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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
US Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89 — Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jersey's longest-serving U.S.senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said. — The oldest member of the Senate …
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Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Frank R. Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89 — Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak as a five-term United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan. He was 89. — The cause was complications of viral pneumonia, his office said.
Yahoo! News:
Sen. Lautenberg dies, Christie expected to name successor — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died overnight of complications from viral pneumonia, his office said Monday. — At 89, Lautenberg was the oldest senator—and the last World War II veteran serving in that legislative body.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Frank Lautenberg's Senate Seat To Be Filled By Special Election This Year
Frank Lautenberg's Senate Seat To Be Filled By Special Election This Year
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89
Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89; Christie to appoint replacement
Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89; Christie to appoint replacement
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Remembering Frank Lautenberg's Progressive Legacy
Tal Kopan / Politico:
David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’ — Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney. — “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
IRS controversy turns personal, nasty — (CNN) - An unusually harsh and personal war of words erupted on Sunday, even for the current hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, DC, with one of President Obama's top advisers bringing up the 40-year-old criminal record of the Republican congressman leading …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Robert Gibbs: Darrell Issa must apologize
Robert Gibbs: Darrell Issa must apologize
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Report: How GOP lost young voters — A new postmortem on the November elections from the nation's leading voice for college Republicans offers a searing indictment of the GOP “brand” and the major challenges the party faces in wooing young voters, according to a copy given exclusively to POLITICO.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Report Warns Of Party's Apocalypse With Young Voters — The Republican Party's troubles with young voters are well known. But a new internal report virtually elevates the threat level to apocalyptic, declaring that the GOP needs a “fundamental re-thinking” of its approach in order to remain viable with the younger generation.
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CJ Ciaramella / Washington Free Beacon:
Richard Windsor, Model Employee — “Richard Windsor” may have only been an alias for former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson, but that didn't stop him from being awarded numerous certificates for ethics and records management. — The EPA awarded certificates …
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of the Obama Presidency
The Decline of the Obama Presidency
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The friends of Richard Windsor
The friends of Richard Windsor
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Manufacturing Drops-Unexpectedly! — From Bloomberg: … Glenn Reynolds initiated the “Unexpectedly!” theme several years ago; since then there have been countless news stories about the U.S. economy's “unexpected” failures to perform. Observers generally offer micro-explanations based on trends of the moment.
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Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Surprise Manufacturing Downturn Holds Back U.S. Growth: Economy
Surprise Manufacturing Downturn Holds Back U.S. Growth: Economy
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Scandalpalooza — Is Team O trying to tire us out? — The Obama Scandalpalooza continues. It's gotten so bad that some pundits have even suggested that they're bringing everything out at once to induce “scandal fatigue” and make it all fade away. Well, maybe — there's certainly a lot:
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News — At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents. — It's not all altruism.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Biden cancels annual summer beach party — Vice President Joe Biden will not be throwing his annual beach party for journalists this summer, POLITICO has learned. — Since 2010, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden have invited top journalists to their home at the Naval Observatory …
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NY Daily News:
Mayhem in the city: 25 people shot in 48 hours — Three killed Sunday after three were killed Saturday. One of the wounded includes an 11-year-old girl who will never walk again. — Cops check the scene of a deadly gun battle at Bedford Ave. and Lenox Road in Brooklyn on Sunday.
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
Donald Trump Eyes 2016 — Despite Donald Trump's best efforts, Republican National Convention-goers missed out on what could have been a very interesting video. The real-estate mogul tells me he filmed a five-minute commercial for Romney that featured the mogul saying “You're fired!” …
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Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:
Al Sharpton's Long Bill of Goods, From Tawana Brawley to Primetime — As a ‘Times’ documentary revives one of the many ugly incidents from the reverend's past, it's time NBC accounted for its decision to rehabilitate and promote him, writes Stuart Stevens. — The Tawana Brawley case …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court allows police to obtain DNA samples without warrant — Police can take DNA samples from those under arrest the same as they take fingerprints and photographs, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision on Monday. — The ruling defied the court's traditional ideological divisions.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rejiggers Obamacare Bill After Conservative Revolt — House Republican leaders have refashioned legislation aimed at improving the party's credibility on the issue of preexisting conditions after conservatives scuttled it in April. — And they're planning to vote on it this month.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Meltdown At America's Most Conservative, Most Christian Political Consulting Firm — Rex Elsass build a Republican empire on his faith. But he found himself battling his closest allies over his immortal soul. — DELAWARE, Ohio — About 30 miles north of Columbus …
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
SHOCKER: Jay Penske Fires Nikki Finke From Deadline Hollywood, Sources Say (2nd UPDATE) — The combative blogger has clashed repeatedly with her boss, who apparently has had enough — Nikki Finke has been fired from the blog she founded, Deadline Hollywood, and will be leaving the company …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Two-Thirds of Americans Don't Know If They Will Insure Under Obamacare — There's no assurance folks will be buying insurance under Obamacare, and that could spell trouble for the Affordable Care Act. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans who currently lack health insurance don't know yet …
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