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3:40 AM ET, August 17, 2015

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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Shakeup in GOP field after first debate, Sanders gains on Clinton  —  The explosive first Republican debate has shaken up the 2016 GOP presidential race.  —  Who's up?  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businesswoman Carly Fiorina.  Who's down?
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Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Carson suggests Obama is ‘anti-Semitic’ with Iran deal  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he believes some of President Barack Obama's actions are anti-semitic.  —  “I think anything is anti-Semitic if it's against the survival of a state that is surrounded by enemies …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and BuzzFeed
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ben Carson Can't Justify Calling President Obama ‘Anti-Semitic’  —  Ben Carson joined Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this morning and was quizzed on a lot of his positions.  He finally had to try and answer like a rational human being running for the highest office in the land …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
We can now name the winner of the GOP debate: Ben Carson
Nick Ciubotariu / LinkedIn Pulse:
An Amazonian's response to “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace”  —  Disclaimer and proviso: “The postings on this site are my own and don't represent Amazon's position in any way whatsoever”.  —  Update: I really appreciate the notes of thanks this post has received, here and on other social media avenues.
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James Quinn / Telegraph:
Amazon's Jeff Bezos: With Jeremy Clarkson, we're entering a new golden age of television  —  The Amazon founder and chief executive talks exclusively to The Telegraph on the Top Gear trio, drones in the suburbs and why he goes weak at the knees when he meets another entrepreneur  —  Media man
Discussion: Daily Mail, FOX2now.com and Guardian
Daniel Prendergast / New York Post:
Man stabs ex-girlfriend to death on sidewalk  —  Police at the scene of the stabbing.  —  A man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death on a Manhattan sidewalk early Sunday, police said.  —  Edena Hines, 33, was stabbed several times in front of W. 162nd St. near St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights just before 3 a.m., cops said.
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Caitlin Nolan / New York Daily News:
E'Dena Hines, step-granddaughter of Morgan Freeman, fatally stabbed in Washington Heights street: police
Discussion: Raw Story and Slantpoint
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, Reuters and The Week
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Treatment takes priority in effort to fight heroin  —  As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the nation, the White House plans to announce Monday an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of addicts.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Week
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.
Discussion: Liberaland and Unfogged
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.
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
“The Obama Method” and Potential Realignment in the Middle East  —  As I wrote yesterday, I was particularly struck by President Obama's description of his approach to the negotiations with Iran as a way to “find openings” that could lead to transformative change.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Sanders Campaign Reaches Out To Black Lives Matter Activists: “I Apologize It Took Our Campaign So Long”  —  In an email to activists obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bernie's African-American outreach director proposes a formal meeting between the senator and the activists who have disrupted his campaign this summer.
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Great Falls Tribune:
Editorial cartoon was not racist
Discussion: Raw Story
YouGov:
1 in 2 young people say they are not 100% heterosexual  —  Asked to plot themselves on a ‘sexuality scale’, 23% of British people choose something other than 100% heterosexual - and the figure rises to 49% among 18-24 year olds  —  Invented by Alfred Kinsey in the 1940s …
Discussion: Towleroad
 
 
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Melania Trump would be a first lady for the ages
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