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11:10 AM ET, August 16, 2015

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Morris Dees / Southern Poverty Law Center:
We've lost a champion  —  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary civil rights activist Julian Bond, SPLC's first president.  He was 75 years old and died last evening, August 15, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.  —  From his days as the co-founder and communications director …
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Roy Reed / New York Times:
Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75  —  Julian Bond, a former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign …
Faith Karimi / CNN:
Julian Bond, civil rights leader and former NAACP chairman, dies at 75  —  Julian Bond, civil rights leader, dies at 75  —  (CNN)Julian Bond, a lifelong civil rights leader and former board chairman of the NAACP, has died.  He was 75.  —  Bond died Saturday night after a brief illness …
Associated Press:
Longtime civil rights activist Bond dead at 75  —  FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.  —  He was 75.  —  Bond died in Fort Walton Beach …
NBC News:
Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants ‘Have to Go’  —  Donald Trump would reverse President Obama's executive orders on immigration and deport all undocumented immigrants from the U.S. as president, he said in an exclusive interview with NBC's Chuck Todd.  —  “We're going to keep …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders rips Trump: ‘We left the helicopter at home’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) mocked GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday for offering rides in his helicopter outside of the Iowa State Fair.  —  “Oh look, what can you do?  It's Donald Trump,” he quipped during the event …
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Washington Post
Ruth Sherlock / Telegraph:
Hillary Clinton steals the show at Iowa Democrats meet
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: I'll fight hardest to end racism
Discussion: Des Moines Register
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sharpton calls for black churches to lobby on Iran deal  —  Rev. Al Sharpton will push America's black churches to lobby in favor of the Iran nuclear deal, a new report says.  —  Sharpton is launching his push backing President Obama's pact with Tehran this weekend, according to The Huffington Post.
Discussion: Power Line and The Huffington Post
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Jeff Flake comes out against Iran deal
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump bad-mouths his rivals  —  The billionaire real estate mogul attacks Bush, and Paul, and Walker, and Graham, and Fiorina.  —  HAMPTON, N.H. — Donald Trump, doing a giddy victory lap after surviving another seemingly campaign-sinking controversy, went on a tear on Friday night, delivering take-downs of many of his rivals.
Discussion: ABC News
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump is the perfect “moderate”  —  At the New York Times, Josh Barro argues that Donald Trump is a moderate Republican.  —  Here's the argument: Trump's affect is much more confrontational than his (occasionally self-contradictory) policy pronouncements.
Politico:
Joe Biden strategy for White House run taking shape  —  'I think he's getting closer to saying yes,' one Biden ally says.  —  CHICAGO — With his blessing, confidants to Vice President Joe Biden have begun strategizing about travel to early primary states and identified potential donors …
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon leaders honor troops killed in Chattanooga  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Pentagon leaders on Saturday honored the lives of the four Marines and sailor who were killed last month in a domestic terrorist attack at a memorial service in Chattanooga.  —  “As we gather today …
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Brewers minor-leaguer makes baseball history by coming out publicly as gay  —  David Denson tips his hat to the crowd during the Pioneer League all-star game in August.  Denson hit a home run and was named MVP of the game against the Northwest League all-stars.  —  David Denson says it was a relief to tell Helena teammates
New York Times:
AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale  —  The National Security Agency's ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States has relied on its extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: the telecom giant AT&T.
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