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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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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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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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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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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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NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline
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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:
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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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Approval of Obama, Congress Falls in New Poll
Approval of Obama, Congress Falls in New Poll
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Mark Murray / First Read:
America's race relations take hit after Zimmerman verdict, NBC News/WSJ poll finds
America's race relations take hit after Zimmerman verdict, NBC News/WSJ poll finds
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Desperately Move To Shut Down Government Over Obamacare — Running out of time and options, conservatives are exploring new ways to corner Congress into shutting down the government this fall unless Obamacare is defunded. But they aren't likely to achieve much more than giving Republican leaders heartburn.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race
Mitch McConnell slams Matt Bevin in Senate race
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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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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Attitudes Shift Against Snowden; Fewer than Half Say NSA is Unjustified — Public attitudes have shifted against Edward Snowden, with more than half of Americans now supporting criminal charges against the former security contractor who's disclosed details of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.
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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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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
House to vote on NSA snooping
House to vote on NSA snooping
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
House forces NSA surveillance vote
House forces NSA surveillance vote
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Marist Poll:
7/24: A Look at the 2016 Presidential Contest — If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to announce a candidacy for the Presidency, she would be the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. Clinton outdistances her closest potential opponent, Vice President Joe Biden …
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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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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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Henrick Karoliszyn / Metropolis:
Amid New Weiner Revelations, Spitzer Focuses on Campaigning … A day after Anthony Weiner acknowledged that he continued sending lewd messages to women even after he resigned from Congress, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer said he hadn't used prostitutes after his own downfall in 2008.
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Weekly Standard
O.Kay Henderson:
Congressman King defends “drug mule” comments about “DREAMers” (AUDIO) — UPDATE: Read the Radio Iowa story here; below you'll find the text and audio of the interview. — Iowa Congressman Steve King did an interview with Newsmax last week and King made reference to the so-called “DREAMers” …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Book: Jimmy Carter targeted by US and foreign assassins — Potential assassins have threatened the life of Jimmy Carter multiple times since he left the White House in 1981, making the one-term Georgian the most threatened former president in history, according to a new book about John F. Kennedy and his assassination 50 years ago.
Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:
USC Student: Police Said I Wasn't Raped Because He Didn't Orgasm — The University of Southern California is facing a federal investigation for alleged failures by school officials and campus police to prosecute rape. — In response to a Title IX complaint filed in May …
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