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Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ — Detailed Discussions Were Held About Techniques to Use on al Qaeda Suspects — By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG and ARIANE de VOGUE — In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House …
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Marc Ambinder:
War Crimes — A provocative headline, I know, perhaps needlessly so, but it remains one of those hidden secrets in Washington that a Democratic Justice Department is going to be very interested in figuring out whether there's a case to be made that senior Bush Administration officials were guilty of war crimes.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads Clinton by 10 Points — Second double-digit lead for Obama in Gallup tracking — PRINCETON, NJ — For the third consecutive day, Barack Obama holds a significant advantage over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences for the Democratic presidential nomination, now 51% to 41%.
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Canadian Press:
Canadian voters ‘heart’ Obama despite NAFTA — OTTAWA — The NAFTA controversy has done nothing to diminish Barack Obama's popularity with Canadian voters, a new poll suggests. — In fact, a Harris-Decima survey suggests Canadian support for the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate …
Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
As Chicago Bids for Games, Obama Ducks Olympics Criticism — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama doesn't seem to want to talk about the Olympics or Senator Clinton's call for a boycott of the opening ceremonies on August 8, 2008. — At a town hall in Malvern, Pennsylvania …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The Aria of Chris Matthews — Whenever Chris Matthews says something he likes, which happens a lot, he repeats it often and at volumes suggesting a speaker who feels insufficiently listened to at times. “Tim Russert finally reeled the big marlin into the boat tonight,” Matthews yelled …
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Cathryn Khalil / KLTV-TV:
Athens School ‘Attack’ Proven To Be False, Girl To Be Charged — There are major new developments today in the case of a supposed beating of a student from Athens Middle School. — Charges are being filed against 13 year old Melanie Bowers by Athens ISD through the Henderson County District …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
For Many, a Boom That Wasn't — How has the United States economy gotten to this point? — It's not just the apparent recession. Recessions happen. If you tried to build an economy immune to the human emotions that produce boom and bust, you would end up with something that looked like East Germany.
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
AP photographer granted Iraqi amnesty — BAGHDAD - An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him released nearly two years after he was detained by the U.S. military.
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Hillary's slick willies — Does Hillary surround herself with girly men? Obama and the experience question. Plus: Lincoln, Madonna's new face and a Bush with real authority. — I would like to get your feedback on the subject of those who end up in Hillary's orbit.
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John Sides / The Monkey Cage:
Implicit Prejudice Revealed: Opposition to a Woman President … That is from an interesting new paper by Matthew Streb, Barbara Burrell, Brian Frederick, and Michael Genovese (gated here, ungated here). — Here's the experiment, which was conducted in a March 2006 poll.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:STUDY: 26% “ANGRY OR UPSET” BY FEMALE PRESIDENT....Last month …
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Matthew Yglesias
Bill Scher / Today's Ideas & Actions:
Occupying Iraq Is Just Like Occupying ... Alabama? — Earlier this week, I mentioned that the conservative blog RedState is trying to pressure the traditional media to treat critiques of John McCain's embrace of a 100-year occupation of Iraq as lies and distortion.
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Liberal Values, QandO, Prometheus 6, The Carpetbagger Report and Democratic National Committee
Online NewsHour:
Hearings Rekindle Debate on Military Progress in Iraq — Gen. David Petraeus recommended a halt to future troop withdrawals to “preserve the still-fragile security gains” in Iraq during Senate hearings Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker. Military experts analyze …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Elton John: ‘To hell with them’ — There's a real crowd at Radio City, complete with scalpers, and lines around the block for Elton John and the Clintons. — Toward the back of one line: Frank Luntz, Lanny Davis, and Doug Schoen. ("I used to be in business with Mark Penn," Schoen joked.)
Southern Political Report:
New InsiderAdvantage Poll — Latest InsiderAdvantage Poll Pennsylvania Primary: Clinton 48%, Obama 38% — A new InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton regaining some ground she'd previously lost to Sen. Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary race.
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Canada NewsWire Group:
Commission Issues Statement on Decision in Maclean's Cases — The Ontario Human Rights Commission has decided not to proceed with complaints filed against Maclean's magazine related to its publication of an article “The future belongs to Islam.” The complainants alleged that the content …
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Overlawyered
Kathy / five feet of fury.:
Richard Warman suing conservative bloggers — including me — Richard “The Boy Named Sue” Warman has finally filed his statement of claim. — Canada's busiest litigant, serial “human rights” complainant and — the guy Mark Steyn has called “Canada's most sensitive man” …
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Young America's Foundation:
Star Parker not welcome at University of St. Thomas — Catholic university to black, pro-life speaker: You're not Welcomed! — ...but we'll make room for Al Franken and transgender speakers — Herndon, VA - Liberal administrators at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic university …
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