memeorandum: 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do (Barack Obama/Medium)

9:15 PM ET, August 6, 2015

Top Items:

How Jeb and the GOP got trumped — The establishment wanted a sweet '16, not a 17-candidate pileup. Here's what happened. — SHARES — Jeb Bush, the man who would be front-runner, was as surprised as anybody when Donald Trump jumped into the 2016 presidential race in June.

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:

Carly Fiorina Attacks Jeb Bush For ‘Foolish’ Comment on Women's Health — Carly Fiorina took aim at Jeb Bush on Thursday over the former Florida governor's comments earlier in the week in which he said he was “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.”

Discussion: Slantpoint, Washington Post and The Week

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

Fiorina stands out in Republican ‘happy hour’ debate — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina stood out Thursday in the first GOP primary debate, taking shots at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton while showing off her foreign policy acumen. — Fiorina, the only woman among …

Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo Politics, Slate and Fusion

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Lindsey Graham gets America to Google him — Lindsey Graham's brief, morose comments about the difficult times of his life appears to have spurred a huge spike in search interest for the South Carolina senator. He talked about the death of his parents at about 6:10 p.m. — and Google searches for him spiked immediately afterward.

Discussion: The Federalist and Hit & Run

Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:

The Official GOP Debate Drinking Game Rules — On Thursday, August 6th, in Cleveland, Fox is hosting the first of many debates between candidates for the Republican Party presidential nomination. — Actually there will be two debates. One is for the top 10 poll performers …

Discussion: US News, New York Post, FOX News Radio, Outside the Beltway, The Week and Slantpoint

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

The Trump Campaign Has Descended Into Civil War — Even Ivanka Has Gotten Involved — Left unchecked, the dysfunction threatens to undermine the Donald's core message: his management acumen. — Shares … No matter what happens when Donald Trump takes center stage at the prime …

Discussion: Politico, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, The Week and BuzzFeed

Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business: The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush

Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina's Facebook Fans Outshine Donald Trump's — In Grammar and Spelling

Discussion: Crain's Cleveland Business, AMERICAblog News, OnPolitics, Mediaite and The Federalist

James Miklaszewski / CNBC:

Russia hacks Pentagon computers: NBC, citing sources — NBC News is reporting Russia has hacked computers at the Pentagon, with CNBC's Sue Herera. — U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system …

Discussion: Guardian, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, US News, Daily Mail, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Week and The Daily Caller

Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Hack ‘Most Sophisticated’ Ever

Discussion: Business Insider

NBC News:
Russian Cyber Attack Targets Pentagon Email Systems: Officials

Discussion: CNN, The Verge and Mashable

TMZ.com:

Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux — Surprise, We're Married!!! (PHOTOS) — JENNIFER ANISTON & JUSTIN THEROUX — SURPRISE ... WE'RE HITCHED!! — 8/6/2015 7:08 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux had a surprise wedding at their Bel Air mansion last night …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mashable, Daily Mail, Hollywood Life, The Huffington Post, CBS Dallas, Jezebel, Fusion, CBS DC and Refinery29

Stephanie Webber / Us Weekly:

Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Marry in Top-Secret Wedding: Details! — J&J forever! Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have at last tied the knot, multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. The couple married in a top-secret wedding at their L.A. home on Wednesday, Aug. 5.

Discussion: TMZ.com, fox8.com, The Week and Guardian

New York Times:

Before Main Republican Debate, Bottom 7 Contenders Put on Brave Faces — CLEVELAND — They called it the undercard. The kiddie table. The happy hour debate. — The wry and self-deprecating nicknames coined by the seven presidential candidates bumped from the main Republican debate …

Discussion: Politico and POLITICO New York

Washington Post:
Race to 2016: Second-tier GOP candidates face tough questions in debate

Discussion: Guardian, FishbowlDC, Naked Politics, Political Insider blog and Outside the Beltway

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
No apology from GOP, Santorum says

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Fox News Moderators Look for Ways to Keep 10 Candidates on Their Toes

Discussion: FishbowlDC, Washington Post, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Week and Politico

Washington Post:

Head of nuclear agency speaks to Senate committee on nuclear deal — The head of the international organization that is the linchpin of the Iran nuclear deal told a Senate committee Wednesday that he cannot divulge confidential details of its arrangement to examine Iran's nuclear research …

Discussion: Power Line, Defense One and The Daily Signal

Alan M. Dershowitz / USA Today:
Mr. Obama, your Iran deal will fall apart: Alan Dershowitz

Discussion: Instapundit

Wall Street Journal:
Inspectors So Far Denied Access to Iran's Scientists

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Hot Air and Algemeiner.com

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Donald Trump's Six Stages Of Doom — The recent polling surge by Donald Trump has launched a thousand stories about Trump's “unprecedented campaign.” But it's nothing all that unusual: Similar surges occurred for almost every Republican candidate four years ago, including Herman Cain …

Discussion: Political Wire, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, Bloomberg View, Slantpoint, Bloomberg Business and YouGov US Opinion Center News

ABC News:

GOP Debate: Rick Perry's Campaign Denies He Said ‘Ronald Raven’ — Did Rick Perry just have another ‘oops’ moment? — During FOX News pre-debate forum featuring seven candidates who didn't qualify for the 9 p.m. GOP presidential debate, Perry was asked a question on illegal immigration.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico

Emily L. Mahoney / Arizona Republic:

Bounty hunters mistakenly target Phoenix police chief's house — Raw video: Bounty hunters mistakenly target Phoenix police chief's house — It was a case of mistaken identity worthy of reality television. And it could have had deadly consequences. — Eleven bounty hunters looking …

Discussion: KFOR-TV

Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Bounty Hunters Mistakenly Target Phoenix Police Chief's House (VIDEO)

Discussion: Mediaite

David Lat / Above the Law:

Jared Leto's Lawyer Strenuously Objects To Claims That Her Client Has A Large — Yes, Large — Penis — On Tuesday, Allison S. Hart of Lavely & Singer, the prominent entertainment law firm, sent a letter threatening legal action against Lipstick Alley, a celebrity gossip site featuring message boards …

Discussion: Jezebel and Refinery29

Barack Obama / Medium:

50 Years After the Voting Rights Act, We Still Have Work to Do … Fifty years ago today, because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, that right was secured for more Americans. — On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Hinterland Gazette, White House.gov Blog, Raw Story, Politico and theGrio

John Hersey / New Yorker:

I—A NOISELESS FLASH — At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog and The Verge

Judy Kurtz / The Hill:

Mystery solved: Fiorina's closing statement found in printer — A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul's (Ky.) presidential campaign says he found the closing statement from a fellow Republican candidate left in a hotel printer ahead of Thursday night's highly-anticipated GOP debate.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Weekly Standard and Mediaite

Associated Press:

The Latest: GOP Hopefuls Say They'll Cancel Obama's Orders — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president: — What's the first executive order they'll issue on the first day in the Oval Office? — For the candidates taking part in the early forum …

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Politico:

Democrats set debate schedule — Democrats have got themselves a primary. — The first debate for the Democratic Party's 2016 presidential contenders will take place October 13 in Nevada and be hosted by CNN, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday, just hours …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Shakesville, Mediaite, Mashable, Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon and The Hill

Kevin Reece / KHOU-TV:

Dash cam video released of state rep's traffic stop — The Austin County Sheriff's Office released the dash camera video of a July 14 traffic stop of State — The Austin County Sheriff's Office released the dash camera video of a July 14 traffic stop of State Representative Garnet Coleman Tuesday …

Discussion: BizPac Review, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit