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4:15 PM ET, September 3, 2015

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kim Davis Ordered Jailed in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A federal judge here on Thursday ordered a Kentucky clerk jailed for contempt of court because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  —  The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County …
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timesfreepress.com:
Judge declines divorce case, citing gay marriage ruling … A local judge contends the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage has derailed Tennessee's ability to determine what constitutes divorce — leaving one Signal Mountain couple married against their will.
Discussion: Raw Story, Guardian, Daily Kos and Mediaite
USA Today:
Ky. clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A Kentucky county clerk was found in contempt of court Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses in wake of the Supreme Court decision to allow gays to wed.  —  U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning …
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Clerk: I am prepared to go to jail  —  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis listens to a customer following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. Although her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, Davis still refuses to issue marriage licenses.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: I Can't Believe Kentucky Clerk Is In Jail And Hillary Isn't!  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Thursday it was a wonder that an anti-gay Kentucky county clerk was in jail and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wasn't.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Kim Davis Held In Contempt Of Court, Now In U.S. Marshals' Custody  —  Federal District Judge David Bunning held Kim Davis, the county clerk who has become a national symbol of anti-gay animus for her resistance to marriage equality, in contempt of court on Thursday.
Timeline Photos / Facebook:
Exclusive.  Just conducted an interview with Cecil Watkins, the Rowan County Attorney.  Watkins (who to my knowledge) hasn't given any interviews.  —  Watkins indicates that Kim Davis “does not represent” Rowan County and is not representative of its inclusive values.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Mika to Huckabee: Why Do You Hate Hillary Lawbreaking, But Support KY Clerk?
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis Vows To Use County Office To Spread 'God's Word,' Act As Divine Vessel
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump signs GOP loyalty pledge  —  <p>Donald Trump and Reince Priebus have a deal. </p><p>The Republican front-runner announced at a press conference on Thursday that he signed the loyalty pledge the GOP sought and will support the eventual Republican nominee, whoever that may be.</p><p>The deal …
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Trump signs RNC loyalty pledge  —  New York (CNN)Donald Trump has signed the pledge.  —  The Republican presidential front-runner met privately with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus Thursday afternoon, and soon after, came out to the lobby of Trump Tower to declare that he has signed a loyalty pledge.
Rich Lowry / Politico:   Ben Carson, the Superior Outsider
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Just Signed His Political Death Warrant
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
RADAR:
Exposed!  Libya Security Briefs, Algeria Hostage Info & More — Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton's ENTIRE UNRELEASED Private Emails For $500K … PICS OF  —  HILLARY  —  Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming …
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Washington Post:
Staffer who worked on Clinton's private e-mail server faces subpoena
ABC News:
Former Clinton Aide Bryan Pagliano Plans to Plead the 5th to Benghazi Committee Questions
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Judge sees rocky road for feds' plan to coordinate Hillary Clinton email lawsuits
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Terry Glavin / National Post:
Alan Kurdi drowned off the shores of Turkey.  His family was trying to reach Canada  —  The drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach captured in a photograph that went around the world Wednesday was three-year-old Alan Kurdi.  He died, along with his five-year-old brother Galib and their mother Rehan …
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Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
More Self-Inflicted Wounds  —  This column is not about me, but I start by acknowledging that I am something of a technological dinosaur.  I still read printed newspapers and I don't have a Twitter account or Facebook page.  But the reason I don't engage in social media is only in part because I'm a little challenged technologically.
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Tom Brady's Four-Game N.F.L. Suspension Erased by Judge  —  In a major setback for the N.F.L., New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prevailed in his battle to have his four-game suspension overturned on Thursday, as a federal judge reversed a ruling by Commissioner Roger Goodell to bench …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Keep Calm And Ignore The 2016 ‘Game Changers’  —  If you were to rank the most exciting presidential nomination contests, the 1996 Republican race would be near the bottom.  Bob Dole, the “next-in-line” GOP candidate and the Senate majority leader, built up a huge lead in polls and endorsements early …
Jonathan Merritt / The Atlantic:
Why Do Evangelicals Support Donald Trump?  —  Donald Trump is immodest, arrogant, foul-mouthed, money-obsessed, thrice-married, and until recently, pro-choice.  By conventional standards, evangelical Christians should despise him.  Yet somehow, the Manhattan billionaire has attracted their support.
Discussion: Applesauce, Hot Air and Boing Boing
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Booker, Warner, Heitkamp Announce Support for Iran Nuclear Deal  —  New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker said he would support the Iran nuclear accord on Thursday, splitting with his state's senior senator over the contentious deal.  —  Mr. Booker's decision ended weeks of speculation …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Salmon spawns on Obama in Alaska  —  Washington (CNN)During his historic trip to Alaska, President Barack Obama spent some time fishing at Kanakanak Beach in Dillingham and in a comical moment, a salmon spawned on his shoes.  —  Wearing a pair of orange gloves, Obama examined some of the fish that he caught.
Discussion: Fusion, NPR and Business Insider
Tom Ley / Deadspin:
This Is Roger Goodell's Defining Defeat, And The One He Deserves  —  It's fitting that Roger Goodell's biggest failure, the one that could well end up permanently lessening the considerable power he and NFL owners have traditionally held over the NFLPA, was born out of the stupidest scandal …
 
 
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Calls Intensify for More Debates on the Democratic Side
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