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12:15 AM ET, August 21, 2015

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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Now We Know Why Reporters Won't Cover The Planned Parenthood Videos  —  Earlier this week, a seventh video detailing Planned Parenthood's gruesome organ-trafficking operation was released.  In it, a former procurement technician who worked with the organization described how Planned Parenthood harvested …
Discussion: RedState and Yahoo
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Jindal to screen Planned Parenthood videos outside mansion
Discussion: RedState and LifeNews.com
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.
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush, Donald Trump Unapologetic for ‘Anchor Baby’ Language  —  Jeb Bush isn't backing down over his usage of the phrase “anchor babies,” a controversial term both and fellow Republican candidate Donald Trump have both used.  —  In one of his testiest exchanges to date …
Discussion: Politico and PoliticusUSA
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
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: “A Lot” Of “Gang Members” In Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago Are “Illegal Immigrants”
Discussion: Raw Story
J.B. Biunno / WKRG-TV:
Trump Rally Moved to Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Tens of Thousands Expected
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: Nuclear Stuff Really Complicated  —  This is, quite honestly, a big deal.  The opponents of the Iran nuclear deal are doing fairly well in the media-pundit-sphere.  But they've had an extremely difficult time making substantive arguments against the deal because according to almost …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The AP's controversial and badly flawed Iran inspections story, explained
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
‘Enough’: Ted Cruz's Blistering Message After Learning of Bombshell Report on Iran's Secret ‘Backroom’ Deal
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 …
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TIME:
Behind TIME's Cover Shoot with Donald Trump and an American Bald Eagle  —  Presidential candidate Donald Trump poses with the American symbol in this week's magazine  —  When Martin Schoeller scrolled through the 28 close-up portraits he had taken of Donald Trump, he was struck to see that they were all identical.
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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 …
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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.
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.
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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
130 Religious, Secular Groups Demand Obama Stop Using ‘Religious Liberty’ To Justify Discrimination
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Shaun King / Daily Kos:
Race, love, hate, and me: A distinctly American story  —  Me. 14 years old.  Sophomore in high school  —  Over the past 72 hours I have been attacked with lies by the conservative media, lies that have been picked up by the traditional media and spread further.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rand Paul explains why he wants to stop ‘birthright citizenship’  —  In his ongoing war with Donald Trump, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has portrayed the tycoon-cum-candidate as a chameleon, a late-comer to conservative policies that Tea Party activists (like Paul) advocated for years.
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 …
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.”
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.
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Politico:
Red-state Democrats back Obama on Iran
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
 
 
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Tristan Lejeune / The Hill:
Poll: Biden fares as well as Clinton against GOP in swing states
Discussion: RedState
Florida Today:
In their 80s, Brevard couple eats 60-year-old cake
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Andrew Khouri / Los Angeles Times:
Goodwill goes upscale with new boutiques
Discussion: NBC News
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Charles Barkley says he prefers John Kasich
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2015: Jennifer Lawrence Leads With $52 Million
Marin Cogan / New York Magazine:
Mike Elk Tried to Unionize Politico's Staff …
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Border, Seoul Says
Discussion: The Atlantic and NPR
 Earlier Items: 
Dana Rubinstein / Politico:
Staten Island congressman calls tunnel talk ‘disheartening’
Discussion: Second Ave. Sagas
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump has already peaked
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Republican Plans to Replace Obamacare Have a Problem: House Republicans
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Meet ‘Deez Nuts,’ the Teen Presidential Candidate Punking America
Philip Eil / The Atlantic:
The Unlikely Reanimation of H.P. Lovecraft
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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