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10:00 AM ET, June 3, 2007

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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Steve Gilliard, 1966-2007  —  I first started corresponding with Steve Gilliard in January of 2005 when he was embroiled in a battle with Jonah Goldberg over the Armstrong Williams kerfuffle.  I don't remember what it was that triggered the conversation (I probably read this and laughed …
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Sara Robinson / Orcinus:
Steve Gilliard, 1966-2007  —  It's not news to anyone …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Sisyphus Shrugged:   Steve Gilliard, RIP
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Steve Gilliard  —  As most of you know, Steve Gilliard …
Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:   Steve Gilliard, 1966-2007  —  As one of the unwashed rabble …
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos:
Steve Gilliard - R.I.P.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Proclaiming Liberalism, and What It Now Means  —  The struggle among conservatives to define their movement in the post-Bush era may be getting more attention these days, but liberal intellectuals and writers are doing some soul-searching of their own.  Not only are they trying to figure out what …
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Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
What's American Liberalism... Exactly?  —  An interesting article at the New York Times (h/t Holly) about American Liberalism.  Patricia Cohen writes: … Again, it is a fascinating article, I encourage all of you to read it.  —  I find these kind of debates to be the most interesting aspect of politics.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Beverly Keel / USA Today:
Gore: I'm not good at modern politics  —  NASHVILLE — Former vice president Al Gore said Friday that he still hasn't ruled out a presidential bid in 2008, but he doesn't expect to run and might not possess the skills necessary to be elected president now.  —  Gore spoke to The Tennessean today …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Althouse
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Goracle: I might be too rational for American politics  —  I read recently somewhere how he's still complaining about the media focusing on his theatrical sighing during his first debate with Bush in 2000 instead of their respective stances on the issues.  How could they not, though?
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Iraq's Curse: A Thirst for Final, Crushing Victory  —  PERHAPS no fact is more revealing about Iraq's history than this: The Iraqis have a word that means to utterly defeat and humiliate someone by dragging his corpse through the streets.  —  The word is "sahel," and it helps explain …
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
Zakaria: How to Restore America's Place in the World  —  What the world needs is an open, confident America.  —  Newsweek International  —  In the fall of 1982, I arrived in the United States as an 18-year-old student from India.  The country was in rough shape.
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
Thompson Generates Buzz in Richmond  —  Speech at Virginia GOP Gala Comes the Day After He Filed Fundraising Papers  —  Actor and former senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee rallied a crowd of several hundred Republicans here last night, offering a bluntly conservative appeal …
The Independent:
War in Afghanistan: No safe billet for Prince Harry as deaths mount in Helmand  —  Three more British soldiers killed by the Taliban.  Raymond Whitaker reports  —  Prince Harry may yet fulfil his desire to serve in a war zone - in Afghanistan rather than Iraq.
Peter Hitchens / Daily Mail:
Hitchens vs Hitchens  —  Am I my brother's reviewer?  A word of explanation is needed here.  Some of you may know that I have a brother, Christopher, who disagrees with me about almost everything.  —  Some of those who read his books and articles also know that I exist, though they often dislike me if so.
Discussion: Don Surber and Carry on America
Michael J. Totten:
Al Qaeda in Lebanon  —  It was bound to happen sooner or later.  Al Qaeda has moved into Lebanon.  —  Fatah al-Islam terrorists in the Palestinian Nahr al-Bared refugee camp (which is an urban ghetto in Tripoli, not a tent city) are, reportedly, mostly not Palestinian.
Michael Smith / Times of London:
British Iraq pull-out plan  —  BRITISH commanders in Iraq have drawn up plans to allow Gordon Brown to withdraw almost all UK troops by the end of the year.  —  The British commander in southern Iraq, Major-General Jonathan Shaw, produced a "commander's tactical advice" several weeks ago, senior defence sources said last night.
Discussion: EU Referendum and The Impolitic
Globe and Mail:
Exclusive: Putin threatens to target Europe with missiles  —  In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target Europe with missiles, including potentially nuclear weapons, in a dramatic escalation of his Cold War-style showdown with the United States.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Democrats hide pet projects from voters  —  WASHINGTON - After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress' pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year.  —  Democrats are sidestepping rules approved …
Discussion: TigerHawk and Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Dick Cheney Rules  —  Americans are accustomed to Vice President Dick Cheney's waiting out a terrorist threat in a "secure undisclosed location."  Now it seems that Mr. Cheney wears the cloak of invisibility in secure disclosed locations.  —  The Associated Press reported …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and The Mahablog
 
 
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Washington Post:
Attacks on U.S. Troops in Iraq Grow in Lethality, Complexity
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Michael Scherer / Salon:
Ron Paul is blowing up real good
Sam Quinones / Los Angeles Times:
Arrested L.A. activist had aroused suspicions
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Bid to rescue the Claiborne issue
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Violent Crime Up For Second Year
Reuters:
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Execution moratorium extended until fall at least
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