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Incredible as it seems, the Bush Administration may have been dishonest every day, forever, about Iraq. That’s the shocking conclusion of some study funded by “limousine liberal” George Soros. According to the report, Bush and Cheney and the rest of the administration spent all their time between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq successfully convincing our nation’s dumber people — Congress, reporters, etc. — that Saddam Hussein was about to launch even more jetliners full of anthrax at American buildings. MORE »

Nothing says “Bomb Iran” like markets wizard George Soros plunking down $62 million for a nice chunk of Halliburton stock. MORE »

Pro-gun Democrats did better in the midterms than probably any other class of politician, but the National Rifle Association is not in the business of reflecting moderate political reality. The NRA lives off memberships, and the standard card-carrying member has two enemies: Democrats and … deer, most likely.

But even loyalists go soft, as the GOP learned last month, and you need some Grade A propaganda to get people riled up again. Let no one accuse the NRA of shirking its duty. Freedom In Peril: Guarding the 2nd Amendment in the 21st Century, is a spectacularly beautiful graphic novel. Here, for example, is one of the biggest threats to the white suburban hunter: dirty hippies and their evil sidekicks: the dynamite-carrying owl, sinister pig, angry Wall Street bull, dire wolf, terror chicken and Land Lobster:

We’ve got a lot more from this super-secret advance copy of the NRA’s hot new comic, after the jump.

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• Heard on the Hill: Tom DeLay leaves campaign voicemails on behalf of Mark Ellmore. He says that as Majority Leader, he “battled Jim Moran in Congress for 14 years,” and “recently re-registered to vote in Northern California.” [Roll Call]

• Rush & Molloy: George Soros “downright courtly toward the Bushies” at Monday’s party for his book “The Age of Fallibility.” [NYDN]
• Page Six: Spike Lee and Ground Zero memorial architect Michael Arad will talk tonight as part of a campaign against political apathy. The campaign begs to be ignored with the title: “Generation Engage.” [NYP]
• FOX411: FOX411 reports that Michael Jackson hopes to profit from 9/11 charity CD. While you’re at the FOX site, visit their Michael Jackson Celebrity Center. [Fox]

* A political party has really sunk low when their best candidate doesn’t even, you know, exist. [Logged Hours] MORE »

The good people are Media Matter for America: hard at work fighting conservative bias, still pissing off the janitorial staff: MORE »

* House Republicans set vote on Dubai port deal for next week despite White House resistance. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio): “This has become a very hot political potato.” [WP, NYT]
* Military spending for Iraq and Afghanistan will reach $117.6b this fiscal year. [W$J]
* Harold Ickes, with George Soros, are sidestepping the DNC to create a massive nationwide voter list. Ickes: “The Republicans have developed a cadre of people who appreciate databases and know how to use them, and we are way behind the march.” [WP]
* Congress renews Patriot Act by vote of 280 to 138. [WP, NYT]
* Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rejects Democratic calls for inquiry of NSA eavesdropping; White House agrees to new oversight rules. [WP, NYT, W$J]
* The CIA is not interested in cooperating with the Libby investigation by providing classified documents. [WP, NYT]
* Sen. Clinton moves to tie up money and talent for ‘08 race. [NYT]
* Cato Institutes vents beef with Bush. [WP]
* Rep. DeLay wins Republican primary in Texas. [AP]

* Reliable Source: Art Buchwald phones in from a hospice in Washington: “It’s like the Ritz-Carlton in Florida.”. . . Wax figure of Hillary is unveiled in New York. [WP]
* Rush & Molloy: George Clooney: “I love how they’re trying to blame the other guy for getting shot. Unless the guy is 20 feet tall, Cheney wasn’t aiming in the right direction.” [NYDN]
* Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Mary Matalin tells “Today” show viewers that the Pentagon was forthcoming about Abu Ghraib. [NYDN]
* Page Six: George Soros incites counter-attack commercials in Texas after funding ads against Rep. Tom DeLay. . . In light of Cheney’s hunting accident, Republicans dredge up Chappaquiddick. [NYP]
* Cindy Adams: Republicans mumbling about a McCain-Rice ticket. Says Henry Kissinger, “But John, Condoleeza is only just a staff person.” [NYP]

• Bush to ride with Lance Armstrong in Crawford, though without traditional cycling attire: “There are certain things that age brings with it, and not wearing the form-fitting Lycra shorts is one of them, if you know what I mean.” Somehow we think things would have been different under Kerry. . . . McCain takes son and pal out to congratulatory dinner Arlington. . . 41 percent in TIME survey have no idea what to think of “Influential Hispanic” Alberto Gonzales. [WP]
• At George Soros‘ 75th birthday party in Southampton, he “pitched giant air-conditioned tents” (heh) and invited Indian and African performers to entertain guests, moguls found planes grounded, however, and had to take car services to city. [Rush and Malloy]
• That’s one way to distinguish yourself from Hillary: Jeanine Pirro likes silky underthings and margaritas. [Page Six]
• Novelistic take on the War on Terror has Bush asking, “Can we somehow throw a kind of electric blanket around New York?” [Cindy Adams]
• Walter Isaacson keeps Washington’s eyes ” turned west looking to Aspen” with thrill-a-minute dialogues starring the likes of Joe Lieberman. [Liz Smith]

The WP reports today that the George Soros-backed liberal backed activist group “America Coming Together” has been disbanded. We knew it was too good to last. Americans are no longer coming together, more likely to finish self off with a quick hand-job. MORE »