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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Rand Paul: ‘I Am Not an Isolationist’ — If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS — Some pundits are surprised that I support destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militarily. They shouldn't be.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Warren: Destroying ISIS should be ‘No. 1 priority’ — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday said that the Obama administration should make defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) its top priority. — “ISIS is growing in strength. It has money, it has organization, it has the capacity to inflict real damage.
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The Intercept, The Huffington Post, Taylor Marsh, The Anchoress, Althouse and National Review
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Collapse of Obama's Foreign Policy — What this means, he hasn't spelled out in great specificity. Presumably fewer beheadings. A slower pace of Western recruiting. Fewer genocidal threats against embattled minorities. A downgrading of the caliphate to a mini-state, or merely a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq.
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Israel Matzav
Andrew Romano / Yahoo! News:
Sen. Warren Criticizes Washington-Wall Street ‘Revolving Door’
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naked capitalism, The Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
There are big holes in Obama Mideast strategy
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Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, The PJ Tatler, Bloomberg View and RedState
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
The Three-Headed Monster Challenging Obama's Foreign Policy
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JustOneMinute
Richard A. Epstein / Hoover Institution:
Rand Paul's Fatal Pacifism
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Legal questions complicate Dem's exit from Kansas Senate race — Despite filing papers with the Kansas secretary of State withdrawing from the Senate race late Wednesday, Democrat Chad Taylor may be stuck on the ballot this fall. — Two election law statutes have raised questions …
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Nathan L. Gonzales / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Pat Roberts is the Most Vulnerable Republican Senator in the Country — Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts survived a competitive Republican primary but it looks like his toughest race is still to come. Democrat Chad Taylor dropped out of the race on Wednesday leaving independent Greg Orman …
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Sam Wang / New Yorker:
Democrat Drops Out of the Kansas Senate Race, Clearing the Way for an Independent
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Dem's withdrawal poses threat to Roberts
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Washington Post, Capitol Report and The Moderate Voice
Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:
Democrat Chad Taylor drops out of U.S. Senate race against Pat Roberts, Greg Orman
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Withdraws Decision Defunding Obamacare — In July, two Republican judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed down a decision defunding much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This effort to implement Sen. Ted Cruz's …
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Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Has Greenwald, Inc. peaked? — Thanks to Ed Snowden, Glenn Greenwald went from blogging to the big time. But his stock may be dropping fast. — For about a year, the global enterprise you might call Glenn Greenwald, Inc. has been taking off like a red-hot app.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Huffington Post hires 9/11 truther to cover national security — The Huffington Post's Washington bureau has hired professional football player and 9/11 truther Donte Stallworth as a fellow, covering national security. — Stallworth, a wide receiver in the NFL since 2002 …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Delaware Guv ‘Inadvertently’ Tweeted Photo Of Woman In Bondage Gear — Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) tweeted Thursday that his staff was “looking into” how an “inappropriate” photo of a woman in bondage gear was sent out from his Twitter account. — The tweet, which promoted …
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Jonathan Alter / The Daily Beast:
This Really Is Obama's Moment of Truth — In a presidency of many ‘critical junctures,’ this time his foreign policy legacy is truly on the line—and if he can lead now on ISIS and Putin, we'll soon forget his recent history. — We read so many stories about this “critical juncture” …
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Obama Offers Muddled Message to Europe in Face of Crises
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking News and Analysis: Federal Court Grants Injunction Restoring Early Voting in Ohio — I have now had a chance to give an initial read the 71-page federal district court opinion in Ohio State Conference of the NAACP v. Husted. This is a significant case, which could potentially make it to the Supreme Court.
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Talking Points Memo, Associated Press and Washington Post
WEWS-TV:
Bath Twp. Police: Former Navy SEAL Chris Heben lied about getting shot at West Market Plaza — BATH TWP., Ohio - Bath Township detectives believe they have “overwhelming evidence” to prove a former Navy SEAL lied when he claimed he was shot during an altercation with three black men outside of a popular shopping center.
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Talking Points Memo, Heavy.com, Liberaland and The Raw Story
Nell Gluckman / Bangor Daily News:
LePage says cost of energy keeps wages low, drives business from Maine — ORONO, Maine — A week after L.L. Bean announced it will close its Bangor call center and on the same day that Verizon Wireless said it would add 90 customer service employees to its local facility …
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ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo
The Times:
We will not be cowed by barbaric killers — David Cameron and Barack Obama — As Russia holds a gun to Ukraine and Islamic extremists commit despicable murder, Nato must strengthen its alliance — When Nato last met in Britain in 1990 the Cold War was ending.
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Daily Mail, New York Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Fox News and Business Insider
Erik Rush / WND:
OBAMA: THE HEAD OF THE ISIS SNAKE — Exclusive: Erik Rush calls BHO ‘a well-placed saboteur representing malignant interests’ — Erik Rush is a columnist and author of sociopolitical fare. His latest book is “Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal - America's Racial Obsession.”
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Brit Hume: Obama told a friend of mine before he was elected, “Wouldn't it be great for the world if I were president?” — Saw this last night on Fox and had such a good laugh, I feel obliged to pass it along today. There's no way to prove he said it, but as Megyn Kelly's quick to show with archived audio …
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Outside the Beltway and The Hill
White House.gov Blog:
President Obama Names Megan Smith U.S. CTO, Alexander Macgillivray Deputy U.S. CTO — On his first full day in office, President Obama created the U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to lead Administration-wide efforts …
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