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Sky News:
Sky News Cameraman Killed In Egypt — Sky News cameraman Mick Deane has been shot and killed in Egypt this morning. — Mick had worked for Sky for 15 years, based in Washington and then Jerusalem. — He was part of our team covering the violence in Cairo. The rest of the team are unhurt.
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Jerusalem Post:
Egypt's ElBaradei resigns as VP after violent crackdown on Morsi backers
Egypt's ElBaradei resigns as VP after violent crackdown on Morsi backers
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Israel Matzav
Josh Levs / CNN:
Tent camps turned to bloody war zone: ‘Just the beginning’ for Egypt
Tent camps turned to bloody war zone: ‘Just the beginning’ for Egypt
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Q13 FOX News and The Spectacle Blog
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
McCain suggests Kerry is partly to blame for violence in Egypt
Tim Stanley / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
The New York Times takes down the Clinton Foundation. This could be devastating for Bill and Hillary — Is the New York Times being guest edited by Rush Limbaugh? Today it runs with a fascinating takedown of the Clinton Foundation - that vast vanity project that conservatives are wary …
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CNN, Rush Limbaugh, Yahoo! News, iOwnTheWorld.com and First Read
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New York Times:
Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions — Soon after the 10th anniversary of the foundation bearing his name, Bill Clinton met with a small group of aides and two lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Two weeks of interviews with Clinton Foundation executives …
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Power Line, Gawker, Jezebel, The Week, First Read, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Taegan Goddard's …, msnbc.com and Politico
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton considering academic options — Hillary Clinton is fielding offers from colleges and universities — including Harvard and her law school alma mater, Yale — to give her a formal academic role, a move that would give her a platform outside her family's foundation.
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Gingrich: Republicans have ‘zero’ health care ideas — Boston (CNN) - Former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich reprimanded his fellow Republicans in unusually harsh terms Wednesday, blaming GOP members of Congress for developing “zero” alternatives to President Obama's health care reform law.
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Taegan Goddard's …, Mediaite, First Read, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Plum Line, Politico, PERRspectives, The Hill and The Right Scoop
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Autumn Chaos: Five Reasons To Fear Shutdown, Default
Autumn Chaos: Five Reasons To Fear Shutdown, Default
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The Moderate Voice
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Obamacare exemption — none dare call it treason
Congressman Steve Stockman:
Stockman invites Missouri rodeo clown to perform in Texas — Liberals want to bronco bust dissent, create a state of fear — WASHINGTON — Congressman Steve Stockman Wednesday invited the rodeo clowns who performed at the Missouri State Fair, and were banned or ordered into “sensitivity training” …
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The Hinterland Gazette, Michelle Malkin, msnbc.com, The Gateway Pundit, ThinkProgress, theGrio, Twitchy and Kansas City Star
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Matt Higgins / CBS DC:
White House: President Has No Reaction To Rodeo Clown Wearing Obama Mask
White House: President Has No Reaction To Rodeo Clown Wearing Obama Mask
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Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Red Alert Politics and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Love: Obama Played Cards During Osama Raid; 'I Can't Watch This Entire Thing,' Obama Said — Reggie Love says he and President Obama played cards during the Osama bin Laden raid, and that the president told him, “I can't watch this entire thing.” — “Most people were like down in the Situation Room and …
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VodkaPundit, Hot Air and Twitchy
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah: State has ‘sovereign’ right to bar same-sex marriages — Gay marriage » State attorneys respond to lawsuit arguing Amendment 3 is unconstitutional. — Utah has a “sovereign right” to define and regulate marriage and a constitutional amendment that bars recognition …
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Towleroad News #gay, LGBTQ Nation and ThinkProgress
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
California Supreme Court Denies Requests To Stop Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
California Supreme Court Denies Requests To Stop Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
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appellatecases.courtinfo.ca … and The New Civil Rights Movement
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
