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12:05 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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Sean Sullivan / Post Politics:
Ted Cruz releases birth certificate
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ted Cruz releases birth certificate
Discussion: Wonkette
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Chicago Tribune:
How President Obama is flouting Obamacare  —  More reasons to delay and rewrite this ill-conceived law … Democrats strong-armed Obamacare into law three years ago.  Now they're busy flouting it.  —  The mandate that employers provide insurance next year or pay a penalty, as the law requires?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
One Reform, Indivisible  —  Recent political reporting suggests that Republican leaders are in a state of high anxiety, trapped between an angry base that still views Obamacare as the moral equivalent of slavery and the reality that health reform is the law of the land and is going to happen.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Salon
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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Wall Street Journal:
She makes a polarizing pitch that ignores trends in voter turnout.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   If Hillary is a lock, what's a Democrat to do? Campaign for veep
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Abbott thanks ‘retard Barbie’ tweet writer  —  Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Sunday drew a rebuke from a Democratic Governors Association representative after appearing to thank a supporter who called Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis “retard Barbie.”
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Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Greg Abbott causes on-line stir by thanking name-calling tweeter  —  UPDATE 6:59 pm: Abbott campaign spokesman Matt Hirsch said that Abbott writes all his own Twitter messages, but wanted to read back over the controversial one and respond himself.  He did on Twitter.  Here's his latest:
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   Texas AG Backtracks Thanks For Supporter Who Called Wendy Davis ‘Retard Barbie’
Angela Delli Santi / Associated Press:
NJ GOVERNOR TO SIGN BAN ON GAY CONVERSION THERAPY … TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy, along with California.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Blade
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Christie to give former rival in-person endorsement
Discussion: Ballot Box and New Jersey Online
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Cameron Proves Greenwald Right  —  Readers know I have been grappling for a while with the vexing question of the balance between the surveillance state and the threat of Jihadist terrorism.  When the NSA leaks burst onto the scene, I was skeptical of many of the large claims made by civil libertarians …
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New York Times:
Britain Detains the Partner of a Reporter Tied to Leaks
Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Bill Kristol: Sarah Palin Could Possibly ‘Rehabilitate’ Herself With 2014 Senate Win  —  During an exclusive to web interview with “This Week,” Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Sarah Palin — after having hastily stepped down as Alaska's governor in 2009 - might be able to rehabilitate …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Bill Kristol: Sarah Palin can fix political career with 2014 run
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Gideon Resnick / Politicker:
Susan Sarandon on the Mayor's Race: 'You Can't Just Vote Your Vagina'  —  Cynthia Nixon, Susan Sarandon and the entire de Blasio clan.  —  At first, actress Susan Sarandon expected to back Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her bid to become the city's first female mayor.
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Bambi Meets Godzilla In The Middle East  —  President Obama has had a rude awakening in the Middle East.  The region he thought existed was an illusion built on American progressive assumptions about the way the world works.  In the dream Middle East, democracy at least of a sort was just around the corner.
Discussion: Israpundit, Washington Post and Hot Air
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Bruce W. Jentleson / Politico:   In Middle East, Obama misplays hand
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Egyptian court orders that deposed president be released from prison  —  An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, who has been imprisoned since his ouster in 2011.  —  Mubarak's lawyer said the 85-year-old former strongman is expected to be freed …
Discussion: Pat Dollard
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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 …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Althouse
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Caroline Kennedy discloses financial information for ambassadorship  —  Five years after Caroline Kennedy refused to release financial information during her bid to take over Hillary Clinton's US Senate seat, newly filed documents reveal a personal fortune that could be as high as $500 million.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Michael Alison Chandler / Washington Post:
Head Start eliminated services to 57,000 children in U.S. as a result of sequester  —  Head Start programs across the country eliminated services for 57,000 children in the coming school year to balance budgets diminished by the federal sequester, cutting 1.3 million days from Head Start center calendars …
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: Right Turn
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Summer Months Unkind to Obama  —  Job approval rating has typically dropped during June, July, and August  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's job approval rating has shown a pattern of decline over the course of the summer months during his presidency.
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
 
 
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Sixty years later, CIA admits role in Iran coup
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Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE — GOP POLL: SEN. ALEXANDER TRAILS GENERIC ‘CONSERVATIVE’ BY 5 POINTS
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
No, Conspiracy Theorists, Princess Diana Was Not Murdered
Associated Press:
Marine Appeals NCAA Eligibility Ban
New York Times:
Pistorius Is Indicted on Murder Charge
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 Earlier Items: 
Manu Raju / Politico:
Lone Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor hangs on
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Q&A: Harry Reid talks health law, Snowden, re-election
Discussion: The Hill, Hit & Run and Weasel Zippers
Billy Kenber / Washington Post:
In Martha's Vineyard, Obama takes some R&R — and we all take a look
Sara Schaefer Muñoz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Rice Farmers Cash In On Venezuelan Socialism
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
What kind of city is the Mayor leaving to his successor?
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Regulation nation: Obama expands the regulatory state