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5:45 AM ET, August 21, 2007

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Amanda / Think Progress:
Leahy: Cheney Told GOP-Led Congress It Was 'Not Allowed To Issue Subpoenas'  —  Today in a press briefing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) revealed that the White House had missed its 2:30 PM deadline to turn over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding legal justifications …
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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.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Schlozman Leaves Justice Department  —  Bradley Schlozman, a former Justice Department official who was at the center of the U.S. attorneys scandal and is under investigation by the Departments inspector general for his alleged efforts to politicize the Civil Rights Division, has finally left his post at the Department.
Washington Post:
The Hospital Visit, Revisited
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Senator Threatens to Charge White House With Contempt
Discussion: The Politico and Balkinization
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.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Administration Escalates War Against Middle Income Children's …
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
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Levin: Troop surge has 'positive results' in Iraq
Discussion: All Spin Zone and TIME: Swampland
News For The Left:
FEC Complaint filed against Fred Thompson  —  Fred Thompson is breaking the law and it's time somebody did something about it.  So, this morning, I filed an FEC Complaint against him.  For far too long, he has been ignoring the letter and spirit of Federal Election Law for his own political benefit.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Blogger files FEC complaint against Thompson  —  Progressive blogger Lane Hudson filed a complaint against former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) on Monday, accusing the likely presidential candidate of breaking the law by violating the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) "testing the waters" clause.
Discussion: Macsmind
WJLA-TV:
Congressman Charged for Assault At Dulles  —  ABC 7 has learned the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have charged Representative Robert Filner of California with assault and battery following an incident at Dulles International Airport Sunday night.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
CONGRESSMAN CHARGED AFTER ALTERCATION  —  From NBC's John Yang and Jay Blackman  —  Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) was involved in an altercation last night at Dulles Airport.  He was allegedly angered by the amount of time it was taking to get his luggage and tried to push his way through the United Airlines baggage claim office.
Mike Phelan / CNN:
Report: Vick agrees to plea deal, prison possible  —  (CNN) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal that could send him to prison, ending a federal dogfighting prosecution that jeopardizes his pro football career, a Virginia newspaper is reporting.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Hail Caesar  —  I've been getting a lot of emails about this group Family Security Matters which boasts such right wing luminaries as Barbara Comstock, Monica Crowley, Frank Gaffney, Laura Ingraham and James Woolsey among others on its board of directors.  It seems like they are just another …
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Average Incomes Fell for Most in 2000-5  —  Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make ends meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion, new government data shows.
Discussion: Corrente and Oliver Willis
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
GENOCIDE, REALPOLITIK, AND THE ADL:  —  Anyone who read my recent story about the explosive Washington politics of the Armenian genocide will be interested in this dramatic flare-up in Massachusetts: The Anti Defamation League has fired its New England regional direction for insisting …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The RBC
Michael Skube / Ace of Spades HQ:
Cluelessly Ironic Blog-Bashing Column of the Week  —  Seems an odd time for the MSM to lecture bloggers about the need for "the patient fact-finding of reporters." … Frank doesn't want to tell Ellie her husband is a liar, dude.  —  But this entire article is fundamentally dishonest.
 
 
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Jane Fonda's Radio Network Tanks
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Kelly Anne Moore / New York Times:
Take Al Qaeda to Court
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Alan Sullivan / Fresh Bilge:
It Could Have Been Worse  —  Are you tired of Dean yet?
Craig Torres / Bloomberg:
Bernanke's `Rookie Mistake' Forces Fed to Shift Focus
Discussion: naked capitalism
Confederate Yankee:
Misfire: AP's Bogus Ammo Shortage Story
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
US deports mother who hid in church
The Huffington Post:
Bryan Farrell and Eric Stoner: Fear and Loathing on the Jersey Shore
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Associated Press:
Drunken driving deaths up in 22 states
Dan Froomkin / NiemanWatchdog.org:
Let's hear from someone besides the neoconservatives about Iran
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Messing With Iowa  —  Here's a bit of news that cannot …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Open Left
Multi-National Force:
Coalition Forces Kill Eight, Detain Three, Capturing a Special …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Connect the Dots: Karl Rove's Politics Uber Alles Strategy …
Discussion: The Garlic
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
PEJ Study: War Coverage Down, Campaign Reporting Up
Reuters:
White House: Iraq progress report could be Sept 11
Chris / TVNewser:
Countdown On NBC  —  Countdown with Keith Olbermann is getting a tryout on NBC.
 

 
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