WikiLeaks: Manning's apology was forced — WikiLeaks late Wednesday described Bradley Manning's apology as “forced” but, nonetheless, called on a court to take “compassion” and “understanding” into account during his sentencing. — Earlier Wednesday, the former Army intelligence analyst apologized …
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Associated Press
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Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Bradley Manning Makes Statement During Sentencing Phase of His Trial (Live Updates) — 11:25 AM EST The Judge issued a ruling that much of militant Islam expert Youssef Aboul-Enein's testimony on Al Qaeda was admissible evidence. — 11:10 AM EST Cpt. Michael Worsley, a clinical psychiatrist expert …
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alexaobrien.com/secondsight, The Hinterland Gazette, BuzzFeed and CANNONFIRE
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Manning, Facing Prison for Leaks, Apologizes at Court-Martial Trial
Manning, Facing Prison for Leaks, Apologizes at Court-Martial Trial
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Gawker, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring? — An odd puzzle is taking shape in the labor market: Over the past three years, the number of job openings has risen almost 50 percent, but actual hiring has gone up by less than 5 percent. Companies are advertising a lot more jobs, in other words, but not filling them.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, National Review and AEIdeas
Fox Business:
Source: New York Times Website Hit by Cyber Attack — The corporate and media sites of The New York Times (NYT) experienced a lengthy outage on Wednesday that a source close to the matter said appeared to be caused by a cyber attack, although the newspaper cited a scheduled maintenance update.
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Gawker, Joe. My. God., Poynter and Runnin' Scared
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. sentenced to 30 months in prison — A tearful Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges related to illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal purchases. — Federal Judge Amy B. Jackson …
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The Hinterland Gazette and Associated Press
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Former Rep. Jackson Sentenced to 2½ Years
Former Rep. Jackson Sentenced to 2½ Years
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The Week
kff.org:
Quantifying Tax Credits for People Now Buying Insurance on Their Own — A number of states have recently released information on what premiums will be in the individual insurance market in 2014, when significant changes in that market take effect due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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The Plum Line, Daily Kos, msnbc.com, ThinkProgress and Yahoo! News
Betsy / Spokesman.com:
Labrador to seek third term in Congress, not run for governor — 1st District Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador announced this afternoon that he'll seek a third term in Congress, not run for governor. “I've decided to end all the speculation and announce that I have no plans at this time to run for Governor …
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Politico, Ballot Box and Roll Call
David Weigel / Slate:
Orson Scott Card Worries About Obama Turning “Urban Gangs” Into His Personal Police Force — Taking a break from plotting to recruit thugs for his private mafia, President Obama vacations in Martha's Vineyard. — The controversy over Orson Scott Card's opposition to gay marriage appears to have simmered down.
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Balloon Juice and The New Civil Rights Movement
Peggy Noonan's Blog:
The High Cost of ObamaCare — This is the reason many people don't like ObamaCare. It's also part of why people wind up making fun of the president at state fairs. (On that, everyone should breathe deep and remember, as the noted political philosopher Orson Welles once put it …
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Investigations, Mediaite and Betsy's Page
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sequestration Ushers In A Dark Age For Science In America — CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — On the first floor of Jordan Hall at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is a 12-by-8 room that, at first glance, looks like a rundown storage space. The floor is a mix of white, teal and purple tiles, in a pattern reminiscent of the 1970s.
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Daily Kos
American Bridge PAC:
MEMO/VIDEO - Steve Lonegan: The face of the “new” GOP — RE: Steve Lonegan: Face of the GOP Rebrand — With New Jersey's Senate race now entering the general election phase before the special election in October, the spotlight turns to Republican nominee Steve Lonegan as the face of the GOP rebrand.
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Crooks and Liars, Slate and ABC News
National Review:
No Conference — Chuck Schumer has spent the better part of a year saying how essential it is that immigration reform be dealt with in a comprehensive bill. But he has had a sudden change of heart. He now says he is fine with the incremental approach emerging in the House.
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Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune