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3:50 AM ET, June 23, 2008

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Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said.  He was 71.
Discussion: The American Mind
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Dean Goodman / Reuters:
Edgy comic George Carlin dies in L.A. at age 71  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday.  He was 71.
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Matt / Think Progress:
Kristol: Bush Might Bomb Iran If He 'Thinks Senator Obama's Going To Win'  —  On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said that President Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he believes Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is going to be elected.
Joshua / OneFreeKorea:
Obama Gets Another Unwanted Endorsement  —  [Update: Well, that didn't take long.  Welcome from Little Green Footballs, Michelle Maklin, the Jawa Report, the unlinkable Memeorandum, and my good friend at Gateway Pundit.  Regulars here know that I'm completely disgusted with Bush's own appeasement …
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See-Dubya / michellemalkin.com:
YES! The ultimate Obama endorsement! (UPDATED)
Discussion: TigerHawk
Little Green Footballs:
More Celebrity Endorsements for Barack Obama: Kim Jong-Il and Fidel Castro
Discussion: World Tribune.com
MSNBC:
NBC's Tom Brokaw will moderate ‘Meet the Press’ through election  —  Beginning on Sunday, June 29, NBC News' Tom Brokaw will serve as moderator of “Meet the Press” through the 2008 presidential election.  The broadcast will continue to originate from the NBC News Bureau in Washington D.C …
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Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Election Preferences Are Stable  —  PRINCETON, NJ — National registered voters' preferences for the general election remain closely divided between Democrat Barack Obama (46%) and Republican John McCain (44%).  —  Gallup Poll Daily tracking for June 19-21 shows …
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Jane Sutton / Reuters:
Clinton praises Obama's greenhouse policy, sort of
Discussion: The Corner, Liberal Values and TIME.com
Dafna Linzer / ProPublica:
Lost in Translation: Alhurra—America's Troubled Effort to Win Middle East Hearts and Minds  —  An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired anti-American and anti-Israeli viewpoints …
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
U.S. TV Station Fails to Find Niche in Middle East
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
David Broder wanks away on the McCain Town Hall meetings that Obama turned down.  —  Obama's money advantage really has the Beltway Villagers very upset.  David Broder comes out and blasts Obama in behalf of his pal John McCain in his new column.  Chris Cillizza thinks Broder is EF Hutton so you'd all better listen.
Discussion: The Other McCain
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Washington Post:
Obama Moves To Reintroduce Himself to Voters  —  In the opening weeks of the general-election campaign, Sen. Barack Obama has moved aggressively to shape his campaign and offered a clear road map for the kind of candidate he is likely to become in the months ahead: an ambitious gamer of the electoral map …
Discussion: Macsmind and Ed Driscoll.com
New York Times:
Staten Island G.O.P. Candidate Dies  —  The candidate endorsed by Republican leaders to run for a Congressional seat being vacated by Representative Vito J. Fossella died on Sunday morning at his home in Staten Island, party leaders said.  —  The candidate, Francis H. Powers …
Discussion: Blue Girl, Red State
Hartford Courant:
Sen. Dodd's Negligence  —  Call it Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's sin of omission.  —  The senator and his wife, Jackie, got a very good deal when they refinanced their East Haddam and Washington, D.C., homes through Countrywide Financial Corp. in 2003.  Actually, it was an extraordinarily good deal.
Discussion: The Next Right
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Hits Women Much More  —  WASHINGTON — The Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the “don't ask, don't tell” policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military, according to Pentagon statistics gathered by an advocacy group.
Discussion: Truthdig
New York Times:
The State of Iraq: An Update  —  IRAQ remains a violent country plagued by high unemployment, raw wounds from sectarian conflict, extremist militias aided by Iran, more than four million people still displaced by violence, and very limited government capacity to meet the country's core needs.
Discussion: Commentary and The Moderate Voice
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Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
What Obama Should Say On Iraq  —  The Democratic candidate needs …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
 
 
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City boy who fell for Chicago has Barack Obama's ear
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Europe Fears Obama Might Undercut Progress With Iran
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