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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
Exclusive — Donald Trump Fires Back at Jeb Bush: He Should Lead by ‘Speaking English’ While in the United States'  —  2016 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump told Breitbart News that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush should be speaking English—not the Spanish he spoke to attack Trump in Miami this week—on the campaign trail.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Does Donald Trump cheat at golf?  A Washington Post investigation.  —  One morning in the mid-1990s, Mark Mulvoy was on the sixth hole of Long Island's Garden City Golf Club with Donald Trump when the skies opened, and they ducked for cover under a nearby awning.
Nick Gass / Politico:
The Jeb-Trump feud gets even nastier  —  <p>Donald Trump used those words again — "low energy."</p><p> The surging Republican presidential candidate on Wednesday morning uttered what has proven to be his most effective barb against Jeb Bush, the one-time GOP frontrunner who has begun …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's image continues to decline  —  It's been a bad summer for Hillary Rodham Clinton's polling numbers, and a new Washington Post-ABC News poll brings additional bad news for her brand.  —  But it also shows something else: She continues to be popular among a broad coalition of Democrats …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
A Once-Sunny Jeb Bush Appears Irked in Donald Trump's Shadow  —  WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. — When Jeb Bush stopped by the Hampton Synagogue here on Saturday, he was expected to offer a critique of the Iran deal and a short version of his stump speech to the Orthodox congregation.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:   What Is Jeb Bush Thinking?
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump to Bush: Speak English when in the US
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Latinos hate Donald Trump. But guess who they like: Jeb Bush.
Discussion: Political Wire
Cathy Hernandez / Click2Houston.com:
HPD: Man fatally shot while taking selfies with gun  —  HOUSTON -  —  A man posing with a gun and taking selfies was killed when the gun went off and struck him in southwest Houston, police said.  —  Family members said the victim is 19-year-old Deleon Alonso Smith.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Dan Savage destroys thrice-divorced Kim Davis: ‘This is about someone hypocritically cashing in’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who has defied multiple court orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has been divorced three times …
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Casey Toner / al.com:
Alabama's gay marriage loss could cost taxpayers $200,000
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Mikulski pushes Obama's Iran nuke deal over the top in Senate  —  Sen. Barbara Mikulski said on Wednesday that she will support President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, all but ensuring the agreement will survive an attack in the Senate.  —  “No deal is perfect, especially one negotiated …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama prevails on Iran deal
Washington Post:
Clinton, using private server, wrote and sent e-mails now deemed classified  —  While she was secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote and sent at least six e-mails using her private server that contained what government officials now say is classified information …
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WXIA-TV:
School district investigating mass baptism at football practice  —  VILLA RICA, Ga. — A Georgia school district is investigating after video of a mass baptism was posted on YouTube.  —  The video, posted by First Baptist Villa Rica, was shot on school grounds just before football practice.
Baltimore Sun:
Judge denies motions to dismiss charges, recuse Mosby in Freddie Gray case  —  In a victory for city State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, a judge on Wednesday denied motions to dismiss charges against six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray and to recuse Mosby's office from the case.
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Lauren Kelley / Rolling Stone:
Donald Trump on Why He Hopes Kanye Runs for President  —  I hope to run against him someday," the GOP frontrunner says of his hypothetical 2020 opponent  —  Kanye West made waves during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards when he capped off his 13-minute acceptance speech by announcing …
Kristina Papa / WNEP-TV:
Patches The Crossing Guard Dog ‘Fired’  —  JERSEY SHORE — We first introduced you to Patches the crossing guard dog last week.  Since then, Patches is no longer allowed out at the crosswalk while his owner is on duty.  —  Jersey Shore Area School District officials told their employee …
Discussion: ABC News and Fox 59
Daily Mail:
'That one has big breasts.  But I want a Yazidi with blue eyes and pale skin.  I am willing to pay the price': Escaped girl, 18, tells of the day she was sold as a sex slave  —  A Yazidi teenager has told of the day she was abducted by ISIS thugs who tortured her, abused her …
Discussion: Pamela Geller
TMZ.com:
Rachel Dolezal 'I'm Pregnant!!'  —  'I'M PREGNANT!!'  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Rachel Dolezal — everyone's favorite racially ambiguous person — is pregnant.  —  Rachel tells us she's in her second trimester and expecting a boy.  The ethnicity is TBD — we kid.  Seriously, we asked about the baby daddy but she was mum.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Like Obama's Ideas Better When They Think They're Donald Trump's  —  A new poll shows how much Americans' policy opinions depend on the politician endorsing them.
