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9:20 AM ET, September 13, 2013

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The fruits of epic incompetence  —  The president of the United States takes to the airwaves to urgently persuade the nation to pause before doing something it has no desire to do in the first place.  —  Strange.  And it gets stranger still.  That “strike Syria, maybe” …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Putin gets his revenge on Obama  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's criticism of the United States in the op-ed pages of Thursday's New York Times was a revenge of sorts on President Obama.  —  Putin blasted notions of American “exceptionalism” and directly criticized Obama's proposed military strikes …
Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Decisiveness Overrated?  White House Thinks Yes  —  President Barack Obama's Syria strategy may not have been particularly decisive, but that's not a bad thing, according to the White House.  —  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended his boss Thursday after a blistering few weeks …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
An Anchorless World  —  BERLIN — At dinner the other night, perusing the debacle that is Syria, a German friend observed: “It's the post-American world — and that means chaos.”  We were joined by John Kornblum, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, whose verdict was similar …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Here's What Went Unmentioned in Putin's New York Times Op-Ed
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney says White House ‘not surprised’ by Putin op-ed
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Republicans Gain Favor on Key Issues  —  The Republican Party is gaining a public-opinion edge on several key issues ahead of the 2014 elections, as Americans question President Barack Obama's leadership on Syria and worry about the country's overall direction, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
NBC/WSJ poll: GOP on the rise  —  Republicans are now leading Democrats on handling several key issues, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.  —  The poll, released Friday, shows more Americans think that the Republicans are doing a better job on the economy, foreign policy and reducing the federal deficit.
The / Los Angeles Times:
GOP's unhealthy obsession with Obamacare  —  Republicans in the House need to stop waging a fight they can't win.  —  A large faction in the House wants to hold funding for the rest of the government hostage until Democrats agree to stop implementing Obamacare.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes 235-191 to stop ObamaCare's insurance subsidies
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
'Scuse Me, While I Kick the Sky
Monte Morin / Los Angeles Times:
NASA confirms Voyager 1 has left the solar system  —  This post has been corrected.  See the note below for details.  —  NASA confirmed Thursday that after 36 years of space travel and months of heated debate among scientists, Voyager 1 has indeed left our solar system and had entered interstellar space more than a year ago.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Exiting the Solar System and Fulfilling a Dream
Discussion: NBCNews, The Reaction, The Week and GigaOM
Wall Street Journal:
Elite Syrian Unit Scatters Chemical Arms Stockpile  —  Assad Regime Has Moved Weapons to as Many as 50 Sites  —  A secretive Syrian military unit at the center of the Assad regime's chemical weapons program has been moving stocks of poison gases and munitions to as many as 50 sites …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
In Email, Zimmerman's Local Police Chief Agrees He's Another ‘Sandy Hook’ Waiting To Happen  —  Police Chief Steve Bracknell, who is responsible for the Florida town where George Zimmerman resides, agreed in a series of emails that Zimmerman is a “ticking time bomb” and another “Sandy Hook” waiting to happen.
Discussion: Salon, addictinginfo.org and Mediaite
Associated Press:
AFGHAN TALIBAN ATTACK US CONSULATE, KILL 2 AFGHANS  —  You are here  —  Home » Afghanistan » Afghan Taliban attack US Consulate, kill 2 Afghans  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants set off two suicide car bombs in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Acts Like He Doesn't Know He's an Executive-Power Extremist  —  On the fake moderation of a president who talks a good game but doesn't follow through  —  It's often hard to tell if President Obama is lying to the American people or to himself.  Is he willfully misrepresenting who he is?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to tap budget chief Zients as top economic adviser  —  President Obama will tap former acting budget director Jeffrey Zients to replace Gene Sperling as the administration's top economic adviser, the White House confirmed Friday.  —  Sperling, the first person to serve as director …
Discussion: CNN
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
The Collapse of the Obama Presidency  —  How bad has 2013 been for Barack Obama?  Let us count the ways.  —  In the first year of his second term, the president has failed on virtually every front.  He put his prestige on the line to pass federal gun-control legislation-and lost.
Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
The Rise of the New New Left  —  Bill de Blasio's win in New York's Democratic primary isn't a local story.  It's part of a vast shift that could upend three decades of American political thinking.  By Peter Beinart  —  Maybe Bill de Blasio got lucky.  Maybe he only won because he cut a sweet ad featuring his biracial son.
Rod Bastanmehr / Alternet:
Trayvon Martin's Medical Examiner: Prosecution Threw the Case  —  Fired Zimmerman trial coroner says conviction was never going to happen.  —  A recent revelation in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case could, and should spark a new wave of outrage.  —  Dr. Shiping Bao …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden calls House GOP ‘Neanderthals’  —  “Im going to say something outrageous,” Biden said at a party at his home in Washington to celebrate the 19th anniversary of VAWA, according to a media pool report.  —  “I think I understand the Senate better than any man or women who's ever served in there …
Discussion: Politico
Candace McCowan / WREG-TV:
School Says No To God For Project; Mother Furious  —  (Memphis) Memphis mother Erica Shead said she was angry after her 10-year-old daughter Erin, told her Wednesday, she wasn't allowed to write about God for a school assignment.  —  “It was so cute and innocent.
Andrew Maykuth / Philly.com:
Shale criminal charges stun drilling industry  —  Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's decision to prosecute a major Marcellus Shale natural-gas driller for a 2010 wastewater spill has sent shock waves through the industry.  —  But environmentalists Wednesday hailed the prosecution …
 
 
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Washington Times:
Emails show IRS' Lois Lerner specifically targeted tea party
Discussion: The Hill and Right Wing News
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Hoyer Says Obama Could Strike Syria Without Congress Vote
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Boehner Seeking Democrats' Help on Fiscal Talks
Discussion: First Read and Talking Points Memo
Reuters:
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department
CNN:
Flooding in Colorado kills 1
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Nour Malas / Wall Street Journal:
Syrian Rebels Hurt by Delay
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Pay raises drive McCrory's numbers down further
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
Former negotiator: 100,000 settlers need to be evacuated
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Israpundit
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Marijuana sellers unfairly penalized, say odd couple Norquist, Blumenauer
Discussion: Politico
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Mayor Gray vetoes ‘living wage’ bill aimed at Wal-Mart, setting up decisive council vote