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6:35 PM ET, June 17, 2006

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Michelle Malkin:
DIXIE CHICKS QUESTION YOUR PATRIOTISM  —  But don't question theirs (gallon-sized hat tip: Coalition of the Swilling)...  Here are country singers who aren't sickened by their country.  —  Support "ultra-patriotism" through Project Prayer Flag.  —  More photos of soldiers and American flags to turn Natalie Maines' stomach:
Curt / Flopping Aces:
Dixie Chicks Care Little For Patriotism
Mr. Bingley / The Coalition of the Swilling:   Am I Allowed To Question Her Patriotism Now?
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Democrats Outline a Platform for the Fall  —  WASHINGTON, June 16 — Declaring their party "ready for this election," Democratic leaders in Congress on Friday announced the platform they hope to use to regain the majority in November.  —  Their plan, presented at a news conference …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
House Rejects Timetable for Iraq Pullout
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Salon:
They really, really support the troops
Discussion: Big Lizards
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Antiwar Crucible in Connecticut  —  Back in 1962, when Joseph Lieberman was 20, he attended a raucous Democratic state convention in Hartford, Conn. Abraham Ribicoff, the former governor, had decided to leave his post in the Kennedy Cabinet to run for the Senate.
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lamont Tagged By `Bear' Spot  —  Lieberman Campaign Portrays Challenger As Agent Of Weicker  —  Remember the snoring bear?  —  He starred in a commercial Joseph I. Lieberman famously used in 1988 to unseat Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., portraying him as a sleeping bear who missed key Senate votes.
Discussion: New Haven Independent
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Carter Eskew and Democratic K-Street Culture  —  This Lieberman-Lamont race is becoming exceptionally important, because it's the most high-profile of a series of clashes between two different ways of doing politics.  The bear ad, and the ad man named Carter Eskew who is the consultant behind it …
Discussion: Alternate Brain
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Contradictions Cloud Inquiry Into 24 Iraqi Deaths  —  What really happened in Haditha on Nov. 19, 2005?  —  On that day, marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including 10 women and children and an elderly man in a wheelchair.  But how and why it happened and who ultimately bears responsibility are matters of profound dispute.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
NYT on Haditha: Investigation looks bad for Marines
Discussion: Riehl World View and Flopping Aces
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:   The "Fog" in NYT's Haditha Investigation Story
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Moving Ahead, Rather Throws Sad Look Back  —  The 74-year-old man with the Mets cap pulled far down on his forehead slid into a booth at a diner on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and ordered a glass of milk without so much as turning a head — so quietly, in fact, that it was hard to believe it was Dan Rather.
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TigerHawk:
The disaggregation of Dan Rather
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Karl Rove Laughs Last  —  THE LEFTIES AND THE MEDIA are right about Karl Rove.  That's why they're in a dither now that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has cleared Rove of any criminal wrongdoing in the overblown leak case involving CIA functionary Valerie Plame.
Discussion: Power Line and PrairiePundit
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Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
Baghdad explosions bring Iraq toll to 23  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of explosions struck commercial areas in Baghdad within hours Saturday, killing at least 17 people and dealing a blow to a huge government operation to secure the capital.  —  The blasts — seven within five hours …
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Weekly Part 4: where do we go from here?  —  Three weeks ago, we began what has now turned into a four-part series: … A week later, we elaborated on the notion that the "dominant political force of our time is the media," with a look back at more than a decade …
Washington Post:
Indictment Rejected For Rep. McKinney  —  A D.C. grand jury has decided not to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) for scuffling with a U.S. Capitol Police officer this year.  —  U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein issued a statement yesterday saying the decision followed "an extensive and thorough" …
Discussion: Running Scared and TalkLeft
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
McKinney Walks  —  Rep. Cynthia McKinney will not face charges …
Nathan Burchfiel / CNSNews:
Black Republican Will Challenge Cynthia McKinney
Guardian:
Police may let Muslims see terrorism intelligence  —  Vikram Dodd  —  The police are considering a proposal to let selected British Muslims examine the intelligence used to mount anti-terrorism raids before they take place, the Guardian has learned.  —  The proposal will be considered …
Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
Hard Sell  —  Warner flops with the Kossaks, gets a bounce with the MSM, and learns that courting the Democratic netroots is no simple thing.  —  LAS VEGAS — The YearlyKos convention that took place at the end of last week wasn't a bit like the bar scene in Star Wars.
Discussion: Majikthise and Pacific Views
Spencer Ackerman / The Plank:
THE SWIFTBOATING OF GENERAL HAGEE:  —  Yesterday bloggers picked a new military target—General Michael Hagee, the outgoing commandant of the Marine Corps.  Hagee, apparently, is a secondary target in the ongoing campaign to destroy Jack Murtha.  Yesterday, The Washington Times reported …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon Study Describes Abuse by Units in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON, June 16 — United States Special Operations troops employed a set of harsh, unauthorized interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq during a four-month period in early 2004, long after approval for their use was rescinded …
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Victor Davis Hanson / victorhanson.com:
Betting on Defeat?  —  It's far from a safe bet.  —  National Review Online  —  Lately, it has become popular to recant on Iraq.  When 2,500 Americans are lost, and when the improvised explosive device monopolizes the war coverage, it is easy to see why — especially with elections coming up in November …
Ray Robison / Fox News:
Documents Support Saddam-Taliban Connection  —  Prologue:  —  Did Saddam Hussein's inner circle and the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan actively court each other in hopes of forging an anti-American alliance in the region?  —  Ray Robison, a former member of the CIA-directed Iraq Survey Group …
 
 
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Guns, guide, gobs of wine among Bush gifts in 2004
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