memeorandum: Chelsea Manning may face solitary confinement for having Jenner Vanity Fair issue (Ed Pilkington/Guardian)

5:20 PM ET, August 13, 2015

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Jonathan Allen / Vox:

Hillary elites are freaking out. This memo tells them to STOP. — Hillary Clinton's campaign circulated a memo to top allies in Washington this week with an unmistakably Obama-esque theme: Don't worry, we've got this. — It comes at a time when Clinton's elite Acela-corridor allies …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, Politico, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and p m carpenter's commentary

The Hill:

Dems near Clinton panic mode — Democrats are worried that the furor over Hillary Clinton's private email server will be prolonged and intensified after her sudden move to hand it to the FBI. — The Clinton campaign's decision to give up the server and a thumb-drive containing back-up copies …

Discussion: Townhall.com, RedState, Rush Limbaugh, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line, Hot Air, p m carpenter's commentary, RealClearPolitics Videos and Politico

Fox News:

Official: Clinton ‘inner circle’ may have stripped email classification markings — The latest revelations about top secret information traversing Hillary Clinton's private email server have triggered accusations that someone in her “inner circle” likely stripped the classification markings, illegally.

Discussion: Instapundit, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

John R. Schindler / The Daily Beast:

The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary's Emails — These weren't just ordinary secrets found in Clinton's private server, but some of the most classified material the U.S. government has. — After months of denials and delaying actions, Hillary Clinton has decided to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice.

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air, BizPac Review, Algemeiner.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, National Review, RedState, The PJ Tatler and Washington Free Beacon

Wall Street Journal:

Joe Biden Is Sounding Out Allies About a 2016 Bid — Some Democrats press the vice president to run as an alternative to Hillary Clinton — Vice President Joe Biden is using part of his vacation in South Carolina this week to sound out friends and family about a presidential bid …

Discussion: NBC News, Washington Post, Guardian, Business Insider, The PJ Tatler, Shakesville, Politico, CNN, Weekly Standard and Fox News

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Hillary Clinton email probe turns to Huma — Clinton's top aide is likely to face more questions, not least from congressional investigators, about her access to Clinton's system. — Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's most trusted confidante, is increasingly becoming a central figure …

Discussion: Daily Mail, New York Times, RedState, CANNONFIRE, The Hill and Fox News

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Poll: Most want criminal probe of Clinton emails

Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!

ABC News:
Tips on Deleting Emails From Email Book Hillary Clinton Wanted to Read

Discussion: Townhall.com, Power Line and The Daily Caller

McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Senate committee seeks email facts from Clinton's tech company

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air and Townhall.com

Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's e-mail server turned over to FBI

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Medium, NBC News, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon

Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Hillary's Email Saga Hurts

Discussion: Politico, Instapundit, Liberal Values and New York Times

David Weigel / Washington Post:

Ben Carson: No apologies for 1992 fetal tissue research — Ben Carson defended the use of fetal tissue for medical research Thursday, after a blog published excerpts of a 1992 paper describing work the neurosurgeon-turned-presidential candidate carried out using aborted fetuses.

Discussion: Dr. Jen Gunter, msnbc.com, The Stranger …, LifeNews.com and Mediaite

Dr. Jen Gunter:

Ben Carson did research on 17 week fetal tissue — Dr. Ben Carson, GOP nominee hopeful, told Fox's Megyn Kelly that “There's nothing that can't be done without fetal tissue” and that the benefits of fetal tissue have been “over promised” and the results have “very much under-delivered.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, OnPolitics, RH Reality Check, Jezebel, Washington Post, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Virginia Hughes / BuzzFeed: Ben Carson Once Did Research On Fetal Brain Tissue

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: ‘We resolve this now...or go to war’ — Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding. — After a weekend's worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement …

Discussion: BizPac Review, Washington Post, TVNewser, US News, TheBlaze.com, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Big Picture

Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why Chris Wallace won't take Trump's call

Discussion: Mediaite

Peter Baker / New York Times:

DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding's Love Life — WASHINGTON — She was denounced as a “degenerate” and a “pervert,” accused of lying for money and shamed for waging a “diabolical” campaign of falsehoods against the president's family that tore away at his legacy.

Discussion: Guardian, Associated Press, Washington Monthly, NPR, Jezebel and Business Insider

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal — With the U.S. and Israel openly arguing over the Iran nuclear deal, I've asked myself this: How would I look at this deal if I were an Israeli grocer, an Israeli general or the Israeli prime minister? — If I were an Israeli grocer …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Booman Tribune, American Prospect and Mondoweiss

Lauren French / Politico:
Liberals poised to give Barack Obama a win on Iran

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Algemeiner.com

New York Times:
Donors Descend on Schumer and Others in Debate on Iran

Discussion: Mondoweiss and BillMoyers.com

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Black lawmakers stand behind disruptions of Sanders, Dem events — Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill are defending the young activists using confrontation to press top Democratic presidential candidates to tackle the nation's protracted problems of racial injustice.

Discussion: BizPac Review and Daily Kos

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Black Lives Matter protesters target Jeb Bush

Discussion: LasVegasSun.com and Shadowproof

Associated Press:

CLERK'S OFFICE DEFIES ORDER; NO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES — MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk's office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge's order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don't excuse officials from following the law.

Discussion: Courier-Journal, Associated Press, ABC News, Right Wing Watch, BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Gay Clerk Ignores Court Order, Still Refuses To Do Her Job

Discussion: AOL Article and Raw Story

Emily Steel / New York Times:

‘Sesame Street’ to Air First on HBO for Next 5 Seasons — The letters of the day on “Sesame Street” are H, B and O. — Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind the children's television program, has struck a deal with HBO, the premium cable network, that will bring the next five seasons of …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Gothamist, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Hit & Run and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Bernie Sanders's biggest problem, in one sentence … That comes from Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. In an interview with the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Trippi lays out a few reasons he thinks the road forward for Sanders is even harder than it was for Dean …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Power Line

Hartford Courant:

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Bars Execution Of Any Inmate — After a sweeping two-year review, the state Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in Connecticut Thursday, saying the state's death penalty no longer comports with evolved societal values and serves no valid purpose as punishment.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, NPR, Washington Post, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Reuters, New York Times, Jezebel, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Balloon Juice

Eric M. Johnson / Reuters:

Chelsea Manning could face solitary confinement at military prison — Chelsea Manning, a soldier imprisoned for leaking classified U.S. information to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, could face solitary confinement on charges she violated prison rules by having prohibited reading material, her attorney said on Wednesday.

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, Jezebel and Hit & Run

Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Chelsea Manning may face solitary confinement for having Jenner Vanity Fair issue

Discussion: Feministing, ABC News, Infowars, Common Dreams, BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo, RT, Boing Boing and Shadowproof

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Donald Trump is a counterfeit Republican — In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, p m carpenter's commentary and Esquire

Eric Martin / Bloomberg Business:

Sorry Donald Trump, Mexico Says It Will Not Pay for Border Wall — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration said there's no truth to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's assertion that the nation would pay for a wall along the border between the countries.

Discussion: The Hill, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Allison Pohle / Boston Globe:

Harvard student loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws — Courtesy, Justin Sullivan / Getty Images — Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Associated Press