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Debating the Debate Winners, Russia Suspected in Pentagon Email Hack, States Start Defunding Planned Parenthood: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.7.2015 9:00 AM

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    Everybody's weighing in on the winners and losers of last night's first Republican presidential-candidate debates. Some takes from The Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, National Journal, Fox News, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Federalist. 

  • Is Russia behind an attack on the Pentagon's email system?
  • Jon Stewart hosted his last episode of The Daily Show last night. 
  • Donald Trump is accusing Fox debate moderator Megyn Kelly of making up things he's said about women. 
  • Alabama, Louisiana, and New Hampshire are all pulling state funding for Planned Parenthood.
  • Kids are learning to swear earlier than they once did. 

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.

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