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10:25 AM ET, August 9, 2015

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Sources: Roger Stone quit, wasn't fired by Donald Trump in campaign shakeup  —  Donald Trump made the surprising announcement Saturday afternoon that he was firing his top adviser, Roger Stone, but hours before the political consultant's friends told POLITICO that he was actually quitting.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained  —  On Friday, Donald Trump said that Fox News's Megyn Kelly had it out for him during the first Republican presidential debate.  And he had a theory as to why.  —  “She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions,” Trump told CNN.
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger  —  Party insiders ganged up on Trump in the first GOP debate, but the tactic may backfire  —  Last night's debate was the funniest political program in our nation's history.  Nothing really comes close.  —  There have been moments, obviously.
Discussion: Washington Post
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Disrupter  —  Washington — I'VE been hesitant to start writing about Donald Trump.  —  I was worried that if I wrote something that made him mad, he would send out one of his midnight mordant tweets about me, something like “She started as a 3.  Now she's a 1.”  —  I'd be upset, of course.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's history of flippant misogyny  —  For decades, Donald Trump has made flippant misogyny as much a part of his trademark as his ostentatious lifestyle.  —  Now, the former reality-television host and current front-runner in the polls for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination may be paying …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Trump Goes On  —  It's not over.  And it's likely to end badly.
Discussion: American Power
Daily Mail:
Donald Trump was talking about Fox host Megyn Kelly's NOSE at GOP conference
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders speech  —  Black Lives Matter interrupted the planned speech for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Westlake Park on Saturday afternoon.  Sanders left without delivering his speech.  —  A Seattle speech …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Protesters drove Bernie Sanders from one Seattle stage.  At his next stop, 15,000 people showed.  —  Bernie Sanders came to Seattle on Saturday with plans to give two speeches.  —  The first didn't happen.  An appearance by the senator from Vermont at an event celebrating the anniversary …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders' Campaign Adds Young Black Woman As New Public Face
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
The Hill:
Protesters shut down Bernie Sanders rally
Discussion: Mashable
KHOU-TV:
Suspect in custody after 5 kids, 3 adults killed at N. Harris County home  —  49-year-old suspect allegedly shot at deputies before standoff ensued  —  HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man has surrendered after five kids and three adults were found dead at a home late Saturday evening.
Discussion: Raw Story, CBS Dallas and NPR
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Amid Trump mess, GOP candidates shine at RedState  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  ATLANTA — It's likely the Donald Trump melodrama is the only news you've heard from the RedState Gathering of conservatives in Atlanta.  But something unusual happened here, and it had nothing to do with Trump.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
‘The Republican Party Created Donald Trump’
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Can anything bring down Teflon Trump?
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Inside McConnell's plan to avert a government shutdown  —  Mitch McConnell is discretely laying the groundwork for the fall's budget negotiations, which promise to be a major headache for the new Senate majority leader.  —  The Kentucky Republican has three priorities for the year-end talks …
Sydney Seau / New York Times:
The Hall of Fame Speech Junior Seau's Daughter Couldn't Give  —  Before his suicide, Junior Seau told his daughter to speak on his behalf if he entered the Hall of Fame.  But the Hall didn't allow her to speak at the ceremony.  Here's what Sydney would have said.  —  By AXEL GERDAU on
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Four Planned Parenthood Centers Cited In Florida Probe, Three Ordered To Stop Second-Trimester Abortions  —  After the Center for Medical Progress released those gruesome videos reportedly showing the illegal sale of body party from aborted babies, Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued a statewide review …
Discussion: BizzyBlog
 
 
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Gerard Alexander / New York Times:
Jon Stewart, Patron Saint of Liberal Smugness
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Judge Rules New York Teacher Exam Did Not Discriminate Against Minorities
Burlington Free Press:
Officials: DCF worker killed after custody dispute
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
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Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Burglary suspect killed by Arlington officer played football at Angelo State
Discussion: New York Times
Yoav Gonen / New York Post:
City tried to fire dead man for missing work
Discussion: Daily Mail
New York Post:
Cops rescue baby skunks from subway station
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Disney and WBD announce a streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu, and Max, with ad-supported and ad-free plans, beginning this summer in the US, with pricing to come

New York Times:
Sources: if Sony and Apollo acquire Paramount Global, they plan to sell off CBS, cable channels like MTV, and Paramount+, while keeping Paramount Pictures

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com
 
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