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Report: More than half of immigrants on welfare  —  More than half of the nation's immigrants receive some kind of government welfare, a figure that's far higher than the native-born population, according to a report to be released Wednesday.  —  About 51% of immigrant-led households receive …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Nearly half want to round up immigrants  —  Round them up, nearly half of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers say.  —  Forty-seven percent say it's a good idea to gather up an estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally and send them to their home country.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Fox News' Harris Faulkner Sues Hasbro For $5M Over Harris Faulkner Hamster  —  The 6-time Emmy winner is not happy at all about the “demeaning and insulting” Hasbro toy hamster that has both her name and, she claims, her look.  In fact, Fox News Channel's Harris Faulkner is taking …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Coming Liberal Disaster at the Supreme Court  —  The beleaguered liberals on the Supreme Court had a great deal to celebrate in the term that ended in June.  Two epic cases, and even some lesser ones, went their way.  In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Justices ruled, five to four …
Discussion: Hot Air
Danny Vinik / Politico:
A $60 million pork kickback?  —  Unhappy small farmers detect a racket in a pork branding deal—and the USDA signed off on it.  —  Pork hasn't been “the other white meat” for years—after a 24-year run as the centerpiece of billboards and the butt of jokes, the slogan was retired in 2011 and replaced with …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
‘Take That, Bibi’: PBS Journalist Mocks Israeli Prime Minister After Iran Deal Victory  —  PBS journalist Gwen Ifill isn't even trying to hide her cheerleading for the Obama administration.  After the president gained the 34th and final vote needed to secure his nuclear negotiation with Iran Wednesday …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Exposing The Black Lives Matter Movement For What It Is: Promotion of Cop Killing  —  It's time to expose the Black Lives Matter [BLM] movement for what it is: a racist, violent hate group that promotes the execution of police officers.  The evidence is in their rhetoric and written on their shirts.
Viviane Rutabingwa / NPR:
Taylor Swift Is Dreaming Of A Very White Africa  —  The video for American singer Taylor Swift's new song “Wildest Dreams” has been viewed more than ten million times in the two days since it debuted.  —  The video was shot in Africa and California.  —  In it, we see two beautiful white people falling …
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks to Split From Disney, in Talks With Universal (Exclusive)  —  The director, whose rich deal will make him tens of millions of dollars from ‘Jurassic World,’ will part with Disney after the release of next summer's ‘The BFG.’
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Sony Altered ‘Concussion’ Film to Prevent N.F.L. Protests, Emails Show  —  When Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to make a movie focusing on the death and dementia professional football players have endured from repeated hits to the head — and the N.F.L.'s efforts toward a cover-up …
 
 
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Ken White / Popehat:
Satire vs. Potentially Defamatory Factual Statements: An Illustration
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and Vox Popoli
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
O'Malley urges protest at DNC HQ over debate schedule
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Food giants call truce with Michelle Obama
Discussion: Addicting Info and The PJ Tatler
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Fiorina On Securing Borders: “I Don't Think Walls Are Particularly Effective”
Oliver Sacks / New York Review of Books:
Urge  —  Oliver Sacks, who died on August 30, was a longstanding …
Discussion: Guardian
Economic Policy Institute:
Understanding the Historic Divergence Between Productivity and a Typical Worker's Pay: Why It Matters and Why It's Real
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
What Donald Trump Understands About Republicans
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump is summer's biggest TV hit, and ratings gold for cable news
 Earlier Items: 
Christine Sexton / Politico:
Scott's office scrubbed release that cleared Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why Walmart Is Reducing Worker Hours, After Raising the Minimum Wage — and Other Lessons in Reality
Discussion: Instapundit and PoliPundit.com
Aleister / Progressives Today:
NOT THE ONION: The Associated Press Claims Obama STARED DOWN A GLACIER in Alaska
Susannah Snider / US News:
10 Law Schools That Leave Grads With the Least Debt
Discussion: Above the Law
Karen Workman / New York Times:
Missouri Teenagers Protest a Transgender Student's Use of the Girls' Bathroom
 

 
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Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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