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4:40 PM ET, October 1, 2007

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Washington Post:
Sen. Clinton's Empty Table  —  "THERE ARE basically only three options: We can raise taxes again, which no one wants to do because the payroll tax is regressive. . . We can cut benefits. . . Or we can work together to try to find some way to increase the rate of return."
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New York Post:
HILLARY'S $30,000 FANS ARE HER 'CULT' FOLLOWING  —  A purported pyramid-scheme operator who was run out of Arkansas when Bill Clinton was governor has reinvented himself as the head of an upstate group accused of being a "cult" - and his devotees have pumped thousands into Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential run.
Mike Dorning / The Swamp:
Obama raises "at least" $20 million
New York Times:
Report Depicts Recklessness at Blackwater  —  Guards working in Iraq for Blackwater USA have shot innocent Iraqi civilians and have sought to cover up the incidents, sometimes with the help of the State Department, a report to a Congressional committee said today.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
PARODY SURGE HITS MIL CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ  —  A few days ago the State Department released what it called a "first blush" report on the Blackwater incident in Baghdad, a report which largely exonerated the Blackwater personnel involved.  —  I noted at the time that "first blush" …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
CNN:
Sources: Blackwater contractor wrote first U.S. report on shooting
Discussion: On Deadline
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Harry Reid Blasts Rush Limbaugh As "Unpatriotic" On Senate Floor, Demands Apology To Troops  —  Dramatically escalating the Dems' confrontation with Rush Limbaugh over his "phony soldiers" comment, Harry Reid just laced sharply into the talk show host in an extended attack on the Senate floor …
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Harkin: 'Maybe Limbaugh was high on drugs again.'
Discussion: Hot Air
Daily Mail:
Burma: Thousands dead in the massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle  —  Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.  —  The most senior official to defect so far …
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CNN:
Mom cuffed, found dead after missing flight  —  (CNN) — An autopsy was planned Monday for a 45-year-old mother of three who died in police custody at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  Carol Ann Gotbaum was arrested at the airport Friday for alleged disorderly conduct …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and PrairiePundit
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Giuliani Inspires Threat of a Third-Party Run  —  Alarmed at the possibility that the Republican Party might pick Rudolph W. Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate.
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Michael Scherer / Salon:
Religious right may blackball Giuliani
The New Republic:
The Usual Suspect  —  The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy  —  IN OCTOBER 2002, Osama bin Laden issued a statement in which he analyzed America's inexhaustible number of sins and prescribed ways of repenting for many of them.  The statement was, by the standards of bin Laden's cave encyclicals, unusually coherent.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Rude Giuliani  —  If he wants voters to respect his privacy, he ought to show some respect for basic manners.  —  A lot is going well for Rudy Giuliani's campaign.  His fund raising is strong.  He outstrips his GOP rivals in national polls.  His speeches on taxes and health care were solid.
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The Corner:
Re: Guiliani's Lead
Discussion: bustardblog and The Right's Field
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
High Court won't hear church-state cases  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday refusing to get involved in two church-state disputes — one over religious organizations paying for workers' birth-control health insurance benefits, the other over an evangelical group's plea …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain: $5M raised, over $2M in debt  —  John McCain will raise about $5 million for the quarter but still show well over $2 million in debt, according to two sources familiar with the internal tally.  —  Though far below what rivals Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are expected to report …
William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Attack at US embassy in Vienna thwarted  —  VIENNA, Austria - A Bosnian who tried to enter the U.S. Embassy in Vienna with a backpack filled with explosives, nails and Islamic literature was arrested Monday after the bag set off a metal detector and the man fled on foot, authorities said.
World Tribune.com:
Last letter from doomed Al Qaida chief: 'We are so desperate for your help'  —  BAGHDAD — The U.S. military is eliminating Al Qaida's chain of command in Iraq.  —  Officials said several leading aides to Al Qaida network chief Abu Ayoub Al Masri have been killed by the U.S.-led coalition.
Michael J. Totten:
The Peace Corps with Muscles  —  RAMADI, IRAQ - Now that major combat operations are finished almost everywhere in Iraq's Anbar Province, the United States Army and Marine Corps are more like a United Nations peacekeeping force with rules of engagement that allow them to kill if they have to.
Discussion: Solomonia
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Reject Clinton Baby Bond Proposal By 2-to-1 Margin  —  Sixty percent (60%) of America's Likely Voters oppose giving every child born in the United States a $5,000 savings bond, or "baby bond."  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 27% support the concept suggested on Friday by Senator Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Don Surber and QandO
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures  —  Hundreds of families living in housing subsidized by Fairfax County taxpayers exceed income caps designed to ensure that only the neediest receive assistance, a review of county records shows.  —  In the most extreme cases …
 
 
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CNN:
McCain criticized for calling U.S. 'Christian nation'
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
In Iraq, Repeated Support for a Unified State
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
AT&T threatens to disconnect subscribers who criticize the company
USA Today:
CIA sees boost in minority hiring
Discussion: Townhall.com and POLITOPICS
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Another member of the "Coalition of the Willing" …
Juan Melli / Blue Jersey:
Corzine Sues Bush Over Kids Health Insurance; 7 States Follow Lead
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner:
Indoctrinate U Premiere  —  Last Friday I attended the world premiere …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
HMMM  —  Yesterday at TPM I flagged Sy Hersh's new New Yorker article …
 Earlier Items: 
PittsburghLIVE.com:
Santorum eyes gubernatorial bud
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Plunge, Too
The Atlantic Online:
If Wishes Were Ponies...  ... then Oliver Willis and Nick Beaudrot …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Podhoretz: 'I Believe Bush Is Going To Order Airstrikes On Iran …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
First Read: Thompson's fundraising struggles
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
Clarence Thomas: A Silent Justice Speaks Out
Discussion: Bluey Blog and BTDF
MySanAntonio.com:
Roddy Stinson: Passenger sitting behind soldier reports 'a very moving moment'