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3:15 AM ET, July 22, 2007

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TMZ.com:
Mitt Catches S**t Over Hillary-Bashing Sign  —  Not everyone is a fan of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but comparing them to one of the most dastardly pieces of human excrement of all time — that might be bit much.  Especially for a presidential candidate.
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Spokesman: Romney Not "Equating Or Comparing Anyone" When Holding "Obama Osama" Sign  —  As you may have seen today, TMZ.com has obtained two photos of Mitt Romney posing with a supporter in South Carolina.  The supporter was holding a sign with the homemade writing, "NO TO OBAMA OSAMA AND CHELSEA'S MOMA" (sic).
Discussion: Macsmind
David Espo / Yahoo! News:
Analysis: GOP senators nervous about war  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are growing increasingly nervous defending the war in Iraq, and Democrats more confident in their attempts to end it.  —  More than a year before the 2008 elections, it is a political role reversal that bodes ill …
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
McClatchy: Senate Republicans On Track For Record Setting Obstruction  —  Via McClatchy Washington Bureau: … Remember the Nuclear Option?  Here's Bill Frist from November, 2004 regarding the Democrats and Bush's judicial nominees: … The Republicans clamored for an up or down vote on these judges and the Democrats caved.
Frank Askin / Washington Post:
Congress's Power To Compel  —  It seems that the House Judiciary Committee is considering seeking help from the Justice Department to enforce contempt citations against Bush administration officials such as Joshua Bolten who refuse to respond to congressional inquiries into alleged White House wrongdoing.
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
The 9/11 Generation  —  Better than the Boomers.  —  In the 1960s, history called the Baby Boomers.  They didn't answer the phone.  —  Confronted with a generation-defining conflict, the cold war, the Boomers—those, at any rate, who came to be emblematic of their generation …
Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Gas Prices Rise on Refineries' Record Failures  —  Oil refineries across the country have been plagued by a record number of fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year, causing dozens of them to shut down temporarily or trim production.  The disruptions are helping …
CNN:
Tammy Faye Messner dies  —  (CNN) — Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled drug addiction and later inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, CNN's Larry King said Saturday night.  He said the family had asked him to make the delayed announcement.  —  She was 65.
Discussion: TVNewser and Shakesville
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
FOB Falcon Responds  —  Via Matt Sanchez, we've recieved this statement from Major Kirk Luedeke, the Public Affairs Officer at FOB Falcon, the base where "Scott Thomas" claims that he and his buddies ridiculed a woman who was badly disfigured by an IED blast (no one has yet come forward …
Discussion: Neptunus Lex and Riehl World View
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John Deeth / Iowa Independent:
Rudy Giuliani: Asked About HIV, He Answers With 9/11  —  Rudy Giuliani gets Iowa punctuality.  In fact, he may be the first presidential candidate in years to show up early at a caucus campaign stop.  Razzed by the Des Moines Register for running late in his last Iowa trip …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Will Temporarily Hand Reins To Cheney  —  President to Undergo Anesthesia for Exam  —  Vice President Cheney will assume the presidency on an acting basis today when President Bush undergoes general anesthesia for a routine colon examination, the White House said yesterday.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
'24' Star Sutherland: 'Global Warming Is A Crime For Which We Are All Guilty!'  —  Remember all that media chatter in January about the hit TV series "24" being conservative?  —  Well, likely to the applause of Jack Bauer's green fans, the producers announced the following Saturday (emphasis added, h/t NBer amber):
Discussion: Whiskey Fire and Ian Schwartz
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
They Don't Really Support the Troops  —  The latest from the New Republic and the Nation.  —  Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq, emerged on the American political scene two years ago.  Distraught and unstable, she was shamelessly exploited by opponents of George W. Bush …
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Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
Aside from the tragedy of the war itself, one of the more …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Personal Thoughts On Why I Haven't Have Endorsed In 2008  —  Note: I am retracting much of the original post.  What remains can be found in the extended entry and has been placed in a purely personal context.  I apologize if my tone or assertions offended anyone, especially since I now agree that those assertions were incorrect.
Tim Blair / NEWS.com.au:
Shallow breaths, save planet  —  Decrease Increase -  —  Submit comment:  —  IN A wonderful act of subversion, the Sydney Morning Herald's splendidly-named Stephanie Peatling this week managed to sneak a comic gem past her vigilant editors: "The greenhouse gas cuts Australia must achieve …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Jan Crawford / Legalities:
The Sky's Still Up There  —  Kathleen Sullivan, the former dean of Stanford Law School (who would be on any Democratic president's shortlist for the Supreme Court), said the other day that conservatives should be "dancing in the streets" at the end of the first full term of the Roberts Court.
Hassan M. Fattah / International Herald Tribune:
Muslim radical shows moderation, or at least tact  —  TRIPOLI, Lebanon: There was a time when Omar Bakri Mohammed embodied every stereotype of the jihadi extremist.  From his perch in London, he threw around words like "kafir" - infidel - to describe Christians and Jews and openly praised the bombers of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  America's political reporters don't like John Edwards, and have tried to destroy him.  —  But don't take my word for it.  —  Marc Ambinder was one of the founders of ABC's The Note and is a contributing editor to the National Journal's Hotline newsletter.
Charleston Daily Mail:
Don Surber: Democrats 'achieve' 14 percent approval  —  WHEN I looked at the numbers last month, the Gallup Poll showed President Bush's job approval was at 32 percent, and Congress was at 24 percent.  Could things get any worse?  —  Of course they can.  Never underestimate the power of the Democratic Party to self-destruct.
 
 
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Dylan / mediabistro.com:
Countdown's 'Ho' Graphic: Olbermann's Done This Sort Of Thing Before
Peter W. Galbraith / New York Review of Books:
Iraq: The Way to Go  —  Editor's note: Peter Galbraith …
Discussion: The Agonist
Karen Armstrong / Guardian:
An inability to tolerate Islam contradicts western values
Discussion: Wizbang, normblog and USS Neverdock
Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Jet Blue on drugs
Discussion: TalkLeft
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush issues orders on interrogations
Christopher Orlet / American Spectator:
Defending Islamic Rage Boy
Christopher Drew / New York Times:
Accessibility Isn't Only Hurdle in Voting System Overhaul
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
EXPERTS DISCUSS FLATNESS OF EARTH....The Washington Post …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Federal minimum wage rising this week
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Nigel Bunyan / Telegraph:
Binman's St George bandana 'is racist'
Discussion: Neptunus Lex and Harry's Place
Melanie Phillips / Melanie Phillips's Articles:
The protocols of the BBC  —  Jewish Chronicle, 20 July 2007
Susan Crawford blog:
Key move  —  Here's a letter from Google that you should read.
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Breaking: Gates Distances Himself From Edelman's Attack On Hillary Clinton
 

 
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