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2:55 PM ET, August 9, 2013

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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  —  Let's see ... carry the five ... can I please have a calculator?  —  Josh Green asks Rand Paul about his rather extreme budget proposal, and Paul replies that it's necessary because the only alternative is Trillion-Dollar Deficits As Far As the Eye Can See:
Discussion: Washington Monthly and msnbc.com
Paul Krugman:
A Poll I'd Like To See  —  Jonathan Chait finds Rand Paul talking …
Discussion: Eschaton
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.
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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
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Lavabit's brave stand: email service shuts down  —  Edward Snowden: 'Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, and the rest of our internet titans must ask themselves why they aren't fighting for our interests the same way'  —  A Texas-based encrypted email service recently revealed …
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Joncallas / Silent Circle Blog:
To Our Customers  —  We designed our phone, video, and text services …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying
Somini Sengupta / NYT Bits:
Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
Discussion: Informed Comment, AL.com and The Switch
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Unveil New Plans for Surveillance Transparency
Discussion: TechCrunch
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:   TOP 10 QUESTIONS JOURNALISTS WON'T ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA AT PRESS CONFERENCE
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Majority calls implementation of ObamaCare ‘a joke’  —  Majorities of Americans think the new health care law is going to increase their medical costs and their taxes — and add to the federal deficit as well.  Those are some of the reasons why voters say — by a two-to-one margin …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Emma Dumain / Goppers:
Can GOP ‘Replace’ Obamacare? The RSC Has a Plan
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: Washington Monthly and AL.com
Guardian:
NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls  —  Exclusive: Spy agency has secret backdoor permission to search databases for individual Americans' communications  —  The National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases under …
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.
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 …
TIME:
The Bourne Hypocrisy: Matt Damon's Peculiar School Choice  —  The movie star's explanation for sending his four daughters to private school is disingenuous.  —  Oscar winner Matt Damon has earned millions successfully playing a super spy, tortured genius, rugby icon, and poker player.
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Evelyn Diaz / bet.com:
Matt Damon on Pres. Obama: “He Broke Up With Me”
NOM Blog:
National Organization for Marriage Decries Gay Activist Witch Hunt in Iowa  —  Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004)  —  “This is another attempt to shut down criticism of activist judges and politicians who wish to redefine marriage.”  — Brian Brown, NOM president —
Discussion: Advocate and Joe. My. God.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa ethics board will investigate National Organization for Marriage
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
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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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.
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: Goppers and ThinkProgress
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Reid raises race in discussing GOP opposition to Obama's agenda  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday said he hoped GOP opposition to President Obama was not based on his race.  —  Reid made the comments in response to a question during a radio interview.
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Boxer writes Filner, tells him it's time to go  —  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is urging San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to step down in light of allegations of sexual harassment from over a dozen women, including several female military veterans who claim they were victims of sexual assault during their service.
Discussion: CNN
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: ABC News, Hot Air and America Rising
Marijke Rowland / ModBee.com:
Denham talks about the House, immigration in Modesto  —  Frustration, questions and a glimmer of hope were evident in a meeting on immigration reform with U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham on Thursday afternoon at the Modesto Chamber of Commerce.  —  The Republican lawmaker from Turlock met …
 
 
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Justin Palmer / Reuters:
IOC calls on Russia to explain its anti-gay law
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Joe. My. God.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Carney affirms Obama opposes Russia anti-gay law
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Seniors Leaving The GOP And It's About Time
Michael Lotfi / Ben Swann Full Disclosure:
Christie Spends $4.7M In Sandy Relief Funds On Pseudo Campaign Ads Featuring Himself
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 Earlier Items: 
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Nudge Debate  —  This has been a great era for the study of error.
Discussion: The Spectacle Blog
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Condoleezza Rice: Russia slapped U.S. in the face
Christian Post / global.christianpost.com:
Church Pastor's Niece, 10, Gunned Down Leaving Sunday School Class, Dozens Injured as Attacks …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Stimulus Plan: Open the Gulag Gates
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A how-to book about inciting a moral panic.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
NSA cites case as success of phone data-collection program
Discussion: Firedoglake, WorldViews and Samizdata
Gallup:
Immigrant and U.S.-Born Hispanics Tilt Democratic
Discussion: Reuters and Ballot Box