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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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Jon Ward / Yahoo:
Can Jeb Bush break the Trump spell?  —  Republican candidate for president Jeb Bush poses with high school students at La Progresiva Presbyterian School in Miami, Florida.  (Reuters/Joe Skipper).  —  A few hours before the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland in August …
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
What Is Jeb Bush Thinking?  —  Jeb has gone on the attack against Trump.  A lot of people think this is a mistake.  It makes Bush look panicky and desperate, and is more likely to make him look bad than to damage the elaborately coiffed August frontrunner.  Here's Rich Lowry in Politico:
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Latinos hate Donald Trump. But guess who they like: Jeb Bush.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump to Bush: Speak English when in the US
Discussion: Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP circulates loyalty pledge to box Trump in  —  <p>The GOP is taking its most aggressive step yet to force Donald Trump's hand.</p><p>The Republican National Committee on Wednesday privately reached out to GOP presidential candidates to ask whether they'd be willing to sign a pledge stating …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Haters for Trump  —  <p>HANOVER, N.H. — They think Donald Trump's ideas are “disgusting.”
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Rush Limbaugh
Michael Kazin / Politico:   How Trump Can Ensure Democratic Dominance for Generations
Washington Post:
Staffer who worked on Clinton's private e-mail server faces subpoena  —  A former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private e-mail server tried this week to fend off a subpoena to testify before Congress, saying he would assert his constitutional right not to answer questions to avoid incriminating himself.
TMZ.com:
'Can't Buy Me Love' Star Amanda Peterson — Cause of Death ... Massive Overdose  —  Amanda Peterson — who starred in “Can't Buy Me Love” died from an accidental overdose of a deadly combination of drugs.  —  The 43-year-old disappeared just before the 4th of July and her body was found on July 5th.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Washington Post:
This is the difference between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders  —  Watch how they conduct their campaigns.  —  Ernest Hemingway once said that courage was “grace under pressure.”  Two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have recently tested this proposition.
Wall Street Journal:
Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea Off Alaska Coast  —  Five Chinese navy ships are currently operating in the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, the first time the U.S. military has seen such activity in the area, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday.
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 …
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
PBS Anchor Gwen Ifill Mocks Israeli PM Netanyahu After Democrats Support Obama Iran Nuke Deal
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Keep Calm And Ignore The 2016 ‘Game Changers’  —  If you were to rank the most exciting presidential nomination contests, the 1996 Republican race would be near the bottom.  Bob Dole, the “next-in-line” GOP candidate and the Senate majority leader, built up a huge lead in polls and endorsements early …
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee Hails Kim Davis For Flouting Supreme Court On Gay Marriage  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said in a statement today that he had called Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to congratulate her for her “courage and humility” in defying the Supreme Court's decision on marriage equality.
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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.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Treason of the Professors  —  William Bradford is an Associate Professor of Law, National Security, and Strategy at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and at the National Defense College in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern and an LL.M. from Harvard.
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
The Democrats Now Own Iran.  They'll Soon Wish They Didn't  —  This morning, President Obama got what he's been working toward all year.  With Senator Barbara Mikulski's announcement that she will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the administration got its 34th vote in the Senate …
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Donald Trump isn't rich because he's a great investor.  He's rich because his dad was rich.  —  “It takes brains to make millions,” according to the slogan of Donald Trump's board game.  “It takes Trump to make billions.”  It appears that's truer than Trump himself might like to admit.
Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Donald Trump On Ben Carson: Doctors Don't Create Jobs  —  Donald Trump says he has great affection for Ben Carson, but he's not so sure Carson has the right experience to be president.  —  The billionaire businessman and Republican presidential frontrunner explained why in an extensive interview …
John R. Schindler / The Daily Beast:
Will Hillary Clinton's Emails Burn the White House?  —  Counterintelligence specialists suspect that the former Secretary of State wasn't the only member of the Obama administration emailing secrets around.  —  Hillary Clinton's email problems are already causing headaches for her presidential campaign.
ABC News:
Watch President Obama Do a Native Alaskan Dance With Kids  —  President Obama's been known to bust a move now and then — and he's not a bad dancer.  —  Today, he had the opportunity to show off his moves on the last day of his three-day trip to Alaska.  —  Obama stopped at Dillingham Middle School …
Discussion: Raw Story
Helena Smith / Guardian:
Shocking images of drowned Syrian boy show tragic plight of refugees  —  Young boy found lying face-down on a beach near Turkish resort of Bodrum was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece  —  The full horror of the human tragedy unfolding on the shores of Europe …
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 …
Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
‘The Triumph of Backward-Looking Economics’  —  In response to Paul Krugman's recent post, “The Triumph of Backward-Looking Economics” — no surprise here — there is disagreement from Steve Williamson.  So let me offer this from Blanchard and Johnson's intermediate macroeconomics text discussing this issue.
Discussion: Washington Center …
TMZ.com:
Janice Dickinson — Collapses on ‘Celeb Big Brother’ ... ‘Almost Died’ from Bee Sting (VIDEO)  —  Collapses on ‘Celeb BB’ ...  ‘ALMOST DIED’ FROM BEE STING  —  9/2/2015 9:41 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Janice Dickinson fell unconscious, live on TV …
 
 
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Oliver Sacks / New York Review of Books:
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Discussion: Pamela Geller
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Like Obama's Ideas Better When They Think They're Donald Trump's
Christine Sexton / Politico:
Scott's office scrubbed release that cleared Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Banter