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5:10 PM ET, November 13, 2007

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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush vetoes $606 billion spending bill  —  NEW ALBANY, Ind. - President Bush, using his veto pen and bully pulpit, contended Tuesday that congressional Democrats are spending money like "a teenager with a new credit card" and funding the spree with tax increases in every bill.
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New York Times:
Bush Vetoes Major Domestic Spending Measure  —  President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a major spending measure that would have funded education, health care and job training programs, saying it contained money for too many of the special projects known as earmarks.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Reid calls on Bush to withdraw troops
CNN:   Panel: Hidden costs almost double war cost
Washington Wire:   Veto Marks Shift in Funding Fight
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Vultures circling in Iowa  —  A key Obama supporter in Iowa, former Democratic Party Chair Gordon Fischer, offered a glimpse into where his campaign sees growth: In scooping up Edwards supporters.  —  "It's going to move much more to a two-person race - Barack Obama and Hillary," …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
A Not-So-Perfect Picture of Party Unity
The Politico:
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate  —  As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq.  —  The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Dems Fool Netroots: Quietly Fund Iraq While Talking Tough
Discussion: Wake up America
Ezra Klein:
His Ideas Are Good, But I Want More Bullet Points  —  So we're back to arguing about John Edwards' plan to strip members of Congress of their health care if they don't pass comprehensive reform.  I'm always astonished at how bizarrely literally pundits act when they approach this idea.
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The Fact Hub:
Sen. Edwards Proposes Unconstitutional Law In New Ad  —  Sen. Edwards has a new TV advertisement about health care where he proposes the following law: … The problem is, Sen. Edwards doesn't have the power to take health care away from Congress unilaterally—he'd have to propose a law.
WJXT-TV:
Man Found Dead, Stuck In Cat Door  —  \32-Year-Old Trying To Get In Girlfriend's Home  —  ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — St. Johns County deputies recently launched an investigation into what they called one of the strangest accidents they've ever seen when a man was found dead after getting stuck in a cat door.
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question"  —  Below we noted that a local Fox affiliate had reported on a John McCain event in South Carolina where he'd stood by while one of his supporters called Hillary a "bitch."
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The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Karim Amer is getting tortured in Prison  —  Abdel Karim Soliman, famously now known as Karim Amer, who got jailed for "disdain for religion" and "insulting the president" on his blog, is reportedly getting tortured by the Prison authorities. … I wish I could say I am surprised by this …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Say It Enough Times It Must Be True  —  First the Clinton campaign whines that the other candidates were picking on the girl.  Then, standing up to Russert is like standing up to Hitler.  Then Bill Clinton compared Russert to the Swift Boat Vets.  Now the Clinton campaign is warning Wolf Blizter that he better not "pull a Russert."
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Turn-Around In Iraq  —  My optimistic military emailer from yesterday, it needs to be said, added this vital caveat: … And the news on that front remains as dire as ever.  That's why I find Glenn Reynolds' view of what's happening in Iraq to be more than typically glib.
Discussion: Instapundit.com and INSTAPUTZ
Atrios / Eschaton:
Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007  —  It's one of those below the radar things, but there's a fight brewing between mortgage brokers and the rest of us over legislation.  There's legislation to outlaw something called "yield spread premiums" in which brokers are given …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:   Against the Predators  —  I've blogged a bit on mortgage reform …
Alan Krueger / AMERICAN.COM:
What Makes a Terrorist  —  It's not poverty and lack of education, according to economic research by Princeton's ALAN KRUEGER.  Look elsewhere.  —  In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, policymakers, scholars, and ordinary citizens asked a key question …
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Planting Paranoia  —  There are good reasons to be paranoid after seven years of the Bush administration.  Questions for pres conferences are frequently screened beforehand.  Pundits are paid off to shill for Bush administration policy without revealing it.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court takes no action on gun case  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment — an issue the Court has not considered in 68 years.  The Orders List contained no mention of either the District of Columbia's appeal (07-290) …
Opinion Journal:
Movin' On Up  —  A Treasury study refutes populist hokum about "income inequality."  —  If you've been listening to Mike Huckabee or John Edwards on the Presidential trail, you may have heard that the U.S. is becoming a nation of rising inequality and shrinking opportunity.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Post Critic Page Apologizes for E-Mail Remarks To Barry Aide  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The Washington Post has apologized to D.C. Council member Marion Barry for sending an intemperate e-mail to his spokesman.  —  "It's the stupidest thing I've done in 30 years in journalism," music critic Tim Page said yesterday.
 
 
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Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
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Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
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Rasmussen Reports:
Just 25% Believe Democratic Candidates Are Piling On Hillary
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Tancredo campaign ad sets off bomb
Kevin J. Martin / New York Times:
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Creative Destruction  —  The best case against universal health care.
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple Q2: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 14% YoY to $23.9B, vs. $23.27B estimated, an all-time record

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: MLB is in advanced talks to make Roku the new home for Sunday morning baseball this season, in what would be Roku's first major live rights deal

 
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