memeorandum: Chris Christie Is Stealing John McCain's Playbook (Josh Kraushaar/National Journal)

8:30 AM ET, June 10, 2015

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Police Officer in McKinney, Tex., Resigns Over Incident Caught on Video — The police officer seen in a video throwing a 14-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers has resigned from the police force in McKinney, Tex.

Discussion: Associated Press, Radio Or Not, Hinterland Gazette, Liberaland, Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge, CW33 NewsFix and The Daily Caller

Fox4News.com:
McKinney officer resigns due to actions in pool party video

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Little Green Footballs and The Gateway Pundit

Seth Stoughton / Talking Points Memo:
A Former Cop On What Went Wrong In McKinney

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Dallas Morning News:
Dueling views of McKinney melee fault intruding teens, racist adults, police officer

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Crime Blog, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Scoop Blog, The PJ Tatler, Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay, dallasmorningviewsblog … and Vox

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq — WASHINGTON — In a significant shift of strategy in Iraq, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send 400 American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi and repel the Islamic State.

Discussion: Guardian, Common Dreams, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh and NBC News

Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Prepares Plan to Send Hundreds More Trainers to Iraq

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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Rumsfeld: Democracy in Iraq was ‘unrealistic’

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Politico:

Rubio's ‘luxury speedboat’ is a fishing boat — In an effort to showcase Sen. Marco Rubio's history of financial struggles, The New York Times reported Tuesday that the Florida Republican had spent “$80,000 for a luxury speedboat” even as he faced outstanding debts.

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Ted Cruz team looks beyond Iowa, New Hampshire — Stuck in the pack in the Hawkeye State, the Texas senator looks to later-voting states. — He's stuck in the middle of the pack in Iowa, lags in polls, and much of the GOP donor class views him with disdain.

CJCiaramella / BuzzFeed:

Justice Department Subpoenas Reason.com To Unmask Commenters — The Justice Department made the classic mistake of reading the comments, and now it wants to know the identity of internet commenters who talked about putting a federal judge in a wood chipper.

Discussion: Raw Story, The Last Refuge and Balloon Juice

Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg View:
Reason Magazine Subpoena Stomps on Free Speech

Discussion: Techdirt, Hot Air, Power Line, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Reason Magazine Subpoenaed Over Reader Comments about Silk Road Judge

Discussion: The Verge and Popehat, more at Mediagazer »

Eli Stokols / Politico:

Jeb Bush, explaining campaign shakeup, calls for ‘patience’ — BERLIN — In his first comments since Monday's shakeup, Jeb Bush told reporters here he felt the need to reorganize his team based on “the magnitude of the journey,” not any perceived struggles of his nascent campaign.

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Super PAC backing Jeb Bush unlikely to hit $100 million by end of June — A super PAC backing former Florida governor Jeb Bush is likely to fall short of collecting $100 million by the end of this month, despite widespread expectations that the group would hit that record-breaking sum, according to people close to the operation.

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos, New York Times and OnPolitics

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Bachelor Lindsey Graham promises a ‘rotating first lady’ — Unmarried Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says that if he becomes president, he will have a “rotating first lady.” — “Well, I've got a sister. She could play that role if necessary,” the 59-year-old South Carolinian presidential …

Discussion: New York Times, Althouse, Towleroad News #gay, Shakesville and Joe. My. God.

Francesca Chambers For / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: 'I've got lots of friends, we'll have a rotating First Lady': Bachelor Lindsey Graham reveals how he'd solve biggest unanswered question of his White House campaign — The Republican senator told Daily Mail Online at a recent campaign event, 'Well, I've got a sister, she could play that role if necessary'

Discussion: Poynter., Political Wire, The Huffington Post, The Hill, CNN, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Mediaite and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Kasich taps two veteran advisers for expected presidential campaign — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has tapped a pair of veteran Republicans to play senior roles in his upcoming presidential campaign, according to multiple sources. The decisions are the latest steps in preparation …

Discussion: Fox News

Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
John Kasich's Super-PAC Hires Fred Davis as Media Strategist

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project:

NATO Publics Blame Russia for Ukrainian Crisis, but Reluctant to Provide Military Aid — Publics of key member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) blame Russia for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Many also see Russia as a military threat to other neighboring states.

Discussion: Politico

Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Survey Points to Challenges NATO Faces Over Russia

Discussion: The Week and Marginal REVOLUTION

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Trouble looms for Mitch McConnell's Senate — That burst of legislative activity this year? It was fun while it lasted. — Getty — A summer of gridlock is bearing down on Washington, threatening to put an end to the burst of legislative productivity that kicked off Mitch McConnell's reign atop the Senate.

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos, Bloomberg View and The PJ Tatler

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid rips McConnell over judges

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Politico:
Mitch McConnell tries to turn tables on Dems with cyber bill

Discussion: The Hill

David K. Li / New York Post:

The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 — Longtime New York Post news editor and film critic Vincent Musetto — who wrote what's arguably the most famous headline in newspaper history — died on Tuesday. — He had just turned 74 in May.

Discussion: NPR and CBS Boston

Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Vincent Musetto, 74, Dies; Wrote ‘Headless’ Headline of Ageless Fame

Discussion: Refinery29, Capital New York, The Week, Poynter. and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:

Army Gen. Randy Taylor introduces his husband at Pentagon Gay Pride event … A married Army general on Tuesday introduced his spouse at a Pentagon event that featured lots of top brass, including Defense Secretary Ashton Carter as the keynote speaker. — What made this seemingly routine …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Joe. My. God.

Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:

Chris Christie Is Stealing John McCain's Playbook — Down in the polls, the New Jersey governor is camping out in New Hampshire and focusing on national security as he tries to rebuild momentum for his flagging campaign. — GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire—The Straight Talk Express has returned to New Hampshire …

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

A new inside account of Obama's Israel ire — President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — When it's released June 23, the new book by bestselling historian Michael Oren is going to be the talk of Washington and Jerusalem — not to mention everywhere people …

Discussion: Israel Matzav

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:

Louisiana GOPers In Fiscal Mess Beg Grover Norquist To Relax No Tax Pledge — Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist are in a war of words over the state's terrible budget options, with Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), a 2016 White House contender, stuck in the middle.

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Mahablog and New Orleans Times-Picayune

Associated Press:

Service Dog Throws Self In Front Of Bus To Save Blind Owner's Life — BREWSTER, N.Y. (AP) — A service dog threw himself in front of a mini school bus to try to protect his blind owner and stayed by her side as emergency responders tended to the injured pair, authorities said.

Discussion: WCNC-TV and The Week