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4:45 AM ET, July 23, 2007

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Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes on the declassified National Intelligence Estimate: … I have no idea what Hayes is talking about.  Or, more precisely, Hayes has no idea what he's talking about.  —  Where are these mysterious White House "critics" who've been arguing that the al Qaeda threat is "overblown"?
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Reid finally answers a question about potential genocide in Iraq, sort of  —  He ducked Jake Tapper when Tapper put the question to him at a press conference last week, but he had nowhere to run to this morning and Bob Schieffer took advantage.  So what's his answer to ethnic cleansing?
Discussion: theneweditor.com
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Little Green Footballs:
KILLITARY: Lefties Dropping the Fiction of 'Supporting the Troops'  —  The leftist blogosphere went out of their way to cover this one up as quickly as possible.  —  It was posted at Daily Kos, as Ace relates.  But the Kidz are on edge about their credibility, so it was deleted within hours, without a word of explanation.
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:   That Deleted Daily Kos Post About Our Government-Issue Psychopaths, Discovered
Joel Brinkley / San Francisco Chronicle:
WANING INFLUENCE  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finds that her star is fading  —  I remember the heady days for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.  —  About 2 1/2 years ago, when she was new in office, I accompanied her on her first trip around the world, with stops in India …
Discussion: Corrente and FRAMESHOP
Ariel Leve / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda faces rebellion from the ranks  —  Sickened by the group's barbarity, Iraqi insurgents are giving information to coalition forces  —  Fed up with being part of a group that cuts off a person's face with piano wire to teach others a lesson, dozens of low-level members of al-Qaeda …
Discussion: TigerHawk and Don Surber
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Just What the Founders Feared: An Imperial President Goes to War  —  The nation is heading toward a constitutional showdown over the Iraq war.  Congress is moving closer to passing a bill to limit or end the war, but President Bush insists Congress doesn't have the power to do it.
Discussion: Riehl World View and Daily Kos
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
The Nights and Days Of Elizabeth Edwards  —  At home and on campaign, she juggles her difficult choices.  'How are you feeling?'  —  At a cabin on a recent weekend, Elizabeth Edwards and her 7-year-old son Jack are working on a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, while 9-year-old daughter Emma Claire is drawing animals on a piece of paper.
Discussion: The Influence Peddler
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Elizabeth Edwards in campaign limelight
Washington Post:
Subpoena Standoff  —  AND SO THE jousting continues.  For months the White House has resisted Congress's attempts to compel administration officials to testify about the controversial U.S. attorney firings in 2006.  Congress's propensity to let subpoenas fly has been matched …
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Md. Judge Dismisses Sex-Abuse Charges  —  Clerk Is Unable To Find Suitable Translator In Time  —  A 7-year-old girl said she had been raped and repeatedly molested over the course of a year.  Police in Montgomery County, acting on information from a relative, soon arrested a Liberian immigrant living in Gaithersburg.
Associated Press:
U.S.: Smugglers nabbed in Iraq may have links to Iran  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. troops on Sunday detained two suspected weapons smugglers who may be linked to Iran's elite Quds force, the military said, as Washington presses allegations that Tehran is supporting violence in Iraq despite plans for new bilateral talks on the issue.
Discussion: Power Line and Why Now?
Chris Giles / Financial Times:
Backlash in rich nations against globalisation  —  A popular backlash against globalisation and the leaders of the world's largest companies is sweeping all rich countries, an FT/Harris poll shows.  —  Large majorities of people in the US and in Europe want higher taxation for the rich …
Guardian:
All the rage - victim of US bloggers' cartoon hits back  —  Riazat Butt  —  With his clenched fists, wild eyes and gnashing teeth he has become the face of Muslim fury, protesting against the enemies of Islam.  —  Shakeel Ahmad Bhat has been on the frontline of political activism in Srinagar, India, for more than a decade.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Siun / Firedoglake:
Focus Groups Anyone?  —  (We were joined in comments tonight by Dr. Maryam, an Iraqi Pediatric Oncologist.  The discussion allowed us to hear a very clear voice from Iraq, a voice missing in the news we normally read - the conversation begins below the fold.)
Discussion: The Agonist
Jimmy Breslin / Newsday:
Impeach George Bush to stop war lies, deaths  —  I am walking in Rosedale on this day early in the week while I wait for the funeral of Army soldier Le Ron Wilson, who died at age 18 in Iraq.  He was 17 1/2 when he had his mother sign his enlistment papers at the Jamaica recruiting office.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Envoy Urges Visas For Iraqis Aiding U.S.  —  The American ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan C. Crocker, has asked the Bush administration to take the unusual step of granting immigrant visas to all Iraqis employed by the U.S. government in Iraq because of growing concern that they will quit and flee …
Washington Post:
Poll Shows Clinton With Solid Lead Among Democrats  —  By a wide margin, Democrats view Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) as the party's candidate best positioned to win the general election, and she holds a double-digit lead over Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the race for the nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News Poll.
Discussion: PollingReport.com
 
 
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Human Events:
MCCAIN'S LAST GASP  —  Sen. John McCain's virtually bankrupt …
Discussion: Redstate and DownWithTyranny!
Lawrence Korb / The Huffington Post:
Bush Must Stop Blaming Military Leaders for Failed Strategy
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Debates to Connect Candidates and Voters Online
Washington Post:
Margaret Spellings, Bush confidante and heartbreaker
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Cockfighting on Web Enters Legal Arena
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Woman to be U.S. president in January
Discussion: TBogg and Cliff Schecter
Dan Gerstein / The Politico:
Impeachment question divides Democrats
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
The 'Romney Five' are a hit
 Earlier Items: 
Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Just because you're paranoid....
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Crooks & Liars Welcomes Michael Moore with Exclusive Video!
Sophie Walker / NEWS.com.au:
British map in Iran crisis 'inaccurate'
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Associated Press:
Turkey's Ruling Party Leading Elections
Associated Press:
200 trapped in Gateway Arch for 2 hours
Washington Post:
Romney Camp Claims Giuliani Is No Longer GOP Favorite
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Glenn Reynolds and Ana Marie Cox on the CNN YouTube debate
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Look who's holding hostages again