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8:00 PM ET, August 2, 2006

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Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman  —  E.J. Dionne repeats a piece of conventional wisdom that irks the hell out of me every time I hear it - if Lieberman loses the primary and runs as an independent it will distract everyone from the true villain, the GOP, and therefore we should just give him a pass.
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Little Green Footballs:
Lieberman in Blackface at Huffington Post  —  You've got to be kidding me.  Currently featured at Huffington Post: Jane Hamsher: On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman.  (Hat tip: Delvin.)  —  Accompanied by this picture:  —  UPDATE at 8/2/06 1:46:30 pm:  —  The picture has now been removed …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Sox standout Lowell: Castro killed my kin  —  Charging Fidel Castro with the deaths of his relatives, Cuban-American Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell declared last night: "I hope he does die."  —  Castro's health:  —  "Castro killed members of my family," Lowell told the Herald …
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Colleen O'Boyle / Media Research Center:
Decades of Cheering Castro's Communism  —  As news organizations update their obituaries of ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, it's worth recalling how many liberal journalists have fallen under Castro's spell over the years, sounding like paid Cuban government propagandists as they touted the …
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Castro Is 'Stable,' but His Illness Presents Puzzle
Discussion: Sirotablog and Daniel W. Drezner
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MSNBC:
Evolution's foes lose ground in Kansas
Discussion: Daily Kos
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Hezbollah fires record number of rockets  —  BEIT HILLEL, Israel - Hezbollah launched its deepest strikes yet into Israel on Wednesday, firing a record number of more than 190 rockets.  An Israeli-American was killed as he fled for home by bicycle, and a stray rocket hit the West Bank for the first time.
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Sun:
Court Hands New York Times a Setback in Miller Case  —  The New York Times suffered a legal setback yesterday in its battle to keep a federal prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, from obtaining the phone records of its former reporter, Judith Miller.  —  A federal appeals court yesterday granted …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Must Surrender Reporters' Phone Data
Reuters:
Iran frees bin Laden son: newspaper  —  Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.  —  Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
An Image Popular in Films Raises Some Eyebrows in Ads  —  At 200 pounds plus — most of that pure attitude — she is hard to miss.  —  Her onscreen presence takes on many variations, but she is easily recognizable by a few defining traits.  Other than her size, she is almost always black.
New York Times:
U.S. Insists Cease-Fire Must Await Plan to Disarm Hezbollah  —  The United States firmly reiterated its position on Tuesday that there can be no cease-fire in the Middle East until there is a solid plan in place to disarm Hezbollah.  —  "The United States is working for a cease-fire …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Lieberman Plans for Loss Next Week  —  Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) will shake up his campaign staff if he loses Tuesday's Democratic primary to challenger Ned Lamont.  Lieberman supporters have watched with growing dismay since the spring as the three term senator's campaign has gone from oblivious to defensive.
theonion.com:
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self  —  WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1-0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.  —  "As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president …
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Washington Traffic Jam?  Senators-Only Elevator  —  In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only elevators at the Capitol are being overrun by the unelected.  —  "I hesitate to say that it's a big problem," …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green Party Drive  —  OK, we've done it.  We've nailed it down: Every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate is actually a conservative — except for the candidate himself.  —  The Luzerne County Green Party raised $66,000 in the month …
Discussion: PBD and AMERICAblog
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon  —  Allegations Brought to Inspectors General  —  Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort …
Washington Post:
Much Undone In Rebuilding Iraq, Audit Says  —  A flailing Iraq reconstruction effort that has been dominated for more than three years by U.S. dollars and companies is being transferred to Iraqis, leaving them the challenge of completing a long list of projects left unfinished by the Americans.
Little Green Footballs:
Green Helmet Guy: Abdel Qader  —  Green Helmet Guy, the "rescue worker" who posed for photo ops with children's bodies in Qana, is interviewed by Al Jazeera in Arabic, in a video clip at YouTube: Eye witness.  —  From Allison Kaplan Sommer, who provides this summary via an Arabic-speaking friend:
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Army Guard units said not combat ready  —  WASHINGTON - More than two-thirds of the Army National Guard's 34 brigades are not combat ready, mostly because of equipment shortages that will cost up to $21 billion to correct, the top National Guard general said Tuesday.
 
 
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Troops Fight to Expand Foothold in Ramadi
Discussion: Needlenose and Think Progress
Reuters:
Europeans reach out to Hezbollah's backers in bid to end crisis
Discussion: Hot Air and EU Referendum
Neil Modie / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
McGavick sued over Safeco payout
Media Matters for America:
Matthews: "We know" President Clinton "didn't stop" 9-11
Associated Press:
Ex-aide says Harris hid subpoena
Jerusalem Post:
Bloggers raise questions about Kana
William Wallis / Financial Times:
Fighting 'has sunk hope of a free Lebanon'
CQPolitics.com:
Updated Forecast: Republican Reichert Faces Tougher Fight in Wash.
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Lieberman Question  —  If I were a Democrat, I'd support Joe Lieberman next week.
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
We Shouldn't Ignore World Opinion
Discussion: QandO and BitsBlog
Judith / Kesher Talk:
Steven Vincent: bloggers remember one year on
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Blogger Jailed After Defying Court Orders
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Hill fries free to be French again
Roger Kimball / Armavirumque:
'Potentially incendiary' at the Brooklyn Public Library
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Mideast Lessons From 1973  —  Groping for a way to understand …