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6:50 PM ET, September 3, 2015

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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kim Davis Ordered Jailed in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A federal judge here on Thursday ordered a Kentucky clerk jailed for contempt of court because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  —  The clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County …
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USA Today:
Ky. clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A Kentucky county clerk was found in contempt of court Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses in wake of the Supreme Court decision to allow gays to wed.  —  U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning …
Cruz for President:
Cruz: I Call Upon Every Believer, Every Constitutionalist, Every Lover of Liberty to Stand with Kim Davis  —  Statement on Arrest of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis  —  HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the arrest of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis:
Timeline Photos / Facebook:
Exclusive.  Just conducted an interview with Cecil Watkins, the Rowan County Attorney.  Watkins (who to my knowledge) hasn't given any interviews.  —  Watkins indicates that Kim Davis “does not represent” Rowan County and is not representative of its inclusive values.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Kim Davis Held In Contempt Of Court, Now In U.S. Marshals' Custody  —  Federal District Judge David Bunning held Kim Davis, the county clerk who has become a national symbol of anti-gay animus for her resistance to marriage equality, in contempt of court on Thursday.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
White House On Jailing Of Kentucky Clerk: ‘No Public Official’ Is Above The Law
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Mika to Huckabee: Why Do You Hate Hillary Lawbreaking, But Support KY Clerk?
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump signs GOP loyalty pledge  —  <p>Donald Trump and Reince Priebus have a deal.</p><p>The Republican front-runner announced at anewsconference on Thursday that he signed the loyalty pledge the GOP sought and will support the eventual Republican nominee, whoever that may be.</p><p>The deal …
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Just Signed His Political Death Warrant  —  The GOP has finally muscled its maverick front-runner, Donald Trump, into submission.  A Trump adviser said on Thursday the billionaire has agreed to sign the Republican “loyalty pledge” he famously refused at the first debate in Cleveland last month …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Rich Lowry / Politico:   Ben Carson, the Superior Outsider
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's party loyalty pledge ends one GOP problem, brings others
RADAR:
Exposed!  Libya Security Briefs, Algeria Hostage Info & More — Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton's ENTIRE UNRELEASED Private Emails For $500K … PICS OF  —  HILLARY  —  Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming …
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ABC News:
Former Clinton Aide Bryan Pagliano Plans to Plead the 5th to Benghazi Committee Questions  —  Facing a congressional subpoena, a former State Department staffer connected to Hillary Clinton's private email server has decided to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions from several congressional committees.
Politico:
Judge sees rocky road for feds' plan to coordinate Hillary Clinton email lawsuits
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Democratic U.S. Senator Booker backs Iran nuclear pact  —  Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker said on Thursday he would vote in favor of the nuclear agreement with Iran, calling the pact between world powers and Tehran “the better of two flawed options.”  —  Booker, who issued …
Discussion: Hot Air and Booman Tribune
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Booker, Warner, Heitkamp Announce Support for Iran Nuclear Deal
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Judge Erases Tom Brady's Suspension; N.F.L. Says It Will Appeal  —  In a major setback for the N.F.L., New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prevailed on Thursday in his battle to have his four-game suspension overturned, as a federal judge reversed a ruling by Commissioner Roger Goodell …
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Tom Ley / Deadspin:
This Is Roger Goodell's Defining Defeat, And The One He Deserves
Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
More Self-Inflicted Wounds  —  This column is not about me, but I start by acknowledging that I am something of a technological dinosaur.  I still read printed newspapers and I don't have a Twitter account or Facebook page.  But the reason I don't engage in social media is only in part because I'm a little challenged technologically.
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu and AIPAC: Right to Fight  —  News stories announcing that President Obama has the votes to protect his Iran deal from Congressional disapproval have led to debates here and in Israel over the campaigns against that deal by AIPAC and by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The Times of Israel:
AIPAC official: PM's Congress speech hurt Iran deal opposition
Discussion: Israel Matzav
timesfreepress.com:
Judge declines divorce case, citing gay marriage ruling … A local judge contends the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage has derailed Tennessee's ability to determine what constitutes divorce — leaving one Signal Mountain couple married against their will.
Terry Glavin / National Post:
Alan Kurdi drowned off the shores of Turkey.  His family was trying to reach Canada  —  The drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach captured in a photograph that went around the world Wednesday was three-year-old Alan Kurdi.  He died, along with his five-year-old brother Galib and their mother Rehan …
Cory Booker / Medium:
Supporting the Iran agreement is the better of two flawed options  —  Despite its significant shortcomings, we have passed a point of no return.  Accepting this deal and moving forward with vigilance and continued commitment to keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is preferable …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Perry: ‘A Broken Clock Is Right Once A Day’ (VIDEO)  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry had a weird message on Thursday for fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who said Perry's campaign is crashing: “A broken clock is right once a day.”  —  Perry was on Fox News after Trump …
Discussion: Mediaite
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Revision of Steve Jobs  —  An iPhone is a machine much like any other: motherboard, modem, microphone, microchip, battery, wires of gold and silver and copper twisting and snaking, the whole assembly arranged under a piece of glass whose surface—coated with an oxide of indium and tin …
Discussion: Above the Law
 
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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