Top Items:
Washington Post:
Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race — Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks …
Discussion:
New Yorker, WHOTV, FiveThirtyEight, Talking Points Memo, Blue Virginia, Philly.com, Political Wire, Hot Air, OnPolitics and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
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:
Politico, PoliticusUSA, No More Mister Nice Blog, Business Insider, 7online.com and OnPolitics
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts — Ten days ago, we raised an important point. People referring to Donald Trump as the Republican front-runner ignored that his leads, where they existed, were within the margin of error. Meaning that he was among the leaders, but he wasn't the clear leader.
Discussion:
Politico, Talking Points Memo, Salon and The Week
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scott Walker: We might have to take military action on Day One — A dispute has erupted between Scott Walker and Jeb Bush over how to handle the task of undoing Obama's Iran deal as president, with Bush hinting that Walker is approaching the issue with a lack of maturity …
Discussion:
Business Insider, Hullabaloo, Hot Air and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion:
Politico, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Daily Mail, Bloomberg View, Hit & Run, Hot Air, AMERICAblog News, Mock Paper Scissors and Commentary Magazine
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes — Trump insults McCain, draws scrutiny 02:35 — Washington (CNN)Asked about the dispute between Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona — the candidate at the top of the ticket when she was 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee …
Discussion:
Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Des Moines Register:
Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show — It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States. — People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day.
Discussion:
USA Today, Mediaite, 7online.com and US News
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
Discussion:
Politico, Washington Post, Daily Kos and No More Mister Nice Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Apologists — The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause.
Trump and His Apologists — The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Business Insider, Trail Blazers Blog and CNN
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
When politics imitates pro wrestling
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Hugh Hewitt Show and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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.
Discussion:
Power Line, The Frisky, New York Times, KOIN-TV, The Daily Caller, Guardian, The Week, Daily Mail, New York Magazine, Fox News Insider, Mediaite and Althouse
RELATED:
David Dayen / The New Republic:
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test
Discussion:
Vox, The Daily Beast, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Eclectablog, Guardian and BuzzFeed
Aaron David Miller / The Daily Beast:
Iran's Win-Win...Win Win Win Nuke Deal — Why would the mullahs cheat on a deal as good for them as this one? — The Obama Administration sent the Iran Nuclear Deal to Congress on Sunday, and on Monday the 60-day clock starts ticking for a largely hostile Capitol Hill to review all the elements, unclassified and classified.
Discussion:
BREITBART.COM, New York Times, Washington Post and Reuters
RELATED:
Avi Lewis / The Times of Israel:
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal
Discussion:
New York Times, Commentary Magazine and Power Line
Fox News:
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US
Discussion:
Real Clear Politics, The Right Scoop, Washington Free Beacon and American Spectator
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.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, myfox8.com, Page Six, WTVR-TV, Washington Post, Fox 59, KFOR-TV and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk — Last week many of us were disgusted to learn Planned Parenthood is harvesting and selling body parts from aborted children. As the largest provider of abortion in America, Planned Parenthood is part of the problem, on the “supply” side.
Discussion:
Mock Paper Scissors
RELATED:
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood
Discussion:
Washington Free Beacon
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 …
Discussion:
Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and The Jawa Report
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
Washington Post, WHNT-TV, ABC News, VentureBeat, Guardian, The Verge, Associated Press, The PJ Tatler, Mashable, The Week, NBC News and CBS Boston
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.
Discussion:
Mashable, RedState, CNBC, Bloomberg Business, New York Magazine, Slate, NBC News, New York Times, The Verge, Guardian, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, CNNMoney, Moe Lane, NPR, VentureBeat, Mediaite, Slantpoint, The Next Web, Raw Story and Metro.co.uk
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Nick Denton, CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Hot Air, Politico, Towleroad, NPR, Poynter., Mediaite, Guardian, Mashable, The Daily Caller and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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:
Liberaland and The Week
RELATED:
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him
Discussion:
Salon, The Week and Hullabaloo
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Mahablog, Booman Tribune and The Week
BREITBART.COM:
Ben Shapiro Files Police Report Against Transgender Reporter Zoey Tur — Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro has filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department alleging battery against transgender Inside Edition reporter Zoey Tur, née Robert Albert Tur.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, PinkNews, Towleroad and Mediaite
RELATED:
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro files assault charges against trans woman who called him ‘little man’
Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro files assault charges against trans woman who called him ‘little man’
Discussion:
Liberaland and Mock Paper Scissors
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!
Discussion:
Politico, Liberal Values, Guardian, Real Clear Politics, Althouse, Washington Post, New York Times, Daily Kos, Mediaite and BuzzFeed