memeorandum: Donald Trump's Six Stages Of Doom (Nate Silver/FiveThirtyEight)

8:15 PM ET, August 6, 2015

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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.

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, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Week and BuzzFeed

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

Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:

The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush — Chris Cline, the billionaire coal baron, revealed himself today as the donor behind a $1 million contribution to a super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush's presidential campaign. — “Chris is proud to support Right to Rise,” said Brian Glasser …

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: The Week

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, Daily Mail, Mashable, 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

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

Ashley Parker / New York Times:

Fox News Moderators Look for Ways to Keep 10 Candidates on Their Toes — CLEVELAND — Just over 24 hours before the first Republican primary debate here, more than a dozen Fox News executives and producers gathered Wednesday with their debate moderators — Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace …

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

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

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

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

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

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: ABC News and Politico

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham gets America to Google him

Discussion: Hit & Run

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

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, Slantpoint, Bloomberg View, Bloomberg Business and YouGov US Opinion Center News

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

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: The Moderate Voice, The Mahablog and The Verge

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: The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and BizPac Review

Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:

Police review video of Northern California officer pulling gun on man recording him — A Northern California police department is reviewing a video showing one of its officers pulling a gun on a man who was recording him on his cellphone. — The video, posted on YouTube …

Discussion: Shakesville

Zeke J Miller / TIME:

Republican Committee Quietly Rejects Anti-Gay Marriage Resolution — The Republican National Committee's resolutions committee quietly rejected a pair of resolutions critical of homosexuality Wednesday. — The controversial resolutions dealing with sex education and same-sex marriage threatened …

Discussion: Advocate, Hit & Run, Human Rights Campaign Blog and Towleroad

Jason Whitely / WFAA-TV:

Paxton ordered to contempt hearing over same-sex marriage — DALLAS - Legally, this has not been a good week for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. — Two days after Collin County unsealed indictments against him for securities fraud, a federal judge ordered him to court for a contempt hearing …

Discussion: The Texas Observer, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Towleroad