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5:45 AM ET, July 28, 2007

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IS THIS A COUP?  IF NOT, WHAT IS IT?  —  The Democrats' unconstitutional usurpation of power continues: Chuck Schumer, possibly the wackiest of all Capitol Hill Democrats, announces a change in the Constitution: … I guess "dangerously out of balance" means 5-4.
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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Kombiz Lavasany / Democratic National Committee:
Rough Seas Ahead For Thompson  —  The Fred Thompson campaign has seen some tough times lately, confronted with his record as a lobbyist and the subsequent cover-up.  That was followed by staff problems at the very top of the campaign.  —  But rather than kick a man when he's down, we decided to throw him a life vest.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Frederick of Hollywood and the Tiny Silicone Penis  —  I have been reading a fascinating book called "The Wimp Factor " by Stephen J Doucat that thoroughly examines the strange phenomenon of anxious Republican masculinity and the way it's informing our politics.
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Will the G.O.P. Say No to YouTube?  —  The sequel to the self-styled "ground-breaking" YouTube debate on CNN may be history before it even begins.  —  The Rudy Giuliani campaign has cited scheduling conflicts in saying it will skip the Republican version of this week's Democratic debate …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:   Romney Will SkipYouTube Forum
Mark Silva / The Swamp:   Anti-porn Romney confuses YouTube with MySpace
Post / Washington Post:
YOUTUBE, TAKE TWO Few GOP Candidates Commit to Debate
Andres Oppenheimer / MiamiHerald.com:
Obama goofed by not including caveat  —  One in an occasional series on presidential candidates' views about Latin America.  —  I was not terribly surprised when Sen. Barack Obama said in the Democratic presidential debate Monday that he would sit down with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez if elected president.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:   Obama: I would unleash a 'transformation'
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia  —  The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to total $20 billion over the next decade at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis …
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:   US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton seeks 'cleavage' cash  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Few political fundraising e-mails have ever carried the subject header "cleavage," but White House hopeful Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign sent a solicitation to supporters Friday with the attention-grabbing header in order to decry …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards: "They want to shut me up"  —  MyDD flags an intense minute and a half from John Edwards in Creston, Iowa, yesterday in which he heatedly tells an audience that the attention to trivia (I assume the reference here is to his haircuts) is "not an accident" and that "they want to shut me up" …
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Tracy Joan / MyDD:
Haircuts, etc...
Discussion: Liberal Values
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Kos: Tillman Murdered for Chomsky Admiration, Antiwar Views  —  It's about time someone finally connected Noam Chomsky to Pat Tillman's death.  Another Kos diarist goes off the deep end.  This time with help from the AP which leads yet another story about the tragic death of Pat Tillman with this:
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Think Progress:
Time For President To Come Clean On Tillman Cover-Up
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Phillip Carter / INTEL DUMP:
Review: "No End In Sight"  —  On Tuesday, I attended a screening of the new Iraq documentary "No End in Sight" in Los Angeles which was co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress and USC's Center for Public Diplomacy.  (The movie is reviewed today in the New York Times.)
Discussion: The Democratic Daily and TalkLeft
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A. O. Scott / New York Times:
In the Beginning: Focusing on the Iraq War Enablers
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Faiz / Think Progress:
Chickenhawk Congressman Smears Military Expert  —  Center for American Progress military expert Lawrence Korb testified before the House Armed Services Committee this morning, challenging escalation proponents to have the courage of their convictions and call for a draft if they would like the surge to continue indefinitely.
Discussion: Buckeye State Blog
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Center for American Progress:
Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow
Discussion: Think Progress
KGTV-TV:
School Stops Scheduling Class Time For Muslim Prayer  —  SAN DIEGO — A San Diego school that drew international attention for setting aside time for Muslim students to pray in the classroom will no longer do so, it was reported Friday.  —  Instead, Carver Elementary's schedule will be reconfigured …
James Glanz / New York Times:
As U.S. Rebuilds, Iraq Won't Act on Finished Work  —  Iraq's national government is refusing to take possession of thousands of American-financed reconstruction projects, forcing the United States either to hand them over to local Iraqis, who often lack the proper training and resources to keep …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
 
 
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Aide: Iraq PM relations with Petraeus poor
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Sfcmac / The Foxhole:
Update on The New Republic's 'Man in Iraq'
Jeff Randall / Telegraph:
Crisis-prone BBC needs management clear-out
Discussion: Biased BBC
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Officer calls Guantanamo reviews a sham
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
A response to my post on the semiotic of "Scott Thomas" …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Rich Man, Boor Man
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Christopher Drew / New York Times:
Scientists' Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Today's Video on WSJ.com: Brendan Miniter …
UPI:
Your Thoughts  —  Let him claim executive privilege and ignore the subpoena.
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
White House:
Briefing by Tony Snow
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Brent Budowsky / The Huffington Post:
Neoconservatism Is Dead  —  Charles Krauthammer, not content …