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1:30 PM ET, June 28, 2008

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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
An Attack That Came Out of the Ether  —  Scholar Looks for First Link in E-Mail Chain About Obama  —  PRINCETON, N.J.  —  The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds.
Discussion: Political Machine and The Caucus
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Byron York / The Corner:
Oppo Research in the Tradition of Einstein  —  The Washington Post has published an unintentionally amusing article this morning about one Danielle Allen, a “razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist” at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. Allen, with doctorates from Cambridge and Harvard …
Thomas B. Edsall / The Huffington Post:
It's My Party, I'll Cry If I Want To  —  “What does Bill Clinton want?”  —  Barack Obama quickly determined what Hillary Clinton wants in the aftermath of defeat: a major role in the general election campaign, a star turn at the convention, help with her debt, and Obama's support for elected officials who backed her.
Discussion: Swampland, Political Insider and MSNBC
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Peter Wehner / Washington Post:
Dobson vs. Obama  —  Earlier this week, Focus on the Family's James Dobson criticized Sen. Barack Obama, accusing him of “deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit ... his own confused theology,” of having a “fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution” …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama still doesn't get YouTube, does he?  —  In days gone by, politicians could issue mutually-contradictory messages with near impunity as the mainstream media rarely would double-check the historical record.  Now, with video on line and millions of fact-checkers scrutinizing every statement …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Morning Joe: Obama Advisor Sets Scarborough Straight On Bush's Diplomatic Failures  —  Barack Obama's Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Susan Rice appeared on Friday's Morning Joe to discuss foreign policy, and more specifically North Korea's destruction of a long-defunct nuclear cooling tower yesterday.
Discussion: Associated Press
Christopher Stern / Bloomberg:
Hagel, Republican for Now, Says He Has No Plans to Back McCain  —  Senator Chuck Hagel declined to endorse his party's likely presidential nominee, John McCain, and said he would consider serving as secretary of defense in a Barack Obama administration.  —  Hagel, who last year considered …
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Washington Post:
Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate  —  The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis.
Gallup:
Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy  —  Half say the government is doing too much, 43% too little to solve country's problems  —  PRINCETON, NJ — When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today's consumer …
New York Times:
Taliban Imperil Pakistani City, a Major Hub  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In the last two months, Taliban militants have suddenly tightened the noose on this city of three million people, one of Pakistan's biggest, establishing bases in surrounding towns and, in daylight, abducting residents for high ransoms.
Discussion: Swampland
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Van Helsing / Moonbattery:
Amnesty International Hits Bottom with Phony Gitmo Display  —  Amnesty International used to be on the side of the good guys, drawing attention to the horrors inflicted by America's authoritarian enemies.  Now, it is a shill for those same enemies, and its farcical tactics are worthy of the most juvenile left-wing extremists.
Discussion: Wizbang
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CNSNews:   Amnesty International Tours Gitmo Cell as Proof of US Torture
Pete Hegseth / The Corner:
Obama zigzags on Iraq  —  Recent reports and rumors have indicated that Senator Obama plans to aggressively move to the middle on Iraq in the coming months.  This is a good political move for Obama, if only because he's finally starting to recognize reality.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain repeatedly interrupted by protestors  —  John McCain struggled to get through his opening remarks to a group of Latino officials after three individuals interrupted his speech with shouted denunciations.  —  McCain reacted with good cheer the first time, smiling and pausing …
Discussion: TIME.com
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama plans visits to Europe, Mideast this summer  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to visit the Middle East and Europe this summer, taking time off from campaigning in the United States in an effort to boost his foreign policy credentials.
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. and Europe Near Agreement on Private Data
Discussion: TalkLeft
Alex Altman / Time:
The Future of Gun Control  —  The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision overturning Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban is the biggest gun rights ruling since the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791.  The Court had not waded into this divisive issue since 1939, when it declared …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Tammy Bruce
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
WINNERS' TEST  —  THE SUPREMES' GUN RULING  —  'YOU Won!
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and GayPatriot
 
 
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John Santucci / Political Radar:
Obama Health Plan Could Go In Clinton's Direction
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Delahunt's disgrace
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Conservatives warm to McCain's view of the law
Discussion: Wake up America and Hot Air
Ben Winograd / SCOTUSblog:
Heller Discussion Board: Miller, Colt .45s and Natural Law
New York Times:
Your Brain Lies to You  —  FALSE beliefs are everywhere.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
In Campaign, One Man's Pragmatism Is Another's Flip-Flopping
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Anne-Elisabeth Moutet / Weekly Standard:
L'Affaire Enderlin  —  Being a French journalist means never having to say you're sorry.
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
A Tactical Leap of Faith
Discussion: The Current
New York Times:
Scientist Is Paid Millions by U.S. in Anthrax Suit
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
A Candidate Runs to a G.O.P. Chorus of 'Don't'
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Scalia and women's rights: A handgun “is easier to use for those …
Rick Moran / Pajamas Media:
Congressional Pensioners Making GOP a Permanent Minority
 

 
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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Stanford University supports prosecution of a Stanford Daily reporter arrested at a June protest, despite evidence he was there as a journalist, not a protester

Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Esquire corrects, and then retracts, a column by Charles P. Pierce that incorrectly claimed former President George H.W. Bush pardoned his son, Neil Bush

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