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Illegal Police Raid on AntiRNC Convergence Space in St. Paul (3,569 diggs) [Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate] "At 9:15 Friday night, the Saint Paul Police entered all doors of the RNC Convergence Space in St. Paul, MN with guns drawn. The Space serves as a community center and organizing space for the upcoming protests against the Republican National Convention. At the time of the raid, people were sitting down to dinner and watching a movie."

Bush Seeks to Make War Powers Permanent for Indefinite War (2,070 diggs) As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain's choice of running mate, President Bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring that America remains in a state of permanent war.

Bush quietly seeks to make war powers permanent (2,692 diggs) Buried in a recent Administration proposal is a sentence that affirms the United States remains in a state of permanent war with al Qaeda and "associated organizations." If passed by Congress, it could give him and future presidents unrestricted power to continue wiretapping, torture, and detain Americans and 'enemy combatants' without charge.

Van Jones: Palin: You're no Hillary Clinton (1,738 diggs) Another said, "McCain picked a fan, not an equal partner. She has no international experience. She was just fawning all over him. No independence. Given McCain's temper, Sarah Palin probably won't challenge John McCain on any substantive issues."

Grading Obama's Speech (1,018 diggs) Conversational at times, lofty at others - and studiously serious throughout, in an apparent attempt to demonstrate that he possesses the demeanor of a plausible president. Superhumanly poised, he exhibited no jitters, never rushed, and married his own cadence to the rhythms of the audience's reaction.

Digg Dialogue Questions get answered by Nancy Pelosi on CNN! (1,607 diggs) Digg CEO Jay Adelson asks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questions sent by iReporters and selected by the Digg community. The questions you guys posed got answered, it seems like she did her best job to really answer them and take them as serious as any questions.

Georgia is the graveyard of America's unipolar world (935 diggs) If there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it. On Monday, President Bush demanded that Russia's leaders reject their parliament's appeal to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Within 24 hours, Bush had his response.

Help bloggers speak truth to the Associated Press (1,039 diggs) A diary on DailyKos reprinting the text of a diary that prompted the AP to out a blogger to his employer for no good reason except to harass him, in an attempt to silence criticism from bloggers everywhere.

ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Tracing the Money Trail (2,937 diggs) DNC and their lobbyist circumvent the "People's right to Know" who is giving what favors to whom?

ObamaTaxCut.com - What's your Obama Tax Cut? (4,311 diggs) [Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate] 53% of Americans think Barack Obama will raise their taxes, which means at least 52% of Americans don't know anything about his tax policies. In fact, 95% of Americans will see a tax cut from Obama, and 80% of Americans will get a bigger cut than they'd get from McCain. Calculate your Obama Tax Cut at ObamaTaxCut.com!

Police slam CodePink protester to the ground (2,823 diggs) Police slam CodePink protester to the ground, call her a "bitch" before arresting her.

Men Confess on Assassination Plot: "Because Obama Is Black" (2,624 diggs) The U.S. Attorney's office in Colorado filed felony weapon and drug charges today against Tharin Gartrell, Nathan Johnson, and Shawn Adolf, three idiots involved in a plot to kill Barack Obama. They admitted that the group's desire to assassinate him was not political, but "because Obama is black."

BREAKING: Harriet Miers Must Testify, Judge Says (2,160 diggs) A federal judge denied the White House's last-ditch attempt block a former aide from testifying before Congress as part of the investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal. "If the government is trying to run out the clock on the 110th Congress, today's decision suggests that Judge Bates won't let them," said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at

Kucinich tells DNC: 'Wake up America!' (1,653 diggs) "Wake up America," Kucinich declared from the podium of the Democratic National Convention. "In 2001 the oil companies, the war contractors and the neocon-artists seized the economy and added $4 trillion of unproductive spending to the national debt. ... Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid for with borrowed money."

Fox News flack hides behind anonymity to attack Jon Stewart (1,731 diggs) The Washington Post ’s Howard Kurtz reports that during a gathering with reporters in Denver yesterday, Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped Fox News, saying the network’s “‘fair and balanced’ slogan is an insult ‘to people with brains’” In response, a Fox News spokesman attacked Stewart, but he refused to give his name.

Outrageous! Police Trap Peaceful Protesters in Denver (2,266 diggs) A calm political protest quickly turned chaotic as anxious Denver police surrounded protesters peacefully marching toward the Democratic National Convention Center. After trapping the crowd between two buildings, hundreds of officers used pepper spray, batons and unwarranted aggression.

Doc. Justifying Iraq War Written 3 Months BEFORE CIA Report (1,654 diggs) Report: The U.S. intelligence community buckled sooner in 2002 than previously reported to Bush administration pressure for data justifying an invasion of Iraq. The documents suggest that the public relations push for war came before the intelligence analysis, which then conformed to public positions taken by Pentagon and White House officials.

U.S Veteran Placed on Terror List for Converting to Islam (1,235 diggs) Scherfen served in the U.S. military for 13 years, as an Army infantryman in the first Gulf War and then as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard. Scherfen is a convert to Islam. His wife emigrated from Pakistan when she was 17 and is now a U.S. citizen. As a result of their Muslim faith, he was placed on a U.S terror watch list.

John McCain's Secretive Plan to "Kill the UN" (1,355 diggs) Does John McCain have a "hidden agenda" to "kill the UN?" That's what the man who devised McCain's big set-piece foreign policy proposal says -- and he's delighted it is sailing silently through the presidential election campaign towards success.

Cheney's Link to Sen. Ted Stevens Corruption Trial (1,146 diggs) Newsweek magazine online plus daily news, features and commentary from our global network of correspondents

Flashback: McCain didn’t know what kind of car he drove (1,212 diggs) Global warming deniers at the National Review — in an effort to attack McCain for having a climate change plan — dug up a 2007 interview revealing he knew neither how many houses he owned nor what car he drove.

New Bush Rule: Doctors Can Refuse To Give Women Abortions (1,244 diggs) The Bush administration on Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.

McCain's CO River Gaff Might Cost Him Key Western States (1,805 diggs) John McCain has again said something to cause his fellow western-state Republicans to wince at its political inexpedience. And even though the Senator has now recanted and begun damage control, Democrats are hoping that this one will cost him. Some even argue that the gaff was so severe, he may have just lost Colorado.

Jon Stewart on absurd response by Bushies to Georgia (1,386 diggs) John McCain is sending his Senate buddies Graham and Smoking Joe Lieberman to the region!!!

Cheney aides questioned on forged letter linking Saddam, 9/1 (1,410 diggs) The House Judiciary Committee sent letters to a top former CIA official as well as two aides to Vice President Dick Cheney (including Scooter Libby) after a prominent author claimed that Cheney's office pushed the CIA to develop a phony letter linking Saddam Hussein to 9/11 to aid their argument for a preemptive strike on Iraq.