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1:40 AM ET, September 15, 2015

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why is the media more interested in Hillary's email than in Jeb's profoundly dishonest tax pitch?  —  The formative experience of my political life was the 2000 presidential campaign, in which the media mercilessly persecuted Al Gore over a series of trivial exaggerations and now-forgotten pseudo-scandals …
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Ben White / Politico:
Wall Street's latest panic: Trump could win  —  With Bush and Clinton taking their lumps, financial executives face populist critics in both parties.  —  NEW YORK — Wall Street is growing increasingly terrified that Donald Trump — once viewed as an amusing summertime distraction …
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner's so gross even PR flacks are disgusted by him  —  Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources tell The Post.  —  Arthur Schwartz, one of the top executives at MWW, quit after the p.r. firm put …
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever  —  Late-night comedy has seen a disorienting—some feared fragmenting—shuffle over the last two years as Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart gave up their chairs.  But, writes David Kamp, a mix of new faces, shows, and platforms has only revitalized the format.
TMZ.com:
Devo Co-Founder — 9/11 Themed Wedding ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/11 THEMED WEDDING  —  ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/14/2015 8:16 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The co-founder of Devo and his bride hung their faces off a Twin Towers cake to celebrate their marriage with the most bizarre …
Discussion: Page Six, Gothamist and UPROXX
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Ashley Collman For / Daily Mail:
Devo band-member Jerry Casale sparks outrage for his Twin Towers-themed wedding cake
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Mark Cuban: I could beat Trump AND Clinton  —  Mark Cuban to CNBC: I would crush Donald  —  Republican candidates will hit the stage Wednesday night in their next debate.  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Mark Cuban said he would crush Donald Trump if he were head to head with him in a race.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince
James Hibberd / EW.com:
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO REPLACE DONALD TRUMP AS CELEBRITY APPRENTICE HOST  —  NBC has landed a huge name to replace Donald Trump as host of Celebrity Apprentice.  —  Former California governor and international movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger will take over the reality franchise, NBC announced Monday.
Discussion: BizPac Review, Full Feed and TMZ.com
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Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Important Win for Fair Use in ‘Dancing Baby’ Lawsuit  —  Appeals Court Affirms That Copyright Owners Must Consider Fair Use in Online Takedowns  —  San Francisco - A federal appeals court in San Francisco today affirmed that copyright holders must consider whether a use of material is fair before sending a takedown notice.
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Price Tag of Bernie Sanders's Proposals: $18 Trillion  —  Democratic presidential candidate's agenda would greatly expand government  —  WASHINGTON—Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose liberal call to action has propelled his long-shot presidential campaign, is proposing an array of new programs …
Discussion: Power Line
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Why Are Women Ditching Hillary?
Discussion: RedState
Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump  —  Ben Carson is turning the other cheek.  —  The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Moe Lane
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Perry Gets Winnowed
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Poll: Public wants to avoid shutdown over Planned Parenthood  —  A huge majority wants Congress to keep the government open, regardless of whether that means providing funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday.  —  The poll finds that 71 percent of adults …
Politico:
McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe  —  In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017.  Until then, his agenda is more modest.  —  Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game.  —  To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New State Department Documents Reveal Hillary Clinton Email Gap  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released newly obtained Department of State documents showing a nearly five-month total gap in the emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided to return to the State Department late last year.
Discussion: Power Line, Daily Mail and Hot Air
Danny Wicentowski / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report.  Now What?  —  The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report.  —  Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
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Jason Rosenbaum / NPR:
Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
A pregnant woman wanted her tubes tied.  Her Catholic hospital said no.  —  It was painful to hear but ultimately seemed the best course to Jessica Mann and her family.  Because of a dangerous tumor in her brain, her doctor gently suggested that she take steps to make sure that she could not get pregnant again.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Ambert Rodriguez / Jeb 2016:
Strengthening Cybersecurity  —  The Internet has transformed everyday life for people, revolutionizing communications and how Americans interact with each other and the world.  The Internet's impact on economic growth has likewise been profound.  U.S. manufacturers reported e-commerce shipments were $3.3 trillion in 2013.
Discussion: OnPolitics
Clayton Jenkins / The Daily Beast:
My Police Academy Teaches the ‘War on Cops’ Myth  —  In my rural red state police academy, instructors preach about ‘officers dying left and right’—even though the numbers show this isn't happening.  —  The trumpets of the thin blue line and right-wing news sources have been sounding, piping out warnings of a “War on Police.”
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
 
 
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