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11:55 AM ET, August 20, 2013

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz: Okay, I'll Renounce My Canadian Citizenship!  —  This is getting to be more fun than I thought it would be.  Ted Cruz is a natural born American citizen blah blah blah.  But because he was born in Canada he's actually a Canadian citizen too.  He's a dual citizen.
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Washington Post:
Cruz will renounce Canadian citizenship
CNN:
Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship in statement
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Dual citizenship may pose problem if Ted Cruz seeks presidency
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Senator: Obama Administration Secretly Suspended Military Aid to Egypt  —  The White House has quietly placed military aid to Egypt on hold, despite not saying publicly whether the Egyptian military takeover was a coup, Josh Rogin reports exclusively.  —  The U.S. government has decided privately …
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
A Policy on Egypt—Support Al Sisi
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Promises to Aid Egypt's Regime
Discussion: Gawker and NPR
Washington Post:
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches  —  If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone?  Courts have been split on the question.  Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue …
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Mike Dennison / Missoulian:
Scalia to Federalist Society: Court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities’  —  BOZEMAN - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a Montana audience Monday that American courts too often decide what rights we “ought to have,” when that decision instead should lie with the people, through their elected officials.
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Scalia: High court shouldn't ‘invent new minorities that get special protections’
Discussion: Good As You
Alan Rusbridger / Guardian:
David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face  —  As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge - and the Guardian offices - have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growing  —  In a private viewing cinema in Soho last week I caught myself letting fly …
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate'
BBC:
David Miranda Heathrow detention: No 10 ‘kept abreast of operation’
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
The Clinton dramas: Here we go again  —  Tabloid headlines.  Personal dramas.  Organizational disarray.  Score-settling between rival factions documented in news accounts like a soap opera.  —  Does this have a familiar ring?  —  No one - or mostly no one - truly believes the swirl …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Walker: GOP Leaders In Washington Need To ‘Lay Out A Plan’ (VIDEO)  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said Monday that Republicans in Congress need to develop a concrete agenda that isn't defined by just opposing Democrats, as well as be able to articulate that agenda to voters in terms they understand.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Scott Walker: Christie, Paul 2016 talk is ‘a disservice’ to the GOP
Discussion: Politico
Eric Russell / Portland Press-Herald:
LePage is heard to say Obama ‘hates white people’  —  Two Republican lawmakers confirm that the governor made the remark at a fundraiser last week.  —  Gov. Paul LePage last week told a group of Republicans that President Barack Obama “hates white people,” according to two state lawmakers who heard the remark directly.
Hannah August / White House.gov Blog:
Meet Sunny: The Obamas' New Puppy  —  Today the Obamas welcomed the newest member of their family - a little girl (puppy) named Sunny!  —  Sunny, the new Obama family dog, on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 19, 2013.  (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)  —  Pin
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander / Tennessean.com:
Lamar Alexander: I stay true to my conservative ideals  —  Last week, some well-meaning Tennesseans wrote a letter suggesting that I “retire with dignity” from the United States Senate because of a record of “compromise and bipartisanship, two traits for which you have become famous.”
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Alexander gets GOP primary challenger
Discussion: CNN
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Great Emo-Prog vs. O-Bot Debate  —  Atrios today: … Translation: If you express anything short of absolute condemnation of everything the NSA has done, your Twitter feed quickly fills up with hysterical proclamations from the emo-progs that you're a right-wing shill, a government lackey …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Mother Jones's Kevin Drum Notices the Obamacult
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Ed Driscoll
Groklaw:
Forced Exposure ~pj  —  The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too.  —  There is no way to do Groklaw without email.  Therein lies the conundrum.  —  What to do?  —  What to do?  I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure it out.
Michael Kinsley / The New Republic:
A Q&A With Jill Abramson  —  The Times' top editor on mean bosses, liberal biases, and the demise of the Washington Post  —  For generations, the publishers of the great American newspapers were accidents of birth—sons and daughters (and assorted other relatives) who inherited their positions atop the masthead.
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Kerry Reinstates Benghazi Officials Clinton Punished  —  Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the four State Department officials placed on administrative leave by Hillary Clinton after the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi do not deserve any formal disciplinary action …
Albert Hunt / Bloomberg:
North Carolina Takes Perilous Lurch to the Right  —  North Carolina is channeling Alabama and South Carolina when it comes to the best economic, social and political model for a U.S. Southern state.  —  For more than half a century, North Carolina has been progressive on education and public investments …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Lee Daniels to Piers Morgan: Americans Are ‘Angry’ That Obama's President, Showing ‘True Colors’  —  Oprah Winfrey has been facing sharp criticism for her comments on race in recent weeks, but tonight on CNN, the director of her new film The Butler sat down with Piers Morgan and was faced …
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Creepy San Diego Mayor Filner had zero tolerance for sexual misconduct before he was caught [VIDEO]  —  San Diego Mayor Bob Filner once called for anyone involved in sexual harassment in the military to be terminated, defended Bill Clinton against accusations of sexual harassment and reminded voters …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Tsarnaev's injuries detailed  —  The backlash over Rolling Stone's cover photo of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev led to the release of new photos by Sgt. Sean Murphy on Thursday, July 18, of his capture.  The images show Tsarnaev as he emerges from the boat where he hid …
Discussion: Gawker, The Jawa Report and NBCNews
 
 
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans Need to Get Real to Reach Fiscal Deal With Democrats
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Jerry Zremski / Buffalo News:
Reed's history of late tax payments could become a campaign issue
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James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley: Why Shouldn't Princeton Pay Taxes?
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
McConnell attack ad hammers Bevin on claimed educational ties
Discussion: CNN
Robert Costa / National Review:
Christie, Establishment Darling
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Booker opponent's wife appeals to Oprah
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
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Issa tops The Hill's 50 Wealthiest
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Brian Beutler / Salon:
What I learned from getting shot
Discussion: PostPartisan and msnbc.com
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Modern Vote Suppression Better Than Jim Crow, Still Pretty Bad
TIME:
School Has Become Too Hostile to Boys
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden's son evaluated at Houston hospital
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and msnbc.com
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Public School Promotes 5 Pillars of Islam
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
The Atlantic Online:
Are the Rich Getting Too Much of the Economic Pie?
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