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11:05 PM ET, August 8, 2013

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Robert Wenzel / EconomicPolicyJournal.com:
Jesse Benton on Mitch McConnell: “I'm sorta holding my nose for 2 years”  —  What does Mitch McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton really think about working for the Mitch McConnell re-election campaign?  —  EconomicPolicyJournal.com has obtained a recording of a phone conversation between Dennis Fusaro …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell Campaign Manager: 'I'm Sorta Holding My Nose For Two Years' (AUDIO)  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) campaign manager said he's begrudgingly working in his current capacity to help the presidential prospects of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), according to an explosive phone recording that surfaced Thursday.
CNN:
Secret telephone recording roils McConnell campaign
Julia Ioffe / New Republic:
Dear Lawrence O'Donnell, Don't Mansplain to Me About Russia  —  Tonight, I went on Lawrence O'Donnell's show, and Lawrence O'Donnell yelled at me.  Or, rather, he O'Reilly'd at me.  That O'Donnell interrupted and harangued and mansplained and was generally an angry grandpa at me is not what I take issue with, however.
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ABC News:
Obama Announces Friday News Conference  —  President Barack Obama says he'll hold a news conference at the White House on Friday.  —  Obama will answer reporters' questions in the midst of a terror alert that led the government to close nearly two dozen embassies and consulates in the Middle East and North Africa.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
GOP senators want Obama to take further steps against Russia
Discussion: The Week, The Hill and Hullabaloo
Erica Seifert / The National Memo:
Why Seniors Are Turning Against The GOP  —  There's something going on with seniors: It is now strikingly clear that they have turned sharply against the GOP.  This is apparent in seniors' party affiliation and vote intention, in their views on the Republican Party and its leaders …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Seniors Aren't Very Happy With the Republican Party These Days
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes on Megyn Kelly Report: ‘All of Our Stars Will be Back’  —  Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is being interviewed by Neil Cavuto at this hour in California at a 21st Century Fox investors conference.  —  The first question Cavuto asked was about the rumor …
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Drudge Report:
FOXNEWS SCHEDULE SHAKEUP: MEGYN IN AT 9 PM  —  FOXNEWS is set to make its first primetime schedule change in 10 years, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.  —  Superstar newswoman Megyn Kelly has landed the 9 PM slot, top sources reveal.  —  The shock announcement is set for later this month.
Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
Winfrey, Bradlee, Clinton to Receive Medal of Freedom  —  WASHINGTON—The White House announced that President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to 16 recipients including television star and businesswoman Oprah Winfrey, legendary Washington …
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Obama to honor Bill Clinton, Oprah with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Discussion: Politico and CNN
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Ben Bradlee to receive Medal of Freedom
David Plotz / Slate:
Why Slate will no longer refer to Washington's NFL team as the Redskins. … - - Tweet - - … Click here to load comments.  — Flight Delays Don't Have to Ruin Your Trip.  Here's How to Game the System.  - Why Do People Love Correcting Other People's Grammar?
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down  —  Remember when word circulated that Edward Snowden was using Lavabit, an email service that purports to provide better privacy and security for users than popular web-based free services like Gmail?
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Why I changed my mind on weed  —  (CNN) — Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called “Weed.”  The title “Weed” may sound cavalier, but the content is not.  —  I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients.
Foster Kamer / Complex:
Sydney Leathers: The Best, Only, and Last Interview With Her You Should Ever Read  —  Long story short: Sydney Leathers is a 23-year-old who happened to exchange some texts with a guy, except those texts were sexts, and the guy is now running for the mayor of New York City, one Anthony Weiner.
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and CNN
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans' e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials.
Anil Dash:
Shushers: Wrong about movies.  Wrong about the world.  —  [Update: Some a**hole wrote a response to this piece, about “Respecting Cinema in the Digital Age”.]  —  There's been a delightful debate the last few days about how to accommodate the increasing number of people who want the experience …
Discussion: Gawker and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Terrorist blames murderous NY plot at Federal Reserve Building on childhood stammer and unfaithful girlfriend  —  A Bangladeshi man who schemed to detonate a 9,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Building in lower Manhattan last year blamed his murderous plot on a childhood stammer and an unfaithful girlfriend, court documents state.
