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10:05 PM ET, July 25, 2007

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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Democrats pass contempt citation  —  WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee approved a contempt of Congress citation Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and one-time Counsel Harriet Miers, setting up a constitutional confrontation over the firings of federal prosecutors.
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Washington Post:
House Panel Votes for Contempt Charges in Firings Case  —  The House Judiciary Committee voted today to issue contempt citations for two of President Bush's most trusted aides, taking its most dramatic step yet towards a constitutional showdown with the White House over the Justice Department's dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Avoidable Conclusion To Executive Privilege Tension  —  It appears that Congress and the White House will come to a resonating conclusion to the lifelong tension over the use of executive privilege, and it will be fought on the White House's turf.  The House Judiciary Committee took …
Discussion: TalkLeft and UrbanGrounds
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Judiciary Committee approves contempt resolution against Bolten and Miers
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Reason Magazine and Macsmind
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Bill O'Reilly's Web site threatens Hillary's life  —  FOX News' Bill O'Reilly has been attacking the liberal blog Daily Kos, and liberal blogs in general, over some extreme comments left by some of our visitors.  It's interesting therefore that O'Reilly's own Web site contains some of the most hideous hate you've ever seen.
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News For The Left:
Bill O'Reily.com being investigated by Secret Service  —  After seeing this post by John Aravosis on AmericaBlog, I was incensed and concerned at the same time.  Here is the comment on O'Reilly's blog that crossed the line: … So, I did what a responsible person should do when they see something like this on a blog.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Michelle Malkin's hate sites
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Daily Kos and Norwegianity
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Documents contradict Gonzales' testimony  —  WASHINGTON - Documents show that eight congressional leaders were briefed about the Bush administration's terrorist surveillance program on the eve of its expiration in 2004, contradicting sworn Senate testimony this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
BREAKING: Documents Contradict Gonzales' testimony
CNN Political Ticker:
Protester removed from Fred Thompson event  —  HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) - A woman screaming "you're not a real conservative, sir" was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning.  A second protester was also taken from the room.
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The Atlantic Online:
Another Resignation From Team Thompson  —  The day after his would-be campaign manager was replaced, Ex-Sen. Fred Thompson has another senior staff position to refill.  —  J.T. Mastranadi was hired just a week and a half ago to be the campaign's director of research.  He resigned this morning, a friend of his said.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Newt flirts with Thompson
Discussion: Hot Air and Debbie Schlussel
Will Marshall / Ideas Primary:
Changing Course in Iraq  —  The Iraq debate in Washington seems as intractable as the actual war in Iraq.  Democrats keep trying to set a deadline for withdrawing U.S. combat forces.  President Bush keeps insisting that nothing will change until Sept. 15, when General David Petraeus …
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Exclusive First Read: Obama hits Clinton - harder  —  From NBC's Andrea Mitchell  —  Sen. Obama has ESCALATED his criticism of Hillary Clinton — taking it to political defcon three — in an exclusive on-camera interview with NBC News.  —  It is a lot tougher than what he said in the debate …
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Specter to probe Supreme Court decisions  —  Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel J. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Indeed  —  Obama: … I'm not saying Obama's judgment about his judgment is necessarily correct, just that the very serious foreign policy people in Washington keep, you know, getting it wrong.  The foreign policy establishment has its own arbitrary parameters of debate which it imposes …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Obama: My Judgment On Foreign Policy Is Best Of All Candidates
Discussion: Open Left
Karina / The Gavel:
House Votes to Ban Permanent Bases in Iraq  —  "The Democratic Congress will go on record - every day if necessary - to register a judgment in opposition to the course of action that the President is taking in Iraq.  The Democratic Congress will go on record - every day if necessary …
Michelle Malkin:
Document drop: A new critique of the 2004 Lancet Iraq death toll study  —  One of the most useful roles of the blogosphere is its service as an open-source intelligence-gathering medium.  You can draw on the expertise of people around the world at the touch of a button.
Associated Press:
Queen guitarist to complete doctorate  —  LONDON - Brian May is completing his doctorate in astrophysics, more than 30 years after he abandoned his studies to form the rock group Queen.  —  The 60-year-old guitarist and songwriter said he plans to submit his thesis, "Radial Velocities …
Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Who Is the 'Baghdad Diarist'?  —  Soldier's Accounts of Misbehavior in Iraq Questioned by Bloggers  —  The soldier's stories were shocking in their brutality: fellow GIs viciously mocking a woman whose face had been horribly disfigured in an IED explosion; a private snatching a child's skull unearthed …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Nonny Mouse Goes Down Under  —  The travel and tourist industry is one of the United State's biggest money-makers, generating $103 billion in tax revenue every year.  Without this tax revenue, every American household would pay nearly $1,000 more in taxes every a year.
 
 
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John Derbyshire / The Corner:
Moral Responsibility  —  Jonah: Your argument on Iraq …
Kara Oppenheim / The Hill:
Sen. Feinstein endorses Clinton
Stephen Brook / Guardian:
Mirror slams fake bomb arrests
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Steve Schmidt / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Report of terrorist 'dry run' at Lindbergh a false alarm
Richard Blair / All Spin Zone:
"Welcome Back Bob. Now, STFU."
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Walter Shapiro / Salon:
How the Democrats differ on Iraq
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Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Conservatives call for Bush to emphasize 'leaving Iraq'
 

 
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