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12:40 PM ET, September 14, 2015

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Mike Wynn / USA Today:
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses  —  LOUISVILLE — In returning to work Monday, Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, indicated that she will not interfere with any deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses …
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Timothy D. Easley / ABC News:
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kentucky clerk: Issue same-sex marriage licenses without my name  —  Kentucky clerk Kim Davis indicated Monday she would not interfere with her deputies issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples but that she did not want her name on them.  —  “If any of them feels that they must issue …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kentucky Clerk Allows Same-Sex Licenses, but Questions Legality
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
WATCH: Kim Davis' lawyer who compared her to Rosa Parks and MLK now compares her to Abraham Lincoln
Washington Post:
Poll: Trump, Carson top GOP race; Clinton leads Dems but support drops  —  Two non-politicians, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, dominate the contest for the Republican nomination, together accounting for more than half of the potential vote as support …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   GOP senators would back Trump as Republican nominee
New York Times:
Ben Carson Works His Way Up the Donation Ladder
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and ABC News
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.  —  The real action in American politics these days is the in-house feud among Republicans.  It features the center-right GOP establishment in one corner and the talk show hosts and Tea Party activists in the other.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law  —  Congressional Republicans say they are determined to shut Planned Parenthood down, regardless of whether it broke any laws.  —  In more than two months of investigations, members have yet to turn up evidence …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Fox News:
Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper  —  A man suspected of fatally shooting a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, cops confirmed to FoxNews.com.  —  Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks …
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John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Now-classified Clinton emails sitting on Google servers  —  Aides to the former secretary of state sent sensitive messages through Gmail and other private email services.  —  Classified emails passed through commercial email services like Google and AOL on their path to or from a private server maintained …
Discussion: Hot Air and TalkLeft
Associated Press:
HIGHLIGHTS OF WALKER'S ANTI-UNION PROPOSALS  —  Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to federal labor law affecting unions, which the Republican presidential hopeful plans to lay out on Monday in a town hall meeting in Las Vegas:  —Make it illegal for federal workers to form unions.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:   Scott Walker to propose abolishing unions for federal workers
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
John Oliver Announces The Shuttering Of His Megachurch, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption  —  John Oliver announced the inevitable in a letter on Sunday: He's closing his month-old church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.  —  Oliver established his own church in mid-August after realizing …
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Jessica Goodman / EW.com:
JACK WHITE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS HE TRIED TO FIGHT BLACK KEYS DRUMMER PATRICK CARNEY IN NYC BAR (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE: Patrick Carney responded to Jack White's statement about the alleged fight that took place between the two musicians in New York Sunday night.
Discussion: UPROXX, Guardian and TMZ.com
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics  —  The Donald's success has Mark Cuban considering a run for office.  He's not the only famously rich guy suddenly inspired.  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is so impressed with Donald Trump's success that he is now considering running for office himself.
Discussion: Business Insider
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Perry Gets Winnowed  —  The “winnowing” of the vast GOP presidential field proceeded apace this weekend, with Rick Perry “suspending” his campaign.  Officially, that means there are 16 “real” candidates left.  Unofficially, CNN excluded Jim Gilmore from even its Kiddie Table debate this week, so there are a mere 15 left.
 
 
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
The One-Man Roadshow of Donald Trump
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Tim Wu, Open Internet Advocate, Joins New York Attorney General's Office
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Is Trump killing justice reform?
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
A scarcity of economic growth
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Washington Post:
Sanders brings surging campaign to two very different parts of Virginia on Monday
The Federalist:
Will New Obamacare Rule Force Insurers To Fund Sex-Changes?
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In church address, Hillary Clinton pledges to be nicer to the media
Ian Katz / Bloomberg Business:
Kasich Says He Backs Obama on Bringing Syrian Refugees to U.S.
Politico:
The Key to Winning Down-Ballot Races
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The Times Announces a Fellowship Named for David Carr
Mary Mitchell / Chicago Sun Times:
Rape case sends mixed messages on prostitution
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Ian Tuttle / National Review:
Ben Carson's Immigration Plan
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The Next Genocide  —  New Haven — BEFORE he fired the shot …
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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