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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Asian chamber spurns Reid, endorses Hutchison  —  U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during the Asian Chamber of Commerce's monthly lunch at the Gold Coast casino-hotel in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014.  (Erik Verduzco/Las vegas Review-Journal)  —  U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D-Queens …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Mediaite and Pat Dollard
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Reid apologizes for Asian jokes  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday issued an apology for cracking two Asian-themed jokes during a speech Thursday night at the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce.  —  “My comments were in extremely poor taste and I apologize.
Discussion: OnPolitics and Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Harry Reid apologizes to Asians over ‘Wong’ comment
CNN:   Reid cracks Asian jokes, apologizes
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Harry Reid just told Asian Americans they're not ‘smarter than anybody else.’ He does stuff like this a lot.
Discussion: PUNDITGUY
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Obama vs. ISIS: This Time It's Personal  —  When ISIS beheaded an American journalist, it meant to intimidate—and provoke—the United States.  It should be careful what it wishes for.  The gloves just came off.  —  The Obama administration signaled Thursday that the United States has begun …
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Defense secretary: ISIS threat 'beyond anything we've seen'  —  The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is beyond “just a terrorist group” and poses a greater threat than Al Qaeda, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.  —  “This is beyond anything that we've seen,” he said during a briefing …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Missouri Dem: ‘Rand Paul was right’
Discussion: Fox News
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Apocalyptic Isis beyond anything we've seen, say US defence chiefs
Washington Post:
Washington Post editorials will no longer use ‘Redskins’ for the local NFL team  —  THIS PAGE has for many years urged the local football team to change its name.  The term “Redskins,” we wrote in 1992, “is really pretty offensive.”  The team owner then, Jack Kent Cooke, disagreed, and the owner now, Daniel M. Snyder, disagrees, too.
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Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Washington Post editorial board stops using the word ‘Redskins’  —  The Washington Post editorial board said Friday it will stop using the word “Redskins” when referring to Washington's football team, joining a growing list of other commentators who have renounced the term because they believe it disparages Native Americans.
Discussion: Politico and USA Today
Don Emmert / GlobalPost:
Full text of the last email the Islamic State sent to the Foley family  —  The last time James Foley's parents heard from their son's captors was on Aug. 12.  They received this message.  —  BOSTON, Mass. — American journalist James Foley was murdered by Islamic State militants …
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Charles Krauthammer / National Review:
Time to Stop ISIS  —  The Islamic State has grown because it seemed unstoppable.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
James Warren / NY Daily News:
Obama lands in the rough among critics over second day of golf after James Foley was executed by ISIS  —  The President, who is vacationing in Massachusetts, took to the links for a second straight day.  Obama was slammed for picking up a putter just minutes after delivering a somber speech about the death of journalist James Foley.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Revved Up  —  How Al Sharpton became Obama's go-to man on race.  —  A few days after 18-year-old Mike Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, Missouri, White House officials enlisted an unusual source for on-the-ground intelligence amid the chaos and tear gas: the Rev. Al Sharpton …
Discussion: The Federalist and Booman Tribune
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Steve King Goes Off About Ferguson And The Congressional Black Caucus
Ryanschuessler / Ryan L. Schuessler:
I will not be returning to Ferguson  —  I had been on the ground helping Al Jazeera America** cover the protests and unrest in Ferguson, Mo., since this all started last week.  After what I saw last night, I will not be returning.  The behavior and number of journalists there is so appalling …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Breaking: Obama Admin Offers Hobby Lobby Workaround On Birth Control  —  The Obama administration rolled out a plan on Friday to protect access to copay-free birth control for women in response to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling.  —  A new “proposed rule” by the Department of Health …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Russia Moves Artillery Units Into Ukraine, NATO Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Russian military has moved artillery units manned by Russian personnel inside Ukrainian territory in recent days and is using them to fire at Ukrainian forces, NATO officials said on Friday.
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LeighAnne Manwarren / Daily Oklahoman:
More victims are possible in Oklahoma City police sex crime case  —  Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was arrested about 3 p.m. Thursday.  He is accused of sexually assaulting at least six women while on patrol in the Springlake division.  —  An Oklahoma City police officer …
David Sirota / Salon:
The U.S. government's creeping war on journalists  —  A new poll reveals that three quarters of reporters agree the public isn't getting the information it needs  —  As states move to hide details of government deals with Wall Street, and as politicians come up with new arguments to defend secrecy …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare rates are rising once again  —  WHITE HOUSE OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE ENTITLEMENTS BUDGETS AND DEFICITS  —  Supporters of President Obama's health care law have been touting proposed insurance rates for 2015 — arguing that they aren't as high as some of the dire warnings of the law's critics.
BooMan / Booman Tribune:
A Gun Distinction Without a Difference  —  It seems to be hugely important to gun rights supporters that people understand the difference between fully automatic and semiautomatic weapons.  And it appears to greatly irritate them when they hear people fail to accurately distinguish between the two.
Discussion: Eschaton
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