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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
McCain Orders Shake-Up of His Campaign — WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain's presidential campaign has gone through its second shake-up in a year as Mr. McCain, responding to Republican concerns that his candidacy was faltering, put Steve Schmidt in charge of day-to-day operations and abandoned …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Well Known Liberal Blogger Shot In Washington, D.C. — Brian Beutler, a well-known progressive blogger, was shot and seriously injured during a mugging last night in Washington, D.C. — One bullet damaged Beutler's spleen, and he had it removed during surgery this morning at the Washington Hospital Center.
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Addiestan / The Consortium Report:
Bullets Can't Stop Beutler From Cracking Wise — Funny thing about being a journalist: your job is to write about people and mayhem and trauma, but let any of those touch you directly, and it becomes a different game. With that caveat, allow me to recount my brief visit today with my colleague …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
15 Hostages Held by Colombian Rebels Are Rescued — CARACAS, Venezuela — Colombia announced Wednesday that it had rescued 15 captives held by the FARC rebel group, including Ingrid Betancourt, a former presidential candidate, and three American military contractors held by the guerrillas for more than four years.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters — On the July 2 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe “attack dogs,” claiming that Steinberg's June 28 article on the …
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David Brody / CBN.com:
Conservative Activist Details McCain Support — Phil Burress is one of the mover and shakers in the conservative Evangelical movement. — He's one of the key guys in the room when James Dobson, Tony Perkins and others gather to discuss key social issues. A month ago, he had this to say about John McCain:
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Michael Scherer / Swampland:Christian Conservatives Uniting Behind McCain
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Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek:
Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Government's Cell-Phone Tracking — The groups also want to know the number of times the government has sought cell-phone location information without court permission and how many times it has obtained the information. — Two civil rights groups have filed …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
YOU AND YOUR CELL....All modern cell phones are equipped with GPS capability that allows your location to be tracked within a few meters at all times. Question: does the federal government have access to this tracking information without a warrant? The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information request …
Reid Wilson / Politics Nation:
Lieberman Favs Shellacked — Running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary in 2006, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman did his best to avoid irritating the Democratic base in order to win at least some of their votes in November. Now, having so publicly backed John McCain …
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James Gerber / Political Radar:
Obama Fist Bump Refusal? Not So Fast... ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama received critical press yesterday for refusing to give a boy a fist bump while touring the Eastside Community Ministry in Ohio. — According to Tuesday's press pool report, Obama denied the boy, saying …
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Jan Crawford / Legalities:
Bush to Close Guantanamo? — President Bush will soon decide whether to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for al-Qaeda suspects, sources tell ABC News. High-level discussions among top advisers have escalated in the past week, with the most senior administration officials in continuous talks …
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Andy Borowitz / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers Accuse Obama of Trying to Win Election — The liberal blogosphere was aflame today with new accusations that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) is trying to win the 2008 presidential election. — Suspicions about Sen. Obama's true motives have been building over the past few weeks …
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Jeff Poor / The Business & Media Institute:
CNBC Contributor Blasts Limbaugh Deal: ‘What Are These People Smoking?’ — Vanity Fair media columnist says popular host will be ‘oddity,’ claims ‘rise of conservatism’ ‘coming to an end.’ — Business & Media Institute — It's time to short-sell Clear Channel Communications stock …
Goldy / HorsesAss.Org:
Help Darcy get her house in order... and ours — Photo by ELLEN M. BANNER/THE SEATTLE TIMES (h/t Dan Kirkdorffer) — There are lots of great progressive politicians, but when the P-I's Gregory Roberts asked me why the national netroots had so enthusiastically embraced Darcy Burner, I replied: “She's one of us.
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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs — LA Times to cut 250 positions, merge print and online departments, print 15 percent less pages — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Admits Error in Failure to Brief Court — WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual admission of error, the Justice Department acknowledged on Wednesday that government lawyers should have known that Congress had recently made the rape of a child a capital offense in the military …
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Judge Rejects Bush's View on Wiretaps — WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government's claim that the president's constitutional authority …
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