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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Hack ‘Most Sophisticated’ Ever
Pentagon Hack ‘Most Sophisticated’ Ever
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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 …
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …
Washington Post:
Race to 2016: Second-tier GOP candidates face tough questions in debate — Former senator Rick Santorum struck a hard line on immigration during Thurday evening's second-tier Republican debate, saying that he did not mind breaking up immigrant families, if some of their members had come to the U.S. illegally.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
No apology from GOP, Santorum says
No apology from GOP, Santorum says
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Fox News Moderators Look for Ways to Keep 10 Candidates on Their Toes
Fox News Moderators Look for Ways to Keep 10 Candidates on Their Toes
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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 …
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Alan M. Dershowitz / USA Today:
Mr. Obama, your Iran deal will fall apart: Alan Dershowitz
Mr. Obama, your Iran deal will fall apart: Alan Dershowitz
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jack Holmes / New York Magazine:
White Kids Get Medicated When They Misbehave, Black Kids Get Suspended — or Arrested — <span>Troublemakers can get help or get punished — it all depends on what school they go to.</span> — In recent years, as a national conversation about racial discrepancies in American policing has heated up …
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