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4:35 PM ET, August 27, 2015

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Connecticut Post:
Q poll: Trump numbers soar, Hillary continues slide  —  A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Donald Trump widening his lead over other Republican presidential challengers and Vice President Joseph Biden running slightly better than Hillary Clinton against leading GOP contenders
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Handling of Email Issue Frustrates Democratic Leaders
Discussion: Bearing Drift
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Compares GOP Views On Women To Those Of Terrorist Groups
Discussion: Balloon Juice
6abc.com:
President Obama talks Va. shooting with Monica Malpass  —  Action News anchor Monica Malpass was on assignment Wednesday to interview President Barack Obama one-on-one at the White House.  —  They discussed several topics, including the shooting of two TV news staffers during a live report in Virginia.
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Nina Golgowski / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Video shows Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan in July road rage incident
Associated Press:
On-air killings gripped millions in social media storm
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Vester Flanagan Threatened Colleagues, Played the Race Card for Years
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
On Wednesday, America met a deeply evil human being: Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as reporter Bryce Williams.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds  —  WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Report for Planned Parenthood finds sting videos manipulated  —  A report commissioned by Planned Parenthood has found that the sting videos targeting its tissue donation practices contain intentionally deceptive edits, missing footage and inaccurately transcribed conversations.
Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Driver Breaks Into Dance Following Downtown L.A. Pursuit  —  Cameras captured a driver breaking into dance following a pursuit in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night.  —  Police attempted to stop the woman for driving erratically near Seventh Street and Towne Avenue around 10:10 p.m …
Discussion: WTKR-TV, FOX31 Denver and FOX2now.com
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz A ‘Jackass’ At Fundraiser  —  Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass,” two people in attendance tell The Daily Caller.
Washington Post:
Inside the Trump-Bush melodrama: Decades of tension and discomfort  —  Donald Trump spent a day in January 2014 hobnobbing with politicians at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The billionaire mogul touted legalizing gambling with state House Speaker Steve Crisafulli …
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Melissa Binder / Oregonian:
St. Mary's reverses policy on gay employment after backlash over rescinded hire  —  Update: This post has been updated with the latest information about reconciliation between the school and Lauren Brown.  —  The St. Mary's Academy board voted Wednesday night to change the school's policy …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Pollsters dumbfounded by Trump  —  Polling experts agree on one thing when it comes to Donald Trump's presidential run: They've never seen anything like it.  —  The businessman's dominance of the Republican presidential race is forcing experienced political hands to question whether everything …
Michael Brown / Politico:
Stop blaming me for Hurricane Katrina  —  Ten years later, the name ‘Brownie’ is still identified with the government's failures.  Here's what really happened.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  Had I left the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the spring of 2005, my life would be very different today.
Politico:
White House pushes for Iran filibuster  —  The administration seeks to tamp down expectations, but the numbers of supportive Senate Democrats are adding up.  —  President Barack Obama's almost certain to get the Iran nuclear deal through Congress — but whether he gets there by filibuster …
Ricky Martin / Fusion:
It's time for Latinos to unite against Donald Trump  —  The fact that a person like Donald Trump, a candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Republican Party, has the gall to continue to freely harass the Latino community day after day makes my blood boil.  —  Why would he assume …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Donna Brazile praises Bush's Katrina response on flight with Obama  —  Donna Brazile, a prominent Democratic political operative, praised President George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, just hours before President Obama's speech in New Orleans marking the storm's 10th anniversary.
Mike Wynn / Courier-Journal:
Gay couple turned away 3rd time by Rowan clerk  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. James Yates and William Smith Jr. left the Rowan County Courthouse on Thursday, frustrated that clerks have now refused them a marriage license for third time.  —  The couple said they felt that Rowan Clerk Kim Davis was obligated …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Raw Story, Guardian and Towleroad
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Joe Biden Isn't Sure Family Is Ready for Run  —  In a conference call on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. told Democratic National Committee members that he was uncertain if his family had the “emotional fuel” for another presidential campaign.  —  The call was intended as a pitch …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Tom Harkin Cautions Joe Biden Against Running for President
Rick Madonik / Toronto Star:
Disabled man told subsidized housing is for Muslims only  —  City subsidizes 10 affordable housing buildings that only take residents from a certain ethnic, religious or cultural group.  —  Austin Lewis, 21, on Merton Street where he currently lives.  Lewis has been rejected for subsidized housing at a unit because he is not Muslim.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Will Knight / MIT Technology Review:
New Boss on Construction Sites Is a Drone  —  Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings' new stadium in California.  —  For some construction workers, any thoughts of slacking off could soon seem rather quaint.  The drones will almost certainly notice.
Discussion: alicublog and Mashable
The Daily Beast:
Spies: Obama's Brass Pressured Us to Downplay ISIS Threat  —  U.S. intelligence analysts keep saying that the American-led campaign against ISIS isn't going so well.  Their bosses keep telling them to think again about those conclusions.  —  Senior military and intelligence officials …
 
 
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Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
China Holds 23 Linked to Fatal Blasts in Tianjin
Discussion: Reuters and NPR
Fars News Agency:
Iran Underlines Strong Support for Palestinian Hamas
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Top Racists And Neo-Nazis Back Donald Trump
Tim Duy / Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
Dudley Puts The Kibosh On September
Guardian:
Usain Bolt wiped out by cameraman on Segway when celebrating 200m gold
Discussion: Mediaite and BizPac Review
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Lessons From the Murders of TV Journalists in the Virginia Shooting
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Says He Wants to Raise Taxes on Himself
Discussion: Washington Post and Liberaland
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The havoc that Trump wreaks
Discussion: Applesauce and Wall Street Journal
Jen Yamato / The Daily Beast:
Morrissey on How Obama ‘Has Meant Nothing’ and Trump 'Can't Be Allowed to Represent America'
Discussion: Guardian
 

 
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