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5:05 PM ET, July 3, 2008

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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama Might ‘Refine’ Iraq Timeline  —  Barack Obama in Fargo, N.D. (Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)  —  FARGO, N.D. - Senator Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot sustain a long-term military presence in Iraq, but added that he would be open to “refine my policies” …
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Scott Martelle / Top of the Ticket:
Is Barack Obama softening his Iraq withdrawal time line?
Discussion: The Swamp
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Obama opens door to refining his Iraq policy
Discussion: The Trail and TPM Election Central
BBC:
Google must divulge YouTube log  —  Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.  —  The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and TalkLeft
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Judge Protects YouTube's Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves
Matthew Yglesias:
I'm Worried  —  David Broder: … And yet here we are in 2008.  And I don't think anyone can seriously dispute that the current President of the United States violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or any number of legal commitments to refrain from torture.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Nation No More?  —  Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Montana Presidential Election  —  Montana: Obama Leads McCain By Five  —  Barack Obama is leading John McCain by five percentage points in Montana.  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Obama attracting 48% of the vote while McCain earns 43%.
Wall Street Journal:
McCain Allies Find Finance-Law Holes  —  Governors' Fund Recruits Big Donors; Bid to Catch Obama  —  Allies of Sen. John McCain have found new loopholes in the campaign-finance law he helped write — and they're using them to reel in huge contributions to help him compete with Sen. Barack Obama.
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Marc Ambinder:
The RGA's New Fundraising Technique
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress  —  (updated below)  —  A Bush-41-appointed Federal District Judge yesterday became the third judge — out of three who have ruled on the issue — to reject the Bush administration's claim that Article II entitles the President to override or ignore the provisions of FISA.
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Douglas J. Feith / Wall Street Journal:
Why We Went to War in Iraq  —  A lot of poor commentary has framed the Iraq war as a conflict of “choice” rather than of “necessity.”  In fact, President George W. Bush chose to remove Saddam Hussein from power because he concluded that doing so was necessary.
ABC News:
Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming  —  Audio: Flat screen TVs ‘contribute to global warming’ (The World Today)  —  A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming.
David Matthews / The Hill:
Philly radio station refuses to run Democratic ad  —  A Philadelphia news radio station has rejected a Democratic ad that features an impersonator of President Bush thanking GOP congressional candidates for supporting the “Big Oil” agenda.  —  Philadelphia KYW-AM Vice President …
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
The '60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire  —  MADISON, Wis. — When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved” in front of Columbia University's library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born.
Jon Soltz / The Huffington Post:
McCain Flips At Legit Question  —  I've been running VoteVets.org for a couple of years now.  In 2006 and in 2008, we've endorsed a number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for Congress.  It's still a story that the press is largely interested in, and when they call me to talk about it …
CNN:
Officer injured guarding Obama  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — It's been a rough week for the motorcycle unit of the Colorado Springs Police Department.  —  First, two officers were hurt last week when lightning struck between their motorcycles while on a training exercise.
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Associated Press:
Play of the Day: Motorcycle officer meets Obama
Discussion: TIME.com
Daniel J. Chacon / Rocky Mountain News:
‘She deceived us,’ mayor says about jazz singer  —  Opting for black anthem ‘a very bad decision,’ says City Council boss Hancock  —  Sen. Barack Obama said today a jazz singer's decision to sing the ‘Black National Anthem’ at Denver's State of the City speech this week was wrong.
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt embraces children  —  BOGOTA, Colombia - Former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years Thursday, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a daring rescue plucked her and 14 other hostages from the jungle.
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
A short but sweet gathering  —  Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee are toying with a convention scheduling change that has been broached before in theory but never seriously considered: cutting the party's conclave in Denver short by one day to give Obama an extra …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Can Barack Buy the Presidency?  —  On the money front, how do Sens. Obama and McCain stack up?  No contest, it seems.  Since the campaign began, Mr. Obama has raised a staggering $295-plus million, versus Mr. McCain's almost $122 million.  But that's misleading.  —  Mr. Obama spent a lot to win the nomination.
Junaid M. Afeef / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage  —  Many Muslim voters love Barack Obama.  They love him even if he doesn't seem to love them back.  —  One young professional I know credited Muslims' enthusiasm for Sen. Obama to a perceived promise of a “brand new, informed international perspective.”
 
 
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Matthew Rothschild / The Progressive Magazine Feed:
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Jerusalem Post:
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Emily Andrews / Daily Mail:
White man convicted of racial abuse after making ‘honky’ …
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Washington Post:
FISA Follies  —  THE CONTENTIOUS issue of whether telecommunications …
G-A-Y / Good As You:
AFA: Now trying to tarnish Golden Arches
Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
Speaking of Humiliating Communists . . .
Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
U.S. Is in No Shape to Give Advice, Medvedev Says
Discussion: TPMCafe and Who Is IOZ?
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain Memo: Strengthening National Campaign
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary
CNN:
Deputy Chief of Staff to leave White House
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs