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4:35 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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story, Guardian, Daily Kos and Mediaite
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 …
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Clerk: I am prepared to go to jail  —  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis listens to a customer following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. Although her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, Davis still refuses to issue marriage licenses.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: I Can't Believe Kentucky Clerk Is In Jail And Hillary Isn't!  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Thursday it was a wonder that an anti-gay Kentucky county clerk was in jail and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton wasn't.
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.
ABC News:
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis in Custody for Contempt of Court Over Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Discussion: Hollywood Life and The PJ Tatler
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis Vows To Use County Office To Spread 'God's Word,' Act As Divine Vessel
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 a press conference 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
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.
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Politico:
Judge sees rocky road for feds' plan to coordinate Hillary Clinton email lawsuits
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Staffer who worked on Clinton's private e-mail server faces subpoena
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
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 …
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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.
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 …
Chicago Tribune:
Emanuel set to call for largest property tax hike in modern Chicago history  —  Mayor Rahm Emanuel is set to call for the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history to raise enough money to make a major pension payment for police and firefighters next year, the mayor's City Council floor leader …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Jonathan Merritt / The Atlantic:
Why Do Evangelicals Support Donald Trump?  —  Donald Trump is immodest, arrogant, foul-mouthed, money-obsessed, thrice-married, and until recently, pro-choice.  By conventional standards, evangelical Christians should despise him.  Yet somehow, the Manhattan billionaire has attracted their support.
Discussion: Applesauce, Hot Air and Boing Boing
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Most Millennials Resist the ‘Millennial’ Label  —  Generations in a Mirror: How They See Themselves  —  Millennials will soon become the nation's largest living generation.  They already have surpassed Generation X to make up the largest share of the U.S. workforce.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Populist Revolt Against Brain-Dead Politics  —  Take a deep breath.  It won't help you understand what's happening in the contest for the presidency, but it won't hurt either.  —  By contrast, many media analyses of the state of the race have reached the breathless level.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Mika to Huckabee: Why Do You Hate Hillary Lawbreaking, But Support KY Clerk?
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