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11:25 PM ET, September 2, 2013

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Anthony Bond / Daily Mail:
The image John Kerry WON'T want you to see: U.S. Secretary of State pictured dining with Assad and his wife at Damascus restaurant before war broke out in Syria  —  This astonishing photograph shows U.S Secretary of State John Kerry having a cosy and intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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Daily Mail:
Kerry's cosy dinner with Syria's ‘Hitler’: Secretary of State and the man he likened to German dictator are pictured dining with their wives at Damascus restaurant before civil war broke out  —  An astonishing photograph of John Kerry having a cozy and intimate dinner with Bashar al-Assad …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Russia Rejects U.S. Evidence on Syrian Chemical Attack
Associated Press:
Assad is like Hitler: Kerry
Discussion: Spectator and Atlas Shrugs
Elliott Abrams / Politico:
How not to run a foreign policy
Discussion: PERRspectives and Weasel Zippers
Yahoo! News:
Climate science alarming, irrefutable: Kerry
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and E2-Wire
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Kerry, Hagel will press Senate to back Obama on Syrian action
Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Obama To Meet With LGBT Activists While In Russia  —  After canceling a bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin while there for the G20 summit, Obama may anger the Kremlin further by meeting with Russian activists — including from LGBT groups.  —  Jason Reed / Reuters
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to meet gay activists in Russia  —  President Obama will meet with several LGBT groups during his trip later this week to St. Petersburg, a move likely to ruffle Russian President Vladimir Putin after the recent passage of a series of anti-gay laws.  —  The president will meet …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Julian E. Barnes / Washington Wire:
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Marines Website  —  A collection of pro-Syrian government hackers apparently defaced a Marine Corps recruitment website Monday.  —  The Syrian Electronic Army, which has hacked a series of websites, posted a letter on the Marines.com website arguing the Syrian government is “fighting a vile common enemy.”
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Mediaite and The Verge
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John Bacon / USA Today:
Pro-Syrian group hacks U.S. Marines website  —  Pro-Syrian government hackers defaced a Marine Corps recruitment website Monday, posting a letter on Marines.com arguing that the Syrian government is “fighting a vile common enemy.”  —  Capt. Eric Flanagan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Rand Paul to campaign for Steve Lonegan  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will visit his sometime rival Chris Christie's home state of New Jersey next week to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan, POLITICO has learned.  —  Paul, who sparred sharply with Christie this summer …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Love for Labor Lost  —  It wasn't always about the hot dogs.  Originally, believe it or not, Labor Day actually had something to do with showing respect for labor.  —  Here's how it happened: In 1894 Pullman workers, facing wage cuts in the wake of a financial crisis, went on strike …
Discussion: Wonkblog, Taylor Marsh and Paul Krugman
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Labor Day  —  It's unfortunate that this year's Labor …
Warner Todd Huston / BREITBART.COM:
CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO  —  In what is being reported as a surprise move, the 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one of the nation's largest private sector unions.
Cheryl K. Chumley / Washington Times:
CIA finds 1 in 5 flagged job applicants hail from Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda  —  An estimated one-fifth of a subset of all applicants for Central Intelligence Agency positions had significant ties to the terror groups Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda, a newly released document from the Edward Snowden collection revealed Monday.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence agencies spend millions to hunt for insider threats, document shows
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Informed Comment
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rangel: 'Of course it's embarrassing'  —  Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Monday said “of course it's embarrassing” that President Obama warned Syria of a red line for using chemical weapons but then didn't move forward immediately with a military strike.  —  Rangel, who opposes a military strike …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Assad: If The West Attacks, ‘Risk Of A Regional War Exists’  —  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed evidence the United States and France said shows his regime used chemical weapons on Syrian civilians, warning that any planned military response could result in a “regional war.”
James Nye / Daily Mail:
Father who beat to death man he caught raping his five-year-old daughter will NOT face charges because of Texas state laws on deadly force  — A young father who beat his daughter's rapist to death after walking in on the assault will not face charges according to the states grand jury
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
Emily Pohl-Weary / io9:
RIP Frederik Pohl, the man who transformed science fiction  —  One of the leading lights of the science fiction world, editor and author Frederik Pohl, passed away this weekend after a career that defined the genre for decades.  —  His granddaughter Emily Pohl Weary confirmed the news:
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Labor union frustration boils over with president on ObamaCare  —  Unions are frustrated the Obama administration hasn't responded to their calls for changes to ObamaCare.  —  Labor has watched with growing annoyance as the White House has backed ObamaCare changes in response to concerns …
Discussion: Hot Air and Weekly Standard
Jonathan Allen / Politico:
Obama and Congress: ‘Rolling the dice’  —  The stakes of Syria vote couldn't be higher for President Barack Obama: If Congress doesn't back him up, his already troubled second term would be dealt another blow in the twin arenas of domestic and foreign politics.
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Skepticism Runs High On Capitol Hill After Classified Syria Briefing
Discussion: The Monkey Cage
 
 
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Rachel Manteuffel / PostPartisan:
A vote of no confidence is in order
James Ceaser / Postmodern Conservative:
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Vote on Syria Sets Up Foreign Policy Clash Between 2 Wings of G.O.P.
Discussion: CNN
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