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McCain urges more border security
BBC News - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has said US immigration laws should only be reformed after security is tightened on the Mexican border. More »

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Obama fuels pullout debate with remarks
New York Times - By Michael Cooper, Jeff Zeleny - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might "refine" his policies for Iraq after meeting with military commanders there later this summer... More »

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A Conversation With Barack Obama
Rolling Stone - By Jann S. Wenner - Jul. 4 (Interview)
Shortly after Barack Obama claimed victory in the fight for the Democratic nomination, I joined him aboard his chartered 757 campaign plane as a member of the press corps... More »

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Election Protection 2008 Primary Report: Looking Ahead to November
National Campaign for Fair Elections - Jul. 4 (Special Report)
In this unprecedented primary season, Americans have once again turned to Election Protection to ensure their votes count. Pundits and strategists alike never imagined the length... More »

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Prices And Demand Skyrocket, Not Fireworks
National Public Radio - By Frank Morris - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Skyrocketing food and gas prices are not the only things blowing holes in Americans' pockets going into this holiday weekend -- so are fireworks... More »

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1776 to 2008
Los Angeles Times - Jul. 4 (Editorial)
The Declaration of Independence, which we honor today, is replete with the internal tensions and contradictions of 18th century America, a paean to equality written by a... More »

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How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?
McClatchy - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
How can even one senator on either side of the aisle in good conscience vote in favor of this law that does nothing to enhance our security and everything to diminish our rights... More »

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Memo to Uncle Sam: Iran Is Not Your Enemy
Washington Post - By Ali Ettefagh - Jul. 3 (Comment)
For the last three decades, the U.S. has passed contradictory laws with the pronounced goals of destabilizing Iran, absurd concepts of "regime change" and an assortment... More »

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Please, Please, Reporters with Brains
Talking Points Memo - By Josh Marshall - Jul. 4 (Blog Post)
For the McCain campaign to put out a memo to reporters claiming that Obama has adopted McCain's policy only shows that his advisors believe that a sizable percentage of the... More »

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We Want You...to be a Poll Worker
Brennan Center for Justice - By Ren�e Paradis, Theresa J. Lee - Jul. 4 (Opinion)
When you work in election reform, often at the end of a panel discussion or a presentation you've just given, you'll look out at a sea of people you've thoroughly disheartened as... More »

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This Week's Top Rated - News

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Preparing the Battlefield
New Yorker - By Seymour Hirsch - Jun. 30 (Special Report)
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military,... More »

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Election Day
P.O.V. / PBS - By Katy Chevigny - Jul. 2 (Special Report)
(VIDEO - 74 minutes) Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America? In a triumph of... More »

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Believe Me, It's Torture
Vanity Fair - By Christopher Hitchens - Jul. 2 (Special Report)
What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial... More »

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Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran
Democracy Now - By Seymour Hersh, Amy Goodman - Jun. 30 (Interview)
Congressional leaders agreed to a request from President Bush last year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing Iran's leadership,... More »

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The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency
AlterNet - By Brad Reed - Jul. 1 (News Analysis)
In a lot of ways, choosing the Bush administration's 10 greatest moments -- disastrous failures, all -- is about as pointless as picking out your 10 least favorite hemorrhoids: More »

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This Week's Top Rated - Opinion

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Barack Obama and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments
FindLaw - By John Dean - Jul. 1 (Opinion)
Not everyone is aware of the statement that Obama made to Will Bunch, or the reality that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution under the FISA amendments... More »

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Cindy's fortune: An asset and a liability
The Politico - By Kenneth P. Vogel - Jul. 2 (Blog Post)
In 2004, Republicans demanded fuller disclosure about the considerable fortune of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry... More »

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High hopes abroad for a new U.S. president
Christian Science Monitor - Jul. 2 (Editorial)
The rest of the world can't vote for the next American president, but many certainly follow the US campaign as if they could. They also hold high hopes that a new leader - no... More »

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Disaster Capitalism, State of Extortion
The Nation - By Naomi Klein - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
...today's preferred method of reshaping the world in the interest of multinational corporations is to systematically exploit the state of fear and disorientation that accompanies... More »

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Bush's 'Wonderland' Logic
Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Jul. 1 (Opinion)
The broader point from the Parhat case is that it is further evidence that - over the past six-plus years - the Bush administration has played on the fears and biases of Americans... More »

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Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
Associated Press - By Lolita C. Baldor - Jul. 5 (News Report)
"It's a very complex problem, and it's tied to the drug trade, a faltering economy and, as I've said many times, the porous border region with Pakistan," said Mullen... More »

