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11:40 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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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. — The most emotionally powerful minute of Joe Biden's two-day swing through rural Virginia almost didn't happen.  —  After the vice president paid a solemn visit Wednesday to the memorial honoring the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting …
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.
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
President Obama: No Apologies, No Scolding for Joe Biden's Remark
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The ugly presidential campaign
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Biden gets in mud pit, plays the race card
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
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
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week  —  ANALYSIS:If Mitt Romney's decision to announce his vice presidential pick earlier than most other presidential candidates in modern political history was supposed to turn the campaign away from the personal (his record at Bain, his refusal to release …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and ABCNEWS
First Read:
Ryan on Medicare: ‘We want this debate’
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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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Marriage advocate pleads for civility
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Human Rights Campaign Maintains Family Research Council is a “Hate Group”
GLAAD:
LGBT organizations release joint statement regarding the shooting at Family Research Council (FRC)
Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Brewer's Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud  —  At first blush, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seemed to be defying the federal government once again on Wednesday night.  —  The Republican governor signed an executive order saying Arizona had no plans to give government benefits …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer defies W.H. on immigration
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Governor Tries To Thwart Obama's Immigration Directive With Executive Order
Discussion: KNXV and Associated Press
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 …
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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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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
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 …
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 …
Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:
Paul Ryan's Youth Appeal  —  WHY MILLENNIALS LOVE RYAN  —  Boomers don't want to give up their sweet deal, but the rest of us in the screwed generation have reason to embrace Paul Ryan's ‘radical’ plans, writes Kirsten Powers.  —  Khalil Hamra / AP Photo  —  OBAMA, STAY OUT OF SYRIA!
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.
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 …
 
 
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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
Cathy Horyn / New York Times:
Embracing the Right Fit
MiamiHerald.com:
Suspected Rivera-ringer might have broken campaign laws
Discussion: Riptide 2.0
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Swing state poll: After picking Ryan, Romney now leads in Ohio, Virginia — and Florida
Discussion: Instapundit, Power Line, Gallup and GOP 12
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Pro-gay rights super PAC backs 3 GOPers
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
 Earlier Items: 
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
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania voter ID law gets approval from state judge
Heather McRobie / New Statesman:
Exclusive: Osborne's supporters turn on him
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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