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12:50 PM ET, June 23, 2014

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Washington Post:
Iraqi military facing ‘psychological collapse’ after losses, desertions  —  Iraqis prepare to fight militants  —  After militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria took Mosul and other Iraqi cities, the government issued a call for volunteers to join the army.  Many Iraqis answered.
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
CHOICES AT THE TOP  —  President Obama won the White House in part by promising to end the war in Iraq, and since then he placed his faith in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to help him do so.  It was Maliki who would hold together the state that the Americans had helped build.
Discussion: Fox News
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Paul: US has been arming ISIS in Syria  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the Sunni militants taking over Iraq have quickly gained power because the United States has armed their group in Syria.  —  “I think we have to understand first how we got here,” he said on CNN's “State of the Union.”
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Ferdous Al-Faruque / The Hill:
Send back troops to Iraq, Cheney says
Discussion: The Dish and IVN.us
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Kerry in Baghdad to Urge Iraqis to Form New, Inclusive Government
Discussion: The Dish, Washington Post and The Week
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Kerry in Iraq to rally factions
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:   Rand Paul: We Created ‘Jihadist Wonderland’ In Iraq
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Inside the vast liberal conspiracy  —  Picture this: millionaires and billionaires gathering under tight security in fancy hotels with powerful politicians and operatives to plot how their network of secret-money groups can engineer a permanent realignment of American politics.  —  Only, it's not the Koch brothers.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
In Mississippi, Jenny Beth Martin and Tea Party Patriots try to prove their worth  —  Never mind that it's 92 degrees and nearing the end of the day: Jenny Beth Martin has started jogging between houses.  —  “I've gotta get my steps,” she calls back to the rented Suburban with the Florida license plates …
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New York Times:
Conservatives Plan to Use Poll Watchers in Mississippi  —  WASHINGTON — As Senator Thad Cochran, the veteran Republican, fights for his political life in Mississippi by taking the unexpected step of courting black Democrats, conservative organizations working to defeat him are planning …
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
QUESTIONS MOUNT ABOUT EFFORT TO DRIVE DEMOCRAT VOTES FOR COCHRAN  —  CLEVELAND, Mississippi — “I still think the slaves should get their 40 acres and a mule,” LeeRoy Carter, a black preacher who's working to get out the vote among black Democrats for Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) for the GOP primary runoff, told Breitbart News on Thursday.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Conservatives and Climate Change  —  On Sunday Henry Paulson, the former Treasury secretary and a lifelong Republican, had an Op-Ed article about climate policy in The New York Times.  In the article, he declared that man-made climate change is “the challenge of our time,” …
Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
US student is rescued from giant vagina sculpture in Germany  —  More than 20 firefighters free exchange student from the artwork Chacán-Pi (Making Love) by Fernando de la Jara in Tübingen  —  In the space of 24 hours last week, two spectacular rescue operations were carried out in southern Germany.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Raw Story
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
The Consequences of Syria  —  The Syrian civil war is no longer the Syrian civil war.  It's a regional war that started in Syria, has expanded into Lebanon and Iraq, and has drawn in the Iranians and to a lesser extent the Kurds and the Israelis.  —  Wars in North Africa tend to stay local …
Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST
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Elliott Abrams / Politico:
The Man Who Broke the Middle East
Discussion: The Daily Banter and Instapundit
Jedediah Purdy / The Daily Beast:
God Save the United States From This Anti-Democratic Court  —  Operating on elitism and mystique, America's highest court is increasingly a threat to our ideal of self-government—leading to an important debate about how to fix it.  —  Should a self-respecting democracy have a Supreme Court like ours …
Discussion: Althouse and Booman Tribune
Fox News:
Sudanese mom sentenced to die for Christian faith is freed  —  Meriam Ibrahim and Daniel Wani married in a formal church ceremony in 2011.  —  Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman who gave birth in a Khartoum prison after being sentenced to death in May for allegedly converting from Islam to Christianity …
CBS News:
Poll: Many Americans wary of U.S. role in Iraq  —  Shares -  —  NEW YORK — Fifty percent of Americans think the U.S. doesn't have a responsibility to do something about the recent violence in Iraq, while fewer - 42 percent — think the U.S. does, a CBS News/New York Times poll reveals.
Barack Obama / The Huffington Post:
Family-Friendly Workplace Policies Are Not Frills — They're Basic Needs  —  As President, my top priority is rebuilding an economy where everybody who works hard has the chance to get ahead.  —  That's the subject of the first White House Summit on Working Families, which is taking place today.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:   Obama Encouraging Family-Friendly Work Policies
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
THE ABSOLUTIST … - ARCHIVE - WORLD CUP - DAILY COMMENT - AMY DAVIDSON - ANDY BOROWITZ - JOHN CASSIDY - MARIA KONNIKOVA - RICHARD BRODY - SHOP
Discussion: Business Insider
Abby W. Schachter / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Your bedroom instead of a dorm room  —  President Obama gets points for properly assessing the problem with student loan debt.  He acknowledges that too many students earning a bachelor's degree (71 percent) graduate with debt that is so burdensome (averaging $29,400) that many delay important milestones …
Discussion: Moe Lane
David Denney / Chism Strategies:
Newly Released MEMO: Final Track of the US Senate MS GOP Primary Runoff … Re: US Senate MS GOP Primary Runoff  —  Last night we conducted the final track of our MS Senate GOP runoff surveys.  We surveyed 697 voters statewide.  The MOE (margin of error) was +/- 3.8%.
Discussion: Firedoglake
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptian Court Convicts 3 Al Jazeera Journalists  —  CAIRO — A judge on Monday convicted three journalists of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports of civil strife in Egypt.  —  Two of the journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison, and the third was given 10 years …
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ABC News:
“This Week” Transcript: Former Vice President Dick Cheney
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Cathy Young / Reason:
California's Absurd Intervention Over Dorm Room Sex
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit & Run
Jim Romenesko:
[UPDATE] ‘Medill F’ for Northwestern? ‘Integrated’ is misspelled on diplomas
Discussion: Inside Higher Ed
Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Poll: Lankford holds narrow lead over Shannon
Kristen Mitchell / The Columbus Dispatch:
Abortion battles may increase in Ohio
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Shakesville
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Kevin McCarthy talks Iraq, future of the GOP; latest on IRS scandal
Discussion: Doug Ross and PoliticusUSA
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Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Rangel caught littering
Washington Post:
Virginia's governor claims he can expand Medicaid on his own say-so
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Hussein To Death Has Been Executed By ISIS, Local Media Reports
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Welcome to Dave Brat's America: Majority Leader-elect Kevin McCarthy says Kill the Export-Import Bank
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Here are the 12 most competitive Senate races in the country
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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