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2:40 AM ET, August 5, 2009

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John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
Clinton's Unwise Trip to North Korea  —  The Obama administration characterized Bill Clinton's unexpected visit to Pyongyang to secure the release of two American reporters, held unjustifiably by North Korea for nearly five months, as a private, humanitarian mission.
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CNN:
U.S. journalists head home from North Korea  —  (CNN) — Two U.S. journalists who had been detained by North Korea were traveling back to the United States with former President Clinton hours after being pardoned, a Clinton spokesman said.  —  “They are en route to Los Angeles [California] …
ABCNEWS:
Former President Clinton Headed Home from North Korea with Journalists  —  Clinton Spokesman Says Former President Homebound, with Ling and Lee Onboard  —  Former President Bill Clinton ended his surprise trip to North Korea today, bringing home the two Asian-American journalists …
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Even After North Korea Frees American Journalists, Bolton Insists Clinton Trip Was A Mistake  —  Reports emerged yesterday that President Clinton — along with Center for American Progress President and CEO John Podesta — was traveling to North Korea to negotiate the release of two imprisoned American journalists.
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Talks for secret mission to North Korea began once journalists …
Discussion: The Swamp
Fox News:
Mission Accomplished: Clinton, Two Reporters Leave North Korea
Discussion: protein wisdom
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Shocked.  SHOCKED.  Astoturfing Exists. ...  Now What?  —  In eight years of writing about politics, nothing gets people angrier than when I try to make the case that most activists and most journalists practice politics differently, have different worldviews, and are both forces for good in the democracy.
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The Huffington Post:
Durbin, Schumer: Town Hall Protesters Are “Birthers” “Tea Baggers,” And “Fringe”  —  The angry-mob style protesters who have infiltrated town halls around the country are the non-organic product of “tea-baggers,” “birthers,” and the conservative fringe, two Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday.
The Note:
Young GOPers Gaga Over Gingrich  —  ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports:  —  Before an energetic and enthusiastic young Republican crowd, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich weighed in today on the upcoming Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and made predictions for health care reform legislation this fall.
Discussion: GOP 12 and Political Punch
Peter Daou / The Huffington Post:   Five Reasons the Health Care Battle Is NOT the Presidential Campaign
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
White House Strategy: Ridicule The Angry Republicans  —  The White House and Democratic officials, surprised by the angry words thrown at Democratic lawmakers in their first weekend of August town hall meetings, are scrambling to put together a strategy to minimize the effects …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:   DNC goes nuclear: Mobs of right-wing extremists are attacking …
Paul Krugman:
Hey, Mister Postman  —  Art Laffer (why is he, of all people, on my TV?) asks what it will be like when the government runs Medicare and Medicaid.  —  But I'd raise a further question: he warns that when the government takes over these, um, government programs, they'll be like the Post Office and the DMV.
The Huffington Post:
Obama's Birthday Cards From Birthers (PICS)  —  It's the president's birthday!  And what better way to celebrate than to give the birther movement even more media attention.  Of course, we don't really know that Obama was born on August 4th, because he refuses to show his birth certificate …
Discussion: The Caucus
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Macon Phillips / WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
Facts Are Stubborn Things
Martin Ivens / Times of London:
Hezbollah stockpiles 40,000 rockets near Israel border  —  Richard Beeston on the Israel-Lebanese border and Nicholas Blanford in Beirut  —  Three years after Israel fought a bloody war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, there are fears that hostilities could erupt again — this time with the militant group better armed than ever.
Haaretz:
AIPAC slams Obama for honoring ‘anti-Israel’ ex-Irish president  —  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Tuesday slammed the Obama administration for its decision to give a former Irish president the presidential Medal of Freedom, saying they were “deeply disappointed” by the move.
Discussion: TPMCafe
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McDonnell leads by 14  —  Bob McDonnell has opened up a 51-37 lead over Creigh Deeds in the race to be Virginia's next Governor, up from a 49-43 advantage four weeks ago.  —  The movement in the race likely has more to do with national trends than anything actually going on in Virginia.
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Mike Memoli / Real Clear Politics:
NJ Gov Poll: Point Of No Return For Corzine?
United States - Department of The Treasury:
Making Home Affordable Program on Pace to Offer Help to Millions of Homeowners Public Release of Data Provides Transparency on Servicer Performance  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the Obama Administration released its first monthly Servicer Performance Report detailing the progress to date …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
More facts behind the GE/Fox deal and a new Olbermann statement  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  On Saturday, I wrote a post under the headline: “GE's silencing of Olbermann and MSNBC's sleazy use of Richard Wolffe.”  In it, I wrote: “now we have an example of GE's forcibly silencing …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Disgrace: Gibbs says Ahmadinejad is the elected leader of Iran  —  Via Breitbart.  He could have dodged this question a dozen ways.  He could have said the election's irrelevant from our standpoint since we have to play the cards we're dealt; he could have noted, as Obama's often done in the past …
Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate:
What Obama and My Wife Have in Common  —  Dear Mr. President:  —  First, happy birthday.  I do hope today is an enjoyable day for you and your family.  Coincidentally, I also will be celebrating this week the birth of someone dear to me, my beloved wife, Gena, whose birthday is Aug. 9.
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Protestor In Connecticut: “Treat” Dodd With Handful Of Painkillers And Whiskey  —  Wow, check out these protestors outside a health care event by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) in Hartford (via My Left Nutmeg).  What follows are some very direct jokes about Dodd's cancer — and the idea of some sort of euthanasia involving booze and pills:
 
 
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