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7:05 PM ET, August 13, 2010

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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Longshot US Senate candidate from SC indicted  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student.  —  A Richland County grand jury indicted Green for disseminating …
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CNN:   Greene indicted on obscenity charges
Jessica Taylor / The Politico:
Greene indicted on porn charge
Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
1993 flip-flop: Sen. Reid introduced bill ‘clarifying’ birthright citizenship  —  For all the brouhaha over Republicans wanting to review the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, the citizenship/birthright clause, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, once supported revising …
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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN: Angle, Reid race still tight  —  More voters picking sides as senator's clout comes into play  —  Locked in a dead heat, both U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle picked up support in the past two weeks, according to a poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Yes, Reid tried to end birthright citizenship — but he apologized profusely for it  —  Right wing blogs think they've unearthed a lethal hit on Harry Reid: He apparently introduced a bill to end birthright citizenship back in 1993.  —  Conservatives are pointing to this as proof …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Republicans are ramping up the birthright battle
Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Who's on top in hunt for 2012 GOP nomination?  —  Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul (left to right) top a list of potential 2012 GOP contenders, according to a new CNN poll.  (PHOTO CREDITS: Getty Images)  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) …
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Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Tea Party groups out against net neutrality  —  Tea Party groups are staking out an anti-regulatory position in the fight over net neutrality rules for phone and cable companies.  —  A coalition that included 35 Tea Party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear:
The Tea Party Hates Net Neutrality Because It's An ‘Affront’ …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Sacrilege at Ground Zero  —  A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there once of great nobility and sacrifice (Gettysburg), or by the blood of martyrs and the indescribable suffering of the innocent (Auschwitz).
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
ALL THE ERRORS OF FACT AND JUDGMENT ROLLED UP INTO ONE COLUMN.... I'm not surprised Charles Krauthammer opposes the construction of the Cordoba House at Park51 in lower Manhattan; I'm a little surprised his column on the subject is so astoundingly bad.  Given all that's been said on the subject …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Prairie Weather
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:   Charles Krauthammer: A Mosque in Lower Manhattan Like a Wagner Concert at Auschwitz
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Conservative Bloggers Select The 25 Worst Figures In American History  —  Out of all the gangsters, serial killers, mass murderers, incompetent & crooked politicians, spies, traitors, and ultra left-wing kooks in all of American history — have you ever wondered who the worst of the worst was?
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Obama closes curtain on transparency  —  President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to transparency and shunted those duties into the portfolio of a partisan ex-lobbyist who is openly antagonistic to the notion of disclosure by government and politicians.
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Byron York / Associated Press:
For Michelle Obama, extravagance dents popularity  —  After a widely admired start in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama's popularity is falling and, if the current downward trend in her approval ratings continues, could touch lows not seen since the scandal-tainted days of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Althouse
Michael Memoli / The Swamp:
Obama to address ‘religious freedom’ at Ramadan dinner
Associated Press:
Judge Doubts Gay Marriage Ban's Backers Can Appeal  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban has more bad news for the measure's sponsors: he not only is unwilling to keep gay couples from marrying beyond next Wednesday …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: Prop. 8 case, less than anticipated?
Discussion: The BLT, Law Blog and The New Republic
Ed Whelan / National Review:   The Most Egregious Performance Ever by a Federal District Judge
Tom Scott / Tom Scott's updates:
CONTENTS NOT VERIFIED  —  It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.  —  I figured it was time to fix that, so I made some stickers.
Economist:
Disappointed, down, despondent  —  And not about to rush to the polls in November, either  —  WHY, asks a Democrat leading a training session for fellow activists, doesn't “Yes we can” work as a slogan any more?  “Because we haven't,” a jaded participant responds.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
White House pollster: '02, not '06
Discussion: Guardian and The New Republic
Fox News:
Facing Ethics Charges, Rep. Waters Points Finger at Bush Administration  —  Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Dems Might Want to Re-Think Criticizing Linda McMahon's WWE Connection  —  Linda McMahon stepped down as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment in September 2009 in order to run for the US Senate, and she has since become the Republican nominee from Connecticut.
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Dems blast WWE even though their presidential candidates appeared …
Discussion: Mediaite, Hot Air and YID With LID
Fhardingj / CNN:
U.S. Civil Rights Commission hearing erupts into shouting  —  Washington (CNN) - Members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission shouted at each other Friday over the Justice Department's decision to drop most of the charges in a 2008 incident in which black militants confronted voters at a Philadelphia …
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Political Carnival
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Greene threatens suit against St. Pete Times  —  Billionaire self-funding Senate hopeful Jeff Greene, who's been on the receiving end of extensive media scrutiny in his Florida race to be the Democrat challenging independent Charlie Crist and Republican Marco Rubio, is vowing to sue …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Presidential Reading  —  Karl Rove once claimed that President George W. Bush read 95 books in a year as part of a bet.  —  Apparently, President Obama is not as well read.  —  Reporter Michael Powell to the Columbia Journalism Review: “I got talking to him about what he reads and was telling me about these different policy tomes.
Discussion: CJR and GOP 12, more at Mediagazer »
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Defying Others, Germany Finds Economic Success  —  BERLIN — Germany has sparred with its European partners over how to respond to the financial crisis, argued with the United States over the benefits of stimulus versus austerity, and defiantly pursued its own vision of how to keep its economy strong.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Does the past record of journalists matter?  —  The Atlantic's James Fallows, whose analysis I often find worthwhile, yesterday defended Jeffrey Goldberg and his Iran article from unidentified critics (emphasis added): … First of all, it's inaccurate to claim that critiques of Goldberg's article are based on what he did in the past.
Adam Smith / The Buzz:
M-D Poll: Crist approval drops to 44%  —  Gov. Charlie Crist's job approval ratings have dropped to an all-time low for him — 44 percent — and represent the lowest posted by a Florida governor in 16 years, according to a new Mason-Dixon poll.  This is the first time Crist's job performance has dropped below 50 percent.
Discussion: FrumForum and GOP 12
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Science Fiction Budgeting  —  Along with the fact that Paul Ryan's plan to eliminate the national debt by 2080 would not, in fact, eliminate the national debt by 2080 I think there needs to be more attention paid to the fact that sitting around in 2010 talking about the 2080 budget is insane.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Federal appeals court in NY rules against ACORN
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Levi Johnston Says He's Kicked Out Of Palin Family “For Permanently”
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