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9:55 AM ET, July 9, 2013

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Margot Sanger-Katz / NationalJournal.com:
White House Has Known For Months Obamacare Implementation Wouldn't Work  —  Last week, it scaled back several required provisions.  They aren't the first.  And probably won't be the last.  —  If you've been reading all the Obamacare stories lately, you might get the impression …
Discussion: Hot Air and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Michael W. McConnell / Wall Street Journal:
Michael McConnell: Obama Suspends the Law  —  Like King James II, the president decides not to enforce laws he doesn't like.  That's an abuse of power.  —  President Obama's decision last week to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act may be welcome relief to businesses affected …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
A royal prerogative  —  Last week the Obama administration disclosed a big story in a small way.  The big story: the administration is delaying the enforcement of the Obamacare employer mandate for one year.  The small way: a post by Treasury Asssistant Secretary Mark Mazur.
Discussion: National Review and CNN
New York Times:
Spitzer Redux  —  There will always be candidates for public office who are ethically compromised, temperamentally unsuitable and politically incompetent, but if they insist on running anyway, who has the right to tell them not to?  Campaigns sort out the good public servants from the bad.
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Politico:
Why sex-scarred pols keep coming back for more  —  Another week and there goes another fallen officeholder trying to claw his way back from tabloid purgatory—another chance for some people to marvel about the power of forgiveness and redemption, and other people to marvel about the power of egomania and pure chutzpah.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Sex and the Sorriest Pols  —  Virginia is for lovers.  New York is for penitents.  —  There are two in the headlines, Anthony and now Eliot.  “Here We Ho Again!” trumpeted The New York Post.  If this doesn't save the tabloids, nothing will.  —  But before we go too far in lumping …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Washington Free Beacon:
Spitzer: 'I'm Not the Right Person' to Ask About Legalizing Prostitution
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
U.S. Considers Faster Pullout In Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a “zero option” …
National Review:
Kill the Bill  —  We are conservatives who have differed in the past on immigration reform, with Kristol favorably disposed toward it and Lowry skeptical.  But the Gang of Eight has brought us into full agreement: Their bill, passed out of the Senate, is a comprehensive mistake.
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
John Boehner: No House vote on Senate immigration bill
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Perry Says He Won't Seek Governorship Again in Texas  —  SAN ANTONIO — Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor of Texas and an unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate last year, announced on Monday that he would not seek another term but would instead “pray and reflect and work to determine my own future path.”
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Asad Hashim / Al Jazeera English:
Leaked report shows Bin Laden's ‘hidden life’  —  Government report obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera reveals results of investigation into AQ chief's life on the run.  —  Former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was able to hide in Pakistan for nine years due to the “collective failure” …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama is faulted on leadership  —  Supporters and critics of President Obama are looking for leadership on many pressing issues from the White House, but many believe they are not getting it.  —  On Monday, Obama held a Cabinet meeting and spoke about his effort to modernize government databases.
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to that  —  I used to say: I criticize because I care.  But I no longer do. … As of today, I have retired from criticism of CNN for falling short of some sort of journalistic standard that news providers should maintain.  That activity no longer makes sense.
Brian Fung / NationalJournal.com:
The IRS Mistakenly Exposed Thousands of Social Security Numbers  —  Another day, another slipup by the Internal Revenue Service.  —  The incident involves the unwitting exposure of “tens of thousands” of Social Security numbers, according to a recent audit by the independent transparency and public-domain group Public.Resource.org.
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Spiegel Online:
The NSA and Its Willing Helpers  —  In an interview conducted using encrypted e-mails, whistleblower Edward Snowden discusses the power of the NSA, how it is “in bed together with the Germans” and the vast scope of Internet spying conducted by the United States and Britain.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The Lede
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Guardian:
Edward Snowden: ‘The US government will say I aided our enemies’ - video interview
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Crucial nuclear option decision arrives for Majority Leader Reid  —  The Nevada Democrat must decide whether to trigger a controversial tactic known as the nuclear option to strip from Republicans the power to endlessly debate presidential nominees.  —  The maneuver entails changing …
Discussion: E2-Wire and Prairie Weather
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh tells caller not to watch Fox  —  Rush Limbaugh had a message for one of his callers: Stop watching Fox News.  —  “Tony from Tampa” called into Limbaugh's radio show on Monday to complain about the lack of outrage from the right over President Barack Obama's policies …
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
IRS supporters 0-for-3 on putting scandal to rest  —  Since it was revealed in May that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly targeted the tax-exempt nonprofit status of conservative groups between 2010 and 2012, defenders of the beleaguered agency have offered three broad attempts …
Coleen Rowley / New York Times:
Questions for the F.B.I. Nominee  —  APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — WHEN President Obama nominated James B. Comey to lead the F.B.I., he lauded Mr. Comey as someone who understands the challenge of “striking a balance” between security and privacy, and had been “prepared to give up a job he loved rather …
Discussion: emptywheel and Prairie Weather
Political Smokeout:
Larry Rhoden: ‘I am in’ for U.S. Senate  —  A state legislative leader is about to challenge Mike Rounds for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination.  —  Larry Rhoden, a Republican state senator and former majority leader of the state House of Representatives, said he's planning to run …
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Fix
Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File  —  A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday ordered the government to promptly start releasing thousands of pages of Secret Service documents about the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz, following months of roadblocks and delays.
 
 
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Amanda McCorquodale / The Huffington Post:
Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State Through Internet Cafe Ban: Lawsuit
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Officer cleared of threatening Michelle Obama
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Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Oregon Senate rejects universal voter registration proposal
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
GOP compares Schweitzer to Akin in Mont. Senate fight
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Guardian:
Egypt braced for more killings after ‘massacre’
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
In Reversal, Florida Judge Okays Testimony About Trayvon Martin's Marijuana Usage
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Steve Vogel / Federal Eye:
DoD civilian furloughs set to begin Monday
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Buchanan: Immigration Reform Will Cause US to Break Up Like Soviet Union
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Woman Who Hid Gun In Vagina Gets 25 Years
Financial Times:
White House set for Wall Street clash over trade talks
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Fred Burton / Vanity Fair:
40 Minutes In Benghazi  —  When U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens …
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