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10:10 AM ET, August 17, 2013

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Telegraph:
Egypt's ‘day of rage’: Friday August 16 as it happened  —  Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to stage “Friday of anger” mass march, with the government warning it would not shy away from using violence again.  Follow live updates.  —  21.26 So that's it from The Telegraph's live team for today, Egypt's Day of Rage.
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Taliban demands end to Egypt violence
Discussion: Associated Press
Fox News:
Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox TV Studios Won't Produce NBC Hillary Clinton Miniseries (Exclusive)  —  The project has prompted the Republican National Committee to ban the network from hosting 2016 presidential debates.  —  The tantalizing spectacle of Fox Television Studios producing a Hillary Clinton miniseries …
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
RNC votes to exclude CNN, NBC from 2016 presidential primary debates
Charles A. Kupchan / New York Times:
Democracy in Egypt Can Wait  —  WASHINGTON — THE Egyptian military's bloody crackdown on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood is yet another sign of the dark side of the Arab awakening.  Across the Middle East, glimmerings of democracy are being snuffed out by political turmoil and violence.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Team Hillary assails ‘brazen deceit’ of latest GOP Benghazi claims  —  A spokesman for Hillary Clinton fired back Friday at what it called the “brazen deceit” of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who earlier in the day said the former secretary of State shouted at lawmakers and deliberately lied …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker accuses Clinton of lying to lawmakers about Benghazi
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Julian Sanchez / Politico:
Where's the oversight on NSA spying?  —  An explosive Washington Post exposé has revealed that the National Security Agency has trouble following its own lax rules: An internal audit caught 2,776 “compliance incidents” at NSA headquarters alone in a single year …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Watchdogs and Guard Dogs
Blake Neff / Hillicon Valley:
Feinstein: National Security Agency never ‘intentionally abused its authority’
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Connecting.the.Dots
CNN:
Obama says Republicans want to ‘confuse people’  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama continued to promote his signature health care reform on Saturday and argued Republicans are trying to “confuse people” about the law.  —  His comments come as some GOP members in Congress have called …
Discussion: Reuters
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Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Gets Fact Checked By His Own Constituents On Obamacare: ‘Stop Lying!’  —  Things got heated for Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) during a town hall question-and-answer session in White Haven, Florida on Thursday.  His constituents called him out over his multiple votes to repeal …
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Idiot Big Brother  —  On Thursday, the Washington Post's revelation of thousands upon thousands of National Security Agency violations of both the law and supposed privacy protections included this fascinating detail:  —  A “large number” of Americans had their telephone calls accidentally intercepted …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
President Bill Clinton / Clinton Foundation:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM BILL CLINTON  —  The Clinton Foundation was founded on the belief that we could help people in the United States and around the world solve problems and seize opportunities faster, better, and at lower cost.  The Foundation works with governments, businesses, NGOs …
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Suspends the Law.  What Would Lincoln Say?  —  The current president's hero tried to abide by the Constitution and enlist Congress's support.  —  The Obama administration announced last month via blog post that the president was unilaterally suspending ObamaCare's employer mandate—notwithstanding the clear command of the law.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid  —  A small organic farm in Arlington, Texas, was the target of a massive police action last week that included aerial surveillance, a SWAT raid and a 10-hour search.  —  Members of the local police raiding party had a search warrant for marijuana plants …
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege?  —  A new study finds that future entrepreneurs score high on measures of teenage delinquency.  They're also disproportionately white, highly educated, and male.  Here's why that might not be a coincidence.  —  One of the great privileges …
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Republicans call for Senate passage of ObamaCare delay  —  Republicans doubled down on their attacks of President Obama's healthcare law on Saturday, claiming it has contributed to layoffs, unnecessary insurance restrictions and high costs to the American people.
Discussion: CNN
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Dad: Chris Christie pot decision ‘small victory’  —  Brian Wilson, the New Jersey father who confronted Gov. Chris Christie about the state's medical marijuana bill, wasn't impressed by Christie's conditional veto on Friday, calling it a “small victory,” but still “ludicrous.”
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Bryan Koenig / CNN:   Christie supports easing medical marijuana access for sick kids
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: RNC Ups Immigration Reform Pressure On Congressional GOP — But Rejects Path To Citizenship  —  The Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling on Congress to pass an immigration reform bill by the end of the year—but it stopped well short of the bipartisan compromise passed …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Brown Cheered in Second Act, at Least So Far  —  LOS ANGELES — When Jerry Brown became governor of California again, three years ago, this state was on a steep decline, crushed by budget deficits, deep spending cuts, governmental paralysis, high unemployment and a collapsing housing market.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos
 
 
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