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7:40 AM ET, July 1, 2008

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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Dem Guru: McCain ‘Limited’ by POW Years  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis and Molly Hunter Report: While Barack Obama was urging supporters not to devalue the military service of rival John McCain, an informal Obama adviser argued Monday that the former POW's isolation during the Vietnam War has hobbled …
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Washington Wire:   McCain Supporter Defends Swift Boat Attacks
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Obama disowns critique of McCain's military record
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:   McCain Rebuffs Military Critics; Obama Defends Patriotism
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clark won't back down  —  In a statement to reporters, retired General Wes Clark repeats that McCain is a “hero” but also reiterates his point that McCain's service didn't give him “executive experience”:
Discussion: Brilliant at Breakfast and Hot Air
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Clark Stands By Comments About McCain  —  Wesley Clark is not backing down from the controversy created by his statements about John McCain on Sunday.  —  In a statement released tonight to reporters, Clark reiterates that he respects McCain's war record, but sticks to his main point …
Discussion: MyDD and Lawyers, Guns and Money
Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Our World: Livni the leader, or Livni the lamb?  —  What is one to make of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni?  Is she the next Golda Meir?  Is she a woman of steel who can stand before world leaders and demand that they treat Israel with respect?  Can she win a war?
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
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Bryan Burrough / Vanity Fair:
Bringing Down Bear Stearns  —  On Monday, March 10, the rumor started: Bear Stearns was having liquidity problems.  In fact, the maverick investment bank had around $18 billion in cash reserves.  But soon the speculation created its own reality, and the race was on to keep Bear's crisis from ravaging Wall Street.
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
Firm gets big cut of campaign donations  —  GOP candidates see little of funds raised; Some clients, donors unaware of numbers  —  Charles A. Morse, a conservative Republican gadfly from Brookline, ran a brief write-in campaign to unseat US Representative Barney Frank in 2006.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Obama's Money Class  —  Barack Obama sells the Democratic Party short.  He talks about his fund-raising success as if his donors were part of a spontaneous movement of small-money enthusiasts who cohered around himself.  In fact, Democrats have spent years building their donor network.
Matt / Think Progress:
Fox and Kristol claim McCain's VP choice will cause gas prices to ‘plummet.’  —  On Fox News today, host Alexis Glick previewed an interview with Bill Kristol by claiming that the Weekly Standard editor believes “the second John McCain announces his VP pick, gas prices will plummet.”
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Leads McCain, 47% to 42%  —  Nine-day “too close to call” streak is broken  —  PRINCETON, NJ — After more than a week of Barack Obama and John McCain being tied in Gallup Poll Daily tracking, Obama now holds a statistically significant five percentage point lead …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Evidence Faulted in Detainee Case  —  The text of a decision shows some derision for the Bush administration's arguments in the case of a detainee held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for more than six years.
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Google and the Anti-Obama Bloggers  —  Is Google using its network of online services to silence critics of Barack Obama?  That was the question buzzing on a corner of the blogosphere over the last few days, after several anti-Obama bloggers were unable to update their sites, which are hosted on Google's Blogger service.
Little Green Footballs:
Iran's First Lady?  —  I don't know if it's a real picture, but it's too funny/sad/pathetic not to post; it's from hurriyet.com.tr, and it purports to show Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his first lady.  —  (Hat tip: Drained Brain.)
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Stephanie Rosenbloom / New York Times:
Solution, or Mess?  A Milk Jug for a Green Earth  —  NORTH CANTON, Ohio — A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug, adopted by Wal-Mart and Costco, seems made for the times.  The jugs are cheaper to ship and better for the environment, the milk is fresher when it arrives in stores, and it costs less.
Discussion: Gristmill and Angry Bear
 
 
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
African Leaders Plan to Discuss Mugabe's Future
Geoffrey R. Stone / New York Times:
How to Put Civil Liberties in the White House
Discussion: The BLT and ACSBlog
Libby Purves / Times of London:
The Borisophobes are on the march (or not)  —  Boris Johnson …
George Galloway / The Daily Record:
I'm Off To Iran Before Israel Bombs It
Real Clear Politics:
The America We Love
Ron Beasley / Newshoggers.com:
One step forward two steps back
Associated Press:
Special Forces Soldier, Blinded in Battle, Determined to Keep Serving
Discussion: Wizbang
Megan McArdle:
Yes, society is gendered
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Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
It's the 1930s, and You Are There  —  [Updated below.]
Discussion: Redstate and pandagon.net
Agence France Presse:
Obama vows to combat slurs on his patriotism
Discussion: protein wisdom
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Asked If He Questions Obama's Patriotism, McCain Doesn't Directly Answer
Discussion: The Jed Report
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: How the FBI Botched the Anthrax Case
Discussion: The Raw Story
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama talks to Bill Clinton
Felisa Cardona / Denver Post:
DNC protests will be behind fence
Discussion: TalkLeft and JammieWearingFool
Gail Sheehy / Vanity Fair:
Hillaryland at War  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign had it all …
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Prosecutor: Couple's crimes related to cult
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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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