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9:35 AM ET, August 21, 2007

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children  —  The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children's Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families.
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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
New Bush Policies Limit Reach of Child Insurance Plan  —  The Bush administration, engaged in a battle with Congress over whether a popular children's health insurance program should be expanded, has announced new policies that will make it harder for states to insure all but the lowest-income children.
Gene Sperling / PittsburghLIVE.com:   'Compassionate' Bush fails children on health
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Administration Escalates War Against Middle Income Children's …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senator Threatens to Charge White House With Contempt  —  A leading Democrat threatened on Monday to pursue contempt charges against the White House next month over its response to a subpoena for internal documents on the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Cheney's Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents  —  Vice President Cheney's office acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it has dozens of documents related to the administration's warrantless surveillance program, but it signaled that it will resist efforts by congressional Democrats to obtain them.
Washington Post:
The Hospital Visit, Revisited
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senator Calls for Maliki's Ouster  —  Declaring the government of Iraq "non-functional," the influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that Iraq's parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his cabinet if they are unable to forge a political compromise …
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New York Times:
Two Senators Call for New Leader in Iraq  —  The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after completing a two-day tour of Iraq, said Monday that the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki should be voted from office because it has proved incapable of reaching …
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Clinton, McCain split on Iraq pullout  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - New military tactics in Iraq are working but the best way to honor U.S. soldiers is "by beginning to bring them home," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told war veterans Monday.  —  Clinton, seeking the Democratic nomination for president …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Clinton and McCain Differ on Iraq at Veterans' Meeting
Discussion: MSNBC and TIME
The Corner:
McCain vs. Hillary
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
The Daily Green:
Hurricane Dean: 1 Of 10 Most Intense Atlantic Hurricanes Ever Measured  —  Early this morning Hurricane Dean, after mercilessly intensifying over deep warm waters in the western Caribbean, slammed the Yucatan Peninsula around Chetumal as a Category 5 hurricane with winds upwards of 165 miles per hour …
Confederate Yankee:
Misfire: AP's Bogus Ammo Shortage Story  —  An Associated Press report published late Friday afternoon stated that ammunition shortages in some law enforcement agencies around the nation were to be blamed on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: … The damning narrative was grasped quickly …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
Immigration activist deported to Mexico  —  Elvira Arellano, detained in L.A., is seen as an icon of migrant rights by some and as a symbol of lawlessness by others.  —  U.S. immigration officials announced Monday that Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant who symbolized inhumane treatment …
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
US deports mother who hid in church
Discussion: SquareState.net and Latina Lista
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege  —  In academic feuds, as in war, there is no telling how far people will go once the shooting starts.  —  Earlier this month, members of the International Academy of Sex Research, gathering for their annual meeting in Vancouver …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Kelly Anne Moore / New York Times:
Take Al Qaeda to Court  —  AS the need to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility becomes more urgent, the question that derails all conversation on the subject is, "Yes, but what do we do with the detainees?"  Some have proposed a new national-security court …
Discussion: TigerHawk and TalkLeft
NewsMax.com:
Jane Fonda's Radio Network Tanks  —  The "feminist" radio company whose founders include Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem failed to attract an audience and it signed off the air for good on Friday.  —  When the talk-radio network, called GreenStone, officially launched in September 2006 …
Nellie Andreeva / Reuters:
Time right for Garofalo on "24"  —  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The political left and the political right will join forces on Fox's "24" this coming season.  Janeane Garofalo, an outspoken liberal, is set to co-star on the conservative-leaning real-time drama, whose co-creator/executive …
 
 
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Huckabee finally breaks out fightin' words
Discussion: MSNBC and New York Times
William McCall / Associated Press:
'Spanking case' ends with apology from boys, judge dismisses charges
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
U.S. Foreclosures Rise Sharply in July
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Michigan Weighs Moving Primaries To Mid-January
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Nostalgia Act
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Alan Sullivan / Fresh Bilge:
It Could Have Been Worse  —  Are you tired of Dean yet?
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Cluelessly Ironic Blog-Bashing Column of the Week
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Bernanke's `Rookie Mistake' Forces Fed to Shift Focus
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Associated Press:
Drunken driving deaths up in 22 states
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Hail Caesar  —  I've been getting a lot of emails about this …
Dan Froomkin / NiemanWatchdog.org:
Let's hear from someone besides the neoconservatives about Iran
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