memeorandum: Guard for Donald Trump Hits Protester (Jason Horowitz/New York Times)

12:10 PM ET, September 4, 2015

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Donald Trump On The Day He Took The Pledge — Donald Trump joined me today: — Audio: — 09-03hhs-trump — Transcript: — HH: Joined now by Donald Trump. Donald Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, it's always a pleasure to talk to you. — DT: Thank you, Hugh.

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, OnPolitics, Business Insider, Addicting Info, The PJ Tatler, AMERICAblog News, Slantpoint, Power Line, Fox News, Hot Air, Hullabaloo, RedState and The Daily Caller

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump blasts Hugh Hewitt as ‘a third-rate radio announcer’ — Donald Trump is blasting Hugh Hewitt after stumbling over foreign policy questions in an interview with the conservative radio host. — “[He is] a third-rate radio announcer,” Trump told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Friday morning.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Slantpoint and The Hugh Hewitt Show

Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

Donald Trump Stumbles and Bristles During Foreign Policy Interview — Donald J. Trump revealed gaps in his mastery of international affairs during a radio interview on Thursday, appearing to mistake the Quds Force, an Iranian military group, for the Kurds, a Middle Eastern people, and growing testy over questions about foreign leaders.

Discussion: Fox News Insider and The Last Refuge

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump hits radio host Hugh Hewitt for ‘gotcha questions’

Discussion: Politico, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump fumbles Hewitt question on terror leaders

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Gateway Pundit and Althouse

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Mixes Up The Quds Force And The Kurds In A Radio Interview

Discussion: Fusion, Business Insider and Liberaland

Courier-Journal:

Kim Davis' husband: 'She won't resign' … CONNECT — MOREHEAD, Ky. The husband of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said early Friday that Kim remains in good spirits and is prepared to remain in jail for months. — Joe Davis appeared outside the Rowan County Courthouse …

Discussion: Liberaland, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Daily Kos, SCOTUSblog, The Federalist, Hot Air and New York Times

Renée Graham / BostonGlobe.com:

Kim Davis follows the footsteps of George Wallace — Kim Davis is in jail for contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but make no mistake: this uncivil civil servant isn't a religious freedom fighter. She's a homophobe, pure and simple.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Adam Beam / Associated Press: Gay Couple Gets First License To Wed In Defiant Clerk's Kentucky County

Cruz for President:
Cruz: I Call Upon Every Believer, Every Constitutionalist, Every Lover of Liberty to Stand with Kim Davis

Courier-Journal:
Kim Davis stands her ground - in jail

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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis' Lawyer Says She's Just Like A Jew Living In Nazi Germany

Discussion: WVCY-TV, Addicting Info, Raw Story and ThinkProgress

Jason Horowitz / New York Times:

Guard for Donald Trump Hits Protester — In a tussle outside Trump Tower on Thursday, a member of Donald J. Trump's security team responded to a protester, who had grabbed him from behind, by hitting him in the face. — The member of Mr. Trump's security team had ripped a large blue sign reading …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist and The Daily Caller

TWC News:
Latinos protestan frente a torre Trump en contra de su “racismo”; guardia golpea a manifestante

Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's party loyalty pledge ends one GOP problem, brings others

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Atlantic, Althouse, NPR, Washington Monthly, Fox News Insider, Liberal Values and The Stranger …

Nick Gass / Politico:

Trump warns Carson — <p>Donald Trump isn't going on the attack against Ben Carson — not yet, at least.</p><p>" Well, I'm much better as a counterpuncher, so I'd rather have, and I'm hoping for Ben to really hit me at some point, because I love to counterpunch," …

Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Surpasses Field, Flirts With 40 Percent In Alabama Poll

Discussion: The Last Refuge, Weasel Zippers and Gravis

Adam B. Schiff / New York Times:

Disband the Benghazi Committee — Washington — NOT long after it was formed last year, members of the Select Committee on Benghazi gathered to meet privately with family members of the four Americans killed on that dreadful night in Libya in 2012. The meetings were emotional …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Progress Pond and Associated Press

Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:

11-year-old shoots and kills home intruder in north St. Louis County — ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - A child shot a teen that was trying to break into a home in north St. Louis County. Police say the 11-year-old shooter fired one round from a handgun and killed the 16-year-old suspect.

Discussion: BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit, FOX6Now.com, Fox News Insider, Scared Monkeys and Q13 FOX News

New York Times:

The Truth of ‘Black Lives Matter’ — The Republican Party and its acolytes in the news media are trying to demonize the protest movement that has sprung up in response to the all-too-common police killings of unarmed African-Americans across the country. The intent of the campaign …

Discussion: Fusion, Democratic Strategist, Guardian and Washington Post

Susan Jones / CNSNews:

Record 94,031,000 Americans Not in Labor Force; Participation Rate Stuck at 38-Year Low for 3rd Straight Month … (CNSNews.com) - A record 94,031,000 Americans were not in the American labor force last month — 261,000 more than July — and the labor force participation rate stayed stuck at 62.6 percent …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

New York Daily News:

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards calls Metallica and Black Sabbath ‘great jokes,’ says rap is for ‘tone-deaf people’ in free-wheeling interview — Some say rock is dead. For Keith Richards, it always has been. — Strange, coming from the architect of the world's greatest rock ‘n’ roll band.

Discussion: TeamRock News, CBS Philly, Guardian, Mashable, Hollywood Life and Paper

Christopher S. Rugaber / ABC News:

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve in deciding whether to raise interest rates from record lows later this month. — The Labor Department said Friday that the jobless rate fell …

Discussion: Associated Press

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Slower Job Growth May Give Fed Pause on Raising Rates

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice

Wall Street Journal:

Chinese Navy Ships Came Within 12 Nautical Miles of U.S. Coast — Vessels complied with international law, Pentagon officials say — Chinese navy ships off the coast of Alaska in recent days weren't just operating in the area for the first time: They also came within 12 nautical miles of the U.S. coast …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News

Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:

'Damn right, I'm going to fight back': Bush declares war on Trump — HAMPTON, New Hampshire - Jeb Bush had a message for the workers at Foss Manufacturing Company on Thursday who might be tempted by a certain billionaire's siren call: Rage does not pay. — “Donald Trump's view is that the end is near,” Bush said.

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why Jeb? — There is no obvious case for Bush III.

Discussion: Salon, Fox News and RedState

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

Why Clinton remains inevitable — almost — Unless she's indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination. — That kind of sentence is rarely written about a major presidential candidate. But I don't see a realistic third alternative (except for one long-shot, below).