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4:50 PM ET, September 10, 2015

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CNN:
Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP field.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump fires back at Carson: ‘Who is he to question my faith?’
NBC News:
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: I wasn't talking about Carly Fiorina's face  —  Trump insists he wasn't talking about Fiorina's looks  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Thursday that when he suggested Carly Fiorina's face would make her unelectable, he wasn't talking about her looks.  —  “I'm not talking about looks.
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Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone:
Trump Seriously: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision “Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land”  —  The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 14th Amendment.  —  While defending Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis's refusal to issue marriage licenses out of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision ‘Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land’ (AUDIO)  —  Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court decision that upheld slavery “remains to this day the law of the land.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP scores early win in ObamaCare lawsuit  —  A federal district judge on Wednesday delivered a blow to the Obama administration, ruling that the House Republican lawsuit against ObamaCare can move forward.  —  “The Court concludes that the House has standing to pursue those constitutional claims …
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Politico:
David Brock: The New York Times has ‘a special place in hell’  —  The pro-Clinton crusader accuses former D.C. bureau chief Carolyn Ryan of helping to turn the paper into a ‘megaphone for conservative propaganda.’  —  David Brock's war against the New York Times just went nuclear — and the paper is responding with equal fury.
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Oath Keepers Send Armed Guards To Protect Kim Davis From US Marshals  —  The Oath Keepers, the anti-government “Patriot” group that mounted an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management at the Bundy Ranch, stationed armed guards outside of military recruitment centers after the Chattanooga shooting …
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Jason Van Tatenhove / oathkeepers.org/oktester:
Oath Keepers Offers Kim Davis Protection From Further Imprisonment by Judge
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa  —  People close to Clinton's camp have recently been warning that the Vermont senator could win Iowa and New Hampshire.  —  Hillary Clinton's Iowa edge is gone.  —  Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jindal calls Trump practically every name in the book  —  Bobby Jindal pulled no punches against Donald Trump on Thursday, raining down a deluge of criticisms on the current Republican leader in the polls, calling him “a narcissist,” “an egomaniac,” “non-serious,” “substance-free,” “insecure …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
In David vs. Goliath battle, Jindal targets Trump
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked  —  It's being called a “revolt” by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk.  —  More than 50 intelligence analysts working …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Directs Administration to Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama, under increasing pressure to demonstrate that the United States is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees, has told his administration to take in at least 10,000 displaced Syrians over the next year.
Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Officer Asked Speeding Driver Where She Was Headed — After She Told Him, the Cop Grabbed Her Hand and Did the Unexpected  —  Maxine Morgan admits she “wasn't really paying attention” as she sped down a Louisiana highway with her husband, Jimmy Morgan.  But Bossier Parish deputy Jackie Loveless was paying attention.
Ava / Advisories:
Chicago Sikh American Assaulted in Hate Crime Last Night  —  For Immediate Release  —  Media & Communications Director, The Sikh Coalition  —  Mark@sikhcoalition.org, 202-380-8489  —  September 9, 2015 (Chicago, IL) - On Tuesday evening, Inderjit Singh Mukker, a Sikh American resident …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11: ‘Go Back To Your Country, Bin Laden!’
Discussion: Mediaite
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Stephen Colbert Falsely States The NRA Is Opposed to Mental Health Checks  —  Last night comedian and late night talk show host Stephen Colbert falsely stated that the NRA is “opposed to mental health checks,” during an interview and discussion with GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
Jamie Shreeve / National Geographic:
This Face Changes the Human Story.  But How?  —  Scientists have discovered a new species of human ancestor deep in a South African cave, adding a baffling new branch to the family tree.  —  Photographs by Robert Clark  —  A trove of bones hidden deep within a South African cave represents …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair closes door on more debates  —  Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is closing the door on adding more Democratic presidential debates, and said a controversial clause penalizing candidates for participating in unsanctioned debates would stand.
Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC's David Muir nicknamed ‘Anchor Monster’  —  “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David Muir is being nicknamed “Anchor Monster” by network staffers after repeatedly losing his temper with his crew over being beaten in the ratings by his rival, NBC's Lester Holt.
Discussion: Erick on the Radio and Jezebel
Genny McLaren / FOX40:
Mystery Ice Falls from Sky, Crashes Through Roof of Modesto Home  —  It wasn't a bird, and it wasn't a plane.  It was a chunk of ice — and a big one — that fell through the roof of a Modesto home Wednesday morning.  —  It would almost be something to laugh at — like the story of …
Discussion: KTLA and Daily Mail
 
 
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Alicia Parlapiano Updated / New York Times:
Lawmakers Against the Iran Nuclear Deal
Michael Beckel / The Center for Public …:
Did this shady pro-Bernie Sanders super PAC just dupe James Bond?
Discussion: New York Times
John DiStaso / WMUR:
New Hampshire Primary Source: Kasich backers say he filmed super PAC ads before becoming a candidate
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
NYPD's Bratton offers apology to James Blake, says race played no role in arrest
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
Lydia Depillis / Washington Post:
Larry Summers has become one of organized labor's biggest advocates
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Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
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Cruz's second shutdown play rankles fellow Republicans
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog and Daily Kos
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
The refugee crisis could actually be a boon for Germany
Leigh McMullan Abramson / The Atlantic:
Making One of the Most Brutal Jobs a Little Less Brutal