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3:45 PM ET, August 9, 2013

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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Rand Paul on Republicans' Voter Appeal and the Federal Reserve  —  How seriously are you thinking about the White House?  —  At this point we're thinking about ways to grow the Republican Party and won't make any decision about whether that involves me running or not for about a year.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rand Paul Not So Good With Numbers  —  Let's see ... carry the five ... can I please have a calculator?  —  Josh Green asks Rand Paul about his rather extreme budget proposal, and Paul replies that it's necessary because the only alternative is Trillion-Dollar Deficits As Far As the Eye Can See:
Paul Krugman:
A Poll I'd Like To See  —  Jonathan Chait finds Rand Paul talking …
Discussion: Eschaton
Andrew Rafferty / U.S. News:
Weiner mocks reporter, scolds staff as cameras roll at campaign event  —  “I just have a feeling I like stepped into a Monty Python bit,” Anthony Weiner said as a British journalist questioned him about his campaign to become New York City mayor.  He then offered to present an impromptu weather forecast.
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Erin Durkin / NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner slips to lowest rating ever in poll of Democratic voters
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Weiner mocks British reporter
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Reid raises race in discussing GOP opposition to Obama's agenda  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday said he hoped GOP opposition to President Obama was not based on his race.  —  Reid made the comments in response to a question during a radio interview.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Harry Reid: Conference would lead to ‘win’
Discussion: Post Politics
Marijke Rowland / ModBee.com:
Denham talks about the House, immigration in Modesto
Discussion: Post Politics and The Plum Line
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
TOP 10 QUESTIONS JOURNALISTS WON'T ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA AT PRESS CONFERENCE  —  President Barack Obama rarely makes himself available to the mainstream media.  They adore him anyway.  At rare press conferences, such as the one scheduled for noon Friday at the White House …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Unveil New Plans for Surveillance Transparency
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and TechCrunch
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama to Offer Plan Meant to Ease Concerns on Surveillance
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying  —  “We knew USG would come after us”.  That's why Silent Circle CEO Michael Janke tells TechCrunch his company shut down its Silent Mail encrypted email service.  It hadn't been told to provide data to the government …
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Joncallas / Silent Circle Blog:
To Our Customers  —  We designed our phone, video, and text services …
TIME:
The Bourne Hypocrisy: Matt Damon's Peculiar School Choice  —  The movie star's explanation for sending his four daughters to private school is disingenuous.  —  Oscar winner Matt Damon has earned millions successfully playing a super spy, tortured genius, rugby icon, and poker player.
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Ezra Klein / Bloomberg:
How Dumb Is Immigration Debate?  This Dumb.  —  Everything you know about immigration, particularly unauthorized immigration, is wrong.  —  So says Princeton University's Doug Massey, anyway.  Massey is one of the nation's preeminent immigration scholars.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and AL.com
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Majority calls implementation of ObamaCare ‘a joke’  —  Majorities of Americans think the new health care law is going to increase their medical costs and their taxes — and add to the federal deficit as well.  Those are some of the reasons why voters say — by a two-to-one margin …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Emma Dumain / Goppers:
Can GOP ‘Replace’ Obamacare? The RSC Has a Plan
Guardian:
NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls  —  Exclusive: Spy agency has secret backdoor permission to search databases for individual Americans' communications  —  The National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases under …
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin Set To Host New MSNBC Primetime Show (UPDATED)  —  Mediaite has learned from a senior source in the cable news industry with knowledge of MSNBC's programming that actor Alec Baldwin is getting his own weekly show in MSNBC's primetime lineup.
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Scott Brown's Younger Brother Arrested Heavily Armed, Impersonating Police … Bruce Brown, the brother of former senator Scott Brown, is shown in this NECN.com video.  —  NECN.com  —  Bruce W. Brown, the younger brother of former Mass. Senator Scott Brown, was arrested last night heavily armed …
Tara Brady / Daily Mail:
‘Muslims peaked in the Dark Ages.  But since then?’:  Richard Dawkins embroiled in Twitter row over controversial comments  — The author of The God Delusion tweeted that the world's Muslims had won fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge  — His comments sparked anger among …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Jihad Watch
NOM Blog:
National Organization for Marriage Decries Gay Activist Witch Hunt in Iowa  —  Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004)  —  “This is another attempt to shut down criticism of activist judges and politicians who wish to redefine marriage.”  — Brian Brown, NOM president —
Discussion: Advocate and Joe. My. God.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa ethics board will investigate National Organization for Marriage
Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple's Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Barack Obama to talk surveillance  —  President Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Google computer scientist Vint Cerf and other tech executives and civil liberties leaders on Thursday for a closed-door meeting about government surveillance, sources tell POLITICO.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Seniors Leaving The GOP And It's About Time  —  Why, it seems like just yesterday that the GOP could count on the seniors!  —  I'm sure you've heard about this, but if you haven't this is really big news.  I've openly wondered for years why seniors were backing the tea party and GOP since …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Phony Fear Factor  —  We live in a golden age of economic debunkery; fallacious doctrines have been dropping like flies.  No, monetary expansion needn't cause hyperinflation.  No, budget deficits in a depressed economy don't cause soaring interest rates.  No, slashing spending doesn't create jobs.
Andrew Kaczynski:
Congressman Suggests “Arab Persons” Might Disguise As Hispanics To Cross The Border  —  Republican Rep. Buck McKeon was speaking at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10049 in Simi Valley, California Wednesday on immigration reform where he suggested terrorists from the Middle East might disguises as Hipanics to cross the border.
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Boxer writes Filner, tells him it's time to go  —  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is urging San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to step down in light of allegations of sexual harassment from over a dozen women, including several female military veterans who claim they were victims of sexual assault during their service.
Discussion: CNN
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Candy Crowley on Clinton documentary: ‘Life more difficult’  —  In the wake of news that NBC plans a four-part drama about the life of Hillary Clinton and that CNN has commissioned a documentary on her, both television networks have had to deflect criticism that these are designed to bolster a potential Clinton presidential run.
Discussion: Mediaite
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Oklahoma Congressman Comes Out As A Birther  —  AFTON, Oklahoma — Although Freshman Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) believes President Obama may secretly be a Kenyan who forged his birth certificate, he thinks it's too late to do anything about it.  —  During a town hall meeting …
Discussion: Goppers and ThinkProgress
 
 
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Jason Richwine / Reuters:
Why can't we talk about IQ?  —  “IQ is a metric of such dubiousness …
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Steve Lonegan camp deletes Cory Booker tweet
Discussion: ThinkProgress and theGrio
Justin Palmer / Reuters:
IOC calls on Russia to explain its anti-gay law
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Joe. My. God.
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo got $100,000 from developer, then signed law giving it big tax breaks
Michael Lotfi / Ben Swann Full Disclosure:
Christie Spends $4.7M In Sandy Relief Funds On Pseudo Campaign Ads Featuring Himself
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 Earlier Items: 
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Nudge Debate  —  This has been a great era for the study of error.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and The Spectacle Blog
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Condoleezza Rice: Russia slapped U.S. in the face
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
In McAuliffe's Former Car Company, Echoes of Romney and Bain
Discussion: ABC News, Hot Air and America Rising
Christian Post / global.christianpost.com:
Church Pastor's Niece, 10, Gunned Down Leaving Sunday School Class, Dozens Injured as Attacks …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A how-to book about inciting a moral panic.