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11:25 PM ET, September 5, 2013

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Politico:
President Obama could lose big on Syria in House  —  If the House voted today on a resolution to attack Syria, President Barack Obama would lose — and lose big.  —  That's the private assessment of House Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides who are closely involved in the process.
Discussion: Sense of Events and CNN
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama cancels LA trip as ‘no’ votes on Syria resolution pile up (Video)  —  President Obama has scrapped a planned two-day trip to Los Angeles early next week ahead of a congressional vote on a military strike against Syria.  —  The cancellation of the trip suggests the urgency …
Manu Raju / Politico:
AIPAC to go all-out on Syria  —  The powerful pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is planning to launch a major lobbying campaign to push wayward lawmakers to back the resolution authorizing U.S. strikes against Syria, sources said Thursday.  —  Officials say that some 250 Jewish leaders and AIPAC activists …
Discussion: MJ Rosenberg
First Read / NBCNews:
First Thoughts: Wooing the left
The Fix:
The “no's” keep piling up on Syria resolution in the House
New York Times:
N.S.A. Foils Much Internet Encryption  —  The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of everyday communications …
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Guardian:
US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet  —  • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records  —  • $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products
ProPublica:
Revealed: The NSA's Secret Campaign to Crack, Undermine Internet Security  —  by Jeff Larson, ProPublica, Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times, and Scott Shane, The New York Times … The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers …
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West  —  The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.  —  The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers.  Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts.
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Reuters:
Kerry portrait of Syria rebels at odds with intelligence reports
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
It's Official: Alec Baldwin to Host Talk Show on MSNBC  —  The actor and will anchor a 10 p.m. program on Fridays beginning in October.  —  Alec Baldwin  —  Alec Baldwin has finalized a deal to host a weekly night-time talk show on MSNBC.  The program - Up Late with Alec Baldwin will bow …
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msnbc.com:
Alec Baldwin to host MSNBC Friday night talk show
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and The Raw Story
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Congressional Black Caucus Instructed to Hold Tongue on Syria  —  As an increasing number of African-American lawmakers voice dissent over the Obama administration's war plans in Syria, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has asked members to “limit public comment” …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Head of Black Caucus asks members to stay quiet on Syria
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Plots Revenge, U.S. Says  —  Officials Say Intercepted Message to Militants Orders Reprisals in Iraq if Syria Hit  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. has intercepted an order from Iran to militants in Iraq to attack the U.S. Embassy and other American interests in Baghdad in the event of a strike on Syria …
Fareed Zakaria / TIME:
On Syria, Words Have Consequences  —  Striking at Assad won't end the conflict.  But it may drag the U.S. into a complex civil war.  —  From the start of the Syrian ­conflict, President Obama has wanted to take two very different approaches to it.  On the one hand, he has been disciplined …
Discussion: The Dish
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Considers Address to Nation on Syria
Justin Joseph / KDVR.com:
GOP lawmaker brings fried chicken to poverty hearing in ‘silent protest’  —  DENVER — Two weeks ago, the last meeting of a Colorado task force on economic opportunity and poverty exploded into allegations of racism when Sen. Vicki Marble, a Republican, attempted to explain high poverty rates …
Talking Points Memo:
Kerry Blows Up At GOP Rep For Harping On Benghazi At Syria Hearing (VIDEO)  —  Secretary of State John Kerry erupted at Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) after the congressman charged that the Obama administration cannot be trusted to carry out an attack on Syria due to mistakes made in Benghazi …
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Josiah Ryan / Campus Reform the #1 Source …:
SUSPENDED: Michigan State removes prof who went on anti-Republican tirade  —  Michigan State administrators have suspended Prof. William Penn for the remainder of the semester, after he was caught on video going on an anti-Republican tirade on the very first day of his literature class.
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Major New Study On Obamacare Premiums Should End The ‘Rate Shock’ Hysteria Once And For All  —  The most comprehensive study on Obamacare to date finds that Americans' insurance premiums under the health law will be “lower than expected.”  Many Americans will pay even less than the top-line rates …
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Top House Republican Rewrites History, Claims Reagan Stood Up To Chemical Weapons Use  —  A top Republican lawmaker on Thursday invoked Ronald Reagan to say that Obama was weak for not acting more directly in response to Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons, ignoring the fact …
Yahoo! News:
Russian warships cross Bosphorus, en route to Syria  —  Three Russian warships crossed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, amid concern in the region over potential US-led strikes in response to the Damascus regime's alleged use of chemical weapons.
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Right Questions on Syria  —  Critics of American military action in Syria are right to point out all the risks and uncertainties of missile strikes, and they have American public opinion on their side.  —  But for those of you who oppose cruise missile strikes, what alternative do you favor?
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Across a Border, Iraqis See Replays of Past and Fears for Future
Discussion: Pressing Issues
Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Rand Paul's Syria Bible Thumping  —  Why does he only seem to care about the country's Christians?  —  “I have nothing good to say about Assad,” Kentucky Senator Rand Paul made sure to stipulate on a hurried conference call after the marathon Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Syria yesterday.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Era of Disbelief  —  This is a particularly bad time to sell the American people a war, and make no mistake: we are being sold, and this “military action,” in another time and place — and in some quarters, here and now — would be called an act of war.  —  Americans are not only weary of war …
Lee Enterprises / Arizona Daily Sun:
Lowell Observatory's Putnam wants to name asteroid for Trayvon Martin  —  Albert Einstein.  George Takei.  Jerry Garcia.  —  All of those men and many others have had an asteroid named after them.  And if William Lowell Putnam III, trustee of Lowell Observatory, has his way, another name will be added to that list: Trayvon Martin.
 
 
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