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12:30 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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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 …
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 …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Chuck Schumer Planning To Break With Obama, Oppose Iran Deal
Alan M. Dershowitz / USA Today:
Mr. Obama, your Iran deal will fall apart: Alan Dershowitz
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Post:
Head of nuclear agency speaks to Senate committee on nuclear deal
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
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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.
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Best, Classiest Debate Ever  —  Best debate ever, right?  —  But entertainment value aside, there were a handful of foundational clarifications about the candidates, if not the race itself.  Quickly:  —  Donald Trump: Mark Hemingway joked: … And holy cow is that dead-on.
New York Times:
Before Main Republican Debate, Bottom 7 Contenders Put on Brave Faces
Discussion: Politico and POLITICO New York
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Carly Fiorina Attacks Jeb Bush For ‘Foolish’ Comment on Women's Health
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham gets America to Google him
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Federalist
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.
Discussion: Althouse
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Politico:
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.
Jessica Valenti / Guardian:
Republican debate: Donald Trump still focus of campaign after sprawling fight - live updates
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Ends With 'We Can't Do Anything Right'
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Associated Press
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Carly Fiorina dominates search traffic
Isabelle Taft / Politico:
Republicans slam Hillary Clinton in 2 words or more
Discussion: ABC News
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.
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
Discussion: Business Insider
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
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
No apology from GOP, Santorum says
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
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 …
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.
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
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Socialism Crumbles In Venezuela, But Democrats Think It's a Great Idea  —  Socialism must be the number one folly in the history of the human race.  People keep trying it, and it keeps collapsing ignominiously.  Yet leftists never give up.  It is as though a guy stood in his yard throwing …
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and KOIN-TV
 
 
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Takes on Clinton Welfare Legacy as He Woos Iowa Unions
Discussion: The Hill
Jack Holmes / New York Magazine:
White Kids Get Medicated When They Misbehave, Black Kids Get Suspended — or Arrested
Discussion: Daily Kos
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
The King of Coal Reveals $1 Million Bet on Jeb Bush
Dan Weikel / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. will transfer airport ownership back to Ontario
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC
David Lat / Above the Law:
Jared Leto's Lawyer Strenuously Objects To Claims That Her Client Has A Large — Yes, Large — Penis
Discussion: Jezebel and Refinery29
Wall Street Journal:
Inspectors So Far Denied Access to Iran's Scientists
Jason Whitely / WFAA-TV:
Paxton ordered to contempt hearing over same-sex marriage
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Daily Mail:
ISIS executes 19 girls for refusing to have sex with fighters as UN envoy reveals how sex slaves …
Emily L. Mahoney / Arizona Republic:
Bounty hunters mistakenly target Phoenix police chief's house
Tom Angell / Marijuana:
Exclusive: Justice Department Admits Misleading Congress on Marijuana Vote
Discussion: US News, Washington Post and Hit & Run
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Police review video of Northern California officer pulling gun on man recording him
Discussion: Shakesville
 

 
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