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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.
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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, Daily Kos, Politico, The Daily Banter, The Verge, Gawker, JustOneMinute, BuzzFeed, The Stranger …, Guardian, Mashable, naked capitalism and Balloon Juice
Joshua DuBois / The Daily Beast:
Eric Holder: ‘We Finally Started to Turn This Aircraft Carrier Around.’
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
From Good to Great — When it came to civil rights …
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PJ Media, Mashable and Washington Post
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder Quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’
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Hot Air
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
AG Holder to step down following six-year tenure
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Balloon Juice, Washington Post, The Dish and Democracy in America
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 and ABC News
Nick Gillespie / TIME:
Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, and Obliviousness
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Bleeding Heartland, Hit & Run, Guardian, Watchdog.org, Business Insider, The Atlantic Online and Little Green Footballs
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Holder Ran The DOJ ‘Much Like The Black Panthers Would’
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The Mahablog and The Daily Caller
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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Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
Ferguson representative fired for deadly past
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Daily RFT and Talking Points Memo
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Bill in a Box — Hillary Clinton's biggest asset is also her greatest potential liability. — Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting has a priceless asset, a super weapon strong enough to strike fear in her most determined rival. It also has a dangerous liability, a burden able to drag …
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National Review
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Golden Bowl — Amy Chozick covers Hillary Clinton for the New York Times.
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Betsy's Page, Ed Driscoll, The Dish, The PJ Tatler, Wall Street Journal, Shakesville, Washington Post and Hot Air
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 …
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 …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Conservatives Launch ‘Unprecedented’ Campaign Against Pro-Marriage Equality Republicans — National Organization for Marriage, Family Research Council, and CitizenLink lash out against candidates “working to actively alienate the Republican base.” — Olaf Faeskorn/Tisei for Congress
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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
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
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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Beating Brownback Would Redeem 2014
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Democratic Strategist
Ben White / Politico:
Crunch time for Jeb Bush — It's now or never for Jeb Bush. — The former Florida governor flirted with presidential runs in 2008 and 2012 but ultimately demurred, always with the flickering possibility of mounting a campaign down the road. But at 61 years old, the second son …
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Capitol Report
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
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
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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RedState, Hot Air, Washington Post, Instapundit and Prairie Weather
Associated Press:
Outside Groups' Planned Spending by the Numbers — Seven high-profile national political organizations have asked television stations to set aside more than $80 million in airtime to shape Senate races between now and Election Day, Nov. 4. A look at where groups plan to empty their pockets during the next 5 1/2 weeks:
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Washington Post and Politico
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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