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6:20 PM ET, August 19, 2013

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Dallas Morning News:
Canada-born Ted Cruz became a citizen of that country as well as U.S.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz's birth certificate shows he was born in Canada in 1970.  It was released exclusively to The Dallas Morning News.
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the Same  —  Can a master debater who wore a paisley bathrobe to creepily stroll by the women's wing of the dorm be the next president?  Patricia Murphy talks to Ted Cruz's college roommates about his stint at Princeton.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Releases Birth Certificate
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
New Obamacare Enrollment Campaign Unveiled By Kathleen Sebelius  —  WASHINGTON — With precious time remaining before the health care exchanges established by the president's health care law are up and running, the Obama administration is rolling out new initiatives to encourage enrollment.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Business groups aren't too happy about Tea Party mania they helped unleash
Wall Street Journal:
Confident Biden Team Sows Seeds For 2016  —  Backers Consider Steps for White House—Even If Hillary Clinton Enters Race  —  Political allies of Vice President Joe Biden have concluded that he can win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination—even if Hillary Clinton enters the contest …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
RNC: CNN Films hiring Courtney Sexton ‘puts the p in puff piece’  —  CNN Films' decision to hire senior director Courtney Sexton — whose previous films include Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Jimmy Carter Man from Plains” — is further evidence that the production company's forthcoming …
Bill Keller / New York Times:
War on the Core  —  I respect, really I do, the efforts by political scientists and pundits to make sense of the current Republican Party.  There is intellectual virtue in the search for historical antecedents and philosophical underpinnings.  —  I understand the urge to take what looks …
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Paul Krugman:
Stupid Is A Strategy  —  Bill Keller has a strong, stinging column about Republican attacks on the entirely praiseworthy, up to now bipartisan effort to create a Common Core curriculum.  But I think we need to say more than this: … First of all, right-wing leaders don't strike me as being at all stupid …
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
John Fund / National Review:
Time for Answers from the NSA  —  It's time to ask tough questions about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities — even for conservatives who have given the NSA the benefit of every doubt up until now.  —  The Washington Post opened a can of worms last Friday when it reported that …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Hot Air, Techdirt and Right Turn
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Jim Sensenbrenner / Los Angeles Times:
How Obama has abused the Patriot Act
Discussion: National Review
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
The NSA Can't Be Trusted  —  On August 9, President Obama gave …
Discussion: Daily Kos and National Review
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House: U.S. had no role in detention of Greenwald's partner  —  The United States was not involved in the detention of David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, but was told it was likely that the Brazilian citizen would be stopped at London's Heathrow Airport, the White House said Monday.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Public Backs Cutoff of Military Aid to Egypt  —  50% Say Obama's Reponse to Violence Is ‘Not Tough Enough’  —  OVERVIEW  —  With violence continuing to rage in Egypt, 51% of Americans say it is better for the United States to cut off military aid to Egypt to put pressure on the government.
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TIME:
Viewpoint: Egypt No Longer Matters
Molly Ball / Associated Press:
America's Libertarian Moment  —  A longtime libertarian policy wonk talks about whether the philosophy can save the GOP — and why he still doesn't think Rand Paul can win the presidency.  —  Libertarianism is on the march.  From the rapid rise to prominence of first-term Senator Rand Paul …
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Politico:
Fed fight: Will Rand make a stand?
Discussion: AEIdeas
Hunter Schwarz / BuzzFeed:
Map: What Religion Does Your Member Of Congress Identify With?  —  A breakdown of Congress' religious makeup.  One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.  —  BuzzFeed has mapped out the religions of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives by their districts …
Discussion: Post Politics and msnbc.com
Michael Tanner / New York Post:
When welfare pays better than work  —  Here's an offer for you: $38,004 per year, tax free.No work required.Apply at your local welfare office.  —  The federal government funds 126 separate programs targeted towards low-income people, 72 of which provide either cash or in-kind benefits to individuals.
Discussion: Moonbattery
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Analyst: Most Arabs Supported Bin Laden's Efforts To Kill Americans  —  On Monday, during a panel discussion about the launch of Al Jazeera America, a Fox News political analyst explained the channel's popularity in the Arab world by claiming that most Arabs sympathize with Osama bin Laden's efforts to kill Americans.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
In classified cyberwar against Iran, trail of Stuxnet leak leads to White House  —  The Obama administration provided a New York Times reporter exclusive access to a range of high-level national security officials for a book that divulged highly classified information on a U.S. cyberwar …
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
What kind of city is the Mayor leaving to his successor?  —  Michael Bloomberg, whose third and final term as mayor of New York expires at midnight on December 31st, keeps a digital clock running in reverse in his City Hall office, counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds left in his term.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Ideology Behind Michael Grunwald's Repugnant Assange Tweet  —  The Time correspondent wrote, “I can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange.”  —  On Saturday, Michael Grunwald, a senior correspondent at Time, stoked controversy by tweeting …
Mitch Blacher / KGTV-TV:
Sources: Mayor Bob Filner's attorneys in mediation that includes possible resignation  —  Two sources reveal meeting to Team 10  —  SAN DIEGO - Two inside, anonymous sources told Team 10 Mayor Bob Filner's attorneys were in a mediation session Monday morning with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and LA-based attorney Gloria Allred.
Aaron Kase / Salon:
“Indescribably insane”: A public school system from hell  —  Pennsylvania's right-wing governor drains public schools of basic funds — and the sickening details will shock you  —  Want to see a public school system in its death throes?  Look no further than Philadelphia.
Discussion: Eschaton
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Trayvon Martin Shooting Reenacted In New Ad Calling For End To Stand Your Ground Laws  —  WASHINGTON — The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has released a chilling new online ad reenacting the night Travyon Martin was killed, in an effort to stop the controversial Stand Your Ground laws nationwide.
Discussion: The Week
Uwe Reinhardt / The Health Care Blog:
Talmudic-Like Studies of Republican Health Reform Ideas  —  After doing Talmudic-like studies of the doctrines on health reform promulgated by Republican health-policy makers and the conservative economists who inspired them during the past two decades, I am devastated to discover that all of those studies have been for naught.
Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO Gary Knell Announces He's Leaving … After fewer than 21 months on the job, NPR CEO Gary Knell announced at mid-day Monday that he's leaving the organization to become president and CEO at the National Geographic Society.  —  In a message to a surprised staff, Knell said he was …
 
 
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Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA critic to NSA: Hey, want to share?
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems have an ace in the hole in coming battle
Daily Mail:
Islamist mob parades nuns in Cairo as prisoners of war after six hours looting church school …
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Graham urges killing of American-born al Qaeda spokesman
Discussion: Reuters, Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Egypt Independent:
Minya churches cancel second mass for first time in 1,600 years
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
T.J. Rodgers / Wall Street Journal:
T.J. Rodgers: Targeting the Wealthy Kills Jobs
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC Moves Ed Schultz Back to Weeknights (Exclusive)
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Sixty years later, CIA admits role in Iran coup
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Caroline Kennedy discloses financial information for ambassadorship
Discussion: ABC News and Taegan Goddard's …
Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
No, Conspiracy Theorists, Princess Diana Was Not Murdered
Sara Schaefer Muñoz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Rice Farmers Cash In On Venezuelan Socialism