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2:45 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  —  In an effort to repudiate suggestions that he is ineligible to be president of the United States, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released his birth certificate Sunday to The Dallas Morning News.  —  The birth certificate confirmed that the Texas Republican was born Dec. 22, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Ted Cruz releases birth certificate
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ted Cruz releases birth certificate
Discussion: Wonkette
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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.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
One Reform, Indivisible  —  Recent political reporting suggests …
Jim Sensenbrenner / Los Angeles Times:
How Obama has abused the Patriot Act  —  The White House's justification for collecting Americans' phone data doesn't stand up to the light of day.  —  The Obama administration has legally justified the National Security Agency's collection of phone data from every American by citing …
Discussion: National Review
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John Fund / National Review:
Time for Answers from the NSA  —  It's time to ask tough questions …
Discussion: Hot Air and Right Turn
USA Today:
Revelations hint at NSA ducking oversight: Our view
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
The NSA Can't Be Trusted  —  On August 9, President Obama gave …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
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.
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
‘Stop and frisk’ is not racial profiling
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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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Texas AG Backtracks Thanks For Supporter Who Called Wendy Davis ‘Retard Barbie’
Discussion: Shakesville
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 …
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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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.
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Al Jazeera America launches without significant advertiser base  —  When Al Jazeera America hits the air tomorrow, it will come with a big budget, a global network of 1,000 journalists and a mission to compete with entrenched rivals like CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.  —  What it won't have?  Advertisers.
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Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Muslim Brotherhood must be removed like Nazis, Egypt's ambassador to Britain says  —  Exclusive: Egypt's ambassador to Britain has said the military-led offensive on the opposition set out to be no different from the British response to the 2011 London riots, but turned bloody …
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Christie signs bill that bans gay conversion therapy  —  Update 12:48 p.m.: Christie has now signed the legislation.  Original post follows.  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday will announce that he plans to sign a bill that will ban the practice of trying to convert gay children …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
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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 …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Seven Reasons You Will Click on This Article about 2016  —  When you see an article about the 2016 presidential race, your first reaction is probably, “Oh c'mon. It's three years away!  Do we have to start talking about this already?”  The first votes in Iowa and New Hampshire won't be cast …
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 …
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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Jake Sherman / Reuters:
California GOP clings to immigration reform
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
NRSC poll: Landrieu 45, Cassidy 41
Aaron Kase / Salon:
“Indescribably insane”: A public school system from hell
Discussion: Eschaton
Karen Pierog / Reuters:
Illinois expands background checks to all gun purchases
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Manufacturers Gain Ground
Discussion: Via Meadia, AEIdeas and VodkaPundit
Michael Tanner / New York Post:
When welfare pays better than work
Discussion: Moonbattery
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Sixty years later, CIA admits role in Iran coup
Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN and Business Insider
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Head Start eliminated services to 57,000 children in U.S. as a result of sequester
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Bambi Meets Godzilla In The Middle East
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
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