memeorandum: Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot. (Chris Cillizza/Washington Post)

3:55 AM ET, August 7, 2015

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Chuck Schumer / Medium:

My Position on the Iran Deal — Every several years or so a legislator is called upon to cast a momentous vote in which the stakes are high and both sides of the issue are vociferous in their views. — Over the years, I have learned that the best way to treat such decisions is to study …

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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:

Chuck Schumer Breaks With Obama, Will Oppose Iran Deal — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Senior Enterprise Editor, The Huffington Post — Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the chamber's third-ranking Democrat …

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New York Times:

Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall — WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer, the most influential Jewish voice in Congress, said Thursday night that he would oppose President Obama's deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. — “Advocates on both sides …

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Kirsten Gillibrand / Medium:

Why I'm Supporting an Imperfect Iran Deal — Beginning in 2010, I helped champion in Congress an aggressive and punitive series of sanctions against Iran because we faced an Iranian nuclear program that was spinning unchecked and out of control. The Iranian regime with a nuclear weapon posed …

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CNN:
Chuck Schumer to vote against Iran nuclear deal

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

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Washington Post:
Head of nuclear agency speaks to Senate committee on nuclear deal

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly ‘behaved very nasty to me’ — CLEVELAND — Donald Trump says he didn't get a fair shake. — Speaking in the spin room behind the debate stage, Trump said the questions he received from the moderators Thursday night “were far tougher” than those asked of the other candidates.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Jessica Valenti / Guardian:

Republican debate: Donald Trump still focus of campaign after sprawling fight - live updates — Google has released its search data from during the debate, and the winner is ... the same man who's been winning search traffic for weeks, Donald Trump. — The most searched for candidates between 9-11pm ET:

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John Althouse Cohen / Jaltcoh:

Live-blogging the first major Republican debate of the 2016 presidential race — I'll be live-blogging the debate here. Keep reloading for more updates. — Any quotes in this post will be written down on the fly, so they might not be verbatim, but I'll try to make them reasonably accurate.

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Associated Press:

The Latest: Trump Ends With 'We Can't Do Anything Right' — The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president: — He opened the GOP debate, and billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump closed it by promising to fix America.

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump lunched with Fox's Roger Ailes

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard: The Best, Classiest Debate Ever

Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump wins the Internet

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Isabelle Taft / Politico:
Republicans slam Hillary Clinton in 2 words or more

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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Official GOP Debate Drinking Game Rules

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Carly Fiorina won the ‘Happy Hour’ debate. By a lot. — Carly Fiorina was the only woman on stage at the so-called “Happy Hour” debate on Thursday night. She was also the only one of the seven candidates who made clear that she deserves more attention — and a more prime spot in the debates — as the campaign continues.

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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

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Carly Fiorina Attacks Jeb Bush For ‘Foolish’ Comment on Women's Health

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

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

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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

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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!

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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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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Rick Santorum complains about Fox News moderators — Rick Santorum wasn't too pleased with how Fox News hosts Martha MacCallum and Bill Hemmer posed their questions during Thursday's early debate. — “Some of these questions, I must admit, were a little long winded and a little convoluted …

Discussion: Mediaite

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

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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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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 …