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8:15 PM ET, August 4, 2007

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New York Times:
Democrats Feel Pressure on Spy Program  —  Under pressure from President Bush, House Democrats on Saturday grudgingly prepared to clear the way for approving changes in a terrorist surveillance program despite serious reservations about the scope of the measure.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Wake up America
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Senate Passes Administration Bill [UPDATED with Link to and Analysis of S.1927]  —  So much for the Democratic/DNI bill.  Ancient history.  We're back to a White House-penned bill now, S.1927.  —  Before the vote, the head of the Intelligence Committee, Jay Rockefeller, "excoriated" …
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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Democrats' responsibility for Bush radicalism
Discussion: Pam's House Blend, TalkLeft and CNN
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 …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Kos Presidential Forum: Highs and Lows  —  CHICAGO, Ill. — Seven of the eight Democratic candidates for president just spent 90 rollicking minutes answering questions and — occasionally — jabbing each other in the marquee event of this year's YearlyKos gathering.
Discussion: This ain't Hell …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Democrats court liberal bloggers  —  CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton refused Saturday to forsake campaign donations from lobbyists, turning aside challenges from her two main rivals with a rare defense of the special interest industry.
Pajamas Media:
Soldier Censored at Kos Convention  —  An as yet unidentified uniformed soldier attempted to address the panel on the subject of the "Surge".  He was unceremoniously escorted out by panelist Jon Soltz.  —  The soldier's words were either suppressed or inaudible on the convention's own video.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Pajamas Media interviews soldier who spoke up at Yearly Kos; Update: Soltz's VoteVets bio features photo of him in uniform  —  Even more interesting than the rules governing what he did yesterday will be the rules governing what he can do this week.  The media's going to want to talk …
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.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA vs. CLINTON REVISITED....Mark Kleiman thinks there's more to the Hillary-Obama foreign policy contretemps than I'm giving it credit for.  I'm not so sure, but it will take a little bit of in-the-weeds explaining to say why.  Here goes.  —  First, on the question of striking al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan, Mark says:
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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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Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Hurrah!  The Saudis are coming!  —  Rehavia.  Achievement  —  Condoleezza Rice's aides have become adept at spotting when their boss is irritable: she starts scratching one of her hands.  When she feels like someone has done her wrong, she gets "that look": "Her eyes narrow, her face tightens …
Discussion: American Footprints and CANNONFIRE
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   ISRAEL: THE OUTSIDE STORY
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
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush surveys bridge, pledges aid  —  MINNEAPOLIS - President Bush pledged Saturday to cut red tape that could delay rebuilding a highway bridge that once arched over the Mississippi River but now lies crumbled in muddy water concealing some victims.  —  Bush, still dogged by his administration's …
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 …
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
AN OPENING  —  Presumably you've heard about "private contractors," the well-paid, well-armed, not always well-disciplined security people who do a lot of the work in Iraq that in earlier wars would have been done by the U.S. Army.  More than one left-wing blogger has caught flak for describing …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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PAPER BALLOTS FOR CALIFORNIA! …
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