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11:35 PM ET, August 21, 2015

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Daily Mail:
Unarmed hero US marine took bullet in the neck as he and colleague tackled euro-train gunman armed with AK47: American duo saved hundreds when they jumped on Moroccan terrorist after he opened fire on terrified passengers  — A suspected Moroccan terrorist opened fire with a Kalashnikov on board a high speed train in northern France
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CNN:
Official: 2 U.S. Marines stop Islamist attacker on train in France  —  European official: France shooting a terrorist attack  —  As a gunman on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train was about to launch an attack by loading his Kalashnikov he was surprised by two U.S. Marines in civilian clothing …
BBC:
France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman  —  Forensics experts check the crime scene  —  Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers.  —  The incident happened …
James Rothwell / Telegraph:
US marines prevent French train massacre: latest  —  Unarmed US marines foil attack by Moroccan gunman with Kalashnikov and handgun on train - follow live updates  —  Security agents of French national railway operator SNCF stand next to Thalys trains at the main train station in Arras, northern France
ABC News:
Ellen Page Confronts Ted Cruz on Gay Rights at Iowa State Fair  —  While Sen. Ted Cruz was grilling pork chops at the Iowa State Fair today, actress Ellen Page, wearing a hat and sunglasses, snuck her way up to the grill and asked the GOP presidential candidate about “the persecution of gays in the workplace and LGBT rights.”
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues
ABC News:
Watch: Ellen Page Grills Ted Cruz at Iowa State Fair
Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Maybe This Time Really Is Different  —  Historical context is a great asset.  But is history always an accurate guide?  Does past performance always give us the best predictor of future outcomes?  —  This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ornstein's Warning  —  Us old folks remember a time when AEI's Norman Ornstein was the very voice of The Conventional Wisdom.  So his new column at The Atlantic ought to come as a particularly significant warning about this election cycle and the particular level of conservative freakout we are dealing with:
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump tells Alabama crowd he can't wait for the election  —  Donald Trump commanded an fervent crowd Friday night in Mobile, Ala., as the Republican presidential front-runner said he wished voting for the 2016 election was already underway.  —  “You know, if this were another country …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Scott Walker: I don't have time for Black Lives Matter — let's talk about ‘things that matter’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Campaigning in New Hampshire, where he finds himself tied in the polls with also-rans Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
Discussion: Addicting Info
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump calls O'Malley a ‘disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby’
Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP insiders to Trump: Enough already
Discussion: Jay Bookman and Daily Kos
Daily Mail:
Scott Walker says ‘Black Lives Matter’ doesn't matter! …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Liberaland and Daily Kos
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb's Head On A Black Body  —  Jeb Bush has been lagging in the polls, trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin nationally and in early states.  —  Nevertheless, he's still considered one of the most likely eventual nominees by pundits and political experts.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
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Politico:
5 reasons Bush isn't freaking out about Trump
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Pennsylvania becomes fifth state to find no Planned Parenthood wrongdoing  —  Pennsylvania has found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood in the state after a review, according to a letter from the state health department.  —  That decision makes it the fifth state to announce that they have found …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Eliza Collins / Politico:   Jindal trolls protesters with undercover Planned Parenthood videos
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal
Discussion: LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller
Christine Byers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Man killed by St. Louis police died from gunshot in the back  —  ST. LOUIS  • An autopsy on Mansur Ball-Bey, whose death from police gunfire this week stirred protests, showed that he died from a single wound in the back, police officials said.  —  Chief Sam Dotson said the wound's …
Robert Simonson / New York Times:
Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Changed Cocktail Culture, Dies at 42  —  Sasha Petraske, the founder of the influential New York cocktail bar Milk & Honey and many other polished drinking spots across the world, was found dead on Friday in Hudson, N.Y. He was 42 and had recently moved temporarily …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Gothamist
Joshuakarpf / Spotify Blog:
SORRY.  —  We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they've caused a lot of confusion about what kind of information we access and what we do with it.  We apologize for that.  We should have done a better job in communicating what these policies mean …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Dr. Dre Apologizes to the 'Women I've Hurt'  —  For Dr. Dre, the self-proclaimed “first billionaire in hip-hop,” the movie “Straight Outta Compton” and its quasi-soundtrack, “Compton,” his first album in 16 years, were meant to be a victory lap.  That biopic, about his hip-hop group, N.W.A. …
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Stocks plunge as global growth concerns weigh; Apple falls nearly 4%  —  CNBC's Bob Pisani rounds up the most hit stocks in the market selloff, and the pop in the VIX.  Kensho data shows the VIX up 10 percent 3 days in a row is rare.  —  U.S. stocks traded about 2 percent lower on Friday …
Bryan Lowry / Wichita Eagle:
Kansas Democratic Party chair resigns … Larry Meeker has resigned as chair of the Kansas Democratic Party following uproar over comments he made this week about moving the party in a more conservative direction.  —  Meeker's resignation was confirmed by the party's executive director …
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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Trump Thinks Alabama Is Key to Winning the GOP Nomination
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 Earlier Items: 
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
Bakers Who Were Fined $135,000 for Gay Wedding Cake Refusal Deliver a Major Surprise …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Are Republicans For Freedom Or White Identity Politics?
Discussion: Hit & Run, Fox News and Boston Magazine
David Roberts / Vox:
Carly Fiorina did a 4-minute riff on climate change. Everything she said was wrong.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Debt Is Good  —  Rand Paul said something funny the other day.