memeorandum: Lawmakers Against the Iran Nuclear Deal (Alicia Parlapiano Updated/New York Times)

8:50 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.

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.

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

Fiorina's Face: Trump Fights Like a Leftist ... And Wins — This should go without saying but in this increasingly shrill GOP primary of ours I want to be clear that analyzing Donald Trump's political tactics does not equal my condoning of them. I've said before and I'll say again …

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump, Carson dominate in SC poll

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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Ben Carson: I don't want to get into a ‘gladiator fight’ with Donald Trump

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NBC News:
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump fires back at Carson: ‘Who is he to question my faith?’

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump slams Ben Carson

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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 …

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Huckabee says Dred Scott still ‘law of land’ — Mike Huckabee on Thursday said the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to African-Americans is the law of the land. — Huckabee mentioned the Supreme Court decision as he defended Kentucky clerk Kim Davis's decision to defy …

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision ‘Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land’ (AUDIO)

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Alicia Parlapiano Updated / New York Times:

Lawmakers Against the Iran Nuclear Deal — Twenty-three Democratic lawmakers have said they will not support President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, joining their Republican colleagues in the House and the Senate. Though more Jewish members of Congress support the deal than oppose it …

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Senate Democrats Clear Way for Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats delivered a major victory to President Obama on Thursday when they blocked a Republican resolution to reject a six-nation nuclear accord with Iran, ensuring that the landmark deal will take effect without …

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Steven Hayward / Power Line:

NY Times Launches Its Jew-Tracker — The New York Times today offers up a table examining the Democratic (but not Republican) Senators and House members opposed to Obama's Iran agreement, noting whether they are Jewish and the proportion of Jewish constituents in their state or district. Like this:

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
New York Times Launches Congress ‘Jew Tracker’

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Politico:

GOP aims to make Democrats pay politically for Iran vote — Democrats counter that Republicans are overplaying their hand. — It may be years before the political fallout of the Senate's mostly party-line vote Thursday to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement becomes clear.

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems filibuster Iran vote

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CNN:
Senate Democrats protect Obama on Iran vote

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Associated Press:
Iran nuclear deal survives: Democrats block disapproval vote

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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

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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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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Bernie Sanders ‘stunned’ over polls

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Big-Name Plan B's for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton

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Ellen Pao / Re/code:

Ellen Pao Speaks: ‘I Am Now Moving On’ — Over the past three and a half years, I have pursued a legal case against Kleiner Perkins for gender discrimination and retaliation. Seeking justice in the courts has been painful for me personally and professionally, and for my family.

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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.

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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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BobbyJindal.com:
Text: Jindal Speech on Donald Trump

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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:

Rand Paul Tries to Reclaim the Spotlight — The race for the Republican presidential nomination has devolved into vehement denunciations, and Rand Paul's voice seems to have gone a bit hoarse in recent weeks. — The novelty of his libertarian brand has worn off as Republicans have swung …

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz's second shutdown play rankles fellow Republicans

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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:

Oh boy. Here we go again. — A district court in Washington, DC ruled Wednesday that the House of Representatives has standing to bring a lawsuit alleging that the Obama administration is spending federal money to finance the ACA, absent a congressional appropriation.

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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP scores early win in ObamaCare lawsuit

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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.

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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!’

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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.

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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 …

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