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4:25 PM ET, August 4, 2007

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Washington Post:
Senate Votes To Expand Warrantless Surveillance  —  White House Applauds; Changes Are Temporary  —  The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government's terrorist surveillance laws, approving changes that would temporarily …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Turn  —  Defeatists in retreat.  —  Hot July brings cooling showers, / Apricots and gillyflowers, as Sara Coleridge's doggerel has it.  But for the American antiwar movement, this July brought only a cold drizzle, wilted blossoms, and bitter fruit.  —  For the Iraq war's opponents, July began as a month of hope.
Discussion: The Corner and Wake up America
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Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Kristol Meth  —  The war's most enduring organ-grinder is gettin' his Friedman on today, declaring once again that Bush's war has reached a turning point, and that Americans are slowly — to the chagrin of the New York Times — awakening to the Good News.  Steve Bennen gives substance to the obvious …
Discussion: The Impolitic
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
It's been a dispiriting week in Iraq.  The largest Sunni Arab bloc quit the Maliki government.  Defense Secretary Robert Gates was admittedly discouraged over the lack of political progress in Iraq and conceded the administration "might have misjudged the difficulty of achieving reconciliation between Iraq's sectarian factions."
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Candidates court bloggers, avoid commitment  —  CHICAGO — The second YearlyKos convention is a show of strength for the new blogging establishment: A parade of major Democratic politicians, including the leaders of the House and Senate and almost every presidential candidate …
Discussion: CNN, Open Left and Riehl World View
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New York Times:
Slowly, Clinton Shifts on War, Quieting Foes
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
And Now It's Oberstar's Turn  —  Yesterday, Senator Amy Klobuchar blamed the collapse of the I-35W bridge on a lack of highway funds — even though the 2005 highway bill increased federal funding to Minnesota by 46% over its five-year span.  Apparently realizing that line of argument wouldn't hold …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Sister Toldjah
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insideBayArea:
Police: Oakland Post editor's killer confesses to slaying  —  A 19-year-old handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery admitted to police Friday night that he ambushed and killed Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, investigators said.  —  Police said Devaughndre Broussard told them he killed Bailey …
Discussion: Associated Press
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The Influence Peddler:
Confirmation: GOP Won the Vote  —  Congressional Quarterly seems to have the definitive article on the furor in the House the other night.  They lead with the news of a 'ceasefire,' but later confirm that the vote ought to have been a Republican win.  —  The piece leads with the creation …
Discussion: CNN and The Jawa Report
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Washington Post:
Gonzales Now Says Top Aides Got Political Briefings  —  Justice Department officials attended at least a dozen political briefings at the White House since 2001, including some meetings led by Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, and others that were focused on election trends prior …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Too Sense
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
In Iraq, a Perilous Alliance With Former Enemies  —  FORWARD OPERATING BASE ISKAN, Iraq — Inside a brightly lit room, the walls adorned with memorials to 23 dead American soldiers, Lt. Col. Robert Balcavage stared at the three Sunni tribal leaders he wanted to recruit.  —  Their fighters had battled U.S. troops.
Discussion: NION and TIME: Swampland
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Pakistani Protests against Obama;  —  Clinton leaves Nukes on the Table;  —  Tancredo an Inspiration to the Criminally Insane that They, Too, Could run for President  —  I'm going to hear Senator Barack Obama on Saturday afternoon at the Yearly Kos convention.  Will report back on Sunday about his remarks.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Conservative Principles Poll [Stephen]  —  A lot of my friends in the center-right blogosphere think Andrew and his readers are a bunch of lefties.  So let's take an unscientific poll.  Russell Kirk famously laid out 10 conservative principles.  To how many do you subscribe?
Little Green Footballs:
Thug, Dictator, and Useful Idiot  —  Sean Penn is The Useful Idiot. … (Hat tip: Geepers.)
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush surveys bridge, pledges aid  —  MINNEAPOLIS - President Bush surveyed Minneapolis' collapsed highway bridge from the ground and air Saturday, viewing the concrete slabs and twisted steel that once spanned the Mississippi River.  He pledged to help cut the red tape to reconstruct the span.
Discussion: Dependable Renegade
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Joe Lieberman, from his indie perch  —  It may have been collateral damage, but the fiery end to Joe Lieberman's political career as an orthodox Democrat ranks among the most dramatic casualties of the Iraq war on the home front.  A year ago this week, Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice …
 
 
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New York Times:
Partisan Anger Stalls Congress in Final Push
The Atlantic Online:
The Gates, Crashed  —  The best possible evidence for the idea …
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Blue America Welcomes Russ Warner
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Hurrah! The Saudis are coming!
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ISRAEL: THE OUTSIDE STORY
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Countdown: FISA and Fear Mongering
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Stephanie Zacharek / Salon:
"The Bourne Ultimatum"  —  In this exhilarating action threequel …
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Chris Kelly / The Huffington Post:
The National Review Invades Canada
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Alms for Jihad update Updated
Discussion: Power Line
The Atlantic Online:
Community Standards  —  Atrios, or as we call him in real life …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner and Eschaton
Barbara McMahon / Guardian:
Aborigine wins payout for stolen childhood
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