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5:05 AM ET, September 13, 2013

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Countering Putin, Rep. Israel pens column for Russian press  —  Vladimir Putin got his op-ed on Syria in the New York Times.  Now Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) thinks it's only fair for a Russian daily newspaper to run his response.  —  The DCCC chair on Thursday submitted a rebuttal article to Kommersant …
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Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Here's What Went Unmentioned in Putin's New York Times Op-Ed  —  It takes some balls for a man who started two wars to reach out to the American people on 9/11 and plead for peace.  But since President Obama can't seem to find his way out of the corner he's painted himself into and since nature hates …
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
The Story Behind the Putin Op-Ed Article in The Times
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney says White House ‘not surprised’ by Putin op-ed
Discussion: Politico
Ilai Saltzman / Los Angeles Times:
The Putin Doctrine  —  To build up Russia, he's trying to tear down the U.S.
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House votes 235-191 to stop ObamaCare's insurance subsidies  —  The House has passed legislation aimed at preventing people from receiving health insurance subsidies under ObamaCare until a better system is put in place to verify who is eligible for those subsidies.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
'Scuse Me, While I Kick the Sky  —  As a follow-on to my morning post on Congress getting back to its boring old routine work after a week of excitement over Syria, I love this quote from a Justin Sink post at The Hill: … Green is a Democrat, so I don't know if his tongue was planted firmly …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP's Obamacare quandary
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Dems Getting Ready to Roll Over on Budget Yet Again
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  —  Since the launch of the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, Voyager 1 has traveled over 11.7 billion miles from the launchpad pictured here.  That is equivalent to traveling to the moon and back almost 25,000 times.
Discussion: NBCNews, The Reaction, The Week and GigaOM
Tom Cohen / CNN:
Kerry: talks on Syria chemical weapons ‘not a game’  —  Washington (CNN) — Crucial talks on ending Syrian control of its chemical weapons began Thursday in Geneva with the top negotiators — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — offering similar goals but different ideas on how to reach them.
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Ryan Lizza / Comment:
COULD OBAMA'S SYRIA DIPLOMACY LEAD TO WAR?
Discussion: Hot Air
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Kerry demands Syria keep pledge to give up chemical weapons
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Afghan Taliban Attack US Consulate, Kill 2 Afghans  —  Taliban militants set off two suicide car bombs in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan on Friday morning, triggering a gunbattle with security forces that left at least two Afghans dead.
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.
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?
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Obama on the path to success in Syria  —  Whatever the twisted path, whether by design or accident, the Obama administration has ended up in a better place on Syria than looked possible even days ago.  The president was wise to take up and begin to test the Russian offer to remove …
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
That Threat Worked
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
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 …
Discussion: Guardian
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Perkins: Boycott Betty Crocker For Baking Wedding Cakes For Gay Couples  —  When gay rights advocates criticized Chick-fil-A for the company's financial support of anti-gay organizations, the Family Research Council decried their “gaystapo tactics.”  Apparently, the FRC believes that boycotts …
 
 
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
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Reuters:
Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department
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Syrian Rebels Hurt by Delay
Discussion: NewsBusters
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pay raises drive McCrory's numbers down further
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
Former negotiator: 100,000 settlers need to be evacuated
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Marijuana sellers unfairly penalized, say odd couple Norquist, Blumenauer
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
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CBS New York:
CBS 2 Investigation: Underground — And Illegal — NYC Dinner Parties
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