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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds — The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
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Andrea Peterson / The Switch:
Remember when Obama said the NSA wasn't “actually abusing” its powers? He was wrong.
Remember when Obama said the NSA wasn't “actually abusing” its powers? He was wrong.
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Washington Post:
TRANSCRIPT: President Obama's remarks on Egypt — President Obama delivered the following remarks on the unrest in Egypt on Aug. 15 in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. — I just finished a discussion with my national security team about the situation in Egypt …
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Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Obama Trips Over Himself Again on Egypt
Obama Trips Over Himself Again on Egypt
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
It's Official: Obama Has Surpassed Jimmy Carter
It's Official: Obama Has Surpassed Jimmy Carter
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Reuters and Associated Press
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Egyptian Media Creates a U.S. Senator Out of Thin Air
Egyptian Media Creates a U.S. Senator Out of Thin Air
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BuzzFeed and Washington Free Beacon
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
This blood is on the hands of Muslim Brotherhood
This blood is on the hands of Muslim Brotherhood
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Christie raps potential 2016 rivals at Republican confab — Follow @politicaltickerFollow @PeterHambyCNN — Boston (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie planted himself firmly in the Republican Party's establishment wing Thursday with a pugnacious speech calling on his party to focus …
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Blake Neff / The Hill:
Christie tells RNC: ‘My job is to win’ not debate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday urged the GOP to move past fractious internal debates and focus on policies to win back voters, saying his goal was to “win.” — “We are not a debating society,” he said in an address …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Edward Snowden Talks With His Father — But Lawyers for Both Sides Disapproved of the Internet Chat — MOSCOW—Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his father spoke for the first time since late May early Thursday, going against the wishes of their lawyers …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say
Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Edward Snowden To HuffPost: Media Being Misled
Edward Snowden To HuffPost: Media Being Misled
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CNN, Smartypants and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Patrick Pexton / City Desk:
Ombo Sauce: Advice for Jeff Bezos From the Post's Former In-House Critic — Dear Jeff: — Congratulations! To paraphrase an old Riggs Bank saying, you've just bought the most important media institution in the most important city in the world; don't screw it up.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Michael Savage Predicts He Will Replace Hannity at Cumulus, Limbaugh Likely to Stay — Conservative radio host Michael Savage teased a “major announcement” on his website earlier today, and tonight, he delivered. Savage predicted that he will be replacing Sean Hannity's time slot on Cumulus Media's network of stations.
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Limbaugh Says He is ‘Too Famous,’ Would ‘Overshadow’ This GOP Event
Limbaugh Says He is ‘Too Famous,’ Would ‘Overshadow’ This GOP Event
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Hot Air
Politico:
Eve of Destruction — It is almost impossible to find an establishment Republican in town who's not downright morose about the 2013 that has been and is about to be. Most dance around it in public, but they see this year as a disaster in the making, even if most elected Republicans don't know it or admit it.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Steve King's important insight
Steve King's important insight
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Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
White House solar panels being installed this week — After nearly three years, the White House began installing solar panels on the First Family's residence this week, a White House official confirmed Thursday. — The Obama administration had pledged in October 2010 to put solar panels …
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Solar panels return to White House
Solar panels return to White House
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The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune
Russell Simmons / Global Grind:
I Get It And I Respect It...The Harriet Tubman Video Has Been Removed. — In the whole history of Def Comedy Jam, I've never taken down a controversial comedian. When my buddies from the NAACP called and asked me to take down the Harriet Tubman video from the All Def Digital YouTube channel and apologize, I agreed.
Talking Points Memo:
Bryan Fischer: Obama Was Photoshopped Into Bin Laden Situation Room Photo (VIDEO) — Conservatives seeking to unveil the transgressions of President Barack Obama's presidency seized upon another target Thursday: the iconic photograph capturing a tense moment in the White House Situation Room …
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
$67 Million Awarded to Groups Helping With Health Law — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday awarded $67 million to 105 groups around the country that will serve as “navigators” to help the uninsured understand their options under the new health care law and sign up for coverage.
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Jason Millman / Politico:
HHS announces Obamacare ‘navigators’
HHS announces Obamacare ‘navigators’
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The Hill, The Heritage Foundation, Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Jonathan Pollard / Jerusalem Post:
Restoring Israel to greatness — Speaking up for the first time in 28 years, Pollard reserves some tough words for Israel; says that a country with no respect for the dead has no respect for the living. — When tragedy strikes anywhere in the world, the State of Israel is always among …
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Israel Matzav
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Bush daughter: Hillary Clinton should run — President George W. Bush's daughter Barbara said she would like to see Hillary Clinton run for president in 2016. — Barbara Bush, 31, called Clinton “unbelievably accomplished” in an upcoming interview with People magazine, saying she wants to see the former first lady mount a campaign.
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Reporters Laugh When Obama's Spokesman Denies Another ‘End Run’ Around Congress — (CNSNews.com) - The White House press corps laughed when President Obama's spokesman on Wednesday said the president, in directing the Federal Communications Commission to raise cell phone taxes to pay …
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PARADE Magazine:
Michelle Obama on the Move — What will Michelle Obama do next? In this weekend's issue, Parade talks to the first lady and finds out: She's taking her fight against childhood obesity to the next level, gearing up for parenting teenagers, and admitting she's hit her stride in the White House.
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NY Daily News:
Request for gun permits in Newtown set to double last year's numbers: police — Police said the Connecticut town — where 26 students and six staffers were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School during gunman Adam Lanza's massacre — has already had 211 permit requests this year …
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