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10:50 AM ET, August 11, 2015

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's Republican support holds strong post-debate - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  There is no sign that Donald Trump's raucous first presidential debate is hurting his support among party voters, with the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showing he still has a big lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I am the most fabulous whiner’  —  Businessman Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that he is a whiner.  —  Trump said he agreed with conservative author Rich Lowry that the celebrity real estate tycoon-turned GOP presidential candidate is “the most fabulous whiner in all of American politics.”
Discussion: Political Wire
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Donald the Whiner  —  Donald Trump is given to superlatives, so let's do him the honor of pronouncing him the most fabulous whiner in all of American politics.  —  By Trump's own account, he's the baddest, smartest thing going, except if you ask him a challenging question …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘I keep whining and whining until I win’  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's plans to make America great again are going to include a lot of whining.  —  Trump on Tuesday morning in an interview on CNN's “New Day” proclaimed that he is “the most fabulous whiner” …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Foolish’ for GOP to criticize Trump  —  He says that it is dangerous to dismiss a candidate with this type of drawing power.  —  FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday warned that the Republican presidential candidates who are slamming Donald Trump do so at their political peril.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump and Roger Ailes Make Up — For Now
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Meet the new political elites, same as the old political elites
Discussion: Bloomberg View, Hot Air and USA Today
Joan Walsh / Salon:
So now they care about sexism? The ugly hypocrisy of the right's reaction to Trump's Kelly slur
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com
Senator Rand Paul / Independent Journal Review:
Don't Fall for a Fake Conservative
Washington Post:
Rick Perry stops paying all of his staff as fundraising dries up  —  This post has been updated.  —  Rick Perry's presidential campaign has stopped paying all of its staff as the Republican former Texas governor's fundraising has dried up, campaign officials and other Republicans familiar with the operation said late Monday.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Bush and Clinton At War  —  NOTABLES  —JEB BUSH TO TAKE ON HILLARY CLINTON OVER ISIS: The former Florida governor is in California and will give a foreign policy address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley tonight.  Here's a preview of what Bush will say …
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Federalist
Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: Schumer proves unworthy to lead Democrats  —  He tried to hide it, and so far he's been successful.  —  Clearly by design, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) released a statement declaring his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday night, while 24 million Americans …
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg View:
White House Should Leave Politics Out of Iran Deal
Larry Page / Official Google Blog:
G is for Google  —  As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company.  We do not intend to become one.”  As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange …
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer  —  A Washington Post reporter who was arrested at a restaurant last year while reporting on protests in Ferguson, Mo., has been charged in St. Louis County with trespassing and interfering with a police officer and ordered to appear in court.
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Jamil Smith / The New Republic:
BlackLivesMatter Protesters Are Not the Problem
Greg Lukianoff / The Atlantic:
The Coddling of the American Mind  —  Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities.  A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.
First Draft / New York Times:
Lawrence Lessig to Explore a Run for President as a Democrat  —  Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard professor and democratic theorist, in 2014.  —  Some people land gyrocopters on the lawn at the Capitol to protest big money in politics.  Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard professor and democratic theorist, is thinking of running for president.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP struggles on income equality  —  Republicans are struggling to address income inequality on the campaign trail as they look to connect with middle class voters.  —  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are hammering Republicans over what they say is a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
Discussion: Washington Post
Hillary Clinton / Medium:
The New College Compact … For millions of Americans, a college degree has been the ticket to a better life.  My grandfather worked his entire life in a lace mill, but my dad made it to college.  He was able to start his own small business, and that made a huge difference in our lives.
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Melissa Gilbert running for Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Actress Melissa Gilbert, best known for her portrayal as Laura Ingalls Wilder on NBC's “Little House on the Prairie” in the 1970s and '80s, has announced her intentions of running for Congress in Michigan's 8th District.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
State by State, Democratic Party Is Erasing Ties to Jefferson and Jackson  —  WASHINGTON — For nearly a century, Democrats have honored two men as the founders of their party: Thomas Jefferson, for his visionary expression of the concept of equality, and Andrew Jackson, for his populist spirit and elevation of the common man.
 
 
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush to assail Clinton, Obama on Iraq
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Reuven Blau / New York Daily News:
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
CNN's Chris Cuomo Has Absolutely No Idea Where Babies Come From
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
No-fly list uses ‘predictive assessments’ instead of hard evidence, US admits
Discussion: Liberaland, Hit & Run and The Agonist
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders retreats before Black Lives Matter protestors
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Joel Kotkin / Real Clear Politics:
The Peril to Democrats of Left-Leaning Urban Centers
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O'Malley: Sparse debate schedule ‘undemocratic’
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
The science of skipping breakfast: How government nutritionists may have gotten it wrong
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
Donald Trump prepares to bolster depleted staff
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Report: W.H. staffer threatens Capitol Police boyfriend with gun
Discussion: ABC News
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