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2:35 PM ET, June 22, 2007

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Timothy Karr / The Huffington Post:
Report Revealing Bias of Talk Radio Touches Nerve on the Right  —  A study released on Wednesday by Free Press and the Center for American Progress lays bare what is obvious to many: Talk radio is a chorus of right-wing voices.  —  "The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio" …
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Center for American Progress:
The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio  —  Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America.  Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent …
Fox News:
Inhofe: Clinton, Boxer Want to Squash Conservative Radio Talk Shows  —  Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer have big plans to rein in conservative radio talk shows, according to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.  —  He said Thursday on John Ziegler's evening radio show on KFI in L.A. that he overheard Clinton …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Barbara Boxer And Hillary Clinton Will Target Talk Radio: Inhofe  —  Senator James Inhofe told talk-radio host John Ziegler that Barbara Boxer and Hillary Clinton want to introduce legislation aiming to control talk radio.  This sounds like the story he told on CQ Radio yesterday …
Discussion: Bookworm Room
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008  —  John Edwards ended 2004 with a problem: how to keep alive his public profile without the benefit of a presidential campaign that could finance his travels and pay for his political staff.  —  Mr. Edwards, who reported this year that he had assets …
Melinda Henneberger / New York Times:
Why Pro-Choice Is a Bad Choice for Democrats  —  I KEEP reading about a universe in which social conservatives are warming to Rudy Giuliani.  But this would have to be a place where his estranged children and three wives and multiple appearances in fishnets were irrelevant to the Republican base.
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Tristero / Hullabaloo:
Should Democrats Endorse Coathangers As Moral?  —  Updated  —  by tristero
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Los Angeles Times:
'Sicko' leaves top Democrats ill at ease  —  Leading candidates are sidestepping direct comment on filmmaker Michael Moore's proposals for universal healthcare.  —  WASHINGTON — With the release of Michael Moore's "Sicko," a movie once again is adding sizzle to an issue that's a high priority …
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
Cheney claims a non-executive privilege  —  He asserts he's exempt from showing an agency how his office keeps secrets because he's not fully part of the administration.  —  WASHINGTON — For the last four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has made the controversial claim that his office …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Cheney Defiant on Classified Material  —  Vice President Cheney's office has refused to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information for the past four years and recently tried to abolish the office that sought to enforce those rules, according to documents released …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
What's Not to Like  —  The soft side, and the underside, of Hillary Clinton's campaign.  —  Hillary Clinton doesn't have to prove she's a man.  She has to prove she's a woman.  —  She doesn't have to prove to people that she's tough enough or aggressive enough to be commander in chief.
Discussion: MSNBC and INSTAPUTZ
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Last Chance for Abbas  —  Gaza is now run not by a conventional political party but by a movement that is revolutionary, Islamist and terrorist.  Worse, Hamas is a client of Iran.  Gaza now constitutes the farthest reach of the archipelago of Iranian proxies: Hamas in Palestine …
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Tom Rose / Weekly Standard:
A Bad Week for the Good Guys
Discussion: Power Line and A Blog For All
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Senate Adopts Energy Bill Raising Mileage for Cars  —  The Senate passed a broad energy bill late Thursday that would, among other things, require the first big increase in fuel mileage requirements for passenger cars in more than two decades.  —  The vote, 65 to 27, was a major defeat …
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Washington Post:
Guantanamo Splits Administration  —  Arguments Center on How to Handle Remaining Detainees  —  Senior Bush administration officials are engaged in active discussions about closing the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but deep divisions remain regarding the fate …
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Fawn Johnson / GovExec.com:
Border bill backers seek boost in enforcement provisions  —  Senate negotiators of a compromise immigration bill are writing a catchall amendment, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to bolster enforcement provisions of the bill, including a more robust "touchback" requirement for illegal immigrants.
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Boston Globe:
Romney aide is the focus of probe  —  Allegedly acted as State Police trooper  —  State Police are investigating one of Mitt Romney's top campaign aides for allegedly impersonating a trooper by calling a Wilmington company and threatening to cite the driver of a company van for erratic driving …
Michelle Malkin:
Nancy Pelosi supports the troops-the Canadian troops, that is  —  Oops, they did it again.  —  Last year, the DNC embarrassed itself with a website purporting to support US troops.  Only one problem, as a sharp-eyed tipster told me: The soldier depicted in the patriotic display was Canadian.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
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Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.  —  The eldest children in families tend to develop higher I.Q.'s than their siblings, researchers are reporting today, in a large study that could settle more than a half-century of scientific debate about the relationship between I.Q. and birth order.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
McHenry pushes earmark for X-mas trees  —  Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) was all over the House floor last week, bashing Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) and other Democratic leaders for not doing enough to disclose member earmarks early in the appropriations process …
Discussion: The Stakeholder and Cliff Schecter
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
'The Left' Moves Front and Center  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Why can't the left get any respect?  —  Whenever you use the word "left" in American politics, you feel almost compelled to add quotation marks.  Today's left is not talking about nationalizing industry, abolishing capitalism or destroying the rich.
Rick Lee / On Location With Rick Lee:
Julian Beever, the greatest sidewalk artist in the world...  ... finished his piece for the Charleston (WV) FestivALL today.  I was lucky to be able to be there.  He's a great guy to talk to and he just works like a madman.  —  Julian hails from the midlands of Great Britain but now resides in Belgium.
 
 
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Nico / Think Progress:
Skelton And Conyers Introduce Major New Habeas Reform Legislation
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Bobby Kennedy Approved CIA Tap On Journalists
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Meet Dorothy Rabinowitz
National Review:
We Have Another "No"  —  From Lamar Alexander's office:
Discussion: Macsmind
Joseph Carroll / Gallup Poll:
Only 29% of Americans Say U.S. Is Winning War on Terrorism
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Voucher Use in Washington Wins Praise of Parents
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
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Michael Yon:
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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
The Incredible Shrinking New York Times
David Von Drehle / Time:
Will Rudy's Get-Tough Image Backfire?
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Gore's 2000 team stays on sidelines
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