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10:35 PM ET, June 25, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
What the child rapist, saved today by Supreme Court liberals, did to his 8-year-old stepdaughter  —  Anthony Kennedy and the leftists on the Supreme Court ruled this morning that what child rapist Patrick Kennedy did to his 8-year-old stepdaughter is a crime that should not be punishable by death.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, on Wednesday that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional, assuming that the victim is not killed.  —  “The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child …
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Eighth Amendment Question: Isn't Brutally Raping an Eight-year-old …
Bench Memos:
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security  —  At a presser today, Obama weighed in again on the FISA cave, and suffice it to say that what he said won't make opponents any less unhappy about Obama's position than they were already.
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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
The Real FISA Vote Passes 80 to 15 With the Presidential Nominees Passing
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Hot Air and Open Left
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama, McCain Tied at 45%  —  Obama had held at least a slim advantage for most of June  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on the presidential election finds John McCain and Barack Obama exactly tied at 45% among registered voters nationwide.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Netroots feel jilted by Obama's FISA stand  —  When former Sen. John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race, the progressive Netroots took their affections to Barack Obama, defending him against attack from Hillary Rodham Clinton and others.  —  But with his support of a government surveillance bill …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Serenity Lost: Obama And The Netroots  —  Only weeks into the general election campaign and already a notable tension is beginning to materialize within the Democratic Party.  At question is Sen. Barack Obama's relationship with the progressive netroots, the online community that helped aid …
Rolling Stone:
Inside Barack Obama's iPod  —  Barack Obama is a Stevie Wonder geek.  In the Democratic presidential candidate's new interview with Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jann S. Wenner, Obama waxed rhapsodic about his favorite artists, many of whom — Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z — have shown him love with endorsements.
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Joe Queenan / Guardian Unlimited:
Obama's iPod: everything but Garth Brooks
Discussion: Guardian
Angela Balakrishnan / Guardian:
Obama reveals his iPod playlist
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and ATTACKERMAN
M. Duss / Wonk Room:
Conservatives Mount Campaign To Claim ‘Iraq War Was Worth It’  —  The recent decline in violence in Iraq has seems to have given conservatives cover to not only defend the “surge,” but even to attempt to rehabilitate the decision to go to war in the first place.
Discussion: abu muqawama
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GayPatriot:
BREAKING ELECTION NEWSGAYPATRIOT EXCLUSIVE:John McCain Meets with Log Cabin Republicans President  —  GayPatriot has exclusively learned that presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain held a personal meeting with the head of the national gay Republicans organization, the Log Cabin Republicans.
TexasDarlin / NO QUARTER:
Hawaiian Official Quoted, Birth Certificate Challenged [UPDATE]  —  [Update at end]  —  Via the Israel Insider in a June 24 story: … The Insider also published this image of the State of Hawaii seal that is ALWAYS included on certifications of birth, as I also confirmed with the Hawaii Vital Records office:
Discussion: The Glittering Eye and HillBuzz
Matthew Yglesias:
The Nader Way  —  Via Andrew Sullivan, Ralph Nader's not very taken with Barack Obama: … I would find this more persuasive were it not for the fact that Obama does want to crack down on predatory lending and other forms of financial exploitation of the poor.  And then there's this:
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Nader: Obama ‘talking white’
John Gizzi / Human Events:
Pelosi on ‘Hush Rush,’ and Filibustering FISA  —  The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh …
John McCain 2008:
Expanding Domestic Oil And Natural Gas Exploration And Production  —  John McCain Will Commit Our Country To Expanding Domestic Oil Exploration.  The current federal moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf stands in the way of energy exploration and production.
New York Post:
KEITH GOES NUTS OVER KETCHUP  —  MSNBC blowhard Keith Olbermann couldn't even control his temper at a memorial reception for beloved Tim Russert.  —  Network sources told Page Six Olbermann was furious last week when MSNBC didn't get him a first-class ticket to Washington, DC …
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Marc Ambinder:
Plouffe On McCain's Squandared Opportunity  —  The most interesting moment of David Plouffe's 90 minute briefing and press conference was a casual assertion that he didn't think McCain “used the period from March 3rd [until the end of the Democratic primaries] very effectively, and for that, we're grateful.”
Dan Balz / The Trail:
New Wine in Old Bottles  —  A campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain once offered enormous possibilities for something new.  Instead, the two presumptive nominees have opened their campaigns for the White House with what looks and sounds like a repeat of the kind of politics both have promised to leave behind.
Associated Press:
Tough-guy actor eyes Senate seat  —  LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Sonny Landham carved out a tough-guy reputation in a series of big-screen roles, from roughing up Sylvester Stallone to getting tossed out a window by Carl Weathers.  —  He pulls no punches in his newest role …
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Cut Damages Award in Exxon Valdez Spill
Discussion: Truthdig
CBS News:
Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and TPMCafe
Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Another GOP Rep. Pushing Tall Tale That China Is Drilling …
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Kansas governor, Obama ally, warns GOP will play race card
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and TIME.com
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
AGAIN!  —  Chris Matthews, for the second day in a row, makes the Obama/Osama goof:
Dan Neil / Los Angeles Times:
The Think City: In Norway, they're building your first electric car
Agence France Presse:
Residents survey damage from Tripoli fighting
Discussion: Commentary
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
E Pluribus Obama  —  I missed this when it was first reported yesterday …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
 Earlier Items: 
Matt / Think Progress:
Former McCain Strategist Blames Charlie Black's Gaffe On 'Tremendous …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Queen Strips Mugabe of Knighthood
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
A hint on the veepstakes  —  Plouffe is asked whether he thinks …
Discussion: MSNBC and TIME.com
Ralph Peters / USA Today:
I'm for McCain, but not the GOP
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Plouffe: Barr could make the difference
Discussion: MyDD
Megan McArdle:
The lesser of two incredibly awful evils
Discussion: alicublog
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Making Private Calls Appealing To Hillary's Top Fundraisers …