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New York Times:
Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth — At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told. In the meantime, the serially evasive Mr. Weiner should take his marital troubles and personal compulsions out of the public eye …
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Andrew Kaczynski:
Here Is The Woman Linked To Anthony Weiner In Sex Chats — A progressive activist from Indiana in her early 20s who identifies herself online as “Sydney Leathers” and “sidneyelainexo” is the woman whose online profile is linked to the latest Weiner scandal. Weiner, she wrote, could “continue sending dick pics every single day.”
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Daily Mail:
REVEALED: The Obama election campaigner, 23, who ‘received illicit messages and had phone sex with Anthony Weiner’ a year after humiliated wife forgave him — Sydney Leathers, a liberal activist from Illinois, is allegedly the woman who revealed explicit images she received from Weiner
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Wall Street Journal:
The Anthony Weiner Show — What he and Eliot Spitzer have in common. — Lewd tweets aside—there's a line we never thought we'd write— Anthony Weiner ought to drop out of the New York City mayor's race simply because of what he's forced his wife to endure.
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msnbc.com, Business Insider and TheBlaze.com
New York Times:
Account of Weiner's Conversation Fits Pattern of Online Exchanges — The racy online conversations now convulsing Anthony D. Weiner's campaign for mayor began with an angry Facebook message, according to the editor of a blog that has communicated with the young woman involved.
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Business Insider, Mediaite, National Review, The Dirty and The Week
Reuters:
Snowden could soon leave Moscow airport: airport source — (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has been granted the papers that will allow him to leave the transit area of a Moscow airport where he is holed up, an airport official said on Wednesday.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider and RT
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Attitudes Shift Against Snowden; Fewer than Half Say NSA is Unjustified
Attitudes Shift Against Snowden; Fewer than Half Say NSA is Unjustified
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Yahoo! News and Hot Air
Politico:
Denis McDonough to Democrats: We've got this — White House officials knew that selling Obamacare to the public would be difficult, but it wasn't until Sen. Max Baucus called the rollout a “huge train wreck coming down” that they realized they were losing a key constituency: congressional Democrats.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are moving to gut many of President Obama's top priorities with the sharpest spending cuts in a generation and a new push to hold government financing hostage unless the president's signature health care law is stripped of money this fall.
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Politico:
The new power triangle — Barack Obama, to hear his advisers tell it …
The new power triangle — Barack Obama, to hear his advisers tell it …
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americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and Conservatives4Palin
Ben White / Politico:
5 things to watch in Obama's economy speech
5 things to watch in Obama's economy speech
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msnbc.com and Yahoo! News
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval nears record low — A new poll finds President Obama's approval rating dropping to its lowest level in nearly two years, and near his all-time low. — A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday finds Obama with 45 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval.
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Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
Justin Amash NSA Amendment Earns White House Condemnation
Justin Amash NSA Amendment Earns White House Condemnation
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy
Obama to Try to Focus Public Attention on Economy
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race — Matt Bevin is getting a Mitch McConnell welcome in Kentucky: A slashing TV ad seizing on the political newcomer's problems with his Connecticut-based bell manufacturing business. — Bevin, a wealthy Louisville businessman …
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Yahoo! News and The Hill
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Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Pennsylvania police chief: F*ck all you libtards out there, you take it in the a** — The mayor of Gilberton, Pennsylvania is standing by her city's police chief despite a series of profanity-laced and threatening videos. — In a video that has received wide attention …
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Crooks and Liars, Salon, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, WNEP-TV, Gawker and Joe. My. God.
Mark Murray / First Read:
America's race relations take hit after Zimmerman verdict, NBC News/WSJ poll finds — In the wake of the George Zimmerman case, U.S. views of race relations have taken a hit, and one-third of Americans say his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin has shaken their confidence in the legal system …
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NBC Politics, theGrio and msnbc.com
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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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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Participation unclear in Wonder-backed boycott of Florida
Participation unclear in Wonder-backed boycott of Florida
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O.Kay Henderson:
Congressman King defends “drug mule” comments about “DREAMers” (AUDIO) — Iowa Congressman Steve King did an interview with Newsmax last week and King made reference to the so-called “DREAMers” — people under the age of 35 who were brought into the U.S. illegally by their parents …
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
House forces NSA surveillance vote — Opposition to bulk surveillance swells with vote that would ‘end authority for blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act’ — Congressional opposition to the NSA's bulk surveillance on Americans swelled on Tuesday as the US House prepared …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
House to vote on NSA snooping
House to vote on NSA snooping
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ThinkProgress, The Hinterland Gazette, New York Times and The Week
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Republicans launch their own ‘50 state strategy’ — Washington (CNN) - After weaknesses in its ground game were badly exposed in 2012, the Republican National Committee is taking a page straight out of the Democratic playbook and launching an ambitious “50 state strategy” …
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KPBS San Diego:
Filner Harassment Scandal Grows As Second Woman Comes Forward … Another woman came forward today to report an unwanted advance by Mayor Bob Filner, telling KPBS News in an exclusive interview that the then-congressman patted her “posterior” while making a crude joke at a crowded fundraiser.
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Politico, CNN, Los Angeles Times and Gawker
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
2016 poll: Clinton tops likely GOP rivals — Hillary Clinton (D) leads every Republican challenger in hypothetical 2016 presidential match-ups, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll released on Wednesday. — Clinton is far and away the favorite to be her party's presidential nominee …
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Marist Poll and Reuters