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12:35 AM ET, July 6, 2009

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Reuters Runs Staged Photo Of Bloody Honduran Protester  —  Reuters has run photo of a bloodied Honduran protester (below) dramatizing the bloodshed at protests for Manuel Zelaya.  (h/t) Problem is, this photo appears to be staged.  —  Blogger Hunter Smith, who recently finished …
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BBC:
Zelaya's jet blocked in Honduras  —  Honduran troops fire tear gas at Zelaya supporters  —  Honduras's ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, has failed in a dramatic attempt to fly back to his country.  —  His plane circled the Tegucigalpa airport, but it could not land as the authorities had blocked the runway.
Discussion: PoliBlog and Truthdig
Fausta / Fausta's Blog:
Honduras: will Zelaya show up?  UPDATE Zelaya lands in El Salvador; 2 dead  —  UPDATE  —  Honduras' Micheletti states that Nicaraguan troops are heading to the border with Honduras.  —  Zelaya's plane landed in El Salvador - See 4:15PM update below.  —  2 dead in Honduras  —  See further updates.
Tomas Bravo / Reuters:
Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, one of …
Discussion: Honduras Abandoned
Harry Siegel / Politico Live's Blog:
Rove ‘perplexed’ by Palin, Huckabee calls move ‘risky’  —  Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee both seemed to be scratching their heads over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign her office in an appearance along with Alaska Lt. Gov Sean Parnell on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Violet / Reclusive Leftist:
Feminists and the mystery of Sarah Palin  —  I don't usually comment on other blogs; I have little enough time to keep my own gig in working order.  But the other day I was over at I Blame The Patriarchy, where I was dismayed to find in the comment threads some of the same Palin-bashing …
Lorenzo Benet / People.com:
Sarah Palin's Resignation Stuns Father-In-Law
Discussion: msnbc.com
The Bobblespeak Translations:
This Week with George Stephanolpous with Joe Biden
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Biden Suggests U.S. Not Standing in Israel's Way on Iran  —  WASHINGTON — Plunging squarely into one of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at the Iranian nuclear program.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Despite Crisis, Policy on Iran Is Engagement  —  President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in separate interviews this weekend, said that the accelerating crackdown on opposition leaders in Iran in recent days would not deter them from seeking to engage the country's top leadership in direct negotiations.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Biden: We ‘Misread the Economy’  —  Big admission from Vice President Joe Biden today.  —  “The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy,” Biden told me during our exclusive “This Week” interview in Iraq.  —  Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier …
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Nadia Gilani / Times of London:
Wife blows MI6 chief's cover on Facebook  —  The wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook.  —  Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November …
Discussion: The Daley Gator
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
In Defense of Neo-Con Bashing  —  Greg Djerejian offers up something of a mea culpa and something of a defense against Jeff Weintraub's charge of “rather tiresome ritual 'neocon'-bashing which is becoming too much of a reflex in some quarters.”  —  It's actually true that neocon bashing is a bit on the tiresome side.
Washington Post:
D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry Arrested for Stalking  —  D.C. Council member Marion Barry was arrested last night and charged with stalking a woman after the woman reported that Barry was “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate vehicles in Anacostia Park, police said this morning.
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Paul Krugman:
Bruce Bartlett misstates the problem  —  He says: … Um, that's totally false.  Did Bartlett even look at the Bernstein-Romer paper?  Here's the key graph:  —  The predicted impact from the stimulus is indicated by the difference between these two curves.
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Schumer promises public option in healthcare bill  —  The healthcare reform bill that emerges from Congress this year will include a government-run public health insurance option, regardless of the bipartisan negotiations seeking a compromise in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.
Trina Hoaks / Examiner:
Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist and respects Richard Dawkins  —  It is no secret that people have long protested not only the Harry Potter books but the movies as well.  Many of those people who protest do so with their religious conviction in mind.
 
 
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