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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama seeks Iraq regime change  —  The White House on Monday took new diplomatic steps to force Iraq's prime minister from power as it looked for ways to stop fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from gaining a deeper foothold in the country.
Discussion: Politico, CNN and his vorpal sword
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
US to directly arm Kurdish peshmerga forces in bid to thwart Isis offensive
Philip Ewing / Politico:
A promise on the verge of collapse
Discussion: ABC News
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Obama hails ‘promising step forward’ as Iraq names new prime minister - live
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Hollywood Reporter:
Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide  —  The Oscar-winning actor and comedian was 63  —  Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has died at age 63, according to police in Marin County, Calif.  —  The full statement is below. … Williams' publicist Mara Buxbaum told The Hollywood Reporter …
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Nicole Sperling / Inside Movies:
Robin Williams dead at 63  —  Oscar winner and comedian Robin Williams died this morning at 63.  While his publicist wouldn't confirm that it was a suicide, they did issue this statement.  “Robin Williams passed away this morning.  He has been battling severe depression of late.
Mike Allen / Politico:
EXCLUSIVE: “MEET THE PRESS” plans to announce new moderator soon: CHUCK TODD is the favorite - BACKSTORY on Hillary interview with Jeffrey Goldberg - B'DAYS: Rob O'Donnell, Sam Myers Jr.  —  SIREN: Chuck Todd, a political obsessive and rabid sports fan, is the likely successor to David Gregory as moderator of …
Juliana Valencia / WCTI-TV:
Customer finds Nazi symbol on her chicken sandwich  —  MOREHEAD CITY, CARTERET COUNTY -  —  A Carteret County mother makes a shocking discovery when she goes to eat her chicken sandwich from a McDonald's drive-thru in Morehead City.  That customer, Charleigh Matice, said when she went …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obama's Immigration Plan Should Scare Liberals, Too  —  Crossing a Rubicon of presidential authority.  —  Shares  —  The Obama years have taught us the sometimes frightening lesson that our Constitution and legal structure alone don't secure the Republic.
Telegraph:
Iraq crisis: ‘It is death valley.  Up to 70 per cent of them are dead’  —  On board Iraqi army helicopter delivering aid to the trapped Yazidis, Jonathan Krohn sees a hellish sight  —  By Jonathan Krohn, aboard an Iraqi Army helicopter on Mount Sinjar  —  Mount Sinjar stinks of death.
Trevor Timm / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
More Than a Dozen Pulitzer Winners Call on the Justice Dept to End its Pursuit of James Risen  —  Today, fourteen Pulitzer Prize winners have issued statements in support of journalist James Risen and in protest of the Justice Department's attempt to force Risen to testify against his sources.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Ronan Farrow: ‘My White Mother Had Black Motheritis’  —  MSNBC host Ronan Farrow understands the enormously disparate scrutiny faced by black men for their public appearance or behavior because his mother, actress Mia Farrow, has an adoptive black son.  —  During a Monday afternoon segment discussing …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“The Enthusiasm Gap was Taken to the Woodshed”  —  Regular readers might guess this excerpt from a Chris Cillizza post is sweet music to my ears: … The 2012 numbers show an “enthusiasm gap” favoring Republicans similar to that being shown by similar polls today.
Discussion: Washington Post and Booman Tribune
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
The Right-Wing Press' New Climate Change Lie  —  No, global warming is not on “hiatus”  —  Norman Loeb, an atmospheric scientist with NASA, gave a crash course in climate change science for the public at Virginia Air and Space Center on Tuesday.  He talked about all the evidence that the planet is warming …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
String of same-sex marriage rulings broken  —  For the first time in nearly fourteen months, a state's ban on same-sex marriage has withstood a constitutional challenge in court.  A state judge in Tennessee ruled last week that “neither the Federal Government nor another state should be allowed …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Intel Chief Blasts Obama  —  As the world watches the strengthening of global jihadist movements - from ISIS to al Qaeda to dozens of affiliated and like-minded groups - one of those inside the U.S. government who was most vocal about the growing threats is leaving his position.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Hot Air
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Pay Black Staffers 30% Less  —  Campaign staffers who are people of color routinely get paid less than their white counterparts, and are often given less glamorous jobs.  How an antiquated understanding of race relations results in minority staffers getting the short shrift.
Abbe R. Gluck / Politico:
Another Hole in the Halbig Verdict  —  It is no secret that the people bringing the challenge to the Obamacare subsidies in the Halbig and King cases—challenges now seeking review from both the full D.C. federal appellate bench and the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate courts …
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
James O'Keefe Is Getting Desperate as Hell, Part MCMXVII  —  “I just returned from the border with shocking new video—video that will outrage you,” James O'Keefe III writes.  “I dressed up like Osama bin Laden and crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to the United States.”
Tom Dougherty / Practical Politicking:
Is the Tea Party Express Just a Fundraising Scam?  —  $9.5 million raised, at a cost of $8 million, with less than $400,000 going to candidates.  —  What would you consider a charity that raised almost $10 million, but actually used less than 5% of that total on its mission and programs?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
The New Racism  —  This is how the civil rights movement ends  —  Long before he became the most powerful man in the Alabama Senate, before he controlled billions of dollars in state money and had lobbyists, governors, and future presidents seeking his favor, Hank Sanders used newspapers and magazines as bathroom tissue.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Kennedys dare Obama on ALS dunk  —  The Kennedy family is inviting President Barack Obama to cool down while on vacation in Martha's Vineyard.  —  On Sunday, Maxwell Kennedy, a son of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, posted a video to his Facebook page showing …
Marissa Newman / The Times of Israel:
Hamas said to have executed dozens of tunnel diggers  —  Any excavator who was suspected of collaborating with Israel was killed, Israeli website reports  —  Hamas executed dozens of diggers responsible for its extensive tunnel system in past weeks, fearing the workers would reveal …
Discussion: Power Line
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Attacking Obama Policy, Hillary Clinton Exposes Different Worldviews  —  For the 19 months since Hillary Rodham Clinton departed as President Obama's secretary of state, she and Mr. Obama, and their respective aides, have labored to preserve a veneer of unity over how they worked together and how they view the world.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
James Clyburn predicts impeachment plans  —  Rep. James Clyburn, the number three House Democrat, predicted Monday that if the GOP holds onto the House in November, talk of impeaching President Barack Obama could turn into a reality. … Clyburn's tweet came during a Twitter town hall he held on the social media platform Monday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
97 Year-Old Woman Denied The Right To Vote Because Of Voter ID  —  “97 Year-Old Woman Denied The Right To Vote Because Of Voter ID” Share:  —  Last Tuesday, Beth Hiller, a 97 year-old nursing home resident from Topeka, Kansas, boarded a shuttle along with several other residents of the nursing home's health care unit.
Discussion: Jezebel
 
 
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Discussion: Politico
Alexander Burns / Politico:
CBS News veteran Dotty Lynch dies
The Huffington Post:
Nancy Pelosi To Be Guest Judge On TLC's ‘Next Great Baker’
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Jezebel and OnPolitics
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Huckabee: ‘I never said (Obama) should be impeached’
Christopher Goffard / Los Angeles Times:
Austin Beutner named publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times
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Republican takeover of Senate appears more and more assured
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Cuomo's Slow-Mo Disaster
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Running as a Dem, sounding like a Republican
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