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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman To Start Petition Drive — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is to announce today he will petition for a place on the November ballot as an "independent Democrat," giving him a chance to stay alive politically should he lose an Aug. 8 primary for the Democratic nomination.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman may campaign as independent — HARTFORD, Conn. - U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, will collect signatures for a possible independent run this November …
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David Corn, AMERICAblog, Booker Rising, The Fix, Burnt Orange Report, Mia Culpa and The Democratic Daily
Tparty / LamontBlog:
Joe Jumps Ship — Today, Joe Lieberman cut-and-ran from the Democratic party on the slowest news day of the summer. — In announcing he would run as a petitioning candidate in November if he loses on August 8th, he has clearly stated he is no longer a member of the Democratic party.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sore Loserman — The Lieberman presser just ended in Hartford, and I just got off the phone with Jane. She and Paul Bass and the poodles are back in the car and driving over to a Ned Lamont presser. But she had time to relay this quote from Boltin' Joe:
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman says he'll collect signatures for independent campaign — HARTFORD, Conn. —U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a stronger-than-expected Democratic primary challenge and sagging poll numbers because of his support of the Iraq war, said Monday he'll collect signatures to run …
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David Sirota, MyDD, The Carpetbagger Report, Middle Earth Journal and skippy the bush kangaroo
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Cut and Run — The dogs and I were having a lovely iced tea on a patio in New Haven this morning with Paul Bass when Tim Tagaris called and said that Lieberman was giving a press conference in an hour. Tim swung by to pick us up and we all went tearing up to the state capital in Hartford at 90 mph.
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Decision '08
Murray Waas / National Journal:
Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic — President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that his administration …
Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters:
Mexico conservative creeps toward slim victory — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon declared victory on Monday in a bitterly contested election and official returns appeared to show his leftist rival could no longer catch him.
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Wingers: Anne Frank Wants NYT To Shut Up — Freerepublic.com and Accuracy in Media hosted a lunchtime protest at the New York Times D.C. bureau today, to harangue the Grey Lady for publishing stories on secret anti-terrorism programs. The groups' panties were most recently bunched …
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Liberal Contortions To Avoid Blame — The Libs are besides themselves trying to explain why their partisan Jihad against Bush has not culminated in exposing all Americans to heightened risk of a terrorist attack. All of this surrounds the blatant decision by the NY Times …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Details Emerge in Alleged Army Rape, Killings — BAGHDAD, July 2 — Fifteen-year-old Abeer Qasim Hamza was afraid, her mother confided in a neighbor. — As pretty as she was young, the girl had attracted the unwelcome attention of U.S. soldiers manning a checkpoint that the girl …
Thomas Watkins / Associated Press:
Court intervenes in Calif. cross fight — SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Supreme Court intervened Monday to stop, at least for now, the removal of a large cross from city property in Southern California. — A lower court judge had ordered the city of San Diego to remove the cross or be fined $5,000 a day.
Joseph Coleman / Associated Press:
N. Korea warns of nuclear war if attacked — SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea vowed on Monday to respond with an "annihilating" nuclear strike if its atomic facilities are attacked pre-emptively by the United States. — The Bush administration responded sternly, saying while it had no intention …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Agence France Presse:
Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US: poll — LONDON (AFP) - People in Britain view the United States as a vulgar, crime-ridden society obsessed with money and led by an incompetent president whose Iraq policy is failing, according to a newspaper poll. — The United States is no longer a symbol …
Associated Press:
Preteen mag accused of military pitching — PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Parents and teachers are complaining that the latest issue of a popular magazine for preteens amounts to little more than an early recruitment pitch for the Army. — Cobblestone magazine, which is put out by Carus Publishing in Peterborough …
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