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5:00 AM ET, July 30, 2007

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Washington Post:
Gonzales's Truthfulness Long Disputed  —  Claims of Misstatements to Shield Bush Stretch Back a Decade  —  When Alberto R. Gonzales was asked during his January 2005 confirmation hearing whether the Bush administration would ever allow wiretapping of U.S. citizens without warrants …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I don't want...  DOG ATE MY CONSTITUTION  —  I don't want to get into a back and forth about whether it makes sense or sense yet to impeach Alberto Gonzales.  But I assume we all agree that members of Congress should have a good enough working knowledge of the constitution to know how impeachment works.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Kagro X / Daily Kos:
Ellen Tauscher versus the Constitution
Discussion: Think Progress
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Mesopotamia: The Champions of Asia  —  I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said hat today has been as exciting as one of those election days in Baghdad.  Our national soccer team is playing for the Asian cup for the first time in its history.  By comparison this is as if the American team …
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New York Times:
A War We Just Might Win  —  VIEWED from Iraq, where we just spent eight days meeting with American and Iraqi military and civilian personnel, the political debate in Washington is surreal.  The Bush administration has over four years lost essentially all credibility.
Discussion: TalkLeft and WILLisms.com
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
A Proposal To CNN  —  The Republican reluctance to engage in the scheduled September YouTube debate has created a fierce debate in the blogosphere, including something of a civil war at Hugh Hewitt's Townhall blog.  Hugh himself has adamantly insisted that Republican candidates eschew …
USA Today:
Study links more hurricanes, climate change  —  The number of hurricanes that strike each year has more than doubled over the past century, an increase tied to global warming, according to a study released Sunday.  —  "We're seeing a quite substantial increase in hurricanes over the last century …
Dan Glaister / Guardian:
US accused of fuelling arms race with $20bn Arab weapons sale  —  The Bush administration is facing claims that it is fuelling an arms race in the Middle East following the disclosure of a plan to sell $20bn (£9.8bn) of advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states.
Discussion: The Heretik and CNN
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
U.S. vs. Iran: Cold War, Too
Ynetnews:
Sudan: Jews behind Darfur conflict  —  Sudanese defense minister says '24 Jewish organizations fueling conflict in Darfur'  —  Sudan's defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused "24 Jewish organizations" of "fueling the conflict in Darfur" last week in an interview with a Saudi newspaper.
Discussion: PrairiePundit and NEWS.com.au
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Anti-Abortion Leaders Size Up G.O.P. Candidates  —  After 30 years of political organizing within the Republican Party, the anti-abortion movement has won a series of victories in legislatures and courts and stands tantalizingly close to winning even more.  But these are anxious days for the movement.
Discussion: The RBC
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Blogger fest a magnet for liberal politicos  —  The second annual gathering of the Daily Kos political blog starts this week in Chicago, and here's all you need to know about how influential the YearlyKos convention has become: Five top presidential candidates are going …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Strike Up The Band  —  On the Stephanopoulos bobble head roundtable this morning, Cokie Roberts raised the baton and started the drumbeat: the Democrats risk moving waaaaay too far to the left and that is going to be a biiiiig problem for them "just like it was in Vietnam."  Yes, she said it out loud.
Roger Cliff / San Diego Union-Tribune:
China's challenge  —  U.S., European strategy must adjust to confront  —  Military power in Asia  —  Ever since China test-fired ballistic missiles into the ocean near Taiwan in 1995 and 1996, many analysts and commentators have sounded the alarm about the threat of China's military power.
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
General Petraeus rebuts Iraq row claim  —  America's top general in Iraq yesterday quashed reports of a breakdown in his relationship with Iraq's prime minister over American support for Sunni Muslim fighters battling al-Qa'eda.  —  General David Petraeus poured scorn on a claim …
New York Times:
In Opposing Tax Plan, Schumer Breaks With Party  —  June was a busy month for Senator Charles E. Schumer.  On the phone, at large parties and small gatherings around the nation, he raised more than $1 million from the booming private equity and hedge fund industries for the Democratic …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Don Boudreaux / Cafe Hayek:
A Lesson from Passport Control
Drew Westen / Washington Post:
Dems, You Gotta Have Heart
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Edwards Leads Giuliani by Seven, Thompson by Eleven
William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Official: U.N. troop standards too low
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jason Steck / The Moderate Voice:
What is a "Nerd"?  —  Mary Bucholtz of the University of California …
Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
The Summer of Skepticism  —  When spectators jeered Michael Rasmussen …
Mark Groubert / Crooks and Liars:
A Crude Awakening  —  C&L July Film of the Month: A CRUDE AWAKENING The Oil Crash
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Marty Kaplan / The Huffington Post:
After the Next 9/11  —  Americans are stupid about risk, me included.
 Earlier Items: 
Angus Shaw / Associated Press:
Zimbabwe's Leader Says He'll Print More Cash
Robin Marantz Henig / New York Times:
The Real Transformers  —  I was introduced to my first sociable robot …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Not Even FOXNews Can Find Someone To Defend Gonzo
David Rose / Observer:
Revealed: MI5's role in torture flight hell
Janet Elder / New York Times:
Same Old Question, Different Answer. Hmmm.
Rebecca MacKinnon / RConversation:
Shi Tao's case: Yahoo! knew more than they claimed
ABCNEWS:
Three in 10 Call SCOTUS 'Too Conservative'
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
A Column Prompts a Dressing-Down
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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