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9:35 AM ET, June 26, 2008

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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
The Real FISA Vote Passes 80 to 15 With the Presidential Nominees Passing  —  They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.  - Benjamin Franklin  —  The FISA Cloture vote just passed.  The Senate will now consider the motion …
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security
New York Times:
U.S. to Take North Korea Off Terror List  —  TOKYO — North Korea took a major step on Thursday toward re-integration into the world community and rapprochement with the United States by submitting for outside inspection a long-delayed declaration of its nuclear program.
Discussion: Swampland
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CNN:
Bush welcomes N. Korea move on nuclear program  —  PYONYANG, North Korea (CNN) — U.S. President George W. Bush, who once branded North Korea part of an “axis of evil,” welcomed moves Thursday to remove itself from a U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism.
Discussion: Hot Air and Sister Toldjah
Alexa Ainsworth / Political Radar:
Obama Camp Disavows Last Year's ‘Inartful’ Statement on D.C. Gun Law  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis and Alexa Ainsworth Report: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on Washington, D.C.'s, gun ban, the Obama campaign is disavowing what it calls an “inartful” statement to the Chicago Tribune last year …
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
High Court To Announce Ruling on D.C. Gun Ban
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Redstate:
Gov. Bobby Jindal Signs Bill to Chemically Castrate Sex Offenders  —  On the heels of today's SCOTUS decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana barring the death penalty for sex offenders, Gov. Bobby Jindal released a statement calling the ruling an “affront to the people of Louisiana” - and what's more …
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New York Times:
Democrats in Delicate Talks to Unify Party  —  WASHINGTON — With the help of one of Washington's best-connected lawyers, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Mrs. Clinton's campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention.
Dan Eggen / The Trail:
While Fundraising, Bush Mounts Attack on Obama  —  LIVONIA, Mich. — President Bush came to suburban Detroit Wednesday to mount a clear attack on Sen. Barack Obama, though he never actually mentioned the Democratic candidate's name.  —  Instead, Bush suggested through red-meat GOP rhetoric …
Discussion: PSoTD and TIME.com
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The Obamacons Who Worry McCain  —  What is an “Obamacon?”  The phrase surfaced in January to describe British conservatives entranced by Barack Obama.  On March 13 the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all “conservative supporters” of the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Mevanh / TIME.com:
Novak Sees Colin Powell Defection to Obama
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
John McCain doesn't work weekends  —  Since effectively capturing the Republican nomination when Mitt Romney dropped out of the race on February 7, John McCain has held just one public campaign event on a weekend.  —  Instead, after workweeks full of fundraisers, town hall meetings and interviews …
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
75% blame Bush's policies for deteriorating economy  —  The figure includes large numbers of dissatisfied Republicans and represents a sharp increase in pessimism over the last year.  Higher fuel prices have sharpened the criticism.  —  WASHINGTON — Three out of four Americans …
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 …
Belle Waring / John & Belle Have A Blog:
Pretty Girls...Rock and Roll...America....RULES!  —  I'm in America!  So, New York is wonderful, my children are horribly jet-lagged...uh, what was I talking about again?  Need...more...coffee—hey, it's thin, old school, regular New York coffee, I forgot about that.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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Matthew Yglesias:
Shock of the Old  —  Belle Waring returns to the United States …
Discussion: Crooked Timber
TBogg:
“Optical intercourse”  —  TPM Muckraker adds to the rogues gallery that made up the Justice Department's God-Squaders: … Thanks to TPM reader Citoyen92, we learn a few things about Pensacola Christian College which makes the Yearning For Zion Ranch look like Hef's mansion:
Discussion: TPMMuckraker and Jesus' General
IBDeditorials.com:
Obama's Corn Fake  —  Energy: If Obama wants energy independence through alternative fuels, why doesn't he back imported sugar-based ethanol?  This old-style politician knows it isn't grown in the Midwest and Brazil has no electoral votes.  —  Barack Obama says he represents change.
Discussion: The Corner
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Debates Rewrite of '78 Law That Created Secret Intelligence Court  —  The Senate, clearing a key parliamentary hurdle, yesterday voted to begin debating a broad revision of U.S. intelligence laws that includes a controversial plan to grant immunity to telecommunications companies …
Discussion: The Corner and Outside The Beltway
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Parties Split on How to Expand Offshore Drilling  —  HOUSTON — The two political parties have settled on markedly different strategies for improving domestic oil supplies to help lower gasoline prices.  —  Republicans want to end the 27-year ban on offshore drilling along much of the nation's coastline …
 
 
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Jacqueline L. Salmon / Washington Post:
ACLU Might File Suit To End Lunch Prayer
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David Morgan / Reuters:
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Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WOMEN AND SCIENCE FICTION: Megan McArdle has an interesting post …
Reuven Koret / Israel Insider:
Faked certificate suggests that Obama may not be “natural born” US citizen
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
It's All About Obama  —  Many candidates have measured the Oval Office drapes prematurely.
Discussion: marbury and TIME.com
William Hershey / Dayton Daily News:
McCain to kick off two-day Ohio campaign swing
Discussion: TIME.com
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Top McCain Adviser Has Found Success Mixing Money, Politics
Discussion: TIME.com
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Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Hidden Sex Scenes Draw Ho-Hum, Except From Lawyers
Discussion: Law Blog
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
BlueDogs seek a hunting ground in upper chamber
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Booman Tribune
Teresa Isanhart / reason.tv:
Why it's time to lay off NAFTA
Mark Halperin / TIME.com:
HALPERIN'S TAKE: What Smart Republican Strategists Think Should …
GayPatriot:
BREAKING ELECTION NEWSGAYPATRIOT EXCLUSIVE:John McCain Meets …