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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nope.  Trump's Latest Outrage Will Not Sink Him One Bit  —  Has Donald Trump finally done it?  Finally gone too far?  —  Coming from Trump, the comments seem more ridiculous than outrageous.  And let's not forget that only a decade ago Republicans ran an entire presidential campaign around …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gains Yet Shows Vulnerability in a Crowded, Contentious GOP Race (POLL)  —  Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate …
Discussion: OnPolitics
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked  —  Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information.
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Associated Press:
Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted  —  1 photo  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online.
Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
AshleyMadison.com Hack Threatens Millions of Would-Be Adulterers
TMZ.com:
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert — Divorcing  —  BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT  —  DIVORCING  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting divorced ... TMZ has learned.  —  The couple filed divorce docs a while ago, and a judge is expected to officially end their 4 year marriage today.
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Associated Press:
BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT DIVORCE AFTER 4 YEARS  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage.  —  The news was confirmed in a statement Monday to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives.
Discussion: Guardian, The Week, USA Today and TMZ.com
Allison Samuels / Vanity Fair:
Rachel Dolezal's True Lies  —  For a time this summer, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president whose parents had “outed” her as white.  The tornado of public attention has since moved on, but Rachel Dolezal still has to live with her choices—and still refuses to back down.
Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Anthony Hervey, killed in wreck, was piece of Oxford history  —  A man who has been considered an Oxford fixture for at least the last two decades died in a car accident following a flag rally on Sunday, officials said.  —  Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy confirmed that a man killed …
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MJ Brickey / News-Capital & Democrat:   Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker  —  Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company.  In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership's vote …
Smithsonian Institution / Kickstarter:
Reboot the Suit: Bring Back Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit  —  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content.  —  Play  —  Unmute  —  Play with  —  sound  —  A chance for citizens of Earth to conserve, digitize, and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit for explorers everywhere.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US should hang Edward Snowden, says former spy panel senator  —  The U.S. should publicly hang leaker Edward Snowden if and when he falls into the government's hands, according to the former top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.  —  “We need to hang him on the courthouse square …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him
Discussion: Salon and Hullabaloo
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood  —  Many years ago I interviewed for a reporting job covering government waste, fraud and mismanagement.  The interview went well and my future employers mentioned that they'd had trouble keeping the position filled as many reporters had trouble coming up with story ideas.
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Michael Brown / Townhall.com:
Buy a Baby's Liver For Just $24K!
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Bush-Walker Dispute Catches Fire Over Iran Nuclear Deal  —  A smoldering policy dispute over the Iran deal between two frontrunners for the Republican nomination caught fire over the weekend, as the campaigns of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and former Florida governor Jeb Bush traded accusations …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Gen. Wesley Clark: Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps  —  U.S. General Wesley Clark floated a plan Friday for dealing with so-called “lone wolf” terrorists on American soil: imprison them in internment camps before they get the chance to attack the U.S.
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Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez / The Intercept:
Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans
Discussion: Mediaite and Moe Lane
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Crist: ‘I intend on running’ for Congress  —  “If the new congressional map includes my home, I intend on running to serve the people again,” Crist said in a post on Twitter.  —  Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist all but announced his intentions to run for Congress in a Tampa Bay-area House seat …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Political Wire
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly enters race for U.S. Senate
Discussion: Roll Call and OnPolitics
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Industry rails against Obama's dishwasher rules  —  Companies that make dishwashers are warning that the Obama administration's latest efficiency standards for their industry would backfire.  —  The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers is accusing the Department of Energy (DOE) …
Discussion: Fox News
Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Hillary's hosting her first Facebook Q&A of the campaign this afternoon.  She'll be chatting live about her vision for a better economy—add your question below, and the post will be updated when she's ready to chat!
ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooting: FBI Recovers Gunman's Disturbing Diary  —  With more than 30 FBI agents due to arrive today in Chattanooga, a diary belonging to the gunman and FBI interviews with his parents paint a picture of a disturbed, suicidal young man using drugs, preparing for bankruptcy …
 
 
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Jeb Hensarling / Wall Street Journal:
After Five Years, Dodd-Frank Is a Failure
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Walker signs 20-week abortion ban
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Impossible Dream
Bethany McLean / New York Times:
Fannie and Freddie are Back, Bigger and Badder Than Ever
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Report: 2.5 million illegal immigrants under Obama, 400,000 yearly
FOX2now.com:
Patrick's Westport Grill apologizes for receipt
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026

 
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