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5:55 PM ET, August 29, 2015

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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs  —  <p>Three top Jeb Bush fundraisers abruptly parted ways with his presidential campaign on Friday, amid internal personality conflicts and questions about the strength of his candidacy, POLITICO has learned.</p><p>There are different versions of what transpired.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Donald Trump: ‘This is a movement’  —  <p>Donald Trump says it's not all about him.  No, seriously. </p><p>Campaigning in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump on Saturday paid homage to his supporters — claiming they are a part of “a movement” and using colorful language to beg for their support. </p><p …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The Republicans' Red Scare
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton resets campaign strategy  —  Hillary Clinton is resetting her campaign strategy with aggressive attacks against Republicans to move the conversation away from questions about the email controversy that has dogged her for months.  —  By comparing Republicans to terrorists and calling the GOP …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Sanders: DNC using debates to rig primary  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) believes the Democratic Party is using its limited primary debate schedule to rig the nomination process.  —  “I do,” Sanders reportedly responded when asked Friday whether he agrees with former Maryland …
Washington Post:
Democratic challengers launch attacks against Clinton, party leadership
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Rivals Critical of Democratic Party Politics
New York Times:
Martin O'Malley Rails at Democrats for Debate Schedule ‘Rigged’ to Aid Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Faith Karimi / CNN:
Man held in killing of Texas sheriff's deputy  —  (CNN)A man “believed to be the alleged gunman” in the killing of a uniformed Houston-area sheriff's deputy was in custody and being questioned Saturday morning, Sgt. William Kennard of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN.
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Faith Karimi / CNN:
Texas deputy killed ‘execution-style’ while fueling patrol car, authorities say  —  [Breaking news update 8:42 a.m.]  —  Authorities have a man in custody who is “believed to be the alleged gunman” in the killing of a uniformed sheriff's deputy, Sgt. William Kennard of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump rips Clinton aide Abedin and ‘perv’ husband Weiner  —  Donald Trump on Friday took aim at longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, poking fun at her marriage to former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who he called a “perv” and a “sleazebag.”  —  Speaking to donors in Boston …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House moving toward vote to defund Planned Parenthood  —  House Republican leaders are planning a vote to freeze funding for Planned Parenthood this fall, according to GOP aides, a move that could help mitigate an inter-party battle and avoid a government shutdown.
Discussion: Hot Air and PoliticusUSA
Matthew Dallek / Yahoo:
Trumpalooza: We've seen this show before  —  From left: Ross Perot, Ed Clark, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, George Murphy and Meg Whitman.  (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP)  —  If all you knew about Donald Trump's presidential campaign came from commentary in the media …
Discussion: Politico
Robert Taylor / KSAT-TV:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Fatal deputy-involved shooting  —  Bexar deputies shot, killed man while responding to disturbance call  —  SAN ANTONIO - KSAT12 News has obtained exclusive cellphone video capturing a fatal Bexar County sheriff's deputy-involved shooting Friday in the 24400 block of Walnut Pass.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
‘Django’ actress gets community service after judge calls apology to LAPD ‘insincere’  —  When an actress and her boyfriend pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an arrest last fall, there was a catch: They had to apologize to the Los Angeles police officers they accused of mistreating the actress because of her race.
Aleister / Progressives Today:
UNBELIEVABLE!  News Site Posts Picture of Donald Trump in CROSSHAIRS  —  After the 2011 shooting of Gabby Giffords,  —  liberals immediately blamed Sarah Palin  —  for creating a political map with crosshairs marking political districts which she hoped Republicans would win.
 
 
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Bruce Alpert / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Transcript of President Obama's Katrina speech
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Owned by Union, Amalgamated Bank Gives Lift to the Left
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Lana Shadwick / BREITBART.COM:
Black Activists Call for Lynching and Hanging of White People and Cops
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Hulk Hogan: I want to be Trump's running mate
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Pentagon Not Targeting Islamic State Training Camps
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Thai Police Announce Arrest in Bangkok Shrine Bombing
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Stephen R. Kelly / Washington Post:
When Mexicans crossed our border to feed Americans in need
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Owen Labrie of St. Paul's School Is Found Not Guilty of Main Rape Charge
Fox News:
Mexico warns Texas not to refuse its immigrants' babies U.S. birth certificates
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Morgan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Paxton Pleads Not Guilty; Lawyer Quits Case
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Church says Donald Trump is not an ‘active member’
 

 
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