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10:00 AM ET, August 19, 2013

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Guardian:
Guardian journalist's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours  —  David Miranda, partner of Guardian interviewer of whistleblower Edward Snowden, questioned under Terrorism Act  —  Glenn Greenwald: a failed attempt at intimidation  —  The partner of the Guardian journalist …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Cameron Proves Greenwald Right  —  Readers know I have been grappling for a while with the vexing question of the balance between the surveillance state and the threat of Jihadist terrorism.  When the NSA leaks burst onto the scene, I was skeptical of many of the large claims made by civil libertarians …
Discussion: Guardian and Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
Confident Biden Team Sows Seeds For 2016  —  Backers Consider Steps for White House—Even If Hillary Clinton Enters Race  —  Political allies of Vice President Joe Biden have concluded that he can win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination—even if Hillary Clinton enters the contest …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
If Hillary is a lock, what's a Democrat to do?  Campaign for veep  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL VICE PRESIDENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY HILLARY CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS  —  While several leading Republicans have visited Iowa to lay the groundwork for possible presidential runs …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Scott Brown does the Iowa State Fair
Chicago Tribune:
How President Obama is flouting Obamacare  —  More reasons to delay and rewrite this ill-conceived law … Democrats strong-armed Obamacare into law three years ago.  Now they're busy flouting it.  —  The mandate that employers provide insurance next year or pay a penalty, as the law requires?
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare's Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines  —  In recent months, President Obama and his subordinates have waived or delayed a number of Obamacare's notable features, such as the law's employer mandate …
Discussion: Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
One Reform, Indivisible  —  Recent political reporting suggests …
Discussion: Salon
Gideon Resnick / Politicker:
Susan Sarandon on the Mayor's Race: 'You Can't Just Vote Your Vagina'  —  Cynthia Nixon, Susan Sarandon and the entire de Blasio clan.  —  At first, actress Susan Sarandon expected to back Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her bid to become the city's first female mayor.
Discussion: Reuters and Taylor Marsh
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Palin: Hell is Breaking Loose and Obama's Having a ‘Gay Old Time’  —  All hell is breaking loose in Egypt and all President Obama is interested in doing is riding his bicycle and playing golf, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told me.  —  FOLLOW TODD ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSERVATIVE NEWS.  CLICK HERE TO JOIN!
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Bill Kristol: Sarah Palin Could Possibly ‘Rehabilitate’ Herself With 2014 Senate Win
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bill Kristol: Palin can ‘resurrect herself’ with Alaska Senate run
Discussion: The Reaction and Mediaite
Dallas Morning News:
Canada-born Ted Cruz became a citizen of that country as well as U.S.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's birth certificate shows he was born in Canada in 1970.  It was released exclusively to The Dallas Morning News.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Abbott thanks ‘retard Barbie’ tweet writer  —  Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Sunday drew a rebuke from a Democratic Governors Association representative after appearing to thank a supporter who called Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis “retard Barbie.”
Discussion: Brains and Eggs and Post Politics
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Associated Press:
Chris Christie to sign New Jersey ban on gay conversion therapy  —  TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to make gay minors straight.  —  New Jersey will be the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy, along with California.
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CNN:
New Jersey to outlaw gay conversion therapy for minors
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
New York Times:
Wanted: Another Green Mayor  —  New York has been a dirty, gritty city practically forever, but it has also had farsighted leaders who qualify as green visionaries, going back to the 19th century.  They preserved valuable real estate as irreplaceable public parkland; dreamed up an astonishing system …
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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
What kind of city is the Mayor leaving to his successor?
Discussion: Politicker
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms  —  CAIRO — The Egyptian government acknowledged that its security forces had killed 36 Islamists in its custody on Sunday, as the country's military leaders and Islamists vowed to keep up their fight over Egypt's future.
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Kristen Chick / Christian Science Monitor:
In Egyptian village, Christian shops marked ahead of church attack (+video)
Wall Street Journal:
She makes a polarizing pitch that ignores trends in voter turnout.  —  Hillary Clinton began her 2016 march to the White House last week, and it wasn't a promising debut.  The former first lady and Senator used her first big policy speech since leaving the State Department to portray American election laws as fundamentally racist.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Summer Months Unkind to Obama  —  Job approval rating has typically dropped during June, July, and August  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has shown a pattern of decline over the course of the summer months during his presidency.
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Q&A: Harry Reid talks health law, Snowden, re-election … RENO — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., sat down in his Reno office with Reno Gazette-Journal political writer Ray Hagar to talk about current events.  Here is a slightly edited transcript of the interview:
Discussion: The Hill and Weasel Zippers
John Fund / National Review:
Time for Answers from the NSA  —  It's time to ask tough questions about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities — even for conservatives who have given the NSA the benefit of every doubt up until now.  —  The Washington Post opened a can of worms last Friday when it reported that …
Discussion: Right Turn
 
 
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Associated Press:
West Virginia Judge Indicted For Attempting To Frame Romantic Rival
New York Times:
Pistorius Is Indicted on Murder Charge
Discussion: Althouse and ThinkProgress
Manu Raju / Politico:
Lone Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor hangs on
Billy Kenber / Washington Post:
In Martha's Vineyard, Obama takes some R&R — and we all take a look
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Manchin Unapologetic on Guns (But Still Playing Defense)
Sara Schaefer Muñoz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Rice Farmers Cash In On Venezuelan Socialism
Discussion: Power Line and VodkaPundit
 Earlier Items: 
Lin Noueihed / Reuters:
Egypt's Mubarak will be freed soon, lawyer says
cbs8.com:
“Freedom From Filner Rally” kicks off recall effort
Discussion: CNN, Politico and KGTV-TV
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Regulation nation: Obama expands the regulatory state
Bruce W. Jentleson / Politico:
In Middle East, Obama misplays hand
Robert / Jihad Watch:
Attorney for Fort Hood jihad massacre victims: Obama and Army “twisted rules” …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Atlas Shrugs
 

 
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Financial Times:
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