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1:45 PM ET, July 5, 2008

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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Wesley Clark ‘moving on’  —  Four days after his controversial “Face the Nation” appearance, retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark is taking a break from the presidential campaign — but many Democratic insiders think he has already been crossed off the list of Barack Obama's potential running mates.
Discussion: Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
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Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
‘Patriot Games’ of the wrong kind  —  The Republican consultant had it all figured out.  —  His candidate: The hero.  Wounded in war, stand-up guy, the real face of a generation.  His opponent: No military service.  Suspicious activity in his past.  —  He had an unofficial slogan in mind: The patriot vs. the punk.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Tiptoeing on Bush and Convention  —  WASHINGTON — What if your family was planning a big end-of-summer bash (a Grand Old Party, you might call it) but preferred that you not be seen — or heard?  —  That is the question hanging over President Bush, with eight weeks to go until Republicans gather …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
President Remains A Skilled Fundraiser
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Poll: Bill Clinton's popularity down from last year  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.
Israel Insider:
Blogger admits Hawaii birth certificate forgery, subverting Obama claims  —  Posted on Photobucket and in comments attached to the Daily Kos blog post where the purported Obama birth certificate appears  —  Jay McKinnon, a self-described Department of Homeland Security-trained document specialist …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The political establishment and telecom immunity — why it matters  —  Nancy Soderberg was deputy national security advisor and an ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration.  Today, she has an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times defending the FISA bill and telecom amnesty.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Nancy Soderberg / Los Angeles Times:
A good-enough spy law  —  The FISA bill isn't perfect, but it's a compromise that the Senate should accept.  —  In their rush to get home for their Fourth of July vacations, the members of the Senate left some important work on their desks — the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Inside Mugabe's Violent Crackdown  —  Notes, Witnesses Detail How Campaign Was Conceived and Executed by Leader, Aides  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe summoned his top security officials to a government training center near his rural home in central Zimbabwe on the afternoon of March 30.
Discussion: On Deadline
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Faiz / Think Progress:
FLASHBACK: Ten Years Ago, Bin Laden Demanded Barrel Of Oil Should Cost $144  —  FLASHBACK: Ten Years Ago, Bin Laden Demanded Barrel Of Oil Should Cost $144  —  In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden — the terrorist who organized 9/11 — listed as one of his many grievances against the U.S. that Americans …
Discussion: Reuters and Matthew Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias:
The Helms Legacy  —  One fascinating thing about the death of Jesse Helms is the conservative reaction.  One might expect that Helms' death would prompt from conservatives the sorts of things that I might say if, say, Al Sharpton died — that he and I had some overlapping beliefs and I don't regard …
Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86  —  President Bush calls the uncompromising Republican from North Carolina a ‘great patriot.’ He infuriated liberals with his race-baiting tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial  —  WASHINGTON — Jesse Helms …
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Karl / protein wisdom:
The corn-fueled economy and the corn-fueled candidate  —  The Guardian claims to have a confidential World Bank report which concludes that biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% — more than the IMF estimate of 20-30%, and far more than the US government's claims that biofuels contribute less than 3% to food-price rises.
Associated Press:
Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY  —  BUTTE, Mont. - Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week.  —  Obama campaign spokesman Jen Psaki said the Democratic nominee …
 
 
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Forbes:
FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio
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Paul Slansky / The Huffington Post:
A Modest Proposal for the 4th: Take Back Old Glory
Gateway Pundit:
Murtha Does It Again!... Says US Troops Just Break Down Doors …
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1,215 servicemembers re-up in Iraq
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