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Passing the torch from Bush to McCain without getting burned
New York Times - By Sheryl Gay Stolberg - Jul. 4 (Special Report)
Convention planners, the White House and the McCain campaign are wrestling with how to choreograph a proper sendoff for Mr. Bush - sure, his poll numbers are in the tank, but he's... More »

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2,000 Marines face longer Afghan tour
Baltimore Sun - By David Wood - Jul. 4 (News Report)
In a decision reflecting the shortage of available combat troops, more than 2,000 Marines fighting the Taliban will be kept in Afghanistan 30 days beyond their original... More »

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Crisis in Zimbabwe
LinkTV - Jul. 4 (News Analysis)
Robert Mugabe wins reelection as president of Zimbabwe in a campaign of violence and intimidation. Activists fight back, with new media as their weapon... More »

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San Fransico Rejects Hrc
planetransgender - By Kelli Busey - Jul. 4 (Special Report)
HEADLINE NEWS: SAN FRANSICO CALIFORNIA GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY REJECTS HRC'S GENDER EXPRSSION EXCLUSSIONARY POLICY. More »

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Bridge over Troubled Blather
Vanity Fair - By James Wolcott - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
The voters, watching Obama strike one note of harmony with McCain after another, are going to think, Hell, if McCain is right on so many issues, why not just vote for him to begin... More »

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It's The Economy, Stupid: An inherited mess
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul. 1 (Editorial)
if Gross is right -- and the evidence suggests he is -- this election requires both presidential candidates to go beyond the usual tax or spending discourse... More »

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Real change happens off-line
Christian Science Monitor - Jul. 1 (Opinion)
By contrast, Internet activism is individualistic. It's great for a sense of interconnectedness, but the Internet does not bind individuals in shared struggle the same as the... More »

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Is Barack A Typical Pol?
New Republic - By Noam Scheiber - Jul. 4 (Opinion)
To believe McCain can nonetheless get away with labeling his opponent a typical pol without having the charge boomerang on him reflects a gross misunderstanding of campaign... More »

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Rove Tapdances On Subject Of Involvement In McCain Campaign Shake-Up
News Hounds - By Ellen - Jul. 4 (Blog Post)
On last night's (7/3/08) Hannity & Colmes, Karl Rove was once again brought on to serve as the sole analyst of the Barack Obama campaign... More »

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Edfu temple-egypt history
egyptian12.blogspot.com/ - Jul. 5
Between Aswan and Luxor is located the major Ptolemaic temple of Edfu - the best preserved major temple in Egypt. The temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus and was built... More »

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It Was Oil, All Along
The Smirking Chimp - Jun. 28
Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and... More »

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Why We Don't Mind Uncle Sam Tapping Our Phones
Huffington Post - Jul. 3
Some politicians and privacy advocates are crying foul, but surveys show that Americans, by and large, aren't too concerned about the government tapping in... More »

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Disaster Capitalism, State of Extortion
The Nation - Jul. 3
...today's preferred method of reshaping the world in the interest of multinational corporations is to systematically exploit the state of fear and disorientation that accompanies... More »

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Memo to Uncle Sam: Iran Is Not Your Enemy
Washington Post - Jul. 3
For the last three decades, the U.S. has passed contradictory laws with the pronounced goals of destabilizing Iran, absurd concepts of "regime change" and an assortment... More »

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How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?
McClatchy - Jul. 3
How can even one senator on either side of the aisle in good conscience vote in favor of this law that does nothing to enhance our security and everything to diminish our rights... More »

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Bush's 'Wonderland' Logic
Consortium News - Jul. 1
The broader point from the Parhat case is that it is further evidence that - over the past six-plus years - the Bush administration has played on the fears and biases of Americans... More »

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We Want You...to be a Poll Worker
Brennan Center for Justice - Jul. 4
When you work in election reform, often at the end of a panel discussion or a presentation you've just given, you'll look out at a sea of people you've thoroughly disheartened as... More »

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What Patriotism Is
OurFuture.org - Jul. 3
Chances are, many of the perpetrators of this nonsense think they're being patriots, saving us from Obama and ourselves. And goodness knows, there's a long history of this kind of... More »

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Sound advice for Iran's notoriously outspoken president
Daily Star (Lebanon) - Jul. 2
A top adviser to Iran's supreme leader has offered some good advice that should be heeded by all Iranian leaders who care about their country's future... More »

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