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8:10 PM ET, August 7, 2014

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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
American Forces Said to Bomb ISIS Targets in Iraq  —  DOHUK, Iraq — American military forces bombed at least two targets in northern Iraq on Thursday night to rout Islamist insurgents who have trapped tens of thousands of religious minorities in Kurdish areas, Kurdish officials said.
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New York Times:
Airstrikes on ISIS Militants Have Begun, Kurds and Iraqis Say  —  WASHINGTON — Airstrikes on towns in northern Iraq seized by Islamist militants began late Thursday in what Kurdish and Iraqi officials called the first stage of an American-led intervention to blunt the militants' advance …
Mitchell Prothero / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jets, explosions reported near Islamic State lines as Kurds beg for U.S. help  —  IRBIL, IRAQ — Jet aircraft attacked Islamic State positions outside the town of Kalak, 25 miles northwest of Irbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, a resident of Kalak told McClatchy early Friday.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Global Guerrillas
ABC News:
US Begins Humanitarian Airdrops in Iraq
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Islamic State militants seize major Christian town in Iraq; thousands flee
Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Walsh drops out of U.S. Senate race  —  HELENA — Sen. John Walsh said Thursday he is pulling out of the Senate race because his campaign was distracted by the controversy over allegations that he plagiarized a U.S. Army War College research paper.  —  Walsh, a Democrat, said he decided to drop out of the race.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Senator Quits Montana Race After Charge Of Plagiarism
Susan Davis / USA Today:
Sen. John Walsh quits Montana Senate race
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
Montana's John Walsh quits Senate race
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
War Against Whites?  I Think Not  —  When Representative Mo Brooks …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and The New Republic
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's why suing Obama could backfire on Republicans
Discussion: Daily Kos
CBS News:
What do Americans say should happen to child border crossers?
Discussion: Washington Post
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’ Finally Arrived?  —  “Let's say Ron Paul is Nirvana,” said Kennedy, the television personality and former MTV host, by way of explaining the sort of politician who excites libertarians like herself.  “Like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years …
Dean Baquet / New York Times:
The Executive Editor on the Word ‘Torture’  —  Dean Baquet is the executive editor of The Times.  —  Over the past few months, reporters and editors of The Times have debated a subject that has come up regularly ever since the world learned of the C.I.A.'s brutal questioning of terrorism suspects …
James Hohmann / Politico:
The woman who could beat Scott Walker  —  Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election.  —  VIROQUA, Wis. — Mary Burke might be the last candidate you'd expect to potentially topple one of the Republican Party's leading governors and upend the 2016 presidential field.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
URGENT: Democratic emails a fundraising bonanza
Discussion: CNN, PoliticusUSA and Washington Post
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Dems talk about impeachment 20 times as much as Republicans
Discussion: Daily Kos, Fox News and Hot Air
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Murkowski sends ‘cease and desist’ letter to Begich over ad  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) isn't happy about Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) using her in his latest campaign ad — and has called in her lawyers to try to force Begich to stop airing it.  —  Murkowski's campaign lawyers sent a …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Lisa Murkowski to Mark Begich: Knock it off
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Kelly Smith / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Stillwater cafe faces heat for adding ‘minimum wage fee’ to tab  —  Each tab at Stillwater's Oasis Cafe now includes 35 cents to offset minimum wage increase.  —  A small cafe in Stillwater has thrown itself into the big battle over Minnesota's minimum wage increases, inundating the cafe …
Steve Kraskethe / Kansas City Star:
Local Kansas GOP official: ‘Offending Muslims is the duty of any civilized person.  Especially with a .45.’  —  Gavin Ellzey, the vice chairman of the Kansas Republican 3rd Congressional District Committee, advised on Twitter in early July that “offending Muslims is the duty of any civilized person.”
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Va. GOP official resigns after controversial Facebook post
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans Have More Reason Than Ever To Worry About Primary Challenges  —  One of the most universal lessons of sports prediction is that margins matter.  An NFL team that wins a number of games by less than a touchdown might get banner headlines for its clutch performance.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Hot Air
David Weigel / Slate:
The Plagiarism Dead-Enders  —  Perhaps the strangest part of the New York Times' story on Rick Perlstein's “plagiarism” accusers was the reference to a review that had yet to be published.  Alexandra Alter had gotten a gander at Sam Tanenhaus' upcoming review of Perlstein's book, The Invisible Bridge.
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Guv On Lackluster Primary Performance: Blame Obama  —  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) had a theory for why a chunk of voters were backing Jennifer Winn, his challenger, in the Republican gubernatorial primary: blame President Barack Obama.  —  “I think a big part of it is Barack Obama,” Brownback told Kansas's 41 Action News.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Rep's ‘shagging’ tweet gets attention  —  Eyebrows were raised after a message on Rep. Stephen Fincher's Twitter account declared the Tennessee Republican's love of “shagging.”  —  But a spokeswoman for the congressman's office says the since-deleted tweet “had nothing to do” with Fincher — nor the British slang term for sex.
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Sean Hannity: 'Where's CBS?  Where is all this so-called reporting on NBC and CNN?'  —  For his first trip to Israel, Sean Hannity had a mission: put the emphasis on what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has on the average Israeli.  As he returns home today from a 4-day reporting trip …
ABC News:
‘Porch Shooter’ Theodore Wafer Found Guilty of Murder … A Detroit jury ruled today that Theodore Wafer was guilty of murder in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Renisha McBride on his porch.  —  The jury, which consisted of seven men and five women, began its deliberations on Wednesday after nine days of testimony.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Mississippi GOP won't hear McDaniel
Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Has A Huge Factual Error In His Tom Cotton Endorsement
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Rachael Bade / Politico:
IRS notches legal win over lost tea party emails
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
USPS ‘prostituting’ its stamp program with commercial images, prominent former postmaster general says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
CNN Politics eliminates more than a dozen positions in shift to video
George Thomas / CBN.com:
Gaza Bishop: Hamas Used Church to Fire Rockets
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Richard Nixon's long shadow
Discussion: democrats.com
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
U-Minn. seeks to bar Redskins' name at school's stadium on Vikings game day
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, DCist and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
John McWhorter / The Daily Beast:
For a President Today, Talkin' Down Is Speaking American
Dave Boucher / Charleston Daily Mail:
WV GOP cancels event with felonious filmmaker
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
2 Sides in Gay Marriage Fight Agree: Justices Must Act
Discussion: Deseret News
Ferdous Al-Faruque / The Hill:
Ann Coulter blames doctor for catching Ebola
Discussion: Politico and Warren Throckmorton
Nicholas P. Fandos / Politico:
Why is Tenn. primary on Thursday?
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Party Candidate Mocks Rand Paul For Running Away From DREAMer (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite and Politico
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
John Kerry pedals new Nantucket photo op
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Israel Matzav
 

 
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