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3:25 PM ET, June 4, 2007

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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Jury indicts Jefferson in bribery probe  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record), D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long-running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa.
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Washington Post:
Indictment Sought Against Rep. Jefferson  —  FBI Probes Allegations Lawmaker Took Bribes to Promote Business Ventures  —  Federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment today against Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) in a longstanding FBI corruption probe centering on allegations that he took bribes …
CBS News:
Indictment Sought Against Rep. Jefferson  —  CBS News: Sources Say Corruption Charges To Be Brought Against Democratic Congressman  —  (CBS) Sources tell CBS News that authorities are seeking an indictment against Congressman William Jefferson, D-La., on more than a dozen counts involving public corruption.
Times-Picayune:
Jefferson indicted on 16 counts
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Defining Democrats And Herself  —  Hillary Clinton changed the Democratic Presidential race last night in ways that will make her a more formidable candidate in the primaries while making the Democratic Party a stronger bet to improve their majorities in 2008.
Discussion: Eschaton and Norwegianity
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CNN:
CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL  —  New Hamposhire Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  SCOTT SPRADLING, WMUR: Senator Obama, you get the first question of the night.  —  It has been nearly six years since 9/11.
New York Times:
The Democrats' Second 2008 Presidential Debate  —  The following is a transcript of the 2008 Democratic primary presidential debate hosted by CNN.  The participants were Senator Joesph Biden, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Christopher Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Rep. Dennis Kucinich …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Debate  —  I think the question I enjoyed the most in the Democratic debate was the one where Wolf asked them all what they would do if they were tied to a bed naked with a ticking time bomb and a bunch of terrorists rushed into the room and started kibitzing among themselves about where to get the best Botox in Miami.
Washington Post:
Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: The 'A' word  —  Good Monday morning.  As Iraq dominated last night's Democratic debate, expect CNN's Wolf Blitzer to burrow in hard on immigration when he gets the Republicans on his set on Tuesday night.  Sen. John McCain make a preemptive strike this morning at a hotel in Coral Gables …
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The Palmetto Scoop:
Scarborough has an "Imus moment"  —  Presidential candidate Fred Thompson's second-and-current wife Jeri, who is considered by some to be a "trophy wife," was the topic of an interesting conversation on Friday's Morning Joe radio talk show, which aired live on MSNBC.
Discussion: The Radio Equalizer
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Scarborough Attacks Fred's Wife
Discussion: The Impolitic and The Newshoggers
Michelle Malkin:
Still dissing women at MSNBC
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew O. Selsky / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses charges against detainee  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration's attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and Prairie Weather
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Guardian:
Guantánamo Bay case thrown out  —  The US military's system of tribunals at Guantánamo Bay was thrown into chaos today after a military judge threw out all charges against a young Canadian detainee.  —  One senior military official said the ruling in the case of Omar Khadr could have a …
National Review:
Breaking with Bush  —  I take from Mark Steyn and Jonah Goldberg's comments that conservatives have been tolerant of President Bush for a long time, given his embrace of big-government from the start.  And they have.  But I don't think the issue is that conservatives are generally surprised …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The great right-wing fraud to repudiate George W. Bush
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court protects trial judges on juror dismissal  —  The Supreme Court, dividing 5-4, ruled on Monday that federal courts must defer to trial courts in deciding whether to remove a juror from a death penalty trial because of the potential juror's views about capital punishment.
Discussion: Althouse and How Appealing
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David Stout / New York Times:   Jury Selection Made Easier in Death Penalty Cases
The Blotter:
Iraqi Insurgents Claim to Have Killed Missing Soldiers  —  Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:  —  An Iraqi insurgent group says it has killed two missing American soldiers who they said had been captured alive.  —  According to a full translation of a ten-minute video released …
Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Bloomberg Cast as Enemy No. 1 of Gun Rights  —  In New York, Michael R. Bloomberg is known as the billionaire media mogul who became mayor.  But in many parts of the country, he is the man who would take away your guns.  —  An editorial writer in Harrisburg, Pa., accuses him of "ranting" about illegal firearms.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE BITTER END....It's a common refrain among liberals that the best way to "support the troops" is to get them out of Iraq and bring them home.  In the current issue of the Monthly, Spencer Ackerman says plainly that this is rubbish: … This is God's own truth.
Discussion: Angry Bear and IMAO
Gateway Pundit:
Remembering the Massacre at Tiananmen Square- 18 Yrs Ago Today  —  On June 4, 1989, hundreds of innocent civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army during a bloody military operation to crush a democratic uprising in Peking's (Beijing) Tiananmen Square.  —  Tanks rumbled through …
Discussion: BBC, The Impolitic, Maggie's Farm and QandO
Al Franken / The Huffington Post:
If You Ever Wonder Whether We Really Need Public Financing of Elections in this Country  —  As a candidate for the U.S. Senate here in Minnesota, I've become painfully aware of the role money plays in politics.  —  For instance, according to my staff, I'm not supposed to write anything without mentioning …
Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
7 Turkish Troops Killed in Rebel Attack  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish rebels fired rockets and grenades at a Turkish military outpost Monday, killing seven soldiers in an attack that heightened tension at a time when Ankara has threatened military action against the rebels in northern Iraq.
Dan Newling / Daily Mail:
Smokers told to quit or surgery will be refused  —  Smokers are to be denied operations on the Health Service unless they give up cigarettes for at least four weeks beforehand.  —  Doctors will police the rule by ordering patients to take a blood test to prove they have not been smoking.
Discussion: Moonbattery and Pajamas Media
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Ruling Brings Split in Antiabortion Movement  —  In a highly visible rift in the anti-abortion movement, a coalition of evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic groups is attacking a longtime ally, Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson.  —  Using rhetoric that they have reserved …
Nora Ephron / The Huffington Post:
How to Foil a Terrorist Plot in Seven Simple Steps  —  1. In order to foil a terrorist plot, you must first find a terrorist plot.  This is not easy.  —  2. Not just anyone can find and then foil a terrorist plot.  You must have an incentive.  The best incentive is to be an accused felon, looking at a long prison term.
Discussion: TigerHawk and Atlas Shrugs
 
 
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Brit Hume uses the racist phrase "spearchucker" to describe John Glenn
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Discussion: The Moderate Voice and QandO
Steve / The Washington Note:
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David Gower / Times of London:
'I'm a pure and absolute democrat.  It's a tragedy that I'm the only one'
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