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12:45 PM ET, August 27, 2015

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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Vester Flanagan Threatened Colleagues, Played the Race Card for Years  —  The cold-blooded Roanoke killer kept getting fired, kept threatening co-workers, and kept claiming he was the real victim.  —  Vester Lee Flanagan claimed in a suicide note Wednesday that June's massacre of black parishioners …
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Nina Golgowski / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Video shows Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan in July road rage incident  —  A former reporter-turned killer who considered himself a “human powder keg” ignited behind the wheel as well.  —  A recently emerged YouTube video shows Vester Lee Flanagan II, who also went by the name Bryce Williams …
Associated Press:
On-air killings gripped millions in social media storm  —  WDBJ-TV has observed a moment of silence on air for its two journalists who were killed in a shooting during a live interview.  —  The station marked the moment of silence at 6:45 a.m. Thursday.  At that time Wednesday …
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC
6abc.com:
President Obama talks Va. shooting with Monica Malpass
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
On Wednesday, America met a deeply evil human being: Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as reporter Bryce Williams.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Joe Biden Isn't Sure Family Is Ready for Run  —  In a conference call on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. told Democratic National Committee members that he was uncertain if his family had the “emotional fuel” for another presidential campaign.  —  The call was intended as a pitch …
Discussion: US News and Althouse
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Tom Harkin Cautions Joe Biden Against Running for President
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Biden donors lying in wait
Discussion: Fox News, Politico, ABC News and NPR
CNN:
Biden unsure if he has the ‘emotional fuel’ for 2016 run
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Inside the Trump-Bush melodrama: Decades of tension and discomfort  —  Donald Trump spent a day in January 2014 hobnobbing with politicians at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The billionaire mogul touted legalizing gambling with state House Speaker Steve Crisafulli …
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New York Times:
Today in Politics: Ad Portrays Donald Trump and His Rivals as a Single Voice on Immigration
Connecticut Post:
Q poll: Trump numbers soar, Hillary continues slide  —  A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Donald Trump widening his lead over other Republican presidential challengers and Vice President Joseph Biden running slightly better than Hillary Clinton against leading GOP contenders
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Biden More Competitive Than Clinton Against Leading Republicans: Poll
Discussion: National Review, Vox, Politico and Daily Kos
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders to Democratic Party elite: Consider me, not Hillary Clinton
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Lessons From the Murders of TV Journalists in the Virginia Shooting  —  The slaying of two journalists Wednesday as they broadcast live to a television audience in Virginia is still seared on our screens and our minds, but it's a moment not only to mourn but also to learn lessons.
Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Driver Breaks Into Dance Following Downtown L.A. Pursuit  —  Cameras captured a driver breaking into dance following a pursuit in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night.  —  Police attempted to stop the woman for driving erratically near Seventh Street and Towne Avenue around 10:10 p.m …
Discussion: KFOR-TV, FOX31 Denver and FOX2now.com
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Pollsters dumbfounded by Trump  —  Polling experts agree on one thing when it comes to Donald Trump's presidential run: They've never seen anything like it.  —  The businessman's dominance of the Republican presidential race is forcing experienced political hands to question whether everything …
Alex Weprin / Politico:
MSNBC moves Al Sharpton to Sunday mornings  —  Al Sharpton is leaving MSNBC's weekday dayside lineup, and moving to Sunday mornings.  —  Sharpton's last weekday “PoliticsNation” will be Sept. 4.  He moves to Sundays a month later on Oct. 4, according to a memo sent to MSNBC staff …
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New York Daily News:
Rev. Al Sharpton moves MSNBC show to Sunday mornings
Discussion: TVNewser
TMZ.com:
Derrick Rose — Accused of Drugging and Gang Raping Ex-Girlfriend  —  Accused of Drugging ...  AND GANG RAPING EX-GIRLFRIEND  —  8/26/2015 5:35 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Derrick Rose is being sued by a woman who claims the NBA superstar and two of his friends drugged and gang raped her.
Discussion: Guardian, LAist and The Daily Caller
Michael Brown / Politico:
Stop blaming me for Hurricane Katrina  —  Ten years later, the name ‘Brownie’ is still identified with the government's failures.  Here's what really happened.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  Had I left the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the spring of 2005, my life would be very different today.
Politico:
White House pushes for Iran filibuster  —  The administration seeks to tamp down expectations, but the numbers of supportive Senate Democrats are adding up.  —  President Barack Obama's almost certain to get the Iran nuclear deal through Congress — but whether he gets there by filibuster …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The havoc that Trump wreaks  —  Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency.  After Donald Trump finishes plastering a snarling face on conservatism, any Republican nominee will face a dauntingly steep climb …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Says He Wants to Raise Taxes on Himself  —  The billionaire Republican front-runner starts getting specific about economic policy proposals.  —  t writerknowles  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump began to flesh out his economic vision for America, and it includes raising taxes on the wealthy.
Discussion: Washington Post and Liberaland
Economic Policy Institute:
What Families Need to Get By: EPI's 2015 Family Budget Calculator  —  Contents  —  The income level necessary for families to secure an adequate but modest living standard is an important economic yardstick.  While poverty thresholds, generally set at the national level …
 
 
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Softens Tone on Email Questions, Just a Bit
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
America's First Social Media Murder
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Donald Trump's appeal — an Obama for the right
Discussion: Hot Air and FiveThirtyEight
Jen Yamato / The Daily Beast:
Morrissey on How Obama ‘Has Meant Nothing’ and Trump 'Can't Be Allowed to Represent America'
Discussion: Guardian
David Meyer / Politico:
Industry issues plea over data reform
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Dope and glory  —  Only Usain Bolt keeps the murkiness of world athletics in check.
Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
EARLY CONCERNS  —  Obamacare included member-run …
Annalee Newitz / Gizmodo:
Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site
Jeff Manning / Oregonian:
Klamath County sheriff under investigation, seven deputies put on leave
Discussion: nepr.net and Raw Story
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
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