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9:20 AM ET, September 19, 2015

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Chris Littleton / Voter Gravity:
Fiorina Leads in NH in Post-CNN Debate Poll  —  All the talking heads were talking about Carly Fiorina's debate performance, but were the voters of New Hampshire impressed as well?  —  Yes, they were.  —  In Voter Gravity's latest presidential flash poll through touchtone phone responses …
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Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Fiorina Wins Debate, Trump Still Leads  —  Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina won Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate, according to voters who watched the Simi Valley showdown polled by Morning Consult.  —  It was a performance that vaulted Fiorina into the top tier of a crowded field.
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Post-Debate Poll: Trump Increases Lead; Fiorina Leaps, Carson Sinks  —  A Morning Consult poll, released Friday, surveyed 504 registered voters who watched Wednesday's Republican primary debate and has only good news for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House rips Trump over birther reaction  —  President Obama's top spokesman slammed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday for failing to condemn a supporter who claimed Obama is a Muslim who was born abroad.  —  “Is anybody really surprised this happened at a Donald Trump rally?”
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Willing to Spend $100 Million, Donald Trump Has So Far Reveled in Free Publicity
Discussion: Slate, OnPolitics and Jezebel
Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Rivals Condemn Trump as Muslim Obama Suggestion Returns to Spotlight
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Are Democrats and Republicans talking about the same country?  —  To the Democratic candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign is about shrinking the gap between rich and poor; combating climate change; and expanding voting rights, gay rights and workplace equality for women.
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David Brooks / New York Times:   The Marco Rubio-Carly Fiorina Option
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives balk at GOP pitch to avert shutdown
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Marco Rubio: Obama And Democrats To Blame For A Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Liberaland
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Clerk may have interfered with order on gay marriage  —  OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky county clerk may have again defied a federal judge's order by altering marriage license forms to remove her name, according to an attorney that represents one of the clerk's employees.
Discussion: all, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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CBS News:
Is Kentucky clerk Kim Davis back in hot water?  —  Shares -  —  OWENSBORO, Ky. — The attorney for one of the deputy clerks in Kim Davis' office says Davis disobeyed a federal judge's order when she altered marriage license forms for same-sex couples.  —  In a separate filing Friday …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite and WATE-TV
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
AP: Deputy Kentucky Clerk's Lawyer Says Kim Davis May Have Again Defied Fed Order
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army  —  President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Obama nominates openly gay man to lead Army  —  President Obama is nominating Eric Fanning to be the next Army secretary.  If confirmed by the Senate, Fanning would be the first openly gay person to lead a branch of the armed services.  —  “Eric brings many years of proven experience …
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
This Ted Cruz booster is 13, black, and just shredded Obama on clock kid  —  CJ Pearson's recent YouTube video criticizing President Obama.  —  Earlier this week, a 13-year-old kid named Coreco JaQuan Pearson sat down in front of a camera in the kitchen of his home in Grovetown …
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Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Vatican Disputes White House Guest List for Papal Visit
TigerWoods.com:
Tiger undergoes successful back surgery, is hopeful to return in early 2016  —  Woods' second microdiscectomy surgery was performed Sept. 16 in Park City, Utah  —  Tiger hopes to return to the PGA TOUR in early 2016 after a second successful microdiscectomy surgery.  (Getty Images)
Jason M. Breslow / FRONTLINE:
New: 87 Deceased NFL Players Test Positive for Brain Disease  —  A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease at the center of the debate over concussions in football, according to new figures from the nation's largest brain bank focused on the study of traumatic head injury.
S. L. A. Marshall / The Atlantic:
First Wave at Omaha Beach … UNLIKE what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day.  —  This fluke of history is doubly ironic since no other decisive battle has ever been so thoroughly reported for the official record.
KDFW:
Cops: Texas dad vandalized own truck with anti-police messages  —  A Central Texas man who claimed anti-police vandals had attacked the family pickup truck has been arrested after police believe he vandalized the truck.  —  Scott Lattin, a disabled veteran, told Whitney police …
Rex Features / BBC:
Liquid nitrogen cocktail: Lancaster's Oscar's Wine Bar fined £100k  —  A wine bar has been fined £100,000 after a woman drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen and had to have her stomach removed.  —  Gaby Scanlon, of Heysham, Lancashire, was served the Nitro-Jagermeister while celebrating her 18th birthday in 2012.
Discussion: KFOR-TV, Slantpoint and Refinery29
 
 
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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
This Bonkers CNN Guest Who Co-Chairs ‘Women For Trump’ Is Television Magic
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Robert B. Reich / New York Times:
Is Big Tech Too Powerful? Ask Google
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court strikes down DC gun regs in mixed ruling
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and The Atlantic
Reuters:
Exclusive: Democratic donors urge Biden to challenge Clinton in U.S. 2016 race
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Anderson Cooper Loses His Cool With Trump Supporter On-Air
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Pulls Out Of Heritage Presidential Forum
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Smith-Schock ties attract scrutiny
Los Angeles Times:
A high-speed rail from L.A. to Las Vegas? China says it's partnering with U.S. to build
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