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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Camp Claims It's Already Secured One-Fifth the Delegates Needed for Nomination  —  As Hillary Clinton's campaign seeks to project dominance in a field that could soon include Vice President Joe Biden, her top advisers are touting a decisive edge on a little-discussed metric: superdelegate commitments.
Associated Press:
Clinton quietly trying to discourage Biden from a 2016 bid  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In ways both subtle and blunt, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is sending a message to Vice President Joe Biden about his potential presidential campaign: This won't be easy.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Daily Mail
New York Post:
Reporter's everyday comments deemed racist by on-air killer  —  Innocent comments made by slain reporter Alison Parker (left) incited Vester Lee Flanagon's racism fueled shooting.  —  ROANOKE, Va. — The words are a part of everyday conversation — “swinging” by an address and going out in the “field.”
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump: 'I'm The King Of The Tax Code!'  (VIDEO)  —  Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump reminded us of his business prowess, calling himself “king of the tax code” during a Friday morning interview with MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump explains why he's hitting Jeb harder than other rivals
Discussion: Political Wire
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Donald Trump Weighing Whether to Sign Pledge to Back Republicans' Eventual Nominee
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Enough Is Enough  —  When Donald Trump's security escorted …
Discussion: Slantpoint
WATE-TV:
UT Knoxville encourages students to use gender-neutral pronouns  —  KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The University of Tennessee is asking students to use “ze, hir, hirs, and xe, xem, xyr.”  —  No, those words are not another language.  They're actually the gender-neutral singular versions of pronouns.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver and WREG-TV
Shawnmcginnis / KTLA:
Lake Elsinore Man Bitten While Taking Selfie With Rattlesnake  —  A Lake Elsinore man could lose his hand after being bitten by a rattlesnake he was holding and taking pictures with, family members said Thursday.  —  Alex Gomez found the 4 foot long snake behind his home on Monday and decided to pick it up.
Erick Erickson / Townhall.com:
RIP GOP  —  In 1854, confronted by the moral evil of slavery and the inability of the Whigs to provide clarity against it, the Republican Party formed.  Whig Party leaders either shifted their party allegiances or quit politics altogether.  Even Abraham Lincoln got out of politics for a time.
Discussion: Bearing Drift
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed, Study Says  —  The past several years have been bruising ones for the credibility of the social sciences.  A star social psychologist was caught fabricating data, leading to more than 50 retracted papers.  A top journal published a study supporting the existence of ESP.
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Peggy Noonan's Dominican Friend, Cesar, Works at the Deli Counter  —  If there is anyone able to understand the vast and ever-changing cultural diversity of this sprawling nation of ours, it is elderly white Reaganite Peggy Noonan, who once met a Mexican.  Now, mi amigos, she has met a Dominican as well.
Politico:
The Invincible Trump  —  As the controversies pile up, Trump's favorability soars.  —  What hasn't killed Donald Trump has only made him stronger.  —  Right off the bat, there was the shocking statement about the Mexican government sending over immigrant “rapists.”
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Donald Trump Says He and ‘Friend’ Ted Cruz Are ‘Doing Something Very Big Over the Next Two Weeks in Washington’
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
ESPN IS A JOURNALISTIC EMBARRASSMENT  —  ESPN - what happened to you?  Your intolerant PC police are running amok and making a joke out of you!  —  By picking and choosing who they'll tolerate and who they'll try to destroy, ESPN has zero credibility as a sound and reasonable media outlet.
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
David Alexander / Reuters:
Pentagon teams up with Apple, Boeing to develop wearable tech  —  The Pentagon is teaming up with Apple, Boeing, Harvard and others to develop high-tech sensory gear flexible enough to be worn by people or molded onto the outside of a jet.  —  The rapid development of new technologies …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Mashable
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Carson: There's a war on 'what's inside of women'  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is dismissing the notion that there is a “war on women,” saying the real war is on “what's inside of women.”  —  “They tell you that there's a war on women,” Carson said at a rally in Little Rock, Ark. on Thursday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Bowser speech on how to stop killings  —  Anger over a rising murder rate and the District's response to it boiled over into a shouting match Thursday as Mayor Muriel E. Bowser struggled to tell a crowd about a new initiative to fight crime while being shouted down by protesters.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Allows NSA Data Collection Program To Continue Unimpeded  —  The three-judge panel, each writing a separate opinion, all agree that the 2013 trial court decision finding the post-9/11 program likely to be unconstitutional went too far.  —  Christof Stache / AFP / Getty Images
Discussion: Hit & Run
Lindsey Hilsum / Guardian:
Hungarian police arrest driver of lorry that had 71 dead migrants inside  —  Four detained after death toll in Austrian motorway tragedy is raised from initial estimate of about 50 victims  —  Hungarian police have arrested the driver of a lorry found on an Austrian motorway with the decomposing bodies …
Discussion: RedState
ABC News:
Virginia On-Air Shooting: Survivor's Harrowing Tale of Facing Down Gunman  —  The woman who survived the horrific on-air shooting that left two journalists dead in Virginia earlier this week gave her husband a harrowing account of the fusillade.  —  Tim Gardner told ABC News that his wife …
Discussion: Guardian and Talking Points Memo
Kathryn Rubino / Above the Law:
The Ninth Circuit Hearts John Oliver  —  It was only earlier this week that I was thanking the heavens for John Oliver's unique brand of humor and ability to brighten the dog days of summer.  Apparently I'm not the only one that appreciates his work.  —  Judging by her recent decision …
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Wants to Raise His Own Taxes, But Would He Kill the 1031 Real Estate Break?  —  Billionaire Donald Trump, who built his fortune in real estate, told Bloomberg Politics this week that he wants to raise his own taxes.  One way to do it is a bipartisan proposal that would blow …
Discussion: Washington Post
Rick Perlstein / Talking Points Memo:
Jimmy Carter: Prophetic President  —  Rick Perlstein is the national correspondent of The Washington Spectator, on whose site this article first appeared.  —  James Earl Carter is nearing the end.  In an extraordinary press conference last week, the 39th president discussed his impending death …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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KOIN-TV:
Police: Help us identify the ‘Portland Pooper’
Discussion: Daily Mail, Slantpoint and Mediaite
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
SUBWAY FRANCHISEE: I told Subway about Jared Fogle's interest in kids, and they did nothing
Discussion: Mediaite, KFOR-TV and Shakesville
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Miley Cyrus Promises a ‘Raw’ MTV Video Music Awards
Discussion: Daily Mail, Fusion and Refinery29
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court Justice of Few Words, Some Not His Own
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and National Review
CNN:
4 dead, others missing after Tropical Storm Erika's deluge hits Dominica
Discussion: nepr.net
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Kerry pressures Iran to release former Marine from ‘unjust detention’
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Dan Merica / CNN:
On women's health, Clinton compares Republicans to ‘terrorist groups’
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Welcome to the World, Drone-Killing Laser Cannon
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
10 Questions for President Obama About Iran
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Signal
Gilad Edelman / Slate:
New York Bagel Places Put Way Too Much Cream Cheese on Their Bagels
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
S. E. Cupp / Townhall.com:
Blame Liberals for the Rise of Trump
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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