge has more on the Scott Thomas Beauchamp affair:
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
That Took Foerever: Beauchamp Story Collapses
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Pundit
Confederate Yankee:   Boom: Drudge Scoops Docs to Sink TNR
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bush is the biggest spender since LBJ  —  WASHINGTON — George W. Bush, despite all his recent bravado about being an apostle of small government and budget-slashing, is the biggest spending president since Lyndon B. Johnson.  In fact, he's arguably an even bigger spender than LBJ.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Big Spender From Out West
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama Camp Says It: He'll Support Filibuster Of Any Bill Containing Telecom Immunity  —  It's official: Obama will back a filibuster of any Senate FISA legislation containing telecom immunity, his campaign has just told Election Central.  The Obama campaign has just sent over the following statement from spokesman Bill Burton:
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Chris Dodd's leadership vs. Clinton and Obama's game playing  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Chris Dodd appeared yesterday for a speech and Q&A session sponsored by FireDogLake regarding his commitment to doing everything possible to prevent telecom amnesty.  It can be viewed in its entirety here.
Media Matters for America:
MSNBC's Carlson "outraged" by discussion of Giuliani's marriages — but not the Clintons' … On the October 22 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, discussing a statement by Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) regarding Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani that "sons respect and admire their fathers …
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Judge Opposed by Democrats  —  The Senate today confirmed President Bush's choice for the federal appeals court that handles cases from Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas despite complaints from many Democrats and from civil rights organizations that he is not committed to racial equality.
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
GOP scores big win with Southwick confirmation
Discussion: NION, DownWithTyranny! and AMERICAblog
Craig Franklin / Christian Science Monitor:
MEDIA MYTHS ABOUT THE JENA 6  —  A local journalist tells the story you haven't heard.  —  Republish  —  JENA, LA. - By now, almost everyone in America has heard of Jena, La., because they've all heard the story of the "Jena 6."  White students hanging nooses barely punished …
Rasmussen Reports:
Comedian Colbert Reaches Double Digits As Third-Party Candidate  —  Comedian Stephen Colbert is not a threat to win the presidency, but the odds are that that his satire will win plenty of laughs and maybe even some votes.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Colbert …
Matt / Think Progress:
O'Reilly: J.K. Rowling Is A 'Provocateur' For 'The Gay Agenda' Of 'Indoctrination'  —  Last Friday, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed that one of the central characters in the series, Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, was gay.  Though Rowling says her books are a …
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Deborah Netburn / Los Angeles Times:
Seven clues that 'Potter's' Dumbledore was gay
Discussion: LAist, Open Left and Bookworm Room
Faiz / Think Progress:
CA Guard Warned Of 'Less Effective Response' To Fires Due To Equipment Shortages Caused By Iraq  —  The San Francisco Chronicle reported last May that the California National Guard had been depleted and warned that severe "equipment shortages could hinder the guard's response to a large-scale disaster," such as a "major fire":
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Mike Allen / The Politico:   Brownie: Bush not doing heckuva job on fires
Editor and Publisher:
Former Sen. Rick Santorum Gets 'Philadelphia Inquirer' Column  —  NEW YORK A press conference will be held at 1:30 this afternoon at the Philadelphia Inquirer to announce that it has added former Sen. Rick Santorum to its stable of columnists.  —  Also hired is George Curry, the former editor of Emerge magazine.
Cynthia R. Fagan / New York Post:
PROTESTOR ATTACKS CONDOLEEZZA RICE ON CAPITOL HILL  —  WOMAN TRIES TO SMEAR PAINT ON SECRETARY  —  An anti-war protestor, whose hands were painted red to look like blood, stormed up to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as she arrived to testify on Capitol Hill this morning, shouting …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Is this the Syrian nuke reactor bombed by Israel?  —  Some clever soul used the info from this morning's WaPo story about photographs of the reactor circulating among intel types to try to find it on Google Earth.  With possible success: follow the link in Dan Riehl's post and see for yourself.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
RUDY AWAKENING....What would Rudy Giuliani be like as president?  In our November issue, Rachel Morris looks for the answer by digging around in the nooks and crannies of his two terms as mayor of New York City.  Here's an excerpt: … Choosing the best presidential candidate among the 2008 contenders is a tough job.
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The New Clinton Propaganda Machine  —  WATCH IT REV UP.  —  Politicians don't call it dissembling, deceiving, or lying.  They call it media management, and no administration has practiced this black art better in recent times than that of President Bill Clinton.
 
 
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