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1:30 PM ET, September 12, 2014

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Bruce Ackerman / New York Times:
Obama's Betrayal of the Constitution  —  BERLIN — PRESIDENT OBAMA's declaration of war against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria marks a decisive break in the American constitutional tradition.  Nothing attempted by his predecessor, George W. Bush, remotely compares in imperial hubris.
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New York Times:
Legal Authority for Fighting ISIS  —  As the Pentagon gears up to expand its fight against ISIS, a fundamentalist Sunni militant group that controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, Congress appears perfectly willing to abdicate one of its most consequential powers: the authority to declare war.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Kerry: ISIS not a ‘war’  —  The United States is not at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.  —  Kerry said the administration's plan to combat ISIS includes “many different things that one doesn't think of normally in context of war” during an interview with CNN.
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
Can Obama Wage War Without Consent of Congress?
Discussion: Politico
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Question for the State Department: Isn't Obama waging preemptive war in Iraq now?
Carolyn Kaster / ABC News:
Sarah Palin's Family Allegedly in Alaska House Party Brawl  —  Sarah Palin and her family were at the center of a lively party last weekend that erupted into a fight, with daughter Bristol Palin allegedly throwing a right hook, a man who says he was a guest at the party told ABC News.
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Anchorage Daily News:
Witnesses, APD confirm Palin family was present at Anchorage party that turned violent  —  Police are investigating a brawl that took place in South Anchorage over the weekend involving around 20 people.  A witness said it happened during a joint birthday party thrown in part for Todd Palin.
Evan Gahr / The Daily Caller:
James Clyburn Recommends ‘Sexting’ To C-SPAN Caller [VIDEO]  —  Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, recently told a C-SPAN caller that “sexting” is an important tool for organizing voters.  —  Clyburn seemed to confuse basic “texting” with “sexting” …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   Rep. Clyburn: Key To Getting Out The Dem Vote Is ‘Sexting’ (VIDEO)
Michael T. Osterholm / New York Times:
What We're Afraid to Say About Ebola  —  MINNEAPOLIS — THE Ebola epidemic in West Africa has the potential to alter history as much as any plague has ever done.  —  There have been more than 4,300 cases and 2,300 deaths over the past six months.  Last week, the World Health Organization warned that …
Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
COLORADO SENATE: UDALL HOLDS LEAD BUT RACE COULD GO “EITHER WAY”  —  U.S. Sen. Mark Udall leads Republican challenger Cory Gardner by 4 percentage points in a new Denver Post poll that shows the Democratic incumbent is ahead among unaffiliated and female voters.
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Lisa Wirthman / Denver Post:   GOP'S UNDERHANDED PUSH FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER BIRTH CONTROL
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton tops Democrats in Iowa while Huckabee leads Republicans  —  Washington (CNN) — Hillary Clinton is heading to Iowa as the politician that most Democrats would choose as their 2016 presidential nominee.  —  According to a new CNN/ORC poll, 53% of all registered Democrats contacted …
Politico:
Democrats' whopper of a strategy flop  —  President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies hoped to capitalize on the recent wave of companies ditching the U.S. to slice their tax bill as a populist issue to fire up the progressive base and bash Republicans as slaves to corporate interests.
Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
Voting rights cases may be headed back to Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision last year eliminating a barrier against voting procedure changes in mostly Southern states came with a caveat: Chief Justice John Roberts warned that the Voting Rights Act still included a …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kansas Supreme Court will hear Chad Taylor ballot case on Tuesday
Discussion: Daily Kos
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate blocks campaign finance amendment
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Elections poised to expand ObamaCare  —  Democrats running in five highly competitive governors races this year have vowed to expand Medicaid coverage through ObamaCare if they are elected, something that could result in 1.7 million new people getting covered.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
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Amanda Kowalski / Brookings Institute:
The Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Washington Post
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DHS asks stores to watch customers behavior for terrorist signs  —  Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his department will be issuing new guidance to retailers this week giving them pointers on how to spot potential terrorists among their customers by looking at what they're buying.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Techdirt
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
GOP congressman calls Cruz remarks to Christian group ‘outrageous and incendiary’  —  Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), a moderate Republican, called remarks made Wednesday by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) at a Christian event “outrageous and incendiary.”  —  In an interview Thursday …
Bourree Lam / The Atlantic Online:
A Matter of Life and Death: The Danger of an Out-of-Control State  —  The power of the State—of government, in other words—is awesome.  And nowhere is that power greater than when it controls life, death, and liberty.  The Framers knew this kind of power can corrupt and believed in the principle …
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and ACS Blog
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Girl Disappointed Obama Not Beyoncé  —  President Obama and the first lady made a surprise stop at a Washington, D.C., charter school this afternoon to participate in a service project, much to the dismay of a young girl who had hoped the surprise visitor would be Beyoncé.
Discussion: 7online.com, Mashable and Mediaite
Steve SingiserFollow / Daily Kos:
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Recent data hints at a ‘Macro/Micro’ polling divide  —  On a week that has arguably been among the better polling weeks for the Democrats, an unheralded story has been the recent move on the generic ballot, and how it seems to be contrary to what we saw (at least, this week) in race-by-race polling.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Clinton Quietly Scrubs ‘Remarks’ From Website
Discussion: Power Line
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Kirk fundraising off ‘rumor’ Michelle Obama will run for his seat
Discussion: National Review and OnPolitics
Weekly Standard:
Getting There  —  How to transition from Obamacare to real health care reform
Discussion: National Review
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Watch Each of the Last Four U.S. Presidents Announce That We're Bombing Iraq
Mike Ward / Houston Chronicle:
Abbott: Davis book tour violates state law
Susan Vass / Weekly Standard:
Westlake Lives!  —  Tasty morsels from the late master's larder
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Obama's strategy: Kill ISIS before they kill us
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Obama losing the confidence of key parts of the coalition that elected him
John Eligon / New York Times:
Missouri Enacts 72-Hour Wait for Abortion
Jeff Sessions / National Review:
Don't Give the Masters of the Universe Their Amnesty
Byron Tau / Politico:
Judge strikes down Ohio law on election lies
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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