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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 …
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 …
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Americans Foil Gunman on Train, French Officials Say
Discussion: Althouse
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.
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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: WPTV and msnbc.com
Washington Post:
Trump's audacious Southern spectacle is part of his strategy  —  MOBILE, Ala. — It was the most audacious Donald Trump spectacle yet in a summer full of them, as the Republican presidential front-runner, in his Boeing 757, thundered over a football stadium here Friday night and gave …
Discussion: Discourse.net and OnPolitics
Politico:
5 reasons Bush isn't freaking out about Trump
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Thinks Alabama Is Key to Winning the GOP Nomination
Discussion: ABC News and Hot Air
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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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
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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:
Michael Scherer / TIME.com:
Read TIME's cover story and watch Trump's take on the Clintons, his opponents and how to change American politics  —  There are some things you just can't do in politics, not at the presidential level, anyway.  —  This is a game like any other, with rules honed over decades by the pros …
Discussion: Politico
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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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal
Discussion: LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller
Eliza Collins / Politico:   Jindal trolls protesters with undercover Planned Parenthood videos
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Woes Pushing Joe Biden to Reach Out to Those Who Could Back a Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — As Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign struggles with sliding poll numbers, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s exploration of a presidential candidacy is taking on a new seriousness.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Inspector Clouseau was unavailable (4)  —  Omri Ceren emails an update over the IAEA side deal with Iran on Parchin.  I think that readers who have followed this important story so far will find this of interest as well.  Omri writes:  —  As was more or less inevitable …
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
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 …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship
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 …
 
 
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