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8:50 PM ET, July 26, 2007

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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Leahy issues subpoena for Rove  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys.  —  "The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives …
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David Stout / New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief Challenges Gonzales's Testimony  —  The dispute over the truthfulness of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales reached a new intensity today as the F.B.I. Director, Robert S. Mueller 3rd, contradicted Mr. Gonzales's sworn testimony before a Senate committee.
Paul Kane / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats Call for Perjury Probe of Gonzales
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Ace of Spades HQ:
Source: TNR Is A Lot More Worried Than They're Letting On; Scott Thomas Got His Job For Plame-ish Reasons  —  There's actually more to this.  Let's just say TNR are playing the hard guys.  As a for instance, someone was searching for all of "Gracie's" posts at discarded lies last night.
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The Corner:
Everybody Chill Out  —  The issue with Scott Thomas Beauchamp isn't how he came to be published by the New Republic, or who his girlfriend-fiancee-wife might be.  If TNR chose to publish his work because he had a relationship with someone on staff, so what?
The New Republic:
A STATEMENT FROM SCOTT THOMAS BEAUCHAMP:  —  As we've noted in this space, some have questioned details that appeared in the Diarist "Shock Troops," published under the pseudonym Scott Thomas.  According to Major Kirk Luedeke, a public affairs officer at Forward Operating Base Falcon …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Scott Thomas Fooferaw
Fred File:
Hazleton Immigration Decision  —  Most Americans want something to be done about the illegal immigration problem we have in this country.  They've been expecting the federal government to enforce the immigration laws already on the books.  The federal government hasn't done that …
Discussion: Pawatercooler.com
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Matalin Sticking With Fred Thompson  —  Rumors are flying about more senior level departures from the unofficial presidential campaign of former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).  —  But The Fix can knock down one of the major ones: Mary Matalin, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein and Beltway seriousness  —  Joe Klein today responds to my post from earlier this morning — regarding Joe Lieberman, John Hagee and Seriousness — without expressly acknowledging that he is doing so.  He all but quotes my post at length and says he is responding to the use of the word …
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Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:   Epithets I Have Known  —  Some epithets are really quite brilliant …
Jean Edward Smith / New York Times:
Stacking the Court  —  WHEN a majority of Supreme Court justices adopt a manifestly ideological agenda, it plunges the court into the vortex of American politics.  If the Roberts court has entered voluntarily what Justice Felix Frankfurter once called the "political thicket," it may require a political solution to set it straight.
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Anxious Republicans fear another beating  —  Nine months after Republicans were routed in the midterm elections, campaign observers, K Street lobbyists and political experts say there is little evidence the party can rebound in 2008.  —  The same bad news — the president's low approval ratings …
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton calls Bush-Cheney comparison 'silly'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton sharply dismissed Thursday a recent suggestion from chief rival Barack Obama that she is "Bush-Cheney light," telling CNN the comparison is "silly."
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration.  Again.  —  Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.  —  "It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday.
Discussion: Hot Air and Day In, Day Out
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Oversight Hearing on US Embassy in Iraq  —  The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq."  The hearing will examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Feinstein backs Clinton's bid for president  —  (07-25) 11:02 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein came roaring to the aid of fellow Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and tongue lashed a radio reporter today for what she said was an inappropriate question during a conference call …
Buckeye State Blog:
Rumor: Ohio Republican Implicated In Hooker Scandal  —  I can't go too far into details - because frankly I don't have all the dirt - but I want to throw this one out to the wolves.  Sources close to the Flynt Hooker investigation tell me that they've zeroed in on one Republican …
Discussion: Wonkette and DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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