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Conor Friedersdorf / Reuters:
The Attack in Benghazi: Worth Investigating After All — CNN reports that dozens of CIA agents were on the ground there — and that they're being pressured to keep quiet. Why? — Suddenly it is imperative that Congress investigate details surrounding the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens.
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The Week, Mediaite, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Exclusive: Dozens of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack — CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly — Benghazi terror attack. — Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Michelle Malkin, Yahoo! News, Mediaite, Gawker, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, Roger L. Simon, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN, Twitchy, Weasel Zippers, Hit & Run, Ricochet Conversations Feed, protein wisdom, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, American Glob, The Right Scoop, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington's Blog, National Review, Blazing Cat Fur, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools
World News:
Possible al Qaeda threat closes all US embassies Sunday across Middle East — The U.S. State Department has announced officials will close down all U.S. embassies across the Middle East on Sunday after Al-Qaeda-related intelligence suggested a threat. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
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Business Insider, Yahoo! News, msnbc.com, Gawker, Israel Matzav, Washington Free Beacon and The PJ Tatler
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Putin's ‘zero-sum’ misstep — President Barack Obama can't come close to living up to the fantasies of a showdown stirred by Vladimir Putin's international flip-off. — But for all the calls Thursday to reassess the Russia relationship in the wake of Russia's granting temporary asylum to Edward Snowden …
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VodkaPundit
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USA Today:
Separate Edward Snowden from his leaks: Our view
Separate Edward Snowden from his leaks: Our view
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Online NewsHour, Hot Air, Daily Kos and Guardian
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Charlie Rangel on Immigration, Pope Francis & His Successor — He's survived redistricting and a censure. At 83, Harlem's controversial House stalwart is finally confronting retirement. He won't be going quietly. By David Freedlander. — Charlie Rangel barged into his office …
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Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Raw Story and Politicker
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Charlie Rangel: Tea Party Is ‘Same Group’ Of ‘White Crackers’ Who Fought Civil Rights — In an interview with the Daily Beast published Friday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) suggested Tea Partiers are the “same group” who fought for segregation during the Civil Rights movement.
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TheBlaze.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Fox News:
Seattle officials call for ban on ‘potentially offensive’ language — Government workers in the city of Seattle have been advised that the terms “citizen” and “brown bag” are potentially offensive and may no longer be used in official documents and discussions.
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The PJ Tatler, The Hinterland Gazette, National Review and Weasel Zippers
Politico:
Hill gets Obamacare fix — Lawmakers and staff can breathe easy — their health care tab is not going to soar next year. — The Office of Personnel Management, under heavy pressure from Capitol Hill, will issue a ruling that says the government can continue to make a contribution …
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Niels Lesniewski / The World's Greatest …:
Obama Solves Health Care Problem for Lawmakers, Staff (Updated)
Obama Solves Health Care Problem for Lawmakers, Staff (Updated)
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Hot Air
Weekly Standard:
The Soft Underbelly of Obamacare — For opponents of Obamacare, it almost seems like the law offers too many targets to choose from. Its effects on premiums and costs look to be highly unpopular, its perverse incentives are already harming employment, its state exchanges will hand …
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Hit & Run
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Inside the Obamacare resistance
Inside the Obamacare resistance
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Daily Kos and A plain blog about politics
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
Six Reasons Hipsters Will Bite on Obamacare
Six Reasons Hipsters Will Bite on Obamacare
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Balloon Juice, VodkaPundit and Via Meadia
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 162,000 Jobs as Growth Remains Sluggish — America's employers added 162,000 jobs in July, fewer than expected, with the previous two months revised downward slightly as well. — The unemployment rate, which comes from a different survey, ticked down to 7.4 percent as people got jobs or dropped out of the labor force.
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Online NewsHour, Economix, The Week and Outside the Beltway
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
U.S. hiring slows in July but jobless rate falls to four-year low
U.S. hiring slows in July but jobless rate falls to four-year low
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Ricochet Conversations Feed and AEIdeas
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Payrolls Rise Less Than Forecast, U.S. Jobless Rate Falls
Payrolls Rise Less Than Forecast, U.S. Jobless Rate Falls
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Right Wing News, Quartz, Hot Air and Viking Pundit
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Ninth woman accuses San Diego mayor Filner of sexual harassment — A ninth woman has emerged to accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D) of sexual harassment. — Emily Gilbert, who was hired to sing at a fundraiser days after Filner took office in December, told Fox5 that Filner grabbed her inappropriately at the event.
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CNN, The Other McCain, Taylor Marsh and Shakesville
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Jamie Chambers / FOX5 San Diego:
9th woman accuses Filner of sexual harassment
9th woman accuses Filner of sexual harassment
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Coming to an Old Friend's Aid, With an Eye on the Clinton Image — Moments before Huma Abedin stood amid a phalanx of television cameras last week and announced to a national audience that she was standing by her embattled husband, Anthony D. Weiner, she made a quick phone call to a trusted colleague.
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The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Business Insider and First Read
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
How fractured is the GOP? — Acombination of early presidential maneuvering and internal policy debate is feeding yet another iteration of that media perennial: the great Republican crackup. This time it's tea party insurgents vs. get-along establishment fogies fighting principally over two things …
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American Prospect, PostPartisan, The Dish, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, ABC News, Hot Air and The Heritage Foundation
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Here's How Republicans Can Take Over the Senate — There are many opportunities for GOP pickups in states where Democrats are weak. — One difference between professional athletes and fans, and between coaches and cheerleaders, is that while all of them see opportunities for their teams …
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Cincinnati.com, The Plum Line, Politico, First Read, Booman Tribune and Yahoo! News
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Yahoo! News:
The ‘Straight Talk Express’ is back: McCain on his fears about the future of the GOP — Sen. John McCain has a strong warning for Republicans: Falter on immigration reform and the party will lose in 2016. — “If we fail on immigration reform, it won't matter who our nominee …
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Politico and Red Alert Politics
Mike Judge / The Christian Institute:
Gay couple to sue church over gay marriage opt-out — Wealthy gay dad, Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, says he and his civil partner Tony will go to court to force churches to host gay weddings. — He told the Essex Chronicle that he will take legal action because “I am still not getting what I want”.
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Gay Star News, NOM Blog, Althouse and The PJ Tatler
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sex, Money and Gravitas — Can a woman effectively run the Federal Reserve? That shouldn't even be a question. And Janet Yellen, the vice chairwoman of the Fed's Board of Governors, isn't just up to the job; by any objective standard, she's the best-qualified person in America to take over when Ben Bernanke steps down as chairman.
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Brad DeLong, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Sun, Economix, msnbc.com and The Week
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Neocon Revival — They say you can define what kind of conservative a person is by what year they want to go back to. Some conservatives, apparently including some in Senator Rand Paul's office, want to go back to the 1850s. They believe that Abraham Lincoln helped put us on the path to the leviathan state.
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National Review and New Republic