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8:40 AM ET, August 13, 2011

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin leaves her options open, jabs her employer, at the fair  —  Sarah Palin arrived at the Iowa State Fair today to assure a swarm of reporters that she's still considering running for president, even as the space for her in the Republican field seemed to narrow.
Discussion: Slate, Hot Air and Daily Kos
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Sarah Palin and The Brody File One-On-One at Iowa State Fair  —  Sarah Palin came over and agreed to do a one-on-one interview with me at the Iowa State Fair Friday afternoon.  Just her and me.  This took place during her private lunch reception.  I asked her to come over and talk with me and she did.
Discussion: The Hill
A.Killough / CNN:
Santorum: Poor results Saturday could doom prez bid
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Palin, asked if she'll endorse while in Iowa: 'I haven't even decided yet' whether to run
Jackie Kucinich / USA Today:
Palin weighs in on GOP debate, candidates
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Palin at Iowa State Fair: I'm still undecided on 2012
A.Killough / CNN:
Bachmann involved in unusual campaign moment  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was at the center of an unusual campaign moment on Friday that involved reporters trying to ask her questions - and the Republican presidential candidate essentially being cocooned by a ring of protectors.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough's Brutally Honest Take on Michele Bachmann: “She Is A Joke”  —  The morning after a big political event is always a good day for morning news programs such as MSNBC's Morning Joe.  Events like last night's debate of GOP presidential candidates, hosted by Fox News …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Standard and Poors punctures Michele Bachmann's blissful fantasy  —  Wow, what colossally bad timing.  Here's Michele Bachmann at the debate last night, insisting that the Standard and Poors downgrade proved that she was right to oppose raising the debt ceiling:
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
11th Circuit strikes down Obamacare mandate  —  This is the big case involving 26 states.  In January, Judge Roger Vinson struck the entire law finding that the mandate could not be severed from the rest of the law.  —  The 11th Circuit ruled that the mandate was unconstitutional …
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Reuters:
Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law
Yahoo! News Canada:   Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare mandate
Ariane De Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Part of ‘Obamacare’ Ruled Unconstitutional
Stephanie Cutter / White House.gov Blog:
The Latest Health Care Court Case  —  There has been no shortage of court cases regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.  Before today, four courts, including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, examined the health reform law and found it constitutional.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Eleventh Circuit's Affordable Care Act Decision Cannot Be Squared With The Constitution
George's Bottom Line:
David Axelrod: Rick Perry Has a ‘Record of Decimation’  —  That's what the Obama campaign's top political strategist told me this morning when I asked him about the latest 2012 candidate, Rick Perry.  The Texas Governor made it clear his campaign will focus on his state's record of job growth …
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Matt Bai's Mystical Powers  —  Average political reporters observe what politicians say and write it down.  Better ones ask discerning questions and write the answer down.  But Matt Bai has political super-powers and just knows the answers to questions that he hasn't even asked: … Could you have?
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney wealth valued up to $250 million  —  (CNN) - The turbulent financial climate of recent years has not had a noticeable impact on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's own wallet, according to personal financial information released Friday by his campaign.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Mitt Romney worth up to $250 million
Discussion: The Note and New York Magazine
The Atlantic Online:
The Case for Calling Them Nitwits  —  They blow each other up by mistake.  They bungle even simple schemes.  They get intimate with cows and donkeys.  Our terrorist enemies trade on the perception that they're well trained and religiously devout, but in fact, many are fools and perverts …
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Jennifer S. Bryson / Public Discourse:
Pornography and National Security
Discussion: Hullabaloo and alicublog
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
G.O.P. on Defensive as Analysts Question Party's Fiscal Policy  —  WASHINGTON — The boasts of Congressional Republicans about their cost-cutting victories are ringing hollow to some well-known economists, financial analysts and corporate leaders, including some Republicans …
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Michelle Obama Spent 42 Days on Vacation this Past Year  —  First Lady Michelle Obama over the last year has spent a total of 42 days on vacation, or a little more than one out of every nine days, according to a White House Dossier analysis of her travel.  —  Her vacations, the cost …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Attack on Althouse at the Wisconsin Capitol singalong.  —  As discussed in an earlier post, a man attacked me today at the Capitol.  We captured the assault on 2 different cameras, and I'm not editing the material together (at least not at this point).  First, here's what Meade got on the Flip camera.
Discussion: JSOnline and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
To defuse ‘flash’ protest, BART cuts riders' cell service.  Is that legal?  —  To forestall a planned protest, Bay Area Rapid Transit turned off cellphone service, angering passengers and raising questions about First Amendment rights in an age of social media protests.  —  Atlanta
Discussion: Daily Kos and DownWithTyranny!
James Poniewozik / Tuned In:
The Morning After: Fox Shows Teeth in Debate  —  Eight Republican presidential candidates debated on Fox News from Ames, Iowa, in advance of its straw poll this weekend.  My colleague Michael Scherer liveblogged it at Swampland, and I'll let you pick the winner: was it Mitt Romney …
Joseph Pleasant / WATE-TV:
Music teacher caught having sex with doll outside school  —  SPRING HILL, Tenn. - Police in Spring Hill arrested a local music teacher Thursday morning after he was caught engaging in a sex act with a doll outside a local elementary school.  —  Officers were called to Allendale Elementary School …
 
 
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Democracy Corps:
Voters Downgrade Washington
Discussion: Hotline On Call and Balloon Juice
Ilana Curiel / Ynetnews:
Top Hamas engineer tells all
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Reuters:
U.S. consumer sentiment grim but retail sales jump
Discussion: Wizbang and Shot in the Dark
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
The New Tax Orthodoxy: No Revenue, Nohow, Never
 Earlier Items: 
Xinhua News Agency:
Britain's U-turn over web-monitoring
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
The System Works  —  Of all the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Betsy's Page
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Louis Gohmert: Pelosi's face on golf balls will put ‘oomph’ into your game
CBS New York:
Family Fined $300 For Having Apple, Tomato, 3 Cucumbers In Backpack At Newark Liberty