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6:30 PM ET, September 12, 2015

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New York Times:
With Jeremy Corbyn Elected as New Leader, Britain's Labour Party Takes a Hard Left Turn  —  LONDON - Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday took a remarkable leftward turn, electing as its leader Jeremy Corbyn, a longtime socialist committed to nationalizing key industries …
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Laura Kuenssberg / BBC:
Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest  —  Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour “fight back” after being elected the party's new leader by a landslide.  —  The veteran left winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
Rowena Mason / Guardian:
Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn elected with huge mandate  —  Election of backbench MP and anti-war campaigner means party now has one of the most leftwing, anti-establishment leaders in its history  —  Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the British Labour party …
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership race in stunning victory - live updates
The Hill:
Prospect of shutdown grows  —  The prospect of a second government shutdown in two years is growing as House conservatives pledge to oppose any funding measure that includes money for Planned Parenthood.  —  GOP leaders face a familiar problem.  —  A measure that blocks funding …
Harry Stein / Politico:
Evidence comes under attack  —  How Congress is quietly killing one of the best ideas in government.  —  “Every man has a right to his own opinion,” investor Bernard Baruch said in 1950, “but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”  —  Politicians are, of course, sometimes wrong on the facts …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin / Reuters:
Iran says finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve  —  Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday.  —  The comments cast doubt on previous assessments …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Jimmy Fallon takes it easy on Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump went on Jimmy Fallon's show on Friday night, and he got exactly what he wanted: an easy ride.  —  In a 15-minute sit-down interview and a pre-interview skit that touched on Trump's plan to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico …
Discussion: Dallas Morning News
Amanda Sakuma / msnbc.com:
Poll: Democrats claim resounding Latino support over GOP  —  Donald Trump may say he loves Latino voters, but Latino voters are not loving him back, according to a new poll.  —  Any Democratic presidential candidate would resoundingly carry the Latino vote over the current Republican front-runner …
Politico:
Scott Walker craters — but not because of Trump  —  The man once seen as a potential front-runner has done this to himself.  —  Scott Walker's standing in Iowa has disintegrated, and he can't blame Donald Trump.  —  The Wisconsin governor once-heralded by political insiders as the front-runner …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
How Grown-Ups Deal With ‘Microaggressions’  —  Whenever I first heard the word “microaggression,” sometime in the last five years, I'm sure I was unaware how big “micro” could get.  The accusation of a microaggression was about to become a pervasive feature of the Internet, and particularly social media.
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
President Obama Announces the College Scorecard  —  This morning in his weekly address, President Obama made an important announcement.  —  Today the Department of Education launched a new College Scorecard to provide families and prospective students with useful data on the outcomes of investing in a college education.
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
University of California considering recognizing a “right” to be “free from ... expressions of intolerance”
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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