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9:30 AM ET, July 6, 2007

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Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Iran's Proxy War  —  Tehran is on the offensive against us throughout the Middle East.  Will Congress respond?  —  Earlier this week, the U.S. military made public new and disturbing information about the proxy war that Iran is waging against American soldiers and our allies in Iraq.
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Reuters:
Lieberman may back Republican in '08 race  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent who supports Democrats in Congress despite his backing of the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was not ruling out endorsing a Republican in the White House race.
Editor and Publisher:
GOP Congressman Joins Sen. Domenici in Breaking With White House on War  —  ALBUQUERQUE Rep. John Doolittle, a consevative California congressman, today joined others in his party rapidly deserting the president on the Iraq war.  —  At a town hall meeting in Rocklin and then in a meeting …
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Washington Post:
Key GOP Senator Breaks With Bush
Diana West / Washington Times:
Call it like it is  —  Q: Who is winning the really important war of ideas — the one between the West and itself?  A: Not the side that understands jihad as a foundational Islamic institution.  —  This is nothing new.  From September 11 onward, the yeoman effort of elites has been to wrench "Islam" away from all acts of jihad.
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Robert Spencer / Front Page Magazine:
Muzzling Jihad Watch  —  I began getting the emails several days ago: Jihad Watch readers telling me that they had been accustomed to reading the site at work, but now their employer had blocked access to the Jihad Watch site on company computers.  Many reported that the ban on Jihad Watch …
Discussion: The Corner
The New Republic:
DOUBLE STANDARDS WATCH:  —  Alan Dershowitz has a regular column in the Jerusalem Post called "Double Standard Watch."  But double standards are not only evident in arguments about the ongoing disputes between the Israelis and Palestinians and among the Arabs.
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Marty on Libby II
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PERETZ ON PLAME....I suppose if there were a competition …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Simon Barnes / Times of London:
Bombing plots 'were carried out with bin Laden's blessing'  —  Deborah Haynes in Baghdad, Jeremy Page in Delhi and Martin Fletcher  —  The London and Glasgow bomb plots were carried out with the approval of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, a top foreign intelligence source said last night.
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Simon Barnes / Times of London:
Fresh terror raids on Australian hospitals
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Cool Reception for Conservative Radio  —  Many Popular Talk Shows Find Washington Just Isn't Listening  —  After conservative radio pundits encouraged opposition last month to the immigration bill that was before the Senate, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) was moved to declare, "Talk radio is running America."
Discussion: QandO, Riehl World View and TIME
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The tragic collapse of America's standing in the world  —  (updated below)  —  One of the very few arguments one can make which will prompt virtually identical objections from both standard right-wing neoconservative fanatics as well as a small, unrepresentative cluster on the Left concerns …
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TRex / Firedoglake:   Late Nite FDL: News Flash! They Don't Hate Us for Our Freedom.
Charles Bremner / Times of London:
More Rimbaud and less Rambo, critics tell sweaty jogger Sarkozy  —  Read Charles Bremner's weblog  —  President Sarkozy has fallen foul of intellectuals and critics who see his passion for jogging as un-French, right-wing and even a ploy to brainwash his citizens.
Charles Bremner / Times of London:
De Villepin likely to face conspiracy charges  —  Police searched the home of Dominique de Villepin, the former French Prime Minister, yesterday as judges appeared close to charging him with conspiring to implicate Nicolas Sarkozy, now the President, in a corruption scandal.
Discussion: Barcepundit
Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
Stop Wexler's Censure Wrist-slap  —  Robert Wexler is a great Congressman - and one of my heroes from his outstanding efforts to count every vote in Palm Beach in 2000 - but this is a terrible move: … In other words, this is barely a slap on the wrist.  It's more like the sound of one hand clapping.
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Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
With Bloomberg on Stage, Harsher Light on Giuliani  —  NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden was taken over by New York police and their families, all there for the graduation ceremony of 1,097 new officers.  A rousing video flashed images of police responding to the Sept. 11 attacks.
William E. Odom / NiemanWatchdog.org:
'Supporting the troops' means withdrawing them  —  Gen. William Odom writes that opponents of the war should focus public attention on the fact that Bush's obstinate refusal to admit defeat is causing the troops enormous psychological as well as physical harm.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and All Spin Zone
Munir Ahmad / Associated Press:
Pakistani leader escapes attempt on life  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Unknown gunners fired after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's plane took off from a military base on Friday in what one official described as a failed assassination attempt.  —  A senior security official said Musharraf …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Michael Yon:
Baqubah Update: 05 July 2007  —  Today marks "D +16" of Operation "Arrowhead Ripper," the Battle for Baqubah.  Arrowhead Ripper kicked off on 19 June 07.  I have several dispatches in the works about the major events since that time.  Although the serious fighting seems to be over …
Susie / Suburban Guerrilla:
No More Dead Bloggers  —  Do I have your attention?  Good.  —  I would like to point out the utter injustice of a Democratic political system that is very, very happy to take the money and volunteers the blogosphere sends its way, and in return, we get... um....
 
 
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Gene Healy / Cato-at-liberty:
Conservatives and the Presidency
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Republican enters race for ill senator's seat
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
An Unpardonable Act  —  I harbored no personal desire to see I. Lewis …
Josh Manchester / SWJ Blog:
Counterinsurgents Should Consider A "Fabrication Cell"
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Clinton Signs Gephardt as Key Adviser
Bruce Moomaw / The Atlantic Online:
The Search for an Enemy  —  James Fallows, reports that according …
David Burge / iowahawk:
UK WARNING: LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE DOING THINGS
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Re: Libby—Changed My Mind
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Mike Gravel's ripple effect
Associated Press:
Al-Qaeda honcho uncorks opthalmic curse for jihad
Amanda / Think Progress:
Fox News: Universal health care breeds terrorists. »
Media Matters for America:
Boortz falsely claimed Clinton was convicted of perjury
Media Matters for America:
Will NBC ask Todd about prediction that Bush approval would top …
Discussion: Strategist and Think Progress
White House:
Press Briefing by Scott Stanzel