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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Is Trump a Clinton plant? — Tongues are wagging throughout the world of political insiders with news that former president and potential future first gentleman Bill Clinton had a great chat with Donald Trump shortly before the real estate magnate announced his candidacy for president.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
GOP debate: Early numbers suggest record audience — Early overnight Nielsen ratings suggest that Thursday's Republican debate was not just the most-watched primary debate in history — it may have been twice as big as the previous record-holder. — The debate on Fox News …
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Fox News Couldn't Kill Trump's Momentum and May Have Only Made It Stronger — Judging by Thursday's electric debate, he may have sensed his true opponent before anyone else had a clue: the network. — t joshuagreen — A few hours before Thursday's Fox News debate, a friend of Donald Trump's confided to me that Trump was nervous.
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Politico, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg View, Shadowproof, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
24 Million Watch GOP Debate on Fox News; Most-Watched Cable News Program Ever — In the estimation of many reporters who cover the political and media beats, Fox News was the winner of the first GOP debate. And with the just-released ratings we can confirm that.
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The Right Pundit, National Review and RedState
Eliza Collins / Politico:
7 things Trump said that would have destroyed any other GOP candidate
7 things Trump said that would have destroyed any other GOP candidate
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Bloomberg Business, GQ, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and BuzzFeed
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Graham: Trump questions were an ‘inquisition’ not a debate
Graham: Trump questions were an ‘inquisition’ not a debate
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Washington Post, Business Insider, CNN, Mediaite, Instapundit, Politico, Hot Air, Daily Kos and BuzzFeed
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the first Republican presidential debate
Winners and losers from the first Republican presidential debate
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Fox News, Politico, The Week, Slate, Betsy's Page, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and Political Wire
Alex Weprin / POLITICO New York:
Fox News GOP primary debate smashes ratings records
Fox News GOP primary debate smashes ratings records
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The Federalist, The Daily Banter, RedState and Outside the Beltway
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Whose Party Is It, Anyway?
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump is an embarrassment who is impossible to embarrass. It's his superpower.
Donald Trump is an embarrassment who is impossible to embarrass. It's his superpower.
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Business Insider, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
From Trump on Down, the Republicans Can't Be Serious — This was, according to many commentators, going to be the election cycle Republicans got to show off their “deep bench.” The race for the nomination would include experienced governors like Jeb Bush and Scott Walker …
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The Daily Banter, Diane Ravitch's blog and Prairie Weather
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Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:
GOP candidates: Ban abortion, no exceptions — At the first debate among candidates vying for the GOP presidential nomination, the question was not whether or not to ban abortion or to defund Planned Parenthood. It was about whether exceptions in the case of rape, incest, or a woman's life endangerment are legitimate.
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Right Wing Watch, ThinkProgress, The Reality-Based Community, Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Bloomberg Business:
Oops: Jeb's Website Publishes, Then Deletes, Attacks on Walker, Rubio
Oops: Jeb's Website Publishes, Then Deletes, Attacks on Walker, Rubio
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Political Wire and Politico
One America / PR Newswire:
Ben Carson Scores Big Win at the First GOP Debate followed by Marco Rubio
Ben Carson Scores Big Win at the First GOP Debate followed by Marco Rubio
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Hot Air and The Pulse 2016
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Winners at the G.O.P. Debate Did Not Include Bush and Trump
Winners at the G.O.P. Debate Did Not Include Bush and Trump
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BuzzFeed, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Politico, Fox News Insider, Democratic Strategist and FiveThirtyEight
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
John Kasich Is Stealing Jeb Bush's Thunder
John Kasich Is Stealing Jeb Bush's Thunder
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Politico, Washington Post and The Week
Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Recordings: State rep asked aide to hide relationship — Lansing — State Rep. Todd Courser planned the distribution of a fictional email alleging he had sex with a male prostitute in a bid to conceal his relationship with Rep. Cindy Gamrat, according to audio recordings obtained by The Detroit News.
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Daniel Veditz / Mozilla Security Blog:
Firefox exploit found in the wild — Yesterday morning, August 5, a Firefox user informed us that an advertisement on a news site in Russia was serving a Firefox exploit that searched for sensitive files and uploaded them to a server that appears to be in Ukraine.
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New York's PIX11, Computerworld, Mashable and The Verge
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Schumer, White House at war over Iran — Senator's opposition to Iran deal riles Obama allies, as both sides quarrel over timing. — The White House lit into Sen. Chuck Schumer on Friday for his decision to vote no on the Iran deal and suggested that he's put his clear path to be the next Democratic leader in doubt.
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US News, Washington Post and BillMoyers.com
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Schumer comes out against Iran deal. How much does that matter?
Morning Plum: Schumer comes out against Iran deal. How much does that matter?
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New York Times, Politico, The Hill, Althouse, ThinkProgress, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, The Federalist, Mondoweiss and Daily Kos
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
MoveOn rips Schumer on Iran, says Dems should find ‘a new leader’
MoveOn rips Schumer on Iran, says Dems should find ‘a new leader’
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ABC News, Progress Pond, New York Post, National Review, Hot Air, Foreign Policy, Gothamist and New York Times
KLTV-TV:
Judge sentences East Texas man to get married or face jail time — An East Texas couple says their choice to marry when they wanted to was taken away by a criminal court judge. — In July, a Smith County judge sentenced Josten Bundy to get married to his 19-year-old girlfriend as part of his probation …
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Raw Story, Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo, fox8.com, Wall Street Journal, LiberalAmerica.org, Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Fox News Insider
TIME:
Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Primetime Republican Debate — Ten Republican presidential candidates met in Cleveland for a primetime debate on Fox News. — At the debate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio …
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Politico:
Don't disrespect our president, black lawmakers tell Netanyahu — The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican — and almost completely white. — Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus …
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Slantpoint
Dave Byknish / KXAN-TV:
Baby dies after being rescued from car at Austin Waffle House — Related Coverage — AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police are investigating the death of a baby boy at a Waffle House location in Southeast Austin. — Police were called out to 7809 E Ben White Blvd. around 2:45 p.m. after receiving …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Big Dog That Didn't Bark in the Republican Debate — Pop quiz: what's the biggest strategic decision facing the Republican Party over the next two months? If you answered “whether to shut down the federal government over Planned Parenthood, climate change regs, immigration, Obamacare …
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Daily Kos
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Writers at Vice Media Vote to Unionize … Writers at Vice Media have voted to unionize, said people familiar with the matter, giving organized labor its biggest foothold yet in digital media newsrooms. — The writers will be joining the Writers Guild of America, East, and Vice's management has been informed, the people said.
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Life Sentence for James Holmes, Aurora Theater Gunman — CENTENNIAL, Colo., — In a decision that surprised many in this community, a jury sentenced James E. Holmes to life in prison with no chance of parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the man who carried out a 2012 shooting rampage …
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The Week
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
18-Year-Old Sentenced to Five Years for Robbing Man, 84, She Met on Dating Site — A teenager who with her twin sister robbed an octogenarian they met on an Internet dating site was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. — The woman, Shaina Foster, 18, had pleaded guilty to one count …
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Jezebel and New York's PIX11