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4:20 PM ET, July 25, 2007

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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Democrats pass contempt citations  —  WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President Bush's former legal counselor, Harriet Miers.  —  The 22-17 vote — which would sanction for pair …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Judiciary Committee approves contempt resolution against Bolten and Miers  —  The House Judiciary Committee, in a straight party-line vote, approved a contempt resolution against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, setting …
Discussion: The Hill
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings  —  House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials …
Elana Schor / The Hill:
Sens. say Gonzales lied  —  The Senate veered closer to a contempt finding against the White House on Tuesday after an acrimonious appearance by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with the Judiciary Committee's senior Republican offering options for taking the Bush administration to court.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
House Committee Approves Contempt Citation
Discussion: The Newshoggers
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
House Panel Cites Bush Aides for Contempt of Congress
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and MyDD
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:   HJC Contempt Hearing, Part II
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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The Raw Story:
National Intelligence Estimate claim over Iran-linked threat unsupported, CIA sources say  —  Current and former intelligence officials say the Bush Administration's National Intelligence Estimate regarding terrorist threats to the United States does not provide evidence to support its assertions …
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Amir Oren / Haaretz:
Free Assad  —  The head of American intelligence, Admiral …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
What were the pre-2005 "other intelligence activities"?
Discussion: Brian Beutler
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Giuliani, the federalist candidate  —  He proposes letting the states decide on social issues such as abortion and gay rights.  —  Social issues such as gay rights and gun control divide America so sharply largely because no one has found a single solution for them equally acceptable …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
RUDY AND FEDERALISM....I was genuinely pretty surprised when I opened …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
MORE BATTLEBUDDIES  —  Some time ago I advised folks not to focus on whether Jamil Hussein was actually an Iraqi police officer and instead concentrate on the accuracy of his claims.  I'll now suggest avoiding the argument as to whether "Scott Thomas" is or isn't a soldier.
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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.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Disfavor for Bush Hits Rare Heights  —  In Modern Era, Only Nixon Scored Worse, And Only Truman Was Down for So Long  —  President Bush is a competitive guy.  But this is one contest he would rather lose.  With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Conservatives call for Bush to emphasize 'leaving Iraq'  —  Some conservative activist leaders, fearing voter anger with the Iraq war, want President Bush and GOP leaders to begin emphasizing that U.S. troops will be "leaving Iraq" to give Republicans cover as they head into a tough political landscape in 2008.
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.
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.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Fresh Is Your Cable News?  Check the Label  —  This just in!  There's no more news on TV, at least not on the cable news networks.  Plain old news apparently just isn't good enough anymore, so TV news stories have been getting new and improved names.  —  President Bush's latest news conference?
 
 
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Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Who Is the 'Baghdad Diarist'?  —  Soldier's Accounts of Misbehavior …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Re: Moral Responsibility
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Jim Tice / Army Times:
1,106 soldiers ordered back to recruiting duty
Discussion: Main and Central
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Poll: Smith leads Novick by 23 points
Discussion: TIME
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
US clashes with Iran over aid to Iraq militia
Jake Palmateer / The Daily Star:
Movie creator charged
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
Washington Post:
Poll: Republicans Like Giuliani's Electability
San Francisco Chronicle:
Power restored in San Francisco
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Haaretz:
PM confirms intention to negotiate with Abbas on formation of Palestinian state
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Thompson gains among social conservatives
Jim Nichols / Cleveland Metro News:
Michigan Young Republican pleads guilty in sex case
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Emanuel sees immigration shelved until second term
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President Links Qaeda of Iraq to Qaeda of 9/11
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