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6:00 PM ET, August 20, 2013

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Peter Schwartzstein / The Atlantic Online:
There Are No More Good Guys in Egypt  —  One thing that makes this crisis so vexing: Each of the country's major groups have done something totally horrible in the past few weeks.  —  CAIRO — Almost a thousand people dead, dozens of churches burnt, its capital's most affluent districts subjected …
Discussion: New York Times
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Aaron David Miller / Foreign Policy:
Obama's Egypt Policy Makes Perfect Sense
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Egyptian Debacle
Neil Irwin / Wonkblog:
Why the White House is uneasy with picking Janet Yellen as Fed chair  —  Obama advisers have reservations about having the current Fed vice chairwoman succeed Ben Bernanke.  (Federal Reserve/Flickr)  —  Many of the economic advisers whom President Obama consults with favor Larry Summers to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt  —  The White House has quietly placed military aid to Egypt on hold, despite not saying publicly whether the Egyptian military takeover was a coup, Josh Rogin reports exclusively.  —  The U.S. government has decided privately …
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The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Courier Led U.S. to al Qaeda Internet Conference  —  U.S. officials followed the Internet trail of an al Qaeda courier to learn the details of an electronic conference between more than 20 of the organization's top officials.  —  Prior to the worldwide security alert …
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Kerry Reinstates Benghazi Officials Clinton Punished
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
The Clinton dramas: Here we go again  —  Tabloid headlines.  Personal dramas.  Organizational disarray.  Score-settling between rival factions documented in news accounts like a soap opera.  —  Does this have a familiar ring?  —  No one - or mostly no one - truly believes the swirl …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Bill Clinton foundation has spent more than $50M on travel expenses  —  WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton's foundation has spent more than $50 million on travel expenses since 2003, an analysis of the non-profit's tax forms reveal.  —  The web of foundations run by the former president spent …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and National Review
Eric Russell / Portland Press-Herald:
LePage is heard to say Obama ‘hates white people’  —  Two Republican lawmakers confirm that the governor made the remark at a fundraiser last week.  —  Gov. Paul LePage last week told a group of Republicans that President Barack Obama “hates white people,” according to two state lawmakers who heard the remark directly.
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Kevin Miller / Portland Press-Herald:
Seven members of Maine Republican State Committee leave party
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Hit & Run
Marry Me / Bangor Daily News:
LePage heard telling GOP donors, lawmakers that Obama ‘hates white people’
Discussion: WCSH-TV, The Week and The Fix
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz: Okay, I'll Renounce My Canadian Citizenship!  —  This is getting to be more fun than I thought it would be.  Ted Cruz is a natural born American citizen blah blah blah.  But because he was born in Canada he's actually a Canadian citizen too.  He's a dual citizen.
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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Senator Cruz may have to wait eight months to stop being Canadian
Discussion: Daily Kos
NEWS.com.au:
Three teens accused of murder of baseball player Chris Lane identified  — Lane's death a tragedy with no rhyme or reason  — I love you so much: Girlfriend's moving tribute  — Parents of two accused teens say they didn't do it  — Girlfriend 'doesn't care' what happens to ‘evil’ teens
Washington Post:
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches  —  If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone?  Courts have been split on the question.  Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue …
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Mike Dennison / Missoulian:
Scalia to Federalist Society: Court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities’
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Scalia: High court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities that get special protections’
Discussion: Good As You
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Rural Coloradans to vote on breaking away as 51st state, angered by liberal policies on guns, energy  —  DENVER — You've got North Carolina and North Dakota, so why not Northern Colorado?  —  Voters in several rural Colorado counties will be asked whether they want to form …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Wonkette
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Denver Post:
51ST STATE QUESTION WILL BE ON WELD, PHILLIPS BALLOTS THIS FALL
Discussion: Yahoo! News and National Review
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Cruz Calls 'Why Don't We Impeach' Obama ‘Good Question’  —  Conroe, Texas - Asked about the possibility of impeaching President Obama, Ted Cruz did not rule it out.  —  In a question and answer session following a speech he gave at a Montgomery County GOP dinner last night …
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Alexander gets GOP primary challenger  —  Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr (R) announced Tuesday that he will challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in the Republican primary.  —  On local radio, Carr said he was running because Alexander was “the most liberal” member of the state's GOP delegation.
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Groklaw:
Forced Exposure ~pj  —  The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too.  —  There is no way to do Groklaw without email.  Therein lies the conundrum.  —  What to do?  —  What to do?  I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure it out.
Tesla Motors:
TESLA MODEL S ACHIEVES BEST SAFETY RATING OF ANY CAR EVER TESTED  —  SETS NEW NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY SCORE RECORD  —  Palo Alto, CA — Independent testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the Tesla Model S a 5-star safety rating, not just overall, but in every subcategory without exception.
Marilyn Stasio / New York Times:
Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87  —  Elmore Leonard, the prolific crime novelist whose louche characters, deadpan dialogue and immaculate prose style in novels like “Get Shorty,” “Freaky Deaky,” “Glitz” and “La Brava” secured his status as a modern master of American genre writing …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Three More Key Red States Could Still Sign Onto Obamacare  —  Virginia's Republican-controlled statehouse is getting closer to expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, a top GOP legislator said Monday.  —  State Sen. Emmett Hanger, who is heading the panel that was created by the legislature …
Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
A Q&A With Jill Abramson  —  The Times' top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post  —  For generations, the publishers of the great American newspapers were accidents of birth—sons and daughters (and assorted other relatives) who inherited their positions atop the masthead.
Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Issa tops The Hill's 50 Wealthiest  —  The chief inquisitor of President Obama's White House is now Congress's richest man.  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) saw his fortune rise to at least $355 million in 2012, enough to take the crown on The Hill's 50 Wealthiest list.
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Kathie Obradovich / Des Moines Register:
Former Polk GOP co-chairman says party has moved too far to the right
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Associated Press:
White House Cabinet-Level Meeting Set on Egypt Aid
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Emily Yoffe / Slate:
Kissing Cousins  —  In a live chat, Prudie advises a man whose niece …
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Heritage Foundation Rallies Support To Defund Obamacare
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Bob Lewis / WTOP.com:
Veteran GOP strategist endorses, advises McAuliffe
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
BBC:
David Miranda Heathrow detention: No 10 ‘kept abreast of operation’
Wall Street Journal:
James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley: Why Shouldn't Princeton Pay Taxes?
Discussion: National Review
Ed Payne / CNN:
Tsarnaev's wounds detailed
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Albert Hunt / Bloomberg:
North Carolina Takes Perilous Lurch to the Right
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Prisoner's Dilemma