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NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims — My source is solid. She really thought Anthony Weiner and her were in love, they spoke on the phone daily multiple times a day for 6 months. Anthony Weiner played with her emotions and mind. Most calls were phone sex.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Faces New Sex Chat Allegations — The Dirty posts explicit Facebook and Formspring exchanges. “I'm deeply flawed.” UPDATE: Weiner has released a statement acknowledging that at least some of the messages are authentic. This is the woman linked to these chats. — Source: thedirty.com
The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Hasn't Changed Poor Huma Abedin, New Image Of His Penis — Anthony Weiner is up to his old tricks again. I've been in contact with a young female girl who wishes to remain Anonymous. She was lured by Anthony Weiner post scandal via Facebook.
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Anthony Weiner Confirms Authenticity Of New Sex Chats — New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner confirmed the authenticity of new lewd, sexually charged online chats and photos that were posted by a nightlife website over the past day. — Nightlife site “The Dirty” …
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Power Line, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, BuzzFeed, National Review, Mediaite and msnbc.com
NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline — Here is another exclusive image that Anthony Weiner sent to my source. Letting it all hang out. Huma Abedin don't tell me you don't recognize those feet and mushroom head. Time to leave this Weiner already.
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National Review, Guardian, Politicker, The Gateway Pundit and Gawker
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Weiner's Wholesome People Magazine Spread Came One Week After Starting Online Relationship — “Anthony has spent every day since [the scandal] trying to be the best dad and husband he can be,” his wife had said. — A high-profile interview with People Magazine seen as a first step …
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Mediaite, Hot Air, Guardian and Conservatives4Palin
Jill Colvin / Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Responds Vaguely to New Illicit Message Revelations — Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty) — Anthony Weiner today responded to new explicit messages and images the gossip website The Dirty alleges were sent to an anonymous tipster by the former congressman after he was forced …
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Weasel Zippers, National Review, “The Lid” and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Anthony ‘Carlos Danger’ Weiner Not Dropping Out After Admitting To More Sexting — Gossip website TheDirty.com claims to have acquired more sexually explicit online chats between Anthony Weiner and a young woman — chats that the site claims took place after Weiner resigned from Congress in disgrace in 2011.
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Yahoo! News, Shakesville, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Huma Abedin Has Her Own Life — But Anthony Weiner's “notoriously private” wife is on the campaign trail with her husband — a calculated sacrifice from the woman who has already been through hell, and could see more of it yet . “She wants Anthony to win.” — Via: John Gara/Buzzfeed
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Jezebel
Scott Clement / The Fix:
Moderate Democrats are quitting on Obamacare — The landmark health-reform law passed in 2010 has never been very popular and always highly partisan, but a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a group of once loyal Democrats has been steadily turning against Obamacare: Democrats who are ideologically moderate or conservative.
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Hot Air, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, Hit & Run, Weasel Zippers, Real Clear Politics and TheBlaze.com
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Washington Post:
July 2013 Washington Post-ABC News poll: Obama, GOP, immigration and health care
July 2013 Washington Post-ABC News poll: Obama, GOP, immigration and health care
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Goppers, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, The Fix, Washington Monthly, The Hill, Via Meadia and Daily Kos
Jim Avila / ABC News:
DREAMers Tell Republican House: That's Not Our Dream
DREAMers Tell Republican House: That's Not Our Dream
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Washington Monthly, Politico, The Plum Line, National Review and ABC News
La Opinión:
Cruel and Indecent — Family values are a pillar of traditional Republican discourse.
Cruel and Indecent — Family values are a pillar of traditional Republican discourse.
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Post Politics and The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Boehner comments on immigration are ‘laughable’
White House: Boehner comments on immigration are ‘laughable’
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Politico
David Rogers / Politico:
House GOP budget plan collapsing
House GOP budget plan collapsing
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Washington Post, The Hill, Booman Tribune and First Read
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Government shutdown looms over ObamaCare — ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall. [WATCH VIDEO] — Senate Republicans, including two members of the leadership, are coalescing around a proposal to block …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Are Republicans fooling themselves about Obamacare?
