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7:10 AM ET, August 18, 2013

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Washington Post:
Our Correspondents on Twitter  —  Security forces clear #Cairo mosque after standoff with anti-government protesters http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ middle_east/standoff-in-egypt-between- anti-government-protesters-and-the- military/2013/08/17/32502f3c-0730-11e3- 9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html via @washingtonpost #Egypt
Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: EGYPT SENDING DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO RUSSIA  —  As the situation in Egypt escalates, a source with very close ties to the Egyptian government tells Breitbart News that the country is preparing to send a diplomatic mission to Russia.  While the Obama Administration sends conflicting messages …
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Nickarama / Weasel Zippers:
In The Absence Of American Response, The Egyptian Government May Be Turning To Russia For Help  —  As the situation in Egypt escalates, a source with very close ties to the Egyptian government tells Breitbart News that the country is preparing to send a diplomatic mission to Russia.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Pat Dollard
Naomi Schaefer Riley / Wall Street Journal:
Russell Moore: From Moral Majority to ‘Prophetic Minority’  —  The new leader of the Southern Baptist political arm says Christians have lost the culture and need to act accordingly.  —  'The Bible Belt is collapsing," says Russell Moore.  Oddly, the incoming president …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Power Line
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Dems Rally Their Legions of Haters for 2014  —  This email arrived yesterday from MoveOn, whose communications are generally indistinguishable from those of the Democratic Party.  The subject line was “New York Times stunner.” … This plea requires a certain chutzpah …
CBS Miami:
Eye In The Sky Catches Unholy Thieves  —  LAUDERDALE LAKES (CBSMiami) - Authorities are on the look-out, and asking the public for help, in finding two suspects who robbed a couple of priests at a church in Lauderdale Lakes.  —  Father Lesly Jean, according to Broward Sheriff's Office …
The White House:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Working to Implement the Affordable Care Act  —  WASHINGTON, DC— In this week's address, President Obama said we are on the way to fully implementing the Affordable Care Act and helping millions of Americans.  Unfortunately, a group of Republicans in Congress are working …
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CNN:
Obama says Republicans want to ‘confuse people’
Talking Points Memo:
Senate Conservatives Fund To Make McConnell ‘Feel The Heat’ In KY Campaign  —  It's certainly not getting any easier for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).  —  The Senate Minority Leader is on defense on multiple fronts as he seeks re-election in 2014: a well-funded primary challenger in Matt Bevin …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Attorneys general raise privacy concerns over ObamaCare navigators  —  Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi argued late Friday that new hires under ObamaCare could threaten the private information of people trying to get health insurance.  —  “Because of time constraints, HHS [is] …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and The PJ Tatler
New York Post:
Vote Stringer & give ‘Client 9’ the hook  —  Officially, the candidate has been hitting the city's churches on Sundays asking for a shot at redemption.  But anyone who watches a Spitzer campaign ad gets his real message: I'm tired of pretending like I'm not special.  I have tiger blood running in my veins.
Tom Harper / The Independent:
Exclusive: Met investigating Rupert Murdoch firm News International as ‘corporate suspect’ over hacking and bribing offences  —  New twist in hacking scandal threatens global media empire as senior figures were questioned by officers at Scotland Yard  —  Scotland Yard is investigating News International …
 
 
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service
Discussion: Vox Popoli, Instapundit and Boing Boing
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods
Discussion: The Raw Story
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney aide calls RNC vote to block CNN, NBC from debates ‘bad optics’
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A professional clown is a serious clown.
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
 Earlier Items: 
Charles A. Kupchan / New York Times:
Democracy in Egypt Can Wait
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Suspends the Law. What Would Lincoln Say?
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Brown Cheered in Second Act, at Least So Far
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Idiot Big Brother
Discussion: americanthinker.com
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI prepares to withdraw its Telegraph bid as early as next week, triggering an auction expected to draw bids from Rupert Murdoch and others

 
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