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8:40 PM ET, August 13, 2015

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Al Gore Insiders “Figuring Out If There's A Path” For Him To Run  —  Supporters of Al Gore have begun a round of conversations among themselves and with the former vice president about his running for president in 2016, the latest sign that top Democrats have serious doubts that Hillary Clinton is a sure thing.
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Wolfgang Beylschmidt / USA Today:
Personal attack on Clinton misses mark: Objections
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kristen Welker / NBC News:
Joe Biden and Aides ‘Calling Around’ About Potential 2016 Run
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.
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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.”
Virginia Hughes / BuzzFeed:   Ben Carson Once Did Research On Fetal Brain Tissue
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.
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John R. Schindler / The Daily Beast:
The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary's Emails
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
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 …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why Chris Wallace won't take Trump's call  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace stands apart from his colleagues and competitors on Sunday mornings in at least one regard: He won't take a phone call from Donald Trump.  —  The Republican frontrunner has shown a strong preference for calling in to shows like …
Discussion: Mediaite
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Jesse Ventura accuses Jeb of Cuban cigar cover-up  —  Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura said Thursday he was “astounded” that Jeb Bush's campaign would deny a decades-old gift of Cuban cigars.  —  The controversy centers on a box of Romeo y Julieta cigars Bush gave Ventura after a meeting …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Black lawmakers stand behind disruptions of Sanders, Dem events
Discussion: Daily Kos and BizPac Review
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Black Lives Matter protesters target Jeb Bush
Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State Suspected of Using Chemical Weapon, U.S. Says  —  Militants likely used mustard agent on Kurdish forces in Iraq, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent against Kurdish forces in Iraq this week, senior U.S. officials said Thursday …
Discussion: Politico
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CBS News:
Pentagon: Reports “credible” mustard gas used in ISIS attack
Discussion: Business Insider and The PJ Tatler
McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Jeb Bush offered inaccurate version of Iraq war history
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
‘Celebrity Apprentice’ to Return to NBC Without Donald Trump  —  “The Celebrity Apprentice” will return without Donald Trump, but it won't be for some time.  —  The show's return date is in flux, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt confirmed on Thursday at the Television Critics' Assn. press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
 
 
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Todd Lighty / Chicago Tribune:
Sen. Mark Kirk's aide: From caregiver to campaign worker
William Kennedy.Jpg / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Man accused of vandalizing Metairie abortion clinic signs booked with hate crime
Discussion: WWL-TV, Jezebel and Raw Story
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Conservative video-maker James O'Keefe: Homeland Security targeted me, asked intrusive questions
Nathan L. Gonzales / Roll Call:
Ratings Changes in 6 House Races
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Seven GOP candidates who could drop from '16 race before Iowa
Discussion: Politico
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Workman: House Rules chair by day, Uber driver by night
Lauren French / Politico:
Liberals poised to give Barack Obama a win on Iran
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