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9:55 AM ET, August 11, 2015

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's Republican support holds strong post-debate - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  There is no sign that Donald Trump's raucous first presidential debate is hurting his support among party voters, with the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showing he still has a big lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump and Roger Ailes Make Up — For Now  —  A truce to prevent Trump from potentially damaging the Fox News brand.  —  Shares  —  Until Thursday's GOP debate, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes and Donald Trump had been executing one of the most successful examples of media synergy in recent memory.
Joan Walsh / Salon:
So now they care about sexism?  The ugly hypocrisy of the right's reaction to Trump's Kelly slur  —  I've had righties bray I'm not marriageable and that it's my “time of the month.”  Why the Kelly mess is different  —  Congratulations, Donald Trump.  You made sure that throughout …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and msnbc.com
Washington Post:
Rick Perry stops paying all of his staff as fundraising dries up  —  This post has been updated.  —  Rick Perry's presidential campaign has stopped paying all of its staff as the Republican former Texas governor's fundraising has dried up, campaign officials and other Republicans familiar with the operation said late Monday.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Bush and Clinton At War  —  NOTABLES  —JEB BUSH TO TAKE ON HILLARY CLINTON OVER ISIS: The former Florida governor is in California and will give a foreign policy address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley tonight.  Here's a preview of what Bush will say …
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Federalist
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rick Perry Stops Paying South Carolina Staff  —  The decision suggests the former Texas governor's campaign is facing serious financial woes.  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign team in South Carolina is no longer being paid by his presidential campaign, National Journal has learned.
Larry Page / Official Google Blog:
G is for Google  —  As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company.  We do not intend to become one.”  As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange …
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Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: Schumer proves unworthy to lead Democrats  —  He tried to hide it, and so far he's been successful.  —  Clearly by design, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) released a statement declaring his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday night, while 24 million Americans …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Over 160,000 sign petition criticizing Schumer over Iran
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer  —  A Washington Post reporter who was arrested at a restaurant last year while reporting on protests in Ferguson, Mo., has been charged in St. Louis County with trespassing and interfering with a police officer and ordered to appear in court.
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Jamil Smith / The New Republic:
BlackLivesMatter Protesters Are Not the Problem
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Meet the new political elites, same as the old political elites  —  Some argue that Trump's rise is a populist rejection of current political elites.  Let's just unpack that hypothesis, shall we?  —  Glenn Reynolds devotes his USA Today column to explain the political rise of Donald Trump:
Discussion: Bloomberg View, Hot Air and USA Today
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Foolish’ for GOP to criticize Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
First Draft / New York Times:
Lawrence Lessig to Explore a Run for President as a Democrat  —  Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard professor and democratic theorist, in 2014.  —  Some people land gyrocopters on the lawn at the Capitol to protest big money in politics.  Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard professor and democratic theorist, is thinking of running for president.
Mytheos Holt / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Was Inevitable  —  Trumpmentum appears to be a thing.  And no one understands why.  —  I don't blame them.  On paper, Donald Trump's candidacy looks like it should be a laughingstock in any Republican primary, let alone one in a party where ideological purity still means a great deal.
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Senator Rand Paul / Independent Journal Review:
Don't Fall for a Fake Conservative
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I am the most fabulous whiner’  —  Businessman Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that he is a whiner.  —  Trump said he agreed with conservative author Rich Lowry that the celebrity real estate tycoon-turned GOP presidential candidate is “the most fabulous whiner in all of American politics.”
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
Greg Lukianoff / The Atlantic:
The Coddling of the American Mind  —  Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities.  A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP struggles on income equality  —  Republicans are struggling to address income inequality on the campaign trail as they look to connect with middle class voters.  —  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are hammering Republicans over what they say is a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
Discussion: Washington Post
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
O'Malley: Sparse debate schedule ‘undemocratic’  —  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is keeping pressure on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to increase the number of Democratic presidential debates.  —  “We're making a big mistake, as Democrats, if we try to limit debate …
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Melissa Gilbert running for Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Actress Melissa Gilbert, best known for her portrayal as Laura Ingalls Wilder on NBC's “Little House on the Prairie” in the 1970s and '80s, has announced her intentions of running for Congress in Michigan's 8th District.
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders retreats before Black Lives Matter protestors
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg View:
White House Should Leave Politics Out of Iran Deal
Joel Kotkin / Real Clear Politics:
The Peril to Democrats of Left-Leaning Urban Centers
Discussion: Hot Air
Stephen Ceasar / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Sterling sues TMZ, V. Stiviano over leaked tapes
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
State by State, Democratic Party Is Erasing Ties to Jefferson and Jackson
Michel Marizco / KVOA-TV:
N4T Investigators: Plea deal given to man indicted in murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Rapist-murderer of California woman was here illegally and had recently been arrested
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
The science of skipping breakfast: How government nutritionists may have gotten it wrong
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
Donald Trump prepares to bolster depleted staff
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Report: W.H. staffer threatens Capitol Police boyfriend with gun
Discussion: ABC News
Norman Jean Roy / New York Magazine:
She's eyeing a FASHIONABLE POST-COURT LIFE, but first she's got tennis history to make.
Discussion: Mashable and Daily Mail
Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
I Don't Know If I'm Pro-Choice Anymore After Planned Parenthood Videos
Discussion: LifeNews.com
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Pat Robertson to grandparents: Take grandkids ‘away’ from atheist parents and send them to a Christian school
 

 
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

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