memeorandum: Sources: Grand jury indicts Attorney General Ken Paxton (WFAA-TV)

8:55 PM ET, August 1, 2015

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do? — WASHINGTON — A PATTERN of cutting corners, a patina of entitlement and inevitability, has led to this. — Destroying digital messages and thwarting official investigations while acting all innocent about wiping out sensitive material.

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post, Guardian, Liberaland and Politico

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Joe Biden Said to Be Taking New Look at Presidential Run — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his associates have begun to actively explore a possible presidential campaign, an entry that would upend the Democratic field and deliver a direct threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, Outside the Beltway, Telegraph, OnPolitics, Business Insider and Addicting Info

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

Who Was Maureen Dowd's Source? — Here's part of Maureen Dowd's interesting and moving column in tomorrow's New York Times on Joe Biden: … Read the whole thing, as they say. And read the accompanying Times news article, reporting that Joe Biden is seriously considering a presidential bid.

WFAA-TV:

Sources: Grand jury indicts Attorney General Ken Paxton — McKINNEY — A grand jury has indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on multiple felony charges, according to several sources who are familiar with the complaints. — The charges will be unsealed in McKinney on Monday about noon …

Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors, Towleroad, Above the Law and KLTV-TV

Manny Fernandez / New York Times:

Grand Jury Indicts Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, on Felony Charges — HOUSTON — Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas and a former longtime lawmaker, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of securities fraud and of failing to register with the state securities board …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Ryan Carey-Mahoney / USA Today:

Jericho, Cecil the lion's brother, killed — The brother of Cecil the lion, whose death sparked widespread outrage this week, was killed by a hunter Saturday afternoon in Zimbabwe, a local conservation group said. — “I'm very disappointed. I'm heartbroken,” Zimbabwe Conservation Task …

Discussion: KSNG-TV, Slantpoint and France 24

Wills Robinson For / Daily Mail:
Cecil the lion's brother Jericho ‘shot dead’ says Zimbabwe park officials

Discussion: BizPac Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and Liberaland

CNN:
Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, also illegally killed in Zimbabwe, official says

Discussion: Guardian, KSNG-TV, Raw Story, KOIN-TV, Towleroad, The Daily Caller and The Week

Washington Post: Cecil the lion's killer may have trouble avoiding extradition, experts say

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Clinton aide and confidante was overpaid at State Dept. — State Department investigators have concluded that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 while working at the State Department, the Washington Post reports.

Discussion: Progress Pond

Washington Post:
Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department

Discussion: New York Times, Freedom Outpost, Hot Air, Fox News, Washington Times, Instapundit, BizPac Review and The Right Scoop

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Judge Orders Hillary Clinton to Answer for ‘Home-Brew’ Server

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Federal Judge Orders State Department to Ask Hillary Clinton to Account …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line

William Saletan / Slate:

The Iran hearings have shown how the Republican Party can no longer be trusted with the presidency. — If Republicans win the White House next year, they'll almost certainly control the entire federal government. Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress …

Discussion: The Mahablog and The Moderate Voice

Ali Weinberg / ABC News:

Texas Already Defunded Planned Parenthood — Here's What Congress Can Learn From It — As Congress seeks to end all taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, lawmakers and health care professionals in the state of Texas, who took similar action in recent years, have some advice on how to make that transition …

Discussion: Associated Press

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Questions raised about Planned Parenthood cuts

Discussion: Hot Air

Richard A. Serrano / Chicago Tribune:

Assailant in Garland, Texas, attack bought gun in 2010 under Fast and Furious operation — Five years before he was shot to death in the failed terrorist attack in Garland, Texas, Nadir Soofi walked into a suburban Phoenix gun shop to buy a 9-millimeter pistol.

Discussion: The Right Scoop and The Gateway Pundit

P. J. O'Rourke / The Daily Beast:

The Unbearable Nuttiness of Mike Huckabee — Oh go home, you old fundamentalist fool, before you embarrass the Republicans any more. — “Playing the Hitler card” is an infallible sign that a politician has run out of intelligent, substantive and plausible ways to criticize an opponent.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:

The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee — The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and KFOR-TV

Brendan James / International Business Times:

Salon.com Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff — The liberal website Salon.com on Friday recognized its editorial staffers' request to form a union late Friday, ending a monthlong standoff between writers and managers at the 20-year-old publication, International Business Times has learned.

Discussion: Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:

Video of Lenexa PD arrest goes viral, sparks concerns — LENEXA, Kan. - A video that shows two Lenexa police officers making an arrest has gone viral and sparked concerns on social media. — John Sherman said he was at the Winstead's restaurant, located near 95th Street and Quivira …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite