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9:20 AM ET, September 11, 2015

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Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg Business:
AT&T, JPMorgan Executives Look to Oust Garrett for Democrat  —  It could be a tough fall for Representative Scott Garrett.  —  Corporate and Wall Street donors have already been shying away from the New Jersey Republican since he reportedly made anti-gay remarks at a private gathering in July.
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Washington Post:
Cameron, Hollande and Merkel: Why we support the Iran deal
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
GOP aims to make Democrats pay politically for Iran vote
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems filibuster Iran vote
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump on Fiorina's face: I made those comments as an entertainer  —  Donald Trump didn't mean any harm when he criticized fellow GOP 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina's face.  He says he was just being the showman he is.  —  “Many of those comments are made as an entertainer …
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CNN:
Carly Fiorina will appear in top-tier CNN Reagan Library debate  — Thursday marked the close of the two-month window for determining eligibility based on averages of national polls  — 11 candidates will appear in the 8 p.m. debate, and five candidates will appear at the 6 p.m. event
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump, Carson dominate in SC poll
Discussion: Salon, Hullabaloo, Washington Post and CNN
Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden's Late Show Appearance With Stephen Colbert Turns Emotional  —  Stephen Colbert's new comedy show was effectively preempted Thursday, its third day on the air, in favor of a wrenching, intimate conversation about love, loss and running for president between the comedian and Vice President Joe Biden …
Discussion: ABC News
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Joe Biden's Dilemma  — Shares-  —  Play
Discussion: Washington Post and abc7ny.com
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Joe Biden, in Colbert Interview, Expresses Doubts About Bid for President  —  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in an emotional, wide-ranging interview on Stephen Colbert's “Late Show” on Thursday, expressed doubt about the likelihood that he would run for president, saying that “I'd be lying if I said that I knew I was there.”
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 …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision ‘Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land’ (AUDIO)
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
NY Times Launches Its Jew-Tracker [Updated]  —  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.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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CNN:
Clinton's lead over Sanders shrinks as her edge over GOP vanishes  —  Poll: Sanders closes the gap with Clinton  — Clinton trails Ben Carson in a hypothetical general election match-up and runs about even with Jeb Bush and Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's lead in the race …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Watchdog opened ‘criminal’ Abedin probe, but DOJ passed  —  Sources close to Hillary Clinton's former deputy chief of staff and current vice chairwoman for the campaign say the news actually exonerates her.  —  The State Department inspector general opened a “criminal investigation” …
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Clinton Tweets: ‘Stand With Hillary & Overturn Planned Parenthood’  —  In a tweet calling for a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Hillary Clinton inadvertently invited supporters to “Stand with Hillary and overturn Planned Parenthood.”
New York Times:
Will We Always Remember 9/11?  —  Soon after the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center towers 14 years ago, bumper stickers abounded in parallel with the nation's grief.  “Never Forget,” one proclaimed with great resolve.  “We Will Always Remember,” promised another.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
USA Today:
ISIL haunts 9/11 anniversary: Our view  —  14 years ago, Americans learned they can't ignore the terror of extremists.  —  Fourteen years ago, the United States suffered a shockingly successful surprise attack by a little known Islamic extremist group based 7,000 miles away in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Everything Wrong with California in One Photo  —  My local station.  —  Nationwide gasoline prices are below $3 a gallon.  But here in California it is not unusual to see prices still over $4 a gallon.  So what do liberals here want to do?  Pass a law that mandates reducing gasoline consumption …
New York Times:
Obama Increases Number of Syrian Refugees for U.S. Resettlement to 10,000  —  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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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Obama's Syrian Nightmare
Discussion: Instapundit and USA Today
 
 
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: 'We're Having Six Debates-Period'
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Jeb Bush and the Return of Voodoo Economics
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7th Graders in Tennessee Made to Recite ‘Allah Is the Only God’ in Public School
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Stephen Colbert Falsely States The NRA Is Opposed to Mental Health Checks
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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