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12:20 PM ET, July 4, 2008

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Rove's Third Term  —  Al Gore never claimed that he invented the Internet.  Howard Dean didn't scream.  Hillary Clinton didn't say she was staying in the race because Barack Obama might be assassinated.  And Wesley Clark didn't impugn John McCain's military service.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Man of Seasonal Principles  —  You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin.  Again.  During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after Sept. 11 but then stopped because it “became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.”
WTVD-TV:
Former Senator Jesse Helms dead at 86  —  RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — Former five-term Republican U.S. Senator Jesse Helms has died at 86.  —  Helms was born in Monroe, NC where his father, called “Big Jesse,” served as chief of police.  Jesse and Dot Helms are the parents of three children …
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WRAL-TV:
Conservative icon Jesse Helms dead at 86  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Jesse Helms, the firebrand U.S. senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Althouse
CNN:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at the age of 86, a senior congressional source said.  —  The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank …
Associated Press:
Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86  —  RALEIGH, N.C. - Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July.
MSNBC:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86  —  Republican known as ‘Senator No’ served 30 years before retiring in 2003  —  RALEIGH, North Carolina - Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms, a leading conservative from North Carolina who served 30 years in the Senate before retiring in 2003, has died, the Jesse Helms Center said Friday.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Economy?  Words Fail Me.  —  Think you're worried about the economy?  Phillip Swagel is a wreck.  —  The assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy, Swagel came out for his monthly economic briefing yesterday, 90 minutes after the Labor Department reported that the country …
Discussion: Angry Bear and Calculated Risk
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
White House says ruling could free detainees in US  —  WASHINGTON - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights.
Bob / BobKrumm.com:
How did you spend Independence Day?  —  BAGHDAD - How are you spending your 4th of July holiday?  While most Americans probably slept, 1,215 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines raised their right hands and committed to a combined 5,500 years of additional service during the largest reenlistment ceremony …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Celebrity Passport Records Popular  —  State Dept. Audit Finds Snooping Was Frequent  —  Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found.
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama: Mental Distress Can't Justify Late Term Abortion  —  Here's Obama reaching out to the evangelical right.  The Associated Press reports: … Obama made no such distinction last year: … NARAL leaders ought to feel like idiots.  [More...] … A leading anti-choice group …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama: Mental distress can't justify late abortion
Discussion: The Confluence
 
 
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A Tempered View of Greenland's Gushing Drainpipes
John Branch / New York Times:
American Flags as Big as Fields
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Barack Obama's policy switches are giving the Left whiplash
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Telegraph:
Muslims in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, says top judge
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Glenn Beck / CNN:
Commentary: Your gas money for a flat screen?
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Sarah Wheaton / The Caucus:
Obama Responds to FISA Protest on His Web Site
Adam Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Florida Gov. Crist says he's getting married
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Target: Barack Obama. Strategy: What Day Is It?
Senator John McCain / Yahoo! News:
Putting The Country First  —  Two of our greatest statesmen …