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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.
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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Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare's Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines — In recent months, President Obama and his subordinates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 …
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Hot Air, Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
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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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The PJ Tatler and Jammie Wearing Fools
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
One Reform, Indivisible — Recent political reporting suggests that Republican leaders are in a state of high anxiety, trapped between an angry base that still views Obamacare as the moral equivalent of slavery and the reality that health reform is the law of the land and is going to happen.
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Washington Monthly and Salon
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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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 …
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The Huffington Post, Guardian and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
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Guardian:
Guardian journalist's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours
Guardian journalist's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours
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New York Times:
Britain Detains the Partner of a Reporter Tied to Leaks
Britain Detains the Partner of a Reporter Tied to Leaks
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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.”
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Brains and Eggs and Post Politics
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Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Greg Abbott causes on-line stir by thanking name-calling tweeter
Greg Abbott causes on-line stir by thanking name-calling tweeter
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Taegan Goddard's …, PoliticusUSA and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
New York Times:
Egyptian Court Is Said to Order That Mubarak Be Released — CAIRO — A court in Egypt has ordered that former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been detained on a variety of charges since his ouster in 2011, should be set free, according to state media and security officials on Monday …
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Washington Post, Daniel W. Drezner, Associated Press, Gawker and Business Insider
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Egyptian court orders that deposed president be released from prison
Egyptian court orders that deposed president be released from prison
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Pat Dollard
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms
Islamists Killed While in Custody, Egypt Confirms
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ThinkProgress, Firedoglake, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and VodkaPundit
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Bill Kristol: Sarah Palin Could Possibly ‘Rehabilitate’ Herself With 2014 Senate Win — During an exclusive to web interview with “This Week,” Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Sarah Palin — after having hastily stepped down as Alaska's governor in 2009 - might be able to rehabilitate …
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Politico, Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos
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Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Palin: Hell is Breaking Loose and Obama's Having a ‘Gay Old Time’
Palin: Hell is Breaking Loose and Obama's Having a ‘Gay Old Time’
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The Democratic Daily, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Immoral Minority
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bill Kristol: Palin can ‘resurrect herself’ with Alaska Senate run
Bill Kristol: Palin can ‘resurrect herself’ with Alaska Senate run
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, The Reaction and Mediaite
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.
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Reuters and Taylor Marsh
Angela Delli Santi / Associated Press:
NJ GOVERNOR TO SIGN BAN ON GAY CONVERSION THERAPY … TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy, along with California.
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The Hill
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Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Bambi Meets Godzilla In The Middle East — President Obama has had a rude awakening in the Middle East. The region he thought existed was an illusion built on American progressive assumptions about the way the world works. In the dream Middle East, democracy at least of a sort was just around the corner.
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Israpundit, Washington Post and Hot Air
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Bruce W. Jentleson / Politico:
In Middle East, Obama misplays hand
Molly Ball / Associated Press:
America's Libertarian Moment — A longtime libertarian policy wonk talks about whether the philosophy can save the GOP — and why he still doesn't think Rand Paul can win the presidency. — Libertarianism is on the march. From the rapid rise to prominence of first-term Senator Rand Paul …
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Prairie Weather and Althouse
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 …
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Right Turn
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.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Caroline Kennedy discloses financial information for ambassadorship — Five years after Caroline Kennedy refused to release financial information during her bid to take over Hillary Clinton's US Senate seat, newly filed documents reveal a personal fortune that could be as high as $500 million.
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Taegan Goddard's …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Seven Reasons You Will Click on This Article about 2016 — When you see an article about the 2016 presidential race, your first reaction is probably, “Oh c'mon. It's three years away! Do we have to start talking about this already?” The first votes in Iowa and New Hampshire won't be cast …
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Washington Monthly, Yahoo! News, New York Times and First Read