Dalia Sussman / New York Times:
Quinn Leads Democratic Candidates for Mayor, Poll Finds  —  Christine C. Quinn is leading the crowded field in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor, lifted by support among Manhattanites and higher-income voters, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll finds.
Discussion: CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
We Are All Going to Pension Hell  —  One of the most startling moments of the Detroit bankruptcy was when a judge stepped in to stay the bankruptcy at the behest of the city's public sector unions...and then said that she was going to tell the president about this.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Radley Balko / The Huffington Post:
One In 25 Americans Was Arrested In 2011  —  We've heard a lot of talk lately about mass incarceration, the stop-and-frisk policies in New York, reforming the drug laws, and mandatory minimum sentencing.  There's also been discussion about over-criminalization — that we have too many laws …
MiamiHerald.com:
Friends who witnessed Tasering of Beach teen offer disturbing details  —  At just 17, Israel Hernández-Llach was already an award-winning artist, on the threshold of acclaim in Miami Beach art circles.  He was a sculptor, painter, writer and photographer whose craft was inspired …
Discussion: Guardian and Crooks and Liars
Lindsay Dunsmuir / Reuters:
Many Americans have no friends of another race: poll  —  (Reuters) - About 40 percent of white Americans and about 25 percent of non-white Americans are surrounded exclusively by friends of their own race, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll.  —  The figures highlight how segregated …
CNN:
U.S. reports a breakthrough in malaria vaccine  —  (CNN) — U.S. researchers reported a breakthrough Thursday in the search for a vaccine for malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that sickens millions worldwide.  —  More than three dozen volunteers received multiple, intravenous doses …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
THE SNOWDEN EFFECT, CONT'D  —  OK, so last night, I was sitting down with a cool one, and watching the NBC Nightly News, and Lester Holt was chatting over the events of the day, specifically the president's decision not to meet with Vladimir Putin.  And, when the name of Edward Snowden came up, this is how Holt described him:
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Exclusive: Gen. Wesley Clark, 68, dating 30-year-old fashion entrepreneur Shauna Mei  —  Retired 68-year-old US Army general and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley K. Clark has won yet another esteemed decoration — he is dating 30-year-old Shauna Mei, the founder of online retailer AHAlife.com.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare ‘death panel’ faces growing opposition from Dems  —  ObamaCare's cost-cutting board — memorably called a “death panel” by Sarah Palin — is facing growing opposition from Democrats who say it will harm people on Medicare.  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean drew attention …
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
IRS agent: Tax agency is still targeting Tea Party groups
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
ThinkProgress:
How A Powerful Group Of Corporations Quietly Tried To Roll Back Clean Energy Standards, And Failed Miserably
Discussion: Wonkblog and Daily Kos
CNN:
Police to public: Help us
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and AL.com
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The one who would reinvent Detroit  —  This city is the broken tooth in Michigan's smile.
Fox News:
Judge in Fort Hood military trial says Nidal Hasan can remain his own lawyer
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Pro-Hillary Clinton Efforts Whir to Life with Iowa Campaigning
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Acer to Expand Android, Chromebook Offerings
Discussion: GeekWire, Digits, TechCrunch and GigaOM
Bloomberg:
Why Is U.S. Economic Mobility Worse in the South?
Paul Krugman:
What Janet Yellen — And Everyone Else — Got Wrong
Discussion: Angry Bear
Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos, The Post's incoming owner, known for a demanding management style at Amazon
Discussion: Wonkblog, New Republic, Althouse and GigaOM
Mariah Blake / Mother Jones:
George Zimmerman's Biggest Defender: A Racist With a Criminal Past
Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette and Gawker
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Picking A Losing Battle To Win the War