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1:00 PM ET, August 9, 2013

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Andrew Rafferty / U.S. News:
Weiner mocks reporter, scolds staff as cameras roll at campaign event  —  “I just have a feeling I like stepped into a Monty Python bit,” Anthony Weiner said as a British journalist questioned him about his campaign to become New York City mayor.  He then offered to present an impromptu weather forecast.
Discussion: New York Post, BuzzFeed and msnbc.com
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Weiner mocks British reporter  —  Follow @politicalticker Follow @KilloughCNN  —  (CNN) - Stopping on the campaign trail for a sidewalk interview, a clearly agitated Anthony Weiner mocked a British reporter Thursday and laughed as she asked him questions.  —  “It's hard to take you seriously …
Erin Durkin / NY Daily News:   Anthony Weiner slips to lowest rating ever in poll of Democratic voters
Anthony Weiner / National Updates:
NYC's Anthony Weiner in Monty Python jibe at reporter
Joncallas / Silent Circle Blog:
To Our Customers  —  We designed our phone, video, and text services (Silent Phone and Silent Text) to be completely end-to-end secure with all cryptography done on the clients and our exposure to your data to be nil.  The reasons are obvious — the less of your information we have, the better it is for you and for us.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying  —  “We knew USG would come after us”.  That's why Silent Circle CEO Michael Janke tells TechCrunch his company shut down its Silent Mail encrypted email service.  It hadn't been told to provide data to the government …
Somini Sengupta / NYT Bits:
Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin Set To Host New MSNBC Primetime Show (UPDATED)  —  Mediaite has learned from a senior source in the cable news industry with knowledge of MSNBC's programming that actor Alec Baldwin is getting his own weekly show in MSNBC's primetime lineup.
Joshua Green / Businessweek:
Rand Paul on Republicans' Voter Appeal and the Federal Reserve  —  How seriously are you thinking about the White House?  —  At this point we're thinking about ways to grow the Republican Party and won't make any decision about whether that involves me running or not for about a year.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rand Paul Not So Good With Numbers
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Phony Fear Factor  —  We live in a golden age of economic debunkery; fallacious doctrines have been dropping like flies.  No, monetary expansion needn't cause hyperinflation.  No, budget deficits in a depressed economy don't cause soaring interest rates.  No, slashing spending doesn't create jobs.
Elise Labott / CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: U.S. pulls diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan, amid terror threat  —  Washington (CNN) — The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate, senior State Department and other senior U.S. officials told CNN.
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Tara Brady / Daily Mail:
‘Muslims peaked in the Dark Ages.  But since then?’:  Richard Dawkins embroiled in Twitter row over controversial comments  — The author of The God Delusion tweeted that the world's Muslims had won fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge  — His comments sparked anger among …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Jihad Watch
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa ethics board will investigate National Organization for Marriage  —  A national organization that opposes same-sex marriage may have violated state law by not disclosing its donors in its fight to oust Iowa Supreme Court justices, ethics officials said today.
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National Organization for Marriage Decries Gay Activist Witch Hunt in Iowa
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
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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Gallup:
Immigrant and U.S.-Born Hispanics Tilt Democratic
Discussion: Reuters and Ballot Box
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A how-to book about inciting a moral panic.  —  Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner has uncovered a fascinating document: an 80-page “talking points” monograph titled “Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging,” written by a trio of Democratic political operatives.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple's Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Barack Obama to talk surveillance  —  President Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Google computer scientist Vint Cerf and other tech executives and civil liberties leaders on Thursday for a closed-door meeting about government surveillance, sources tell POLITICO.
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
In McAuliffe's Former Car Company, Echoes of Romney and Bain  —  Remember the Democrats' withering attacks on Mitt Romney for his business dealings in China and holdings in the Caribbean?  The tables have turned.  Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe faces attacks from Republicans …
Discussion: Hot Air, ABC News and America Rising
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Scott Brown's Younger Brother Arrested Heavily Armed, Impersonating Police … Bruce Brown, the brother of former senator Scott Brown, is shown in this NECN.com video.  —  NECN.com  —  Bruce W. Brown, the younger brother of former Mass. Senator Scott Brown, was arrested last night heavily armed …
Michael Lotfi / Ben Swann Full Disclosure:
Christie Spends $4.7M In Sandy Relief Funds On Pseudo Campaign Ads Featuring Himself  —  Perhaps no man has fallen from the grace of the GOP faster than NJ Governor Chris Christie.  —  Tensions have been mounting between the Christie and the GOP.  At this year's CPAC Convention …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates  —  MOSCOW — A business owner in Russia has a better chance of ending up in the penal colony system once known as the gulag than a common burglar does.  —  More than 110,000 people are serving time for what Russia calls “economic crimes,” …
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo got $100,000 from developer, then signed law giving it big tax breaks  —  Twin $50,000 donations were made to Andrew Cuomo's campaign by two companies that have the same address as Extell Financial Services, which is part of Extell Development Co. — one of five developers …
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Oklahoma Congressman Comes Out As A Birther  —  AFTON, Oklahoma — Although Freshman Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) believes President Obama may secretly be a Kenyan who forged his birth certificate, he thinks it's too late to do anything about it.  —  During a town hall meeting …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Nudge Debate  —  This has been a great era for the study of error.  We know that people can be induced to buy more cans of soup if you put a “Limit: 12 per customer” sign on the display.  We know that if you ask people what movie they want to see next week, they're likely to mention a classy art film.
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Ezra Klein / Bloomberg:
How Dumb Is Immigration Debate?  This Dumb.  —  Everything you know about immigration, particularly unauthorized immigration, is wrong.  —  So says Princeton University's Doug Massey, anyway.  Massey is one of the nation's preeminent immigration scholars.
Discussion: AL.com
 
 
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Mark Zuckerberg immigration group defends Paul Ryan
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Gawker
FRANCE 24:
Drone delivers beer not bombs at S.Africa music festival
Discussion: Politico, CNN, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Condoleezza Rice: Russia slapped U.S. in the face
JSOnline:
DOT official likens illegal immigrants to Satan, then quickly fired
Evelyn Diaz / bet.com:
Matt Damon on Pres. Obama: “He Broke Up With Me”
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsBusters and Politico
Christian Post / global.christianpost.com:
Church Pastor's Niece, 10, Gunned Down Leaving Sunday School Class, Dozens Injured as Attacks …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Phony scandals? Not to voters
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Va. doctor who lent governor's firm $50,000 was offered medical board appointment
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
NSA cites case as success of phone data-collection program
Discussion: WorldViews and Samizdata
Kate Taylor / New York Times:
Among Blacks, Spitzer and Weiner Find a More Forgiving Crowd
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Rachel Olding / Sydney Morning Herald:
When Stephanie got her facts wrong: One Nation candidate makes gaffe after gaffe in TV interview
Discussion: WorldViews and UPROXX