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Telegraph:
Kim Jong-un's ex-lover ‘executed by firing squad’ — Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days go, according to South Korean reports. — Hyon Song-wol, a singer and rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader …
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Via Meadia, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
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Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
Ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed by firing squad: report — Hyon Song-wol, a well-known pop artist and longtime girlfriend of the dictator, was one of a dozen performers gunned after they were arrested for allegedly breaking pornography laws, according to a report.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Ex-Girlfriend ‘Shot by Firing Squad’ — Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad on Aug. 20, reports said Wednesday. — Sources in China said singer Hyon Song-wol as well as Mun Kyong-jin …
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AL.com and Business Insider
Associated Press:
AP SOURCES: INTELLIGENCE ON WEAPONS NO ‘SLAM DUNK’ — You are here — Home » United States government » AP sources: Intelligence on weapons no ‘slam dunk’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an alleged chemical weapons attack …
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Obama Refused to Send Gas Masks to Syrian Opposition for Over a Year
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Chemical weapons a game-changer on U.S. public opinion on Syria
Chemical weapons a game-changer on U.S. public opinion on Syria
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Politico, NBCNews, Associated Press and Reuters
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Reinforce a Norm in Syria
Reinforce a Norm in Syria
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Hit & Run and Los Angeles Times
Clara Ritger / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's Affordable Care Act Looking a Bit Unaffordable — Independent National Journal analysis finds premiums higher under Obamacare as employers weigh dropping coverage. — Republicans have long blamed President Obama's signature health care initiative for increasing insurance costs, dubbing it the “Unaffordable Care Act.”
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Yahoo! News, Hot Air, Power Line, The PJ Tatler, Washington Free Beacon, First Read and Forbes
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
This Is What Obamacare Outreach Looks Like (VIDEOS) — With a month to go until the Affordable Care Act's online health insurance marketplaces open for business, the race is on to reach the public and let them know what's going to be available to them on Oct. 1.
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American Prospect, Washington Post and The Fix
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
No widespread premium increases coming under ObamaCare, study says
No widespread premium increases coming under ObamaCare, study says
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CNN
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
States find new ways to resist health law
States find new ways to resist health law
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Taegan Goddard's … and Balloon Juice
Allison Benedikt / Slate:
If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person — A manifesto. — You are a bad person if you send your children to private school. Not bad like murderer bad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation's-most- essential-institutions-in-order-to-get- what's-best-for-your-kid bad.
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Washington Post:
U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary — U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats …
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Hillicon Valley, Little Green Footballs, Wonkblog, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Gawker, Techdirt, The Verge, The PJ Tatler, Daily Kos, NPR, The Daily Caller and WJLA-TV
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
OBAMA OFFERS NEW GUN CONTROL STEPS — You are here — Home » United States government » Obama offers new gun control steps — WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
White House announces new action on gun control
White House announces new action on gun control
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CNN, NBCNews and The Democratic Daily
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Obama imposes new limits on guns through executive action
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Dubious Data Points For 2016 — Taking advantage of a slow news week, Tom Edsall takes to the virtual pages of the New York Times' Opinionator blog today to assess Republican odds of regaining the White House in 2016, which is audacious since many news consumers groan about early discussions …
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Washington Post:
Pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA positions itself to support Hillary Clinton
Pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA positions itself to support Hillary Clinton
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Ballot Box and Washington Free Beacon
Thomas B. Edsall / Opinionator:
Democrats may dream of sixteen years of dominance, but on Nov. 8 …
Democrats may dream of sixteen years of dominance, but on Nov. 8 …
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Betsy's Page
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Same-Sex Married Couples To Get Federal Tax Recognition Regardless Of State — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that when it comes to taxes, it will recognize same-sex couples' marriages even if they live in a state that does not.
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Towleroad News #gay, LGBTQ Nation, Joe. My. God. and WJLA-TV
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Douglas McIntire / Bangor Daily News:
Sabattus man says ‘shoot’ posting wasn't a threat against Obama, defends using racial slur — SABATTUS, Maine — David Marsters said Tuesday night that the wording of his Facebook post was a mistake, but he defended it, anyway. — “(The Secret Service) didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head,” Marsters said.
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Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, The Democratic Daily, News One and The Raw Story
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Cory Booker's Imaginary Friend — Go back and listen to Cory Booker's stump speeches over the years, and, as in those of any politician, you'll hear many of the same stories. But Booker's are more dramatic and heart-rending than most. They draw heavily on his experiences in Newark, N.J. …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Gawker, Real Clear Politics and The Daily Caller
Jessica Parks / Philly.com:
State: Montco same-sex marriage licenses meaningless — The Corbett administration said its lawsuit seeking to halt same-sex marriage licenses in Montgomery County “would have no direct effect” on the couples who have already received them. — In a brief Wednesday, state attorneys …
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Guardian, Advocate, LGBTQ Nation, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
The United States Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Update to Marijuana Enforcement Policy — Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an update to its federal marijuana enforcement policy in light of recent state ballot initiatives that legalize, under state law, the possession of small amounts of marijuana …
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Firedoglake and ThinkProgress
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Republicans absent from March on Washington — Not a single Republican elected official stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday with activists, actors, lawmakers and former presidents invited to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington — a notable absence …
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The Atlantic Online:
On the Death of Dreams — If we are honest with ourselves we will see a president who believes in particular black morality, but eschews particular black policy. — Watching Barack Obama's speech yesterday, I thought of a young W.E.B. Du Bois who in 1897 authored the original Poundcake Speech:
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Gun Bill in Missouri Would Test Limits in Nullifying U.S. Law — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Unless a handful of wavering Democrats change their minds, the Republican-controlled Missouri legislature is expected to enact a statute next month nullifying all federal gun laws in the state and making …