Top Items:
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 …
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Raw Story, BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
On Wednesday, America met a deeply evil human being: Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as reporter Bryce Williams.
On Wednesday, America met a deeply evil human being: Vester Lee Flanagan II, also known as reporter Bryce Williams.
Discussion:
Telegraph, CofCC, Slantpoint, WREG-TV, ABC News, The Huffington Post, WSLS-TV, NBC News, Towleroad, ThinkProgress, Fusion and Poynter.
Edgar Sandoval / New York Daily News:
TV news reporter, cameraman are fatally shot during live broadcast in Virginia; suspected shooter …
TV news reporter, cameraman are fatally shot during live broadcast in Virginia; suspected shooter …
Discussion:
Blogcritics and The Daily Caller
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, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Political Wire, Business Insider and Prairie Weather
Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Biden More Competitive Than Clinton Against Leading Republicans: Poll
Biden More Competitive Than Clinton Against Leading Republicans: Poll
Discussion:
Politico, National Review, Vox, National Journal and Daily Kos
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The GOP Field That Failed
The GOP Field That Failed
Discussion:
Washington Post, Bloomberg View, NBC News, RedState, Hot Air and whorunsGov
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds — WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” …
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, NPR, The Daily Signal and LifeNews.com
RELATED:
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Report for Planned Parenthood finds sting videos manipulated — A report commissioned by Planned Parenthood has found that the sting videos targeting its tissue donation practices contain intentionally deceptive edits, missing footage and inaccurately transcribed conversations.
Discussion:
Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon
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
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:
The Moderate Voice, US News and Althouse
RELATED:
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Tom Harkin Cautions Joe Biden Against Running for President
Tom Harkin Cautions Joe Biden Against Running for President
Discussion:
Politico, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Takes ‘Responsibility’ for Email Use, Saying It 'Wasn't the Best Choice'
Hillary Clinton Takes ‘Responsibility’ for Email Use, Saying It 'Wasn't the Best Choice'
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, CNN, RedState, Taylor Marsh, Algemeiner.com, Mediaite, Chicago Tribune, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Slantpoint
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Behind the Biden hype
Behind the Biden hype
Discussion:
Townhall.com, NBC News, ABC News, Betsy's Page, Christian Science Monitor, BostonGlobe.com, Weasel Zippers and Election Law Blog
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 …
Discussion:
Slate, FishbowlDC, Prairie Weather, CofCC, New York Times, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider
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.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Fox News, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times
The Intercept:
Jorge Ramos Commits Journalism, Gets Immediately Attacked by Journalists — The Republican presidential candidate leading every poll, Donald Trump, recently unveiled his plan to forcibly deport all 11 million human beings residing in the U.S. without proper documentation …
Discussion:
Slantpoint, Fox News, Eschaton, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Politico, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and CNN
RELATED:
Ricky Martin / Fusion:
It's time for Latinos to unite against Donald Trump
It's time for Latinos to unite against Donald Trump
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Slantpoint and Advocate
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz A ‘Jackass’ At Fundraiser — Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass,” two people in attendance tell The Daily Caller.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Trail Blazers Blog and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Post, neo-neocon, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hill, Fox News, Hot Air, Algemeiner.com and Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion:
Scared Monkeys, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Mediaite
RELATED:
Guardian:
Usain Bolt wiped out by cameraman on Segway when celebrating 200m gold — Justin Gatlin could not get close to Usain Bolt in the 200m final in Beijing - but it appears he might have had better luck if he had been on a Segway and armed with a camera. — Bolt streaked clear of his sprint rival …
Discussion:
BizPac Review and Mediaite
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:
Applesauce and Wall Street Journal
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.
Discussion:
Salon, Weekly Standard, National Review, The Federalist, Guardian, Politico, ABC News, Washington Post, NBC News, Towleroad, Fusion, Mediaite, Daily Mail and nepr.net
The Daily Beast:
Spies: Obama's Brass Pressured Us to Downplay ISIS Threat — U.S. intelligence analysts keep saying that the American-led campaign against ISIS isn't going so well. Their bosses keep telling them to think again about those conclusions. — Senior military and intelligence officials …
Discussion:
National Review, Hot Air, Common Dreams, MichelleMalkin.com, Fox News Insider and Guardian
Alison Smale / New York Times:
Austria Finds Up to 50 Bodies Thought to Be of Migrants in Truck — VIENNA — The partly decomposing bodies of as many as 50 people assumed to be migrants being smuggled across Europe were found in a truck abandoned on a highway east of Vienna on Thursday, the police said.
Discussion:
Reuters, Refinery29, nepr.net and Eschaton
RELATED:
Lindsey Hilsum / Guardian:
Austrian police fear as many as 50 migrants dead inside lorry
Austrian police fear as many as 50 migrants dead inside lorry
Discussion:
Business Insider