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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder Quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’ — The Holder-Napolitano rivalry was legendary: Once, after the former Arizona governor asked Holder about his future plans, the AG joked to a friend, “Sometimes I feel like Janet is touching me just to see if I'm still warm.”
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Hot Air and Business Insider
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New York Times:
Eric Holder's Legacy — By any measure, the nearly-six-year tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has been one of the most consequential in United States history. His decision to resign, which he announced on Thursday, was long anticipated; he has said he will stay on through his successor's confirmation.
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, The New Republic, Daily Kos, Politico, The Daily Banter, The National Interest, The Verge, Gawker, The Atlantic Online, JustOneMinute, BuzzFeed, The Stranger … and Mashable
Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
GOP to Obama: Don't use lame-duck Congress to replace Holder — Conservatives are warning President Obama against using a lame-duck session of Congress to push through Attorney General Eric Holder's replacement, even as the White House signals its intention to fill the post quickly.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
From Good to Great — When it came to civil rights, Eric Holder was a top-notch attorney general. Too bad he didn't serve in a less partisan moment. — On Thursday the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner joined with the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National Action Network …
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PJ Media, Mashable and Washington Post
Joshua DuBois / The Daily Beast:
Eric Holder: ‘We Finally Started to Turn This Aircraft Carrier Around.’
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’
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Watchdog.org, ABC News, Daily Signal, Political Insider blog, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, The Daily Beast, The Hill, PoliticusUSA and ABC News
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
AG Holder to step down following six-year tenure
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Balloon Juice, Washington Post, The Dish, Democracy in America and NPR
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg View:
The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes — Probably most people would agree that the people paid by the U.S. government to regulate Wall Street have had their difficulties. Most people would probably also agree on two reasons those difficulties seem only to be growing: an ever-more complex financial system …
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Michael Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ferguson public relations representative was convicted of reckless homicide — • By Stephen Deere sdeere@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8116 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com 314.725.6758 — Devin Sean James, who is overseeing public relations for Ferguson after the Michael Brown shooting …
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Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Daily RFT and Gawker
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Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Ferguson representative fired for deadly past — FERGUSON, MO (KMOV.com) - Devin James was hired to represent the city of Ferguson and help officials rebuild the city's image, but he was fired after officials say they learned he was a convicted killer. — “Charlie Dooley terminated my contract,” James said.
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Daily RFT and Talking Points Memo
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why We're Talking About Mitt Romney — I've been mostly ignoring the various “Romney 2016!” trial balloons floated by various parties over the last six months or so (including by some of my dear friends, alas), but now that someone as sober and well-informed as Byron York has weighed in with a …
Washington Post:
FBI blasts Apple, Google for locking police out of phones — FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple and Google on Thursday for developing forms of smartphone encryption so secure that law enforcement officials cannot easily gain access to information stored on the devices — even when they have valid search warrants.
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Golden Bowl — Amy Chozick covers Hillary Clinton for the New York Times. She is an enterprising and dedicated reporter, and many of her stories have annoyed the 2016 presidential frontrunner. This week Chozick covered a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. It was her turn to be annoyed.
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Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Bill in a Box — Hillary Clinton's biggest asset is also her …
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National Review
Jim O'Sullivan / The Boston Globe:
Martha Coakley dragged down by national trends — As White House Democrats prepare to stump in Massachusetts for Attorney General Martha Coakley in the governor's race, a new Globe poll shows that national political conditions may be hobbling her chances for victory.
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Real Clear Politics and The PJ Tatler
Washington Post:
450,000 in Va. may lack proper ID needed to vote — About 450,000 voters in Virginia may lack the proper identification needed to cast a ballot in the November midterm elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections said Thursday. — Under a state law that took effect this year …
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ThinkProgress and Associated Press
Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
U.S. second-quarter GDP growth revised up to 4.6% from 4.2% — WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. economy grew at a 4.6% annual pace in the second quarter, matching the best performance since the recession ended in mid-2009. The increase in real gross domestic product was revised up from 4.2% …
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msnbc.com and Washington Monthly
CNN:
Tensions ease in Ferguson after scuffle breaks out near police chief — Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Tensions eased and streets cleared early Friday in Ferguson, Missouri, after another night of tension and arrests. — Emotions spiked following a late-night appearance by Police Chief Thomas Jackson …
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PoliticusUSA and KMOV-TV
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Ferguson police chief tells CNN: I will not step down
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Gawker, RT, New York Times, Business Insider and Truthdig
Politico:
Sources: Milton Wolf weighs Greg Orman endorsement — Milton Wolf, the tea party candidate who battled Sen. Pat Roberts in a bitter Republican primary fight, is considering some political payback: Endorsing Kansas independent Greg Orman, sources said Thursday night.
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Fox News, RedState, Hot Air, Washington Post, Instapundit, Prairie Weather and Topeka Capital-Journal
Politico:
How Sen. Kay Hagan's husband won stimulus cash — When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as “the best way forward for working families across North Carolina.” — One of the families that later benefited is her own.
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RedState
Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
What's the Matter With Sam Brownback? — How the Kansas governor's red-state experiment could turn Kansas purple. — ONE WEDNESDAY afternoon in mid-August, Govs. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Chris Christie of New Jersey stopped for a photo op—and $54 worth of pork ribs and sausages …
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Associated Press, The Huffington Post and ThinkProgress
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Beating Brownback Would Redeem 2014
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