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3:25 AM ET, July 18, 2007

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Think Progress:
Live-Blogging The Senate Iraq Filibuster  —  [ThinkProgress is at the Capitol building, live-blogging the all-night conservative filibuster of Iraq withdrawal legislation.]  —  12:27 AM: 1,000 people gathered outside the Capitol tonight for a rally and candlelight vigil.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
A look inside the war rooms on the war  —  Leaders are instructing Democratic lawmakers to blitz their states with anti-Bush messages as the Senate gears up for an all-night debate on Iraq withdrawal, according to an internal memo provided to The Politico by a Democratic official.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
Bob Geiger:   Random Notes From The Senate All-Nighter
Karina / The Gavel:
Candlelight Call to Action
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Senators Pull All-Nighter For Debate On Iraq War  —  GOP Denounces Effort As Political Theatrics  —  Democrats rolled out cots and ordered pizzas as they settled in for a marathon Senate debate on Iraq last night that featured numerous speeches but little chance of getting any closer to resolving the stalemate over how to end the war.
Discussion: Firedoglake, AMERICAblog and Fox News
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Media Matters for America:
On Good Morning America, Sawyer falsely claimed Reid "vows to filibuster"  —  During the July 17 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-anchor Diane Sawyer falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "vows to filibuster, talking all night to close out all topics besides a vote on Iraqi troop withdrawals."
ESPN:
Falcons' Vick indicted by grand jury in dogfighting probe  —  Michael Vick has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the dogfighting probe of his property in Virginia.  —  The indictment alleges that Vick and his co-defendants began sponsoring dogfighting in early 2001 …
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ABCNEWS:
NFL Star Sacked in Dogfight Probe
CBS News:
Michael Vick Indicted By Grand Jury
Discussion: protein wisdom and ESPN
Steve Verdon / Outside The Beltway:   Michael Vick Indicted on Charges of Dog Fighting
The Smoking Gun:
Michael Vick Indicted
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
GOP establishment rallies around Bush  —  The Republican establishment is rallying to the defense of President Bush and his controversial war strategy, with some GOP members of Congress cherry-picking intelligence about a resurgent Al Qaeda to buy at least two more months for Bush's Iraq strategy.
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Intelligence Report Warns of al-Qaeda's Capabilities  —  Worldwide counterterror efforts have restrained Osama bin Laden's network from again attacking the United States, but al-Qaeda's capabilities to mount such an attack have been "protected or regenerated" partly by securing a safe haven …
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Washington Times:
Bush office is anti-Muslim, group says  —  A Muslim civil rights group today blamed Bush administration policies for promoting "Islamophobia" and said the "war on terror" won't stop terrorists.  —  "The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," …
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.
Washington Post:
Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report  —  At 10 a.m. on April 4, 2001, representatives of 13 environmental groups were brought into the Old Executive Office Building for a long-anticipated meeting.  Since late January, a task force headed by Vice President Cheney …
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Wamp: Thompson is close to joining '08 race  —  Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House.  —  "My view is that he'll enter the race at some point just in the coming days," said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.
Max Boot / Commentary:
More News from Ramadi  —  You don't hear much about Anbar Province anymore.  That's because this area, once the scene of the heaviest fighting in Iraq, has turned remarkably quiet of late.  Attacks are down 80 percent since last year.  If there is any cause for optimism in Iraq this is it …
Satyam / Think Progress:
ABC goes 'Inside the Surge.'  —  Last night, ABC's Nightline aired a segment capturing a rare view from the ground of the fighting that mires U.S. troops in Baghdad.  Through the lens of an embedded reporter, ABC followed several U.S. soldiers for two weeks in May, watching …
 
 
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