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7:10 PM ET, June 26, 2007

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Nico / Think Progress:
Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter During Live Television Appearance  —  Elizabeth Edwards confronted right-wing pundit Ann Coulter during a live interview on MSNBC this afternoon, charging that Coulter's "personal attacks" on former senator John Edwards and others were based on "the language of hate."
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Ann Coulter Attacks John Edwards On Good Morning America  —  From an e-mail from John Edwards' Campaign: … As you'll see from the clip, the caption read "Republicans Losing Ground?" and we see just why that's happening when Annie opens her trap.  Way to go, ABC...
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Ann Coulter, Dem fundraising superstar
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Rick Klein / Political Radar:
Bush Calls Immigration Bill "Amnesty"  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: President Bush has spent a whole lot of time in recent months claiming that the immigration bill isn't "amnesty."  —  But in describing the measure Tuesday morning, an apparent slip of the tongue suggested otherwise …
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Pajamas Media:
SECRET REID PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION BILL  —  Pajamas Media has learned that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may be using an "unprecedented combination of legislative procedures" to push through the controversial Kennedy Immigration Bill - today!  In fact, it may already be in progress by the time you read this.
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Michelle Malkin:
Shamnesty on the Senate floor, afternoon edition...Reid invokes 9/11 …
Discussion: Washington Times
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Lugar Urges Quick Shift in Iraq War Strategy  —  After offering a bleak assessment of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said today that he was urging lawmakers and President Bush …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Voinovich calls for gradual withdrawal from Iraq  —  Following up on comments by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Republican Sen. George Voinovich (Ohio) called today for President Bush to begin planning for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq.  —  In a letter to President Bush …
ABCNEWS:
Another GOP Senator Urges Pullout  —  Republican Voinovich Joins Lugar in Calling for a Shift in Strategy in Iraq  —  Sen. George Voinovich said Tuesday the U.S. should begin pulling troops out of Iraq, joining Richard Lugar as the second Republican lawmaker in as many days to suggest President Bush's war strategy is failing.
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
A GOP Plan To Oust Cheney  —  The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office.  Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.  —  As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq …
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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press:
Fred Thompson defends his lobbying past  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Fred Thompson, a likely Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday defended his work as a Washington lobbyist, telling The Associated Press that lobbying is an important part of life because "government's got their hands in everything."
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National Review:
Bad Vibe  —  Something about this immigration battle doesn't sit well.  For all the bitterness of our political battles, there's at least the sense that the government responds to the drift of public opinion.  The Republicans in Congress turned into big spenders and the war in Iraq went poorly.
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Michelle Malkin:
Shamnesty document drop: The "Clay Pigeon" …
Discussion: Hot Air and Captain's Quarters
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Swett Keeps Running From Lieberman — Donates To Maine's Tom Allen  —  Katrina Swett — a longtime New Hampshire Democratic activist and Senate primary candidate who has taken a pummeling for her past support of Joe Lieberman — is now officially running away from the Connecticut Senator.
Discussion: Firedoglake and MyDD
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Eric Moskowitz / Concord Monitor:
Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal
Discussion: Daily Kos and DownWithTyranny!
Morris D. Davis / New York Times:
The Guantánamo I Know  —  LINDSEY GRAHAM, a Republican senator from South Carolina, is right: "The image of Guantánamo Bay and the reality of Guantánamo Bay are completely different."  It is disappointing that so many embrace a contrived image.
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The Daily Howler:
AND WHY DIDN'T COHEN KNOW IT?  At long last, Fitzgerald expressed his view—and the press corps failed to report it:  —  EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT WARMING SHE (SIC) LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN: We saw, too late, that our Brother Drum had issued a fatwa about that Post column.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:   The Washington Post weeps for Scooter Libby
Dave Kilcullen / SWJ Blog:
Understanding Current Operations in Iraq  —  I've spent much of the last six weeks out on the ground, working with Iraqi and U.S. combat units, civilian reconstruction teams, Iraqi administrators and tribal and community leaders.  I've been away from e-mail a lot, so unable to post here at SWJ …
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a picture is worth a thousand posts  —  That is a horrible picture of VIvi!!  —  KARLA  —  RO, I AGREE WITH U ON MOSTLY EVERYTHING.  BUT SOMEHOW I FOUND THE PICTURE OF VIVI DISTURBING.  I DON'T EVEN LET MY CHILDREN PLAY WITH ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT.  IT'S JUST A COMMENT.  BUT OH WELL!!!!!!
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Ex-Official Sentenced in Abramoff Probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department's former No. 2 official was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for lying to senators in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, the highest administration official sentenced in the probe.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Shticko  —  Reason has a good review of the latest Michael Moore movie.  Moore is both a practiced liar and not-too-smart.  The implication that "free healthcare" run by the government is somehow immune to the laws of economics is classic Moore boilerplate:
 
 
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Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
A U.S. ally in Iraq is murdered
James Parks / AFL-CIO Weblog:
Handful of Senators Deny Employee Free Choice—For Now
Michael Starr / New York Post:
NANCY'S SECRET WEDDING
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Three Quarters Believe Global Warming A 'Natural Occurrence'
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
FREE SPEECH AND SELECTIVE ORIGINALISM
Guardian:
From No 10 to the Middle East: Blair gets a new job
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Web chatter vows GOP convention protests
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
For G.I.'s in Iraq, a Harrowing Day Facing a Trap
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Judge Discusses Details of Work On Secret Court
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Bending Congressional Ears
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
How the GOP Could Win