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12:50 PM ET, June 21, 2007

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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Nader ponders run, calls Clinton 'coward'  —  Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters.  —  "You know the two parties are still converging …
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Oversight Committee on the Vice President and Classified Information  —  From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: … * Letter from National Archives to the Attorney General (pdf)  —  * Second Letter from National Archives to the Vice President's Office (pdf)
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information  —  The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures …
Discussion: Salon
Nico / Think Progress:   Report: Cheney Exempted His Office From Executive Order Protecting …
The Australian:
Irshad Manji: Islam the problem  —  GROWING up in Vancouver, I attended an Islamic school every Saturday.  There, I learned that Jews can't be trusted because they worship "moolah, not Allah", meaning money, not God.  According to my teacher, every last Jew is consumed with business.
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NEWS.com.au:
Pakistan scholars honour Bin Laden
Discussion: Hot Air and Gateway Pundit
Zeeshan Haider / Reuters:   Pakistan hardliners honour bin Laden in Rushdie row
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Americans' Confidence in Congress at All-Time Low  —  Confidence in most institutions drops  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of Americans with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress is at 14%, the lowest in Gallup's history of this measure — and the lowest …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed  —  Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common.  They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department's civil rights division.  And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Dept.'s No. 2 to Counter Claims of Untruths Over Firings
Bill Dedman / MSNBC:
List of journalists taking sides  —  And their explanations, from 'Yikes!' to 'They're all in somebody's pocket'  —  Have you captured a candidate on camera?  We want to see it.  Click here to send us your pictures and videos, and we'll post the best on MSNBC.com.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Just getting organized.  Hello.  Questions.  —  Q Tony, does the executive order allow researchers to do anything they couldn't do under current guidelines?  —  MR. SNOW: Well, what it does …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Face of a psychopath  —  Neoconservative icon Norman Podhoretz followed …
Discussion: Think Progress
The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi responds to boos on war  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday reaffirmed her commitment to end the war in Iraq, but her words were greeted with skepticism and some boos by anti-war liberal activists.  —  Addressing the liberal pressure group Campaign for America's Future …
Daniel Sperling / Los Angeles Times:
A new carbon standard  —  Taxes on CO2 emissions alone won't get us where we need to go.  —  PROMINENT VOICES are calling for national carbon taxes as a way to fight global warming.  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Los Angeles Times' editorial board and economists …
Discussion: Economist's View
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:   CARBON TAXES....My back-of-the-envelope arithmetic convinced …
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Unity08 and Bloomberg: Perfect marriage?  —  Few in the political world are more keenly interested in the ramifications of "Mike's Big Move" — as New York's Daily News proclaimed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to sever his ties with the Republican Party — than former Carter White House official Gerald Rafshoon.
Discussion: Washington Post and Donklephant
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New York Times:
For 2 Years, Bloomberg Aides Prepared for Bid
Michael Yon:
Operation Arrowhead Ripper: Day One  —  The first day of operation Arrowhead Ripper was intense.  The Army is giving full access to the battlefield, and while on base full access to the TOC (HQ) which means I see the raw truth on the ground, and as it feeds through the TOC.  They are hiding nothing.
CNN:
14 U.S. troops killed in Iraq in 48 hours … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Fourteen U.S. troops have been killed in attacks over the past two days in Iraq — 12 soldiers and two Marines — according to the U.S. military.  —  In the deadliest attack, a roadside bomb struck a military vehicle …
Discussion: Reuters and Eschaton
Carl Levin / Washington Post:
Lincoln's Example for Iraq  —  In his only term in Congress, Abraham Lincoln was an ardent opponent of the Mexican War.  He introduced a series of resolutions that challenged President James Polk to show the "spot" of American soil on which Mexicans had spilled American blood …
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
Not Buying It  —  ON a Friday evening last month, the day after New York University's class of 2007 graduated, about 15 men and women assembled in front of Third Avenue North, an N.Y.U. dormitory on Third Avenue and 12th Street.  They had come to take advantage of the university's end-of-the-year move-out …
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Airwave Envy II  —  Liberals are such crybabies.  (By the grace of God, I'm no longer a liberal.  No more tears!)  —  They're still whining about the domination of conservative talk radio.  The Center for American Progress and Free Press, liberal "think" tanks, put out a joint 40-page report titled …
Media Bloggers Association:
MBA Press Release: PBS to Credential Bloggers for Next Week's Democratic Presidential Forum  —  Media Bloggers Association to assist PBS in processing requests for media credentials from bloggers.  —  PBS has set aside a limited number of media credentials for bloggers who wish to cover the upcoming …
CBS News:
Missing Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation  —  As Military Searches For Kidnapped Soldier In Iraq, U.S. Threatens To Send Wife Back To Dominican Republic  —  (CBS/AP) While the U.S. military searches for a soldier missing in Iraq, kidnapped by insurgents possibly allied with al Qaeda …
Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Groups balk at disclosure  —  A central plank of congressional ethics reform appeared in danger of collapse yesterday when government watchdog groups balked at disclosing their donors.  —  A provision of the proposed reform would force watchdogs to reveal their donors if they file ethics complaints.
 
 
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
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Eric Black / Minnesota Monitor:
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Kate O'Beirne / National Review:
Immigration Vote Count
Discussion: Day In, Day Out
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Rival camps take aim at Romney's religion
Discussion: The Caucus and MSNBC
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
Imperial presidency declared null and void
Matt / Think Progress:
Giuliani Skipped ISG Meetings For Motivational Events Featuring …
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C-Span shares Lamb skewers on air
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Steven Stark / The Phoenix:
EMPTY PANTSUIT  —  There's a reason why two new biographies …
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Jonas Parker / fred2008.org:
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Discussion: Hot Air
Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
Good News about CAIR
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National Post:
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