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3:40 AM ET, June 29, 2008

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The Huffington Post:
McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek To Report  —  Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default …
Telegraph:
Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must ‘kiss my ass’ for his support  —  By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York  —  Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama's victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Obama Supporters Take His Middle Name as Their Own  —  Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge.  But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, mimicking her boyfriend and shocking her father.
MoJoBlog:
MoJo Convo: Iran Panic?  Talk About It With the Experts  —  MoJo writer Laura Rozen asked an Israeli intel correspondent, an Iranian American activist, an arms expert, a former peace negotiator, and an anti-war intellectual:  —  How likely is a scenario in which the US or Israel strikes Iran before Bush leaves office?
Discussion: War and Piece and American Power
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Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Crisis grows in Iraq over U.S. raid that killed Maliki relative  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — Senior Iraqi government officials said Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces counterterrorism unit conducted the raid that reportedly killed a relative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki …
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Fox News Finds Its Rivals Closing In  —  When prime-time cable news ratings for the second quarter of 2008 are officially released next week, they will show that Fox News reclaimed the top spot among viewers in their mid-20s through mid-50s, those of greatest interest to news advertisers …
New York Post:
LIARS' ROUND-UP  —  ON SECURITY, FACTS MATTER  —  THE facts about your security are being torn to shreds by activist liars.  And they think that you're too stupid to know the difference.  —  Let's lay out the worst current examples of media make-believe and election-year truth-trashing:
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
Law School Pays the Price in 'Don't Ask' Rule Protest  —  SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. — A renewed fight over the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy is being watched closely here on the campus of the Vermont Law School, a 600-student institution on the banks of the White River.
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Louisiana passes first antievolution “academic freedom” law  —  As we noted last month, a number of states have been considering laws that, under the guise of “academic freedom,” single out evolution for special criticism.  Most of them haven't made it out of the state legislatures, and one that did was promptly vetoed.
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History  —  WASHINGTON — Soon after American forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Gen. Tommy R. Franks surprised senior Army officers by revamping the Baghdad-based military command.  —  The decision reflected the assumption by General Franks …
Discussion: The Other McCain
Matt / Think Progress:
Cheney ‘tried to block North Korea nuclear deal.’  —  Earlier this week, the Bush administration the Bush administration announced that it was taking North Korea off the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism after the country declared its nuclear program to the outside world.
Christina Lamb / Times of London:
Robert Mugabe's thugs shout: 'Let's kill the baby'  —  A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe.  —  Blessing Mabhena, aged 11 months, was seized from a bed and flung down with force as his mother …
Discussion: Power Line
Karl / protein wisdom:
Flip-Flop for Change?  Yes, we can!  —  According to the Washington Post, Barack Obama's sudden shifts on public financing and electronic surveillance are not flip-flopping.  Rather, Obama is being pragmatic... with nuance (yes, David Sirota is even quoted dropping the n-bomb):
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Barack Obama to visit Britain
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Unity Is Crowded  —  Unity, N.H.  —  Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton held their political bonding ceremony in the middle of a field since the tiny town where they did the deed had no buildings big enough to host such a momentous occasion.  The symbolism was obviously supposed to stretch way, way beyond mere unity.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Derrick Z. Jackson / Boston Globe:
Holding Muslims at arm's length
Discussion: GINA COBB and NewsBusters.org
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
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Deacon / Power Line:
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Discussion: Dartblog
Fox News:
McCain Predicts ‘Underdog’ Win in Final 48 Hours
Discussion: News Hounds and The RBC
Media Matters for America:
“Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jonn Lilyea / This ain't Hell …:
Guantanamo Protest in DC
Jim Burrows / my.barackobama.com:
Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In a Complicated Term, Kennedy Left Boldest Mark
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Delahunt backpedals on cheerleading a terrorist attack on administration official
Sean O'Neill / Times of London:
Second al-Qaeda leader to be freed in Britain
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Obama is shifting toward the center
Discussion: Corrente
Faiz / Think Progress:
Hagel floats possibility of a new third party, says GOP has 'come …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Return of Dr. No  —  “They didn't live up to what they promised to do.
Discussion: TIME.com and The Corner
Bob Drogin / Los Angeles Times:
Can you hear me now?  —  Bedeviled by a bad cellphone connection …
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
The Corroded Corruption at the Heart of Moving to the Center
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Booman Tribune
Gallup:
Americans Oppose Income Redistribution to Fix Economy
 

 
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Meta unveils Movie Gen, which creates up to 16-second videos from a text prompt, available to some staff and partners; Meta plans to add it to its apps in 2025

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Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
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