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2:20 PM ET, August 18, 2013

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Rand Paul: 'I don't think shutting down the government is a good idea'  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Republicans should “stand up and fight” against ObamaCare, but warned that forcing a government shutdown over funding for the law is the wrong strategy.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Peter King: Rand Paul ‘a grab bag of misinformation and distortion’ on NSA  —  In an appearance earlier on “Fox News Sunday,” Paul accused the spy agency of “looking at billions of phone calls every day” and said the constitutionality of the programs should evaluated by the Supreme Court.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Peter King: Rand Paul lying about NSA surveillance  —  In the latest round between Sen. Rand Paul and Republican hawks, Rep. Peter King is accusing the Kentucky Republican of providing a “grab bag of misinformation and distortion” about the NSA's surveillance programs.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Kelly: ‘No question’ people will die if stop-and-frisk ends  —  New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says there's “no question” more people would die if the city's next mayor ends the controversial stop-and-frisk policy, which a federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional.
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Ray Kelly: ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Ruling Risks Reversing Downward Trend of Violent Crime in NYC  —  During an interview for “This Week,” New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned that the ruling by a federal judge declaring the way his department carries out its “stop-and-frisk” …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Associated Press:
Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches  —  CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like “prisoners of war” before a Muslim woman offered them refuge.  Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.
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The Huffington Post:
Time Magazine Reporter's Shocking Julian Assange Tweet  —  A TIME magazine reporter caused ire on Twitter Saturday night when he said that he “can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out” Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.  —  Michael Grunwald's tweet, since deleted, was quickly met with outrage and bewilderment.
Brenda Howard / Washington Post:
I left my job over a computer-desktop hoodie  —  A year and a half ago, a news story exploded out of Sanford, Fla. George Zimmerman, an armed, 28-year-old man of mixed white and Hispanic ancestry, followed and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African American.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Past's Future Republican  —  LET Rand Paul have his epic filibuster and Ted Cruz his scowling threats to shut down the government.  Let Chris Christie thunder to a second term as the governor of New Jersey, his hubris flowering as his ultimate designs on the White House take shape.
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
McCain charges U.S. lost ‘credibility’ on Egypt  —  The United States has “no credibility” in the Middle East due to the Obama administration's inaction in Egypt, Sen. John McCain said Sunday.  —  The administration previously threatened to cut off aid if there was a coup in Egypt …
Discussion: CNN
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
McCain: US has ‘no credibility’ on Egypt
Discussion: Politico
David Nather / Politico:
Obamacare's hurdles higher than Medicare's  —  President Barack Obama says he's not worried that all the Obamacare fights will kill the law — because people fought the creation of Medicare and Social Security too, and now they're more popular than ever.  —  Democrats have always wanted …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:   The Dems Rally Their Legions of Haters for 2014
Andrew Kaczynski:
Young Girl Tells Republican Congressman Her Father Is An Undocumented Immigrant  —  “We have laws, and we need to follow those laws and ya know, that's where we're at.”  —  youtube.com  —  A young girl told Tennessee Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais at a town hall last week that her father was an undocumented immigrant.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The Washington / Washington Times:
The bully in the U.S. Senate  —  Dick Durbin's still on a pout over the Florida verdict  —  Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois thinks the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups hasn't gone far enough, and he wants to help.  He's doing some bullying of his own.
Discussion: Power Line
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Money, Money, Money, Money, MONEY!  —  WASHINGTON — CLINTON nostalgia is being replaced by Clinton neuralgia.  —  Why is it that America's roil family always seems better in abstract than in concrete?  The closer it gets to running the world once more, the more you are reminded of all the things that bugged you the last time around.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Navy Changes How Alcohol Is Sold On-Base
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
GOP Rep. says Obama has founding fathers ‘turning over in their graves’
Mike Konczal / Wonkblog:
Conservatives don't get that some problems are public, and it's hurting them
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New York Times:
The Cash Committee  —  The House Financial Services Committee …
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Talking Points Memo:
Senate Conservatives Fund To Make McConnell ‘Feel The Heat’ In KY Campaign
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Eye In The Sky Catches Unholy Thieves
Staci Zaretsky / Above the Law:
Much-Maligned Law School Conducts Faculty And Staff Layoffs
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Attorneys general raise privacy concerns over ObamaCare navigators
Washington Post:
Our Correspondents on Twitter  —  Security forces clear #Cairo mosque …
Discussion: Daily Kos