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10:25 PM ET, June 17, 2008

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Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
Obama Pushes Back on McCain Camp Terrorism Attacks  —  Responding to charges by the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, that comments he made to ABC News indicate he has a “naive” pre-9/11 view of terrorism, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans are not trying …
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Zzaki / Political Punch:
McCain Camp Pounces on Obama Comments From ABC News Interview  —  The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tonight pounced on comments Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made in an interview today with ABC News.  —  This was the exchange in question.  —  TAPPER: Speaking of the Supreme Court …
Alexander Marquardt / CNN:
Obama responds to McCain camp on terrorist prosecution
Discussion: TalkLeft
Fox News:
Candidates' Advisers Accuse Each Other of Weak ‘Mindsets’ on Terror Fight
Discussion: Needlenose
Associated Press:   Obama: Bin Laden still free because of GOP tactics
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
WOULD BIN LADEN GET HABEAS RIGHTS?
James Gerber / Political Radar:
Kerry: McCain Bin Laden Argument ‘Phony’
Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog
Michael Goldfarb / John McCain Report blog:
Barack Obama, Esquire: The 9/10 Candidate
Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories  —  The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles — as few as five words.
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Kos / Daily Kos:
More on the AP idiots … Hey AP — that's 120 words.  Have your lawyers call my lawyers.  —  Media experts are swarming over the AP's takedown notice against two bloggers, claiming that no one is allowed to excerpt from AP stories anymore.  Remember the AP's idiotic assertion:
NY Daily News:
Hil and Obama, together again: First joint appearance to rally her donors  —  Hil and Obama, together again  —  Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama for a joint appearance in Washington next week to persuade her donors to begin giving to the Democrats' nominee, the Daily News has learned.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary Clinton's campaign photo album's got something missing  —  For those of you who still can't quite accept the fact that Hillary Clinton is gone, finished, beaten, defeated as a Democratic presidential candidate, her campaign has just posted an online photo album.  —  For a walk down memory lane, go here.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Rep. Darrell Issa politicizes Russert's death.  —  This afternoon, the House of Representatives took up a resolution honoring the life of Tim Russert.  Following speeches by several speakers who issued heartfelt condolences, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) brazenly exploited Russert's death …
Discussion: Calitics
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NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: Feud for thought
Discussion: The Huffington Post
SteveK / TVNewser:
How F&F Became WPITW  —  Keith Olbermann gave Fox & Friends …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and FishBowlDC
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Canonization of Saint Russert
Discussion: Spin Cycle and FishBowlDC
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Targeting Steny Hoyer for his contempt for the rule of law  —  (updated below - Update II - Update III)  —  It is now definitively clear that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is the driving force behind a bill — written by GOP Sen. Kit Bond — to vest the President with vast …
Francis De Luca / John W. Pope Civitas Institute:
N.C. Poll: McCain Leads Obama 45-41  —  Both Candidates Improve Standing with Base  —  Raleigh, NC - After solidifying the Democratic nomination for President, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has pulled to within four points of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in North Carolina according …
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Nate Silver / The New Republic:
Today's Polls: Yes, Obama's Still Bouncing
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tennessee Center for Policy Research:
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008  —  Gore's personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations  —  NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10% …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Dear Chuck Todd and NBC: Iraq Matters  —  Chuck Todd calls Moveon's latest ad, featuring a mother asking McCain not to kill her child with irresponsible warmongering in Iraq, ‘shameless’.  —  I didn't notice any outcry from NBC when Progress for America aired this ad …
Discussion: MyDD and The Talent Show
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chuck Todd disses Move On's new ad: ‘I think it was a borderline shameless ad’
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Militants found recruits among Guantanamo's wrongly detained  —  GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Mohammed Naim Farouq was a thug in the lawless Zormat district of eastern Afghanistan.  He ran a kidnapping and extortion racket, and he controlled his turf with a band of gunmen who rode around in trucks with AK-47 rifles.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Prairie Weather
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
So much for Obama's Hispanic problem?  —  Chuck Todd and the First Read guys capture something that really stood out to me in that Nevada poll I wrote up yesterday: Obama's much-buzzed-about shortcomings with Latinos don't appear to be real.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Are Dems talking about McCain's age in ‘code’?  —  In a campaign year marked by flare-ups surrounding comments that have offended one group or another, John McCain and Barack Obama have moved on to the next sensitive battleground: the question of McCain's advanced age.
Robert J. Ambrogi / Legal Blog Watch:
Law School Plans to Prosecute Bush  —  The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover will convene a conference in September to lay plans to prosecute President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes.  “This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred …
Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum
Little Green Footballs:
Barack Obama Has Offended Billions of Muslims  —  And now the seething starts: Obama's missteps.
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
In China, Fascination With Obama's Skin Color  —  America may be discussing whether Barack Obama is tough enough to field a 3 a.m. phone call, but for the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the real issue is his race.  —  “Obama's skin color is the biggest focal point of this year's U.S. election …
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
It's Better Than The Rest
Discussion: Attackerman
Lynn Sweet:
Fashion giants Calvin Klein, Anna Wintour host Obama fund-raiser …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Plans Spending Boost, Possible Cut in Business Tax
Discussion: The Campaign Spot
Jessica Peres / KGO-TV:
Some counties refuse same-sex marriages
Anne E. Kornblut / The Trail:
Obama Accuses McCain of Playing Politics with National Security
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HOW COULD I FORGET?  —  Back on the topic of using Jim Woolsey …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias:
Brain Scan  —  Via Andrew Sullivan new research on the neurobiology of sexual orientation:
Discussion: Eschaton and The Daily Dish
The Independent:
Leading article: The tragic legacy of a disastrous president
 Earlier Items: 
Megan McArdle:
Culture matters  —  Kerry Howley has a fascinating piece in Reason on fertility panics.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Guilty of Experience  —  In 1981, Prince Charles had a problem.
Discussion: Extreme Mortman
Christian Science Monitor:
THE DEATH OF U.S. STRATEGY IN IRAQ
CNN:
Fifth severed foot found on Canadian coast
Michelle Malkin:
Haditha Watch: Charges dismissed against Lt. Col. Chessani
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Put Your Right Wing In, Take Your Left Wing Out
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