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11:40 AM ET, July 18, 2007

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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Spineless Sages  —  Top GOP Senators Only Talk Against the War  —  Anyone searching for the highest forms of invertebrate life need look no further than the floor of the U.S. Senate last week and this.  These spineless specimens go by various names — Republican moderates …
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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.
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.
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Lugar, Domenici Will Oppose Withdrawal Bill, Keeping Them In GOP WINO Caucus
Discussion: Firedoglake
Associated Press:
US: Top al-Qaida in Iraq figure captured  —  BAGHDAD - The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:   Islamic State of Iraq - an al Qaeda front
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
US Captures Top AQI Figure
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Read It and Weep  —  EVEN BUSH'S INTELLIGENCE REPORT SAYS THE WAR IN IRAQ IS MAKING US LESS SAFE AT HOME.  —  The National Intelligence Estimate that was released today—titled "The Terrorist Threat to the Homeland"—amounts to a devastating critique of the Bush administration's policies on Iraq, Iran, and the terrorist threat itself.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The National Intelligence Estimate
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
R. Milhous Giuliani  —  With the same rootless confidence that causes people to ignore hurricane warnings, many social conservatives remain in denial about Rudy Giuliani's chances of winning the Republican nomination.  —  But with three debates and eight months as the Republican front-runner under his belt …
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Tina Daunt / Los Angeles Times:
Winfrey, Obama just the ticket
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Attorneys in Rudy firm buck boss
Discussion: Bloomberg and MSNBC
Elana Schor / The Hill:
GOP welcomes back Vitter  —  Republican colleagues welcomed Sen. David Vitter back to Washington Tuesday after the Louisianan spent a tense week avoiding the flap over his ties to the escort service of the so-called "D.C. Madam."  —  Vitter made brief remarks to GOP conference members …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Republicans Call Reid's Bluff
Richard Beeston / Times of London:
Security services 'foil plot to kill Berezovsky at the London Hilton'  —  Boris Berezovsky fled Britain three weeks ago on the advice of Scotland Yard, amid reports that he was the target of an assassination attempt by a suspected Russian hitman.  —  The exiled tycoon and fierce critic …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Laura Clout / Telegraph:   'Russian plot to kill Berezovsky foiled'
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Here's a key...  TOWNSEND'S DODGE  —  Here's a key exchange from White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend's press conference yesterday about the new NIE on al Qaeda.  We know that intelligence estimates received by the White House prior to the invasion of Iraq warned …
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New York Times:
Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan
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 …
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Edwards ad touts him as a tough guy  —  CONCORD, N.H. - Elizabeth Edwards tells voters her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, is a tough guy "who can stare the worst in the face and not blink" in an ad set to start airing Wednesday in New Hampshire.
Jacqueline L. Salmon / Washington Post:
Christian Fantasy Genre Builds Niche Without Hogwarts, Muggles or Spells  —  Could the next Harry Potter be a devout Christian?  —  As the days tick down until Saturday, when a breathless world learns the fate of the teenage wizard, a new breed of fantasy fiction, with Potter-style stories, is emerging.
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
White House Had Drug Officials Appear With GOP Candidates  —  White House officials arranged for top officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy to help as many as 18 vulnerable Republican congressmen by making appearances and sometimes announcing new federal grants …
Carlin Romano / Chronicle of Higher Education:
If We Don't Call Them Names, the Terrorists Win  —  After the terrorist near misses in London and Glasgow, British officials did the expected.  They raised their nation's threat-assessment level.  They weighed the balance between civil liberties and new, tougher security measures.
Discussion: normblog and Angry Bear
John Stossel / Real Clear Politics:
Where Michael Moore is Wrong  —  Michael Moore loves government.  —  OK, he doesn't love a government headed by George W. Bush, but he believes that once the Democrats are in charge, government will do a better job providing health care.  —  In his new movie, "Sicko," …
Rebecca Keeble / NEWS.com.au:
Gore's message loses bite  —  Decrease Increase -  —  Submit comment:  —  ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in Beverly Hills.  —  Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species.
 
 
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Bush's Latest Quarterly Approval Average Easily Surpasses Previous Low
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Bryan / Hot Air:
New Hot Air campaign ad: www.deportthemnow.com
Rudolph W. Giuliani / Pajamas Media:
Better Judges, Better Courts
Discussion: Newsday and The American Mind
New York Times:
Democrats Lack Support to Force Vote on Pullout
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Washington Post:
After All-Night Debate, Senate to Vote on Iraq Measure
Discussion: Wonkette and Bluey Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Earmarks gone wild
David Corn / Washington Post:
Why Bush Is A Loser  —  Who knew Bill Kristol had such a flair for satire?
Gregg Easterbrook / The Huffington Post:
Greatest Living American Ignored
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Imprisoned Cunningham outlines depths of corruption to FBI