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9:45 AM ET, August 10, 2015

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Staffers Believe Trump Has Given Money To Site For Favorable Coverage  —  As Donald Trump faces a growing backlash from conservative media over his recent attacks on a Fox News host, one prominent right-wing outlet remains firmly in his corner: Breitbart News, which has set itself apart …
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NBC News:
New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates  —  If Donald Trump's comments about Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his standing in the Republican primary, it's not showing in the numbers.  —  According to the latest NBC News Online Poll conducted by SurveyMonkey …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: Listening to Fiorina causes headaches  —  Donald Trump on Sunday took a shot at fellow 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying you “develop a massive headache” if you listen to the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.  —  “I just realized that if you listen to Carly Fiorina …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The August Doldrums and Donald Trump
Washington Post:
Donald Trump struggles to turn political fling into a durable campaign
Wall Street Journal:   Donald Trump Won't Retreat From Dust-Up Over Megyn Kelly
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Trump digs in, plows ahead
Discussion: Slantpoint
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox anchor Bret Baier was prepared for the best and worst in GOP debate
Discussion: Mediaite
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
‘Black Lives Matter’ and the G.O.P.  —  Only one candidate in last week's Republican presidential debate was asked to directly address the Black Lives Matter movement and that candidate was Gov. Scott Walker.  —  Moderator Megyn Kelly asked Walker:  —  “Governor Walker …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Booker: Sanders has ‘long record of civil rights’  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Sunday that 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a life-long defender of minorities.  —  Booker added that his Senate colleague's record is one of deep respect for civil rights.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Lauren Haviland / WJHL:
“I really hope racism stops,” 9-year-old at “Black Lives Matter” march in JC
Discussion: Raw Story and Addicting Info
Lisa Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
1 person shot during protests late Sunday in Ferguson  —  Updated at 3:10 a.m. with father identifying shooting victim.  —  FERGUSON  • A peaceful day of protest and remembrance dissolved into chaos late Sunday when a man fired multiple shots at four St. Louis County plainclothes detectives in an SUV.
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Jon Karl / ABC News:
Donald Trump Considering Taking Pledge Not to Run as Third-Party Candidate  —  Donald Trump may soon do what Republican leaders have been asking the billionaire candidate to do — pledge not to run as an independent candidate for president, a senior Trump adviser told ABC News.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   It's Not the First Time Donald Trump Has Flirted With a Third-Party Run
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Sam Brownback's brother accused of terrorizing rural neighbors  —  Joann Peine, social worker by profession and farm wife by marriage, ended a period of soul-searching by asking a Linn County District Court judge to issue protection orders for stalking against Jim Brownback and his stepdaughter.
Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac  —  A HERO SAS sniper gunned down a knife-wielding Islamic State (ISIS) maniac just as he was trying to brutally behead a father and his young son.  —  ALAMY  —  An SAS sniper took out the ISIS executioner just in time
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-NATO supreme commander rips Obama over military cuts  —  Former NATO Supreme Commander James Stavridis criticized President Obama, his former boss, for recent cuts to military spending while U.S. troops are still engaged on multiple fronts around the world.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates and Obama's Failure to Fail  —  What did the men who would be president talk about during last week's prime-time Republican debate?  Well, there were 19 references to God, while the economy rated only 10 mentions.  Republicans in Congress have voted dozens of times to repeal …
Peter Georgescu / New York Times:
Capitalists, Arise: We Need to Deal With Income Inequality  —  I'M scared.  The billionaire hedge funder Paul Tudor Jones is scared.  My friend Ken Langone, a founder of the Home Depot, is scared.  So are many other chief executives.  Not of Al Qaeda, or the vicious Islamic State …
Reuters:
U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills eight  —  The U.S. consulate in Istanbul came under gunfire on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.
Discussion: The Agonist and The Week
 
 
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Dan Witters / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rates Continue to Drop in Most States
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
Taking a long view on corporate reform
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton starts taking some risks — and landing some punches
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
U.S.A., Land of Limitations?
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Dog missing for 9 years reunited with owners
Discussion: Daily Mail and Associated Press
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
More twists and turns in Hillary's email saga
Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Millions of African migrants threaten standard of living, Philip Hammond says
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Dan Crane / New York Times:
Do You Have Change for a Bowie? The Advent of Artisanal Cash
Discussion: Liberaland and Althouse
Fareed Zakaria / CNN:
CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama on the P+5 Iran deal
Discussion: Guardian and American Spectator
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble (Credentials Optional)
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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