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8:25 PM ET, August 20, 2015

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

John Kasich camp revels in dirt-digging from Jeb — Bush campaign dismisses research into Kasich's Ohio record as standard fare. — Jeb Bush's campaign contends it's not sweating the rapid climb of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has emerged as his top threat in New Hampshire not named Donald Trump.

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller and New York Times

TIME:

Donald Trump Explains All — In an interview with TIME, the leading Republican candidate talks about what's wrong with the Clintons, his opponents' weaknesses and what it takes to be great — Donald Trump was interviewed by TIME Editor Nancy Gibbs, Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, NBC News, Politico and The Daily Caller

Los Angeles Times:
Jeb Bush says ‘anchor babies,’ Hillary Clinton responds on social media

Discussion: Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, Guardian and Washington Monthly

Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush, Donald Trump Unapologetic for ‘Anchor Baby’ Language

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Politico

TIME:
Behind TIME's Cover Shoot with Donald Trump and an American Bald Eagle

Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite, Politico, BizPac Review, Washington Post and The Week

Bradford Richardson / The Hill: Charles Barkley throws support behind Kasich

And Globe / BostonGlobe.com:

Two South Boston brothers allegedly beat homeless man — The homeless man was lying on the ground, shaking, when police arrived early Wednesday. His face was soaked, apparently with urine, his nose broken, his chest and arms battered. — Police said two brothers from South Boston ambushed …

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, Gothamist, Hit & Run, Boston Globe, Addicting Info, Mediaite, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Liberaland, Taylor Marsh, Slantpoint, Salon, Raw Story, New York Times, Balloon Juice and Associated Press

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Suspect Cites Trump As Inspiration In Boston Anti-Hispanic Hate Crime

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hullabaloo

Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Donald Trump: ‘Shame’ if illegal immigration crusade inspired beatdown by Southie brothers

Discussion: Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo and PoliticusUSA

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Hackers Dump More Ashley Madison Data — Over the past few days, people have been digging through 10GB of data apparently sourced from the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison, and its parent site Avid Life Media. — Now the hackers behind that breach, who call themselves “Impact Team …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, TrustedSec, Guardian, Daily Mail, Mashable, The Verge, Defense One, Washington Post, Raw Story and Gawker

Amanda Marcotte / Talking Points Memo:

Why Can't All Ashley Madison Hacking Victims Be Josh Duggar? — The long-awaited data dump of private information for 32 million users of Ashley Madison, a dating website specifically aimed at married people looking to cheat, has arrived, and the internet is gleeful.

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, Raw Story, Gizmodo, Vox, Guardian and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:

Jindal to screen Planned Parenthood videos outside mansion — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will try to counter a pro-Planned Parenthood rally scheduled to take place outside his mansion on Thursday by running a loop of the secretly recorded videos that they plan to protest.

Discussion: LifeNews.com

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal: I'm ‘Happy To Use’ The Term ‘Anchor Babies’

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Politico, CNN, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, NBC News, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Liberaland and New York Magazine

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Kasich takes heat from anti-abortion group

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Federalist, Hot Air, Red Alert Politics, The Pulse 2016 and National Review

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump moves rally to 50,000-capacity stadium — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is again moving his Friday evening rally in Mobile, Ala., to a venue with more seating amid overwhelming demand, according to a Thursday news report. — Trump is now conducting a Friday night pep rally …

Discussion: WKRG-TV

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Trump: “A Lot” Of “Gang Members” In Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago Are “Illegal Immigrants” — “We're gonna get them out so fast, out of this country. So fast.” — Matthew Busch / Getty Images — Donald Trump says many of the “gang members” in Chicago, Ferguson, and Baltimore are undocumented immigrants.

