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12:05 AM ET, June 14, 2007

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Robert F. Bauer / The Huffington Post:
The Progressive Case for a Libby Pardon  —  All the views expressed in this post are those of the author and not of any client of his firm.  —  Until a very short while ago, few had heard of Scooter Libby.  Today, still not a celebrity with the larger public, he carries on his shoulders …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Bubblicious  —  Can someone tell me what hold Scooter Libby has on everyone in Washington that he can even get Barack Obama's general counsel to go to bat for him?  Pictures?  Videos?  What? … Well, that's a slick argument —  if you happen to be a 12 year old.  (General counsel?  Really?)
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama Opposes Libby Pardon  —  Via Atrios, Obama campaign general counsel Robert Bauer caused the Senator some trouble today by writing a piece on the Huffington Post blog arguing for a pardon for Scooter Libby.  Presumably not a popular position among Dems.  —  So we just asked the Obama campaign where he stood on a pardon.
Charles Malik / Lebanese Political Journal:
Assassination at Nejmeh - I was there  —  This is the closest I've been.  —  I was 50m from this attack.  —  We were in a cafe next to Luna Park enjoying the late afternoon next to the sea after an intense day.  —  Children were playing on the equipment under the setting sun.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Poll: Voters Want Smaller Steps to Immigration Reform With Focus on Enforcement  —  Just 20% of American voters want Congress to try and pass the immigration reform bill that failed in the Senate last week.  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 51% would like their legislators to …
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David Stout / New York Times:
2 Ex-Bush Aides Subpoenaed in Attorneys Case  —  Two former White House officials were subpoenaed today as Congressional Democrats intensified pressure on the Bush administration over the dismissals of eight United States attorneys.  —  The Senate and House judiciary committees ordered Harriet E. Miers …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Specter to White House: Let's Make a Deal
Discussion: CNN
Think Progress:
BREAKING: Top White House Officials Subpoenaed Over Attorney Scandal
Associated Press:
Iran moves to execute porn stars … TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.  —  With a 148-5 vote in favor and four abstentions …
Agence France Presse:
Iraq surge a failure, top Democrats tell Bush  —  Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop "surge" policy was a failure.  —  Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the president …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Reshapes Its Civil Rights Mission  —  In recent years, the Bush administration has recast the federal government's role in civil rights by aggressively pursuing religion-oriented cases while significantly diminishing its involvement in the traditional area of race.
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Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer can't recall his role in controversial policies
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments  —  The Macaca moment has morphed into an official learning tool for the Republican establishment.  —  It's right there, on pages 18 and 22 of an Internet guide from the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee that its chairman, Sen. John Ensign …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Tammy Bruce
Scott Lilly / Center for American Progress:
When Chutzpah is an Understatement  —  About 30 years ago the Hunt Brothers came close to cornering the world market on silver.  But where they failed House Republican leaders have succeeded.  They have clearly established a corner on the market in political brass.
John Harwood / Wall Street Journal:
Bleak Mood Drags Down Support for Bush, Congress  —  An increasingly gloomy political environment has soured Americans on President Bush and Congress, scrambled the Republicans' 2008 field, and strengthened Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
ABCNEWS:
Music Video Has a 'Crush on Obama'  —  Risqué YouTube Song Takes Obama Campaign by Surprise  —  An amusing, risqué music video, featuring a nubile young woman breathlessly singing her love for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., appeared on the Web this week.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
DoD braces for a fight with Pelosi  —  Pentagon officials are bracing for a fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her desire to allow lawmakers' adult children to tag along on taxpayer-funded travel for free.  —  Pelosi wants them to be able to fill the role of lawmakers' spouses …
Discussion: Bluey Blog and Outside The Beltway
Bill O'Reilly / Fox News:
THE O'REILLY FACTOR  —  FOXNEWS.COM HOME > THE O'REILLY FACTOR … FOX News criticized for its Iraq War coverage, that is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo."  —  A group called the Project for Excellence in Journalism says that during the first three months of this year …
CNN:
Iran is arming Taliban, U.S. diplomat says … PARIS, France (CNN) — The United States has "irrefutable evidence" that Tehran is transferring arms to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, a top U.S. diplomat told CNN Wednesday, noting that NATO forces have intercepted some of the arms shipments.
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Bush's Suicide Mission on Immigration Policy  —  Though I've never heard him use the term, my guess is that George W. Bush sees himself as a hacendado, an estate owner in Old Mexico.  —  That would give him a sense of Southwestern noblesse, duty-bound not just to work "his" people, but to protect them as well.
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal and TIME
 
 
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
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James S. Granelli / Los Angeles Times:
AT&T to target pirated content
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Ron Fournier / Poynter Online:
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John Podhoretz / National Review:
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Harry Dunphy / Associated Press:
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Don't run, Al.  Don't!  —  The self-defeating Draft Al campaign …
The Hill:
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
LEAVING IRAQ....I mentioned last week my dismay over the growing …
Victor Davis Hanson / Victor Davis Hanson's …:
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Follow-Up Hearing on GSA Misconduct