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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: John McCain Will Attack Vladimir Putin in the Pages of Pravda — In a first-of-its kind arrangement, the editors of Russian newspaper Pravda have tentatively agreed to publish a column by Sen. John McCain that will attack the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: I arm-wrestled Vladimir Putin ... and lost! — Russian President Vladimir Putin, champion arm-wrestler. ; Credit: AFP/AFP/Getty Images — On Thursday, KPCC's Washington correspondent Kitty Felde talked with Congressman Dana Rohrabacher about the Russian proposal …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Congressman: I Once Lost A Drunken Arm-Wrestling Match To Vladimir Putin
Congressman: I Once Lost A Drunken Arm-Wrestling Match To Vladimir Putin
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Politico:
Will Democrats haul out hookers in David Vitter fight? — Senate Democrats have had all they can take from David Vitter and his fixation on Obamacare — and they're dredging up his past prostitution scandal to hit back. — Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, has infuriated Democrats this week …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The House GOP Is About to Crack Up: Three Theories Why — Lots of people think John Boehner has lost control of the House Republican caucus. Apparently John Boehner does, too. — On Wednesday, the speaker and his lieutenants had to stage yet another embarrassing retreat—this time …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
David Vitter wants ethics probe of Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer
David Vitter wants ethics probe of Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Forty-three House Republicans back bill to defund ObamaCare
Forty-three House Republicans back bill to defund ObamaCare
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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.
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Domenico Montanaro / NBCNews:
Poll: 44 percent of Americans oppose raising debt ceiling — Americans overwhelmingly do not think Congress should raise the nation's debt limit as President Barack Obama and Congress prepare once again to wage battle over the issue, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul On The War Path — Once dismissed by the GOP establishment as a gadfly, Paul is starting to look a lot like the leader of his party — and his enemies are panicking. “There's a big transition in the Republican Party,” the Kentucky senator says in a BuzzFeed interview.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Draws Fire From Pro-Israel Group For “Promised Land” Comments — A source at Christians United For Israel calls Paul's comment to BuzzFeed “slander.” “He simply is asking all Christians to join him in reexamining our foreign policy and in working to make war a last resort,” a Paul adviser responds.
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MacIver Institute:
Wisconsin's Third Largest Teachers Union Decertified on August 31st — UPDATE: — [Kenosha, Wisc...] The Kenosha Education Association (KEA), the state's third largest teachers union, was officially decertified on August 31, 2013 according to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air:
Demise: Wisconsin's third-largest school district says no thanks to union representation
Demise: Wisconsin's third-largest school district says no thanks to union representation
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Senator talks “House of Cards” and football... and mentions this may be his last term — Would we be better off buying cable stations one at a time instead of in bundles? Sen. John McCain says yes, and has introduced legislation that would make it happen.
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
McCain hints at retirement in 2016
McCain hints at retirement in 2016
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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 …
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Richard Wolffe / msnbc.com:
Inside the Obama campaign: A plot against Cutter — The Obama campaign looked in the mirror and saw a political problem. — It had researched every piece of its own message machine and found one area that required urgent fixing. Focus group data suggested that the campaign needed more women on television.
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Richard Wolffe / The Daily Beast:
No Drama Obama's Dramatic 2012 Reelection Campaign
No Drama Obama's Dramatic 2012 Reelection Campaign
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Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:
Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone — SEATTLE — Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that Nokia could have switched its smartphones to Google's Android operating system sometime after late 2014.
Paul Krugman:
Death By Tweet — I don't tweet. But, you may ask, what about that Twitter account? That's a robot — it's just tweeting the titles of blog posts. And I do blog a lot: — But 140-character reflections on what I just ate, or something, not. Why? — One reason is that I have better things to do with my time.
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
15 JOURNALISTS HAVE JOINED OBAMA ADMINISTRATION — According to the Atlantic, Time managing editor Rick Stengel's decision to join the Obama administration is just the latest example of a new trend among mainstream media journalists who are making it official by joining the Obama administration.
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Sacramento Bee:
California lawmakers approve measure to allow driver's licenses for illegal immigrants — In the waning hours of the 2013 legislative session, the Assembly on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill allowing undocumented immigrants to receive driver's licenses.
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Weasel Zippers and National Review
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.
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Denver Post:
COLORADO FLOOD: DAMS BREAK IN LARIMER AND ADAMS COUNTIES; OVERFLOWING IN BOULDER — Record-shattering rainstorms across Colorado's Front Range led to flooding that blew out at least six dams Thursday, stranding a Larimer County family on the second floor of their home and breaching a federal stormwater holding pond northeast of Denver.
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Emily Schultheis / Reuters:
Imagine this: In Germany, one TV ad per candidate — BERLIN — Germany is in the heat of election season: in just over a week, voters will head to the polls to determine whether Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party get a third term leading the government. — So where are the TV ads?
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Washington Monthly
Reason:
George Will's Libertarian Evolution: Q&A on Obama, Syria, & the Power of Choice — “I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close,” says Washington Post columnist George Will. “Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government …
Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
The Case Against Larry Summers — The job of Federal Reserve chairman is as much about character and temperament as it is intellect and experience. That's why he shouldn't get it. — Lawrence Henry Summers is one of the world's most eminent economists.
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Yahoo! News, Wonkblog, New York Times and The Hill
Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
Google's Eric Schmidt says government spying is ‘the nature of our society’ — Tech giant's executive chairman calls for greater transparency but declines to ‘pass judgment’ on spying operations — Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, reiterated the tech industry's call …
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