Discussion: Raw Story

J.B. Biunno / WKRG-TV:
Trump Rally Moved to Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Tens of Thousands Expected

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Maane Khatchatourian / Variety:

Caitlyn Jenner Could Face Manslaughter Charge in Deadly Malibu Crash — Caitlyn Jenner could be charged with manslaughter following her car accident in Malibu earlier this year that left one dead. — “The case will be submitted to the district attorney next week,” said Lt. Shaun Mathers …

Discussion: Washington Blade, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and KFOR-TV

Los Angeles Times:
Detectives to present manslaughter charge evidence against Caitlyn Jenner in deadly PCH crash

Discussion: TMZ.com, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, The Huffington Post, LAist and Twitchy

New York Times:
Caitlyn Jenner May Face Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Crash

Discussion: Reuters and The Week

Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:

Meet ‘Deez Nuts,’ the Teen Presidential Candidate Punking America — Mr. Nuts appears to be a high school sophomore who will take his joke candidacy ‘as far as America wants to take it’ — News broke this week that an independent presidential candidate going by the name of “Deez Nuts” …

Discussion: Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, Hit & Run, Slantpoint, The San Diego Union …, Addicting Info, Rush Limbaugh, BizPac Review and The Week

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump grows lead in NC; GOP leads most match ups

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, UPROXX, Foreign Policy, Rush Limbaugh, National Review, The Daily Beast, theGrio, WCMH-TV, WCTX-TV, WIAT-TV, Mashable, Hit & Run and Washington Monthly

New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates Follow Trump to the Bottom on Immigration

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week, Slantpoint and Politico

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Judge says Hillary Clinton's private emails violated policy — A federal judge indicated Thursday that he believes Hillary Clinton violated government policy by storing official emails on a private server when she worked as secretary of state. — During a hearing on a Freedom of Information Act case …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, WHAS-TV and The Week

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Judge orders State to coordinate with FBI about Clinton server

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Josh Duggar / The Duggar Family:

Statements From Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and Josh Duggar — Statement from Jim Boband Michelle Duggar: Please see the statement below from our son Josh regarding recent media stories about him. When we learned of this late last night our hearts were broken.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, UPROXX, Gawker, Liberaland, The Week, Slantpoint and KFOR-TV

CDFW News:

Photo Shows Wolf Pups in Northern California — Jordan Traverso, CDFW Communications, (916) 654-9937 — Matt Baun, USFWS Communications, (530) 841-3119 — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has photographic evidence of five gray wolf pups and two adults in Northern California.

Discussion: Slantpoint and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Max Fisher / Vox:

The AP's controversial and badly flawed Iran inspections story, explained — On Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press published an exclusive report on the Iran nuclear program so shocking that many political pundits declared the nuclear deal dead in the water.

Discussion: Atomic Reporters, The Hill, arms control since 1971., Defense One, National Review, Reuters, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Blog for Arizona, Common Dreams, Informed Comment, US News, Power Line, CNN, RedState, The Week, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon

Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
‘Enough’: Ted Cruz's Blistering Message After Learning of Bombshell Report on Iran's Secret ‘Backroom’ Deal

Discussion: Israel Matzav, BizPac Review and Patterico's Pontifications

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:

Congress unlikely to override an Obama veto in Iran nuclear fight — for now — Congress is unlikely to override a promised veto by President Obama if both chambers reject a deal to curtail Iran's nuclear capabilities, according to a Washington Post analysis of where the votes currently stand.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and The PJ Tatler

Politico:
Red-state Democrats back Obama on Iran

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Associated Press

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Progressive Groups Ask Obama To End Bush-Era Religious Protection — Obama asked to reverse legal memo providing exemption to nondiscrimination laws for religious groups seeking federal grants. The letter, provided exclusively to BuzzFeed News, is signed by 130 civil rights and other groups.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Advocate, National Review, The PJ Tatler and AMERICAblog News

Doug Criss / CNN:

Black or white? Is Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King lying about his race? — Questions about Black Lives Matter activist — (CNN)He's either the male version of Rachel Dolezal, or the victim of a conservative conspiracy. — Those are the two views the world has of Shaun King …

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, The Daily Caller, Daily Mail, theGrio, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, Vox, Raw Story, Hinterland Gazette, SOOPERMEXICAN, New York Times and Fox News Insider

Hollie McKay / Fox News:

LA ‘black ball’ reservoir rollout potential ‘disaster’ in the making, say experts — LA's scheme to cover a reservoir under 96 million “shade balls” may not be all it is touted to be, experts told FoxNews.com, with some critics going so far as to refer to the plan as a “potential disaster.”

Discussion: JustOneMinute and Washington Free Beacon