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12:10 PM ET, August 17, 2015

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Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Lord Mandelson's failed ‘mass resignation’ bid to attempt to stop Jeremy Corbyn winning Labour leadership  —  It also emerged that Liz Kendall urged Yvette Cooper to stand down because Andy Burnham is the only candidate who can win - but Miss Cooper refused.
Discussion: Guardian, LabourList and Spectator
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David Miliband / Guardian:
Corbyn offers only angry defiance. What we need is Kendall's clarity and courage
Discussion: Telegraph and LabourList
Oliver Wright / The Independent:
Labour leadership contest: Party aids fear ‘purge’ if Jeremy Corbyn is elected
Discussion: Guardian and Eschaton
Thomas Lake / CNN:
‘I am Batman,’ Trump tells boy on helicopter ride  —  Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)A helicopter landed here just after noon on Saturday, causing a short but violent windstorm.  Large trees shivered; small ones bent nearly sideways.  Dust swirled up from the parking lot, stinging the eyes of the onlookers.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Scott Walker struggles for the Iowa prize
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Carson suggests Obama is ‘anti-Semitic’ with Iran deal
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Boxing out Biden  —  At fundraiser, Clinton and Obama supporters revel in unity and hope the vice president will take a pass.  —  Getty  —  EDGARTOWN, Mass. - As Joe Biden considers a possible run for president, the donors he'd need to be viable appear to be ruling him out.
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Washington Post:
It's too late for Democrats to start rethinking Clinton's 2016 viability
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Clinton embraces the left
Discussion: Shakesville and Prairie Weather
Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Has Heard About That Hashtag  —  What is your elevator pitch for socialism?  My elevator pitch is that the United States has a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality where the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent …
New York Times:
With High-Profile Help, Obama Plots Life After Presidency  —  WASHINGTON — The dinner in the private upstairs dining room of the White House went so late that Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn billionaire, finally suggested around midnight that President Obama might like to go to bed.
John Cook / GeekWire:
Full memo: Jeff Bezos responds to brutal NYT story, says it doesn't represent the Amazon he leads … The cruel and back-stabbing environment described by The New York Times in a report this weekend on the workplace culture at Amazon.com has struck a nerve with Jeff Bezos.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Birthers Say These 4 GOP Candidates May Be Ineligible To Be President  —  The birther movement has come home to roost as the Republican presidential primary heats up.  —  In a column published last week on the conspiracy theory website WND, author Jack Cashill noted that questions had been raised …
Discussion: WND
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Against Retirement  —  Something strange is happening in the Republican primary — something strange, that is, besides the Trump phenomenon.  For some reason, just about all the leading candidates other than The Donald have taken a deeply unpopular position, a known political loser, on a major domestic policy issue.
Discussion: Vox, National Review and Raw Story
Christie Obama / New Jersey Online:
Chris Christie's presidential run: Time to call it a day, Guv |  Mulshine  —  President Obama and Chris Christie after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 - and right before Obama's re-election: Rand Paul reminded voters of this moment during the first debate.  It's as close to president as Christie will ever get.
Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Business:
How Trump Is Winning Over Conservatives Without the Bona Fides  —  No one plays the music of conservatism better than Trump, which allows him to make crowds go wild without mentioning issues like taxes, the deficit, profligate spending, or abortion.  —  “Keep dropping the truth bomb!” …
Discussion: Liberaland and Political Wire
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The World According To Trump  —  NOTABLES  —TRUMP UNVEILS HIS IMMIGRATION PLAN, CALLS FOR END TO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: Donald Trump released his specific plan for immigration reform yesterday, ABC's JOHN SANTUCCI reports.  In the 6-page report titled “Immigration Reform …
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
We can now name the winner of the GOP debate: Ben Carson
Discussion: American Prospect
BBC:
Bangkok bomb: Deadly blast rocks Thailand capital  —  A bomb has exploded close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more.  —  A second bomb has been found in the area and made safe, officials say.
New York Times:
Obama Administration Warns Beijing About Covert Agents Operating in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has delivered a warning to Beijing about the presence of Chinese government agents operating secretly in the United States to pressure prominent expatriates …
Washington Post:
Route 29 Batman is killed after his Batmobile breaks down along a Md. highway  —  The Route 29 Batman, whose roadside encounter with Montgomery County police three years ago made him a viral sensation around the world, has died.  —  Lenny B. Robinson, the 51-year-old Maryland man who drove …
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Price for TSA's failed body scanners: $160 million  —  How bad are the machines at catching threats?  So bad that Sen. Ron Johnson suggests adding metal detectors.  —  Getty  —  It's now becoming clear exactly how many tens of millions of dollars the TSA spent on body scanners …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Seeks to Connect With Iowans, but Celebrity Gets in Way
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Washington Post:
Julian Bond, charismatic civil rights figure, dies at 75
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny
Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Pam Bondi balks at paying full cost of Florida's fight against gay marriage
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Charles Krupa / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump
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Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Obama, the Left downsizing the American Dream
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Should Hillary Clinton fear the $15 minimum wage?
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
When Public Servants Refuse to Serve the Public
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
In heroin fight, White House will push treatment
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Week
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
“The Obama Method” and Potential Realignment in the Middle East
Discussion: Booman Tribune
 

 
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