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10:40 AM ET, August 16, 2012

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Joe Biden / WDBJ-TV:
Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store  —  The owner of Crumb and Get It says he doesn't agree with the Obama administration's policies.  —  Vice President Joe Biden visits Danville, Floyd, Wytheville  —  Republicans seize on Biden's ‘put you back in chains’ comment
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Give 'em hell, Mitt!  —  On Medicare, the Romney campaign is borrowing the strategic logic of a long-ago military legend.  —  Taking command of the French 9th army in 1914 as it retreated before the Germans, Marshal Ferdinand Foch uttered his immortals words: “Hard pressed on my right.
Discussion: CNN and Cold Fury
Washington Post:
Ryan pick presents new challenges for Biden  —  Video: A remark Joe Biden made at a rally on Tuesday has gotten a lot of attention.  The vice president told a diverse crowd, including many African Americans, that Mitt Romney would “put you all back in chains” by unshackling Wall Street.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite and Poynter
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Biden gets in mud pit, plays the race card
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Associated Press:
Cops: LGBT volunteer shoots conservative group's guard  —  (AP) WASHINGTON - A man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard in the lobby of a Christian lobbying group had been volunteering at a community center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Shooting spurs heated debate on gay rights, ‘hate group’ label  —  The shooting of a security guard Wednesday at the Family Research Council (FRC) has spurred a torrent of heated accusations from both sides of the gay rights debate about claims that the conservative organization is a “hate group.”
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Marriage advocate pleads for civility
GLAAD:
LGBT organizations release joint statement regarding the shooting at Family Research Council (FRC)
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer defies W.H. on immigration  —  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed an executive order on Wednesday to deny benefits to young illegal immigrants who qualify under the White House's new deferred action policy.  —  The Republican governor issued the order in response …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Governor Tries To Thwart Obama's Immigration Directive With Executive Order
Discussion: KNXV and Associated Press
Investor's Business Daily:
Look Who the Press Is Blaming for the Ugly Campaign  —  Media Bias: What a surprise.  Mitt Romney finally throws a counterpunch to a series of outrageous Obama campaign lies, and the press accuses Romney of going negative.  The media's pro-Obama bias is a wonder to behold.
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New York Times:
Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — Ecuador said on Thursday that it had decided to grant political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.  Mr. Assange has been holed up for two months in the Ecuadorean embassy in London …
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Karah-Leigh / Athens Daily News:
Red & Black student staffers walk out  —  The student editorial staff of the University of Georgia's The Red & Black newspaper walked out Wednesday evening after a non-student was named editorial director with final say on all editorial content.  —  The Red & Black's student editor-in-chief …
DealBook:
No Criminal Case Is Likely in Loss at MF Global  —  A criminal investigation into the collapse of the brokerage firm MF Global and the disappearance of about $1 billion in customer money is now heading into its final stage without charges expected against any top executives.
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Rolling Stone:
Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls
Discussion: Firedoglake and CBS DC
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Swing state poll: After picking Ryan, Romney now leads in Ohio, Virginia — and Florida  —  Via Guy Benson, no self-respecting eeyore would leave a headline as rosy as the above unchecked, so here's me checking it right off the bat.  According to Gallup's tracker, Romney's gotten almost no bounce from the Ryan pick — yet.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Sees No Immediate Bounce From Ryan V.P. Pick
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Artur Davis, who backed Obama in 2008, to speak at GOP convention  —  Former congressman Artur Davis, who officially seconded President Obama's nomination at the 2008 Democratic convention, said Wednesday that he will cap a remarkable political metamorphosis by addressing the Republican convention …
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
What to Do with Political Lies  —  Fact-checkers are no longer enough: If lies are going to be repeated, the truth needs to be, too.  —  Shutterstock  —  My former Washington Post colleague Alec MacGillis has a thought-provoking piece in The New Republic today about “The Welfare Card …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Continue to Give Obama Low Marks on the Economy  —  Low rating on the economy may be more problematic than even lower deficit rating  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Three months before the election, President Barack Obama gets good marks from Americans for his handling of terrorism …
Discussion: USA Today and Business Insider
TMZ.com:
Megadeth Singer Dave Mustaine — Barack Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora Shooting Massacre  —  Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora  —  Shooting Massacre  —  Dave Mustaine — the lead singer of Megadeth — believes Barack Obama “staged” the massacre in Aurora, CO in a sick, twisted plot to pass a gun ban.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania voter ID law gets approval from state judge  —  A Pennsylvania judge Wednesday allowed a Republican-backed law requiring voters to show IDs to go into effect starting this Election Day, a setback for Democrats and civil rights groups who contend that such laws could deny many Americans the right to vote.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Choice of Ryan Shifts the Focus From Economy to Ideology
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Unlike U.S., Europe Has Few Limits on Hezbollah
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and USA Today
Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:
Paul Ryan's Youth Appeal
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Cathy Horyn / New York Times:
Embracing the Right Fit
MiamiHerald.com:
Suspected Rivera-ringer might have broken campaign laws
Discussion: Riptide 2.0
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Pro-gay rights super PAC backs 3 GOPers
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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David Bauerlein / Florida Times Union:
Jacksonville council denies human rights ordinance expansion
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Iowa deli co-owner caters for Obama visit, but his T-shirt tells another story
Heather McRobie / New Statesman:
Exclusive: Osborne's supporters turn on him
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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