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11:30 AM ET, September 7, 2015

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Is Right on Economics  —  So Jeb Bush is finally going after Donald Trump.  Over the past couple of weeks the man who was supposed to be the front-runner has made a series of attacks on the man who is.  Strange to say, however, Mr. Bush hasn't focused on what's truly vicious and absurd …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Prairie Weather
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Los Angeles Times:
Column Trump can't actually win, can he?
Discussion: Vox Popoli
The Atlantic:
The Coddling of the American Mind … Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities.  A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense.
CBC News:
Conservative candidate Jerry Bance caught in CBC sting urinating in homeowner's coffee mug  —  ‘I deeply regret my actions on that day,’ Bance tells CBC News when contacted for comment  —  Conservative candidate caught urinating in homeowner's coffee mug 2:02
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Mail
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Walter Palmer speaks: Hunter who killed lion will resume Bloomington dental practice Tuesday  —  In his first interview since killing Cecil, the Eden Prairie big-game hunter reaffirmed that he took the lion in Zimbabwe in a legal hunt.  —  Video (01:24) : The U.S. dentist whose killing …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Paid sick leave: Obama to issue order  —  <p>President Barack Obama will issue an executive order Monday that requires federal contractors to grant at least seven days of paid sick leave to their employees, including 300,000 who had none.</p><p>Obama is set to address the order during a Labor …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and ABC News
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
SHOCK POLL: Trump receives 25% of black vote in general election matchup  —  For all the talk about Donald Trump allegedly driving minorities away from the Republican Party, could he actually bring people in?  —  A SurveyUSA poll released Friday shows in a hypothetical matchup with Hillary Clinton, Trump is ahead 45% to 40%.
KOIN-TV:
Docs: Police chief ‘compared African-Americans to monkeys’  —  CLATSKANIE, Ore. (KOIN) — A decorated former chief of police remains in the hotseat after his own police officers alleged he made offensive, racist remarks on the job.  —  Former Clatskanie Police Chief Marvin Hoover, 56 …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Chris Wallace smacks down Dick Cheney: Iran's nuclear build-up happened on your watch  —  Fox News host Chris Wallace forced former Vice President Dick Cheney to admit that Iran's centrifuges went from zero to 5,000 under his watch, not President Barack Obama's.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Liberaland
Los Angeles Times:
Column A new skirmish in the battle for Malibu beach access  —  The weather forecast is terrific.  The water is unusually warm.  And the greatest show in California is free except for the parking.  —  But if you're headed to the beach this holiday weekend, beware the killjoys who might try …
Liz Mair / The Daily Beast:
This is How You Beat Donald Trump  —  Republican strategist Liz Mair lists 10 ways to blow the billionaire out of the water.  —  For months now, consultants and pundits have been opining about what would be necessary to take The Donald down.  We now have a glimpse into what Team Jeb will do …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
'They're a bunch of frauds': Former Trump University students say The Donald shouldn't be president, school was a scam  —  When 75-year-old Robert Guillo hears candidate Donald Trump speak for “the silent majority” and promise to “put people back to work,” he has to laugh.
Discussion: Liberaland, Raw Story and Daily Mail
Cynthia Blank / Reuters:
Elderly Jewish Couple Brutally Attacked in Holland  —  Holocaust survivors Samuel and Diana are confined to wheelchairs after being viciously beaten by anti-Semites in their own apartment.  —  Police in Holland (file)  —  Samuel (87) and Diana (86) Blug, two elderly Holocaust survivors …
 
 
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Lana Shadwick / BREITBART.COM:
Graffiti Calling for Violence Against Cops Spreads Across Texas
Daily Mail:
PETER HITCHENS: We won't save refugees by destroying our own country
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Leonard Pitts, Jr / miamiherald:
Leonard Pitts, Jr.: ‘Religious liberty’ cloaks intolerance
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
No Movement That Embraces Trump Can Call Itself Conservative
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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