Are Republicans fooling themselves about Obamacare?
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New Republic, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Betsy's Page, Ed Driscoll and Conservatives4Palin
Aaron Blake / The Fix:
The House will not pass the Senate immigration bill. Here's why.
The House will not pass the Senate immigration bill. Here's why.
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Yahoo! News, Washington Post, Hot Air and Power Line
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
FLOTUS joins Obamacare push
FLOTUS joins Obamacare push
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CNN, The Hill and Weasel Zippers
The Atlantic Online:
It's the Racism, Stupid — National Review's Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president's comments with predictable results. Here Hansen counters The Talk that African-American parents give their children about the police with his own version of The Talk: … I really, really hope not.
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Yahoo! News
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Facing Facts about Race
Facing Facts about Race
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Washington Monthly and ThinkProgress
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
King: For Every Valedictorian DREAMer, 100 Are ‘Hauling 75 Pounds Of Marijuana’ — According to Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) math, legalizing undocumented immigrants is untenable because for every valedictorian DREAMer — immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — there are 100 more who are carrying drugs across the border.
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Yahoo! News, The Plum Line, Mediaite, PostPartisan, No More Mister Nice Blog and msnbc.com
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Joe Garcia: Rep. Steve King comments ‘offensive’
Rep. Joe Garcia: Rep. Steve King comments ‘offensive’
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CNN, Goppers, Washington Wire, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Sandra Lilley / NBC Latino:
Iowa's Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana”
Iowa's Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana”
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Daily Kos
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina On Cusp Of Passing Worst Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation — Voting in North Carolina may soon change, much in the same way a wrecking ball changes a building. — The highly-conservative North Carolina legislature just released a new voter suppression bill that would enact …
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Hullabaloo and Shakesville
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Ray Kelly / Wall Street Journal:
The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives — Accusations of racial profiling ignore the fact that violent crime overwhelmingly occurs in minority neighborhoods. — Since 2002, the New York Police Department has taken tens of thousands of weapons off the street through proactive policing strategies.
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WNYC News, msnbc.com, Mediaite, The Week, Firedoglake, Hullabaloo, Politico, The Hinterland Gazette and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair — The word among Federal Reserve watchers right now is that the choice is down to Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Ben Bernanke's replacement. I can't find anyone who really thinks it'll be Roger Ferguson, Tim Geithner, Alan Blinder, or some other dark horse.
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Yahoo! News, Daily Kos, Business Insider, FT Alphaville, Marginal Revolution, Brad DeLong and naked capitalism
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: Obama's job approval plunges; Congress, especially GOP, still unpopular — WASHINGTON — Stung by Americans' persistent worries about the economy and a capital gripped by controversy and gridlock, President Barack Obama is suffering his lowest job approval numbers in nearly two years, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
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The Huffington Post, ABC News, BuzzFeed, CBS DC, Right Turn, Power Line, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Business Insider, Hot Air, Jammie Wearing Fools and The Greenroom
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Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
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National Review, ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA, Yahoo! News, Daily Kos, First Read and New York Times
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
The family rescued by George Zimmerman after a rollover crash in Florida are terrified they will become targets for hate mobs — Mark and Dana Michelle Gerstle said they do not want to talk publicly about Zimmerman for fear they will be accused of portraying him as a hero
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Althouse and protein wisdom
AHA / American Historical Association:
American Historical Association Statement on Policies Regarding the Embargoing of Completed History PhD Dissertations — In their June 2013 meeting, the AHA Council drafted a statement on policies regarding best practices for embargoing completed history PhD dissertations.
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Crooked Timber, Law Librarian Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Outside the Beltway
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Source: Team McConnell ‘Tried to Threaten’ Likely Tea-Party Opponent — Allies of Senator Mitch McConnell pushed Matt Bevin, a Kentucky businessman on the cusp of announcing he will run against McConnell in the state's GOP primary, to not run in the race, according to an adviser close to Bevin.