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10:25 AM ET, July 9, 2013

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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
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Sex and the Sorriest Pols
Discussion: msnbc.com
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 …
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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 …
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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:
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” …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Santorum to jump into Texas abortion ban battle  —  (CNN) - Rick Santorum's heading to Texas to put his support behind a controversial bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.  —  According to a press release obtained by CNN that will be sent later Tuesday …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Eric Cantor plans anti-IRS push  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Tuesday will tell House Republicans that he plans floor votes before the August recess on a slew of bills in response to the IRS controversies.  —  The most intriguing: a bill to allow Americans …
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Cantor Scolds Committee Chairmen
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Amanda McCorquodale / The Huffington Post:
Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State Through Internet Cafe Ban: Lawsuit  —  When Florida lawmakers recently voted to ban all Internet cafes, they worded the bill so poorly that they effectively outlawed every computer in the state, according to a recent lawsuit.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Gizmodo
Weekly Standard:
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
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.
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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” …
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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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.
David Dykes / The State:
SC Gov. Nikki Haley says she was abused as a child  —  GREENVILLE, SC — SC Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday said she was physically abused as a girl by a child-care provider, offering a rare, personal disclosure that she said was meant to underscore the challenge any community faces in protecting its children.
Discussion: Politico
Kathy Gill / The Moderate Voice:
What The Texas GOP Hopes No One Will Say Out Loud: Proposed Bills Weaken Inspections and Requirements Currently Kick In At 16-weeks  —  Austin has become center stage for the religious conservative effort to reverse Roe v Wade.  Many Texans, like Rep. Greg Bonnen (R), insist that they support …
Discussion: Shakesville, Yahoo! News and Reuters
Marti Maguire / Reuters:
North Carolina protest against abortion bill ends with 64 arrests  —  (Reuters) - North Carolina's “Moral Monday” protesters, now in their tenth week, objected to a bill that could limit abortion access - the latest move to counter a conservative shift by the state's first Republican-led government in more than a century.
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Rebel Yell  —  A close aide to Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) who co-wrote the senator's 2011 book spent years working as a pro-secessionist radio pundit and neo-Confederate activist, raising questions about whether Paul will be able to transcend the same fringe-figure associations that dogged his father's political career.
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
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
In Reversal, Florida Judge Okays Testimony About Trayvon Martin's Marijuana Usage  —  Jurors in the George Zimmerman murder trial will be able to hear defense testimony that Trayvon Martin had small amounts of marijuana in his system at the time he was shot to death in February 2012.
Gov. Terry Branstad / Des Moines Register:
Branstad campaign hires staffers for 2014 election  —  Gov. Terry Branstad's campaign committee on Monday announced it has hired four campaign staffers to strategize for his re-election in 2014.  —  “Over the coming weeks and months,” Branstad said in a mass email to supporters from his campaign account …
 
 
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Guardian:
Whole-life jail terms without review breach human rights - European court
Discussion: The Week and Hot Air
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Breaking Bad: Matt Ridley Exits Wall Street Journal Column As A Climate Science Denier Of the Third Kind
Political Smokeout:
Larry Rhoden: ‘I am in’ for U.S. Senate
Discussion: Ballot Box and The Fix
Coleen Rowley / New York Times:
Questions for the F.B.I. Nominee
Discussion: emptywheel and Prairie Weather
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Officer cleared of threatening Michelle Obama
Discussion: The Hill
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
IRS supporters 0-for-3 on putting scandal to rest
Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File
Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Oregon Senate rejects universal voter registration proposal
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
GOP compares Schweitzer to Akin in Mont. Senate fight
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Spiegel Online:
The NSA and Its Willing Helpers
Guardian:
Egypt braced for more killings after ‘massacre’
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