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4:05 AM ET, July 14, 2008

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Mike Allen / The Politico:
‘Scare tactic’ — Obama slams Muslim portrayal  —  The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.  —  An American flag burns in their fireplace.  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.
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Mike Allen / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Ya can't make it up  —  The New Yorker says it's satire.  It certainly will be candy for cable news.  —  At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to the diligent Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker …
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Barry Blitt Defends His New Yorker Cover Art Of Obama  —  Barry Blitt is the artist behind this week's very controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama.  Via email, I asked him to respond to those who feel that his work was offensive, and to explain his own personal feelings about the Obamas.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog News:
New Yorker cover shows Oval Office with Obama as tribal African, wife as afro-70s-woman with machine gun, Osama on the wall, and flag on fire … More from Jake Tapper at ABC:
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THAT NEW YORKER COVER....I blogged a few hours ago about Ryan …
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
The Huffington Post:
Yikes!  Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Troops in Afghanistan Need Help, Obama Says
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama was right: Another hateful, bigoted attack from ... the New Yorker?
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Treasury Acts to Save Mortgage Giants  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by the sharply eroding confidence in the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, the Bush administration on Sunday asked Congress to approve a sweeping rescue package that would give officials the power to inject billions …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fannie, Freddie and You  —  And now we've reached the next stage of our seemingly never-ending financial crisis.  This time Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in the headlines, with dire warnings of imminent collapse.  How worried should we be?  —  Well, I'm going to take a contrarian position …
Bloomberg:
Paulson Statement on Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae: Full Text  —  July 13 (Bloomberg) — Following is the text of a statement issued today by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson:  —  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac play a central role in our housing finance system and must continue to do so in their current form as shareholder-owned companies.
David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Fannie, Freddie Deflected Risk Warnings
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bush Offers Plan to Save Fannie, Freddie
Nico Pitney / The Huffington Post:
Mark Sanford Draws A Blank On McCain/Bush Economics  —  The most painful clip from the Sunday morning shows: top McCain VP prospect Mark Sanford “drawing a blank” (in his own words) on live TV when asked to name a major economic policy that President Bush and John McCain disagree on.  —  The transcript:
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
9 Americans Die in Afghan Attack  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents carried out a bold assault on a remote base near the border with Pakistan on Sunday, NATO reported, and a senior American military official said nine American soldiers were killed.
Discussion: abu muqawama and TIME.com
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MsUnderestimated:
WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH TO PICKET TONY SNOW'S FUNERAL  —  Dear God, please let the Patriot Guard Riders know about this ahead of time.  The Phelps gang is ready to strike, and they outline their intent here.  —  Please pass this along to all who can get the word out so we can stop these fools.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
CNN:
CNN exclusive: Obama on foreign policy  —  Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is a pre-eminent foreign affairs analyst and hosts “Fareed Zakaria: GPS” on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sunday.  —  (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama discussed his vision for the world in a wide-ranging foreign policy discussion with CNN's Fareed Zakaria.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Presidential Preferences Remain in “the Zone”  —  Presidential race has been highly stable for the last two weeks  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama wins the support of 46% of national registered voters interviewed in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from July 10-12, while John McCain is not far behind with 43%.
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Team McCain Conference Call: La Raza conference
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
2,691 Decisions  —  WASHINGTON — Sometime during the first …
David Haldane / Los Angeles Times:
Police halt ‘mooning’ of trains in Laguna Niguel after a crowd of 8,000 gathers
Warner Todd Huston / NewsBusters.org:
News Blackout — NYT Ignores Momentous Pro-Jewish Court Case Win in France
Fredrik Dahl / Reuters:
Iran condemns McCain for cigarette joke
Washington Post:
A Young Woman Disappears
James Vicini / Reuters:
Obama says he used “poor phrasing” on Jerusalem
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Los Angeles Times:
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sean Hannity on Americans: ‘Maybe we do whine too much.’
Discussion: Think Progress and RADAMISTO
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Shocker: More than 1 in 10 Army Recruits Now Given “Moral Waivers”
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Arnold may consider Obama energy post
New York Times:
The Shame of Postville, Iowa
Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Real-Life ‘24’ of Summer 2008
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
No Ice Cream, Senator?