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8:20 PM ET, August 16, 2013

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Fox News:
Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches  —  The Egyptian defense minister has ordered the repair and reconstruction of all churches that suffered damage in the country's violent demonstrations since the Egyptian military removed President Mohamed Morsi from power last month.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs
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Telegraph:
Egypt's ‘day of rage’: Friday August 16 as it happened  —  Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to stage “Friday of anger” mass march, with the government warning it would not shy away from using violence again.  Follow live updates.  —  21.26 So that's it from The Telegraph's live team for today, Egypt's Day of Rage.
Reuters:
Dozens die in Egyptian bloodbath on Islamists' ‘Day of Rage’  —  (Reuters) - Islamist protests descended into a bloodbath across Egypt on Friday, with around 50 killed in Cairo alone on a “Day of Rage” called by followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi to denounce a crackdown by the army-backed government.
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:   Taliban demands end to Egypt violence
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama and family go bike-riding on Martha's Vineyard after Egypt briefing
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
The Truth About Egypt  —  Egypt looks dodgier than ever right now.
Discussion: Guardian
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
RNC's NBC, CNN boycott will extend to Telemundo, CNN Espanol  —  In a highly anticipated move, the Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Friday to deny NBC and CNN the rights to host or sponsor a Republican primary debate unless they cancel their respective Hillary Clinton film projects.
Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
RNC votes to exclude CNN, NBC from 2016 presidential primary debates
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The key part of the RNC resolution on NBC and CNN debates
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Politico
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
CORRECTED: GOP CHIEF: Mitt Romney's ‘Self-Deportation’ Quote Was ‘Horrific’  —  Correction, 12:26 p.m. ET: An original version of this story said that Reince Priebus referred to Mitt Romney's comments as “racist.”  He said it “hurts us.”  Business Insider regrets the error.
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President Bill Clinton / Clinton Foundation:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM BILL CLINTON  —  The Clinton Foundation was founded on the belief that we could help people in the United States and around the world solve problems and seize opportunities faster, better, and at lower cost.  The Foundation works with governments, businesses, NGOs …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, The Hill and Post Politics
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Political rent-seeking and her expected coronation.
Discussion: CNN, NewsBusters and Moonbattery
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Dad: Chris Christie pot decision ‘small victory’  —  Brian Wilson, the New Jersey father who confronted Gov. Chris Christie about the state's medical marijuana bill, wasn't impressed by Christie's conditional veto on Friday, calling it a “small victory,” but still “ludicrous.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker accuses Clinton of lying to lawmakers about Benghazi  —  Former secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted at lawmakers and deliberately lied to them in a private meeting about last year's deadly strike on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Friday.
Discussion: Pat Dollard
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Team Hillary assails ‘brazen deceit’ of latest GOP Benghazi claims
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege?  —  A new study finds that future entrepreneurs score high on measures of teenage delinquency.  They're also disproportionately white, highly educated, and male.  Here's why that might not be a coincidence.  —  One of the great privileges …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Patrick Gavin / Reuters:
Critics laud John Oliver's hosting tenure  —  When longtime “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart announced this spring that he would be taking a leave of absence from the show in order to pursue a film project, fans of the show wondered how the critically acclaimed program could survive without its leader as …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Legislator Posts Stream Of Racist Tweets  —  Arizona State Rep. Bob Thorpe recently tweeted his outrage that “blacks” beat up a white teenager without notice by the “liberal press,” endorsed the “crowd pleasing” antics of a Missouri State Fair clown who wore a Barack Obama mask …
Blake Neff / Hillicon Valley:
Feinstein: National Security Agency never ‘intentionally abused its authority’  —  The California Democrat said NSA privacy rules violations were not intentional and did not warrant indignation.  —  Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
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Marc Tracy / The New Republic:
New Snowden Docs Show We Don't Even Know What We Don't Know
Jerry Del Colliano / Inside Music Media:
Hannity Fires Cumulus  —  Sean Hannity gave Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey a taste of his own medicine.  —  He fired Cumulus.  —  Rejected an offer to extend his contract.  —  And, according to sources, said the company treats its employees “like dirt, s**t, sub-human”.  —  Wow!
Joe Picard / The Hill:
Right says grassroots support building for ObamaCare shutdown  —  House conservatives say grassroots support is building for their effort to risk a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare.  —  Conservatives who back the strategy said their spines have been stiffened by support at town hall meetings.
Discussion: The Plum Line and Daily Kos
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
4 questions with Ted Cruz on defunding Obamacare
Laura Koran / CNN:
Area 51 officially acknowledged, mapped in newly released documents  —  (CNN) — Area 51 has long been a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists and paranormal enthusiasts, but newly released CIA documents officially acknowledge the site and suggest that the area served a far less remarkable purpose than many had supposed.
Discussion: Hot Air and ImmigrationProf Blog
 
 
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Eric Stevick / Herald:
Paid signature gatherer accused of faking names
Discussion: Firedoglake
New York Times:
Philadelphia Borrows So Its Schools Open on Time
Victoria McGrane / Wall Street Journal:
Fed May Hedge End of Bond Buys
Discussion: Wonkblog and MoneyBeat
Michael Walsh / National Review:
The Two-Front War  —  It's clear by now that if conservatives …
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rep. Dave Camp won't run for Senate in 2014
Discussion: Politico and CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Axelrod: More ObamaCare changes likely on the way
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Defying Reagan, Obama Returns Solar Panels to the White House
Washington Post:
NSA report on privacy violations in the first quarter of 2012
New York Times:
No Banker Left Behind
Discussion: Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Moment of Truthiness  —  We all know how democracy is supposed to work.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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