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2:35 PM ET, July 9, 2013

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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.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Rand Paul's team has another white supremacist  —  A top staffer is exposed as a pro-secessionist radical, but it's not the first neo-Confederate on staff  —  Jack Hunter, who co-authored Rand Paul's 2011 book and now directs new media for the Kentucky senator, has a past alter ego as the …
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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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Sex and the Sorriest Pols
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Daily Beast
Politico:
Why sex-scarred pols keep coming back for more
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Spitzer chokes up in emotional interview
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
The AG who abused power now wants to control NYC's money.
Discussion: New York Times
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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
In meeting, Democrats say path to citizenship is a must
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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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Six Inconvenient Truths About Obamacare
Discussion: Wonkblog
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Cantor Scolds Committee Chairmen
Discussion: Goppers, The Fix, The Hill and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses  —  $170,000 of PCs, printers, keyboards, cameras, and mice destroyed in gross overreaction.  —  The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is an agency in the Department of Commerce that promotes economic development …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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” …
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.
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and National Review
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democrats Plan Challenge to G.O.P.'s Filibuster Use  —  WASHINGTON — In a move that could bring to a head six months of smoldering tensions over a Republican blockade of certain presidential nominees, Senate Democrats are preparing to force confirmation votes on a series of President Obama's …
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.
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 …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Spitzer Tries to Cry: ‘A Lot of Pain.  A Lot of Pain.’  —  On MSNBC this morning, Eliot Spitzer, who's trying to reemerge on the New York political scene, said that he's gone through “A lot of pain.  A lot of pain.”  He then tried to cry:  —  The MSNBC host asked, “So as personally …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Did Spitzer actually tear up?
Discussion: Yahoo! News, BuzzFeed and Jezebel
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rent-a-Paramilitaries Freak Out Wisconsin  —  Here's a fascinating little story.  There's been a battle royale up in Wisconsin over an effort to establish a big iron mining operation near Lake Superior, to be owned and operated by a company called Gogebic Taconite.
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 …
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Comey: Waterboarding is torture, illegal  —  President Obama's nominee to become the next director of the FBI on Tuesday said that he believes waterboarding is torture and illegal and that he had fought to block the practice while serving in the Bush administration.
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
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Russian's tweet on Snowden asylum OK quickly deleted  —  A Russian lawmaker caused a diplomatic stir Tuesday by briefly tweeting — then deleting — news that NSA leaker Edward Snowden had accepted Venezuela's offer of asylum.  —  Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dems pitch national park on the moon  —  Two House Democrats have proposed legislation that would establish a national historical park on the surface of the moon to mark where the Apollo missions landed between 1969 and 1972.  —  The bill from Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Secular Society  —  I might as well tell you upfront …
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The Hillary and Joe Show
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Lawsuit Aims to Overturn Pennsylvania's Ban on Gay Marriage
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Problem With the ‘Privacy Moderates’
Discussion: The Reaction and Hullabaloo
Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:
Rating Alison Lundergan Grimes' Chances in Kentucky
Discussion: The Plum Line and The PJ Tatler
Washington Post:
Questions for Snowden  —  In a June 2012 Guardian column …
Discussion: Politico, Poynter and Guardian
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Judge Blocks Wisconsin Abortion Law Requiring Doctors Have Admitting Privileges
Discussion: The Raw Story
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Officer cleared of threatening Michelle Obama
Discussion: The Hill