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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Cory Booker Wins But Almost No One Votes — Few New Jerseyans bothered to vote in Tuesday's special primary election for the U.S. Senate. — As a sleeping aid, the New Jersey Senate primary on Tuesday may have been even more effective than warm milk or counting sheep.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Booker Coasts in Primary; ‘Make Me Your Senator,’ He Tells New Jersey — Cory A. Booker, the mayor of Newark, who rose to prominence with his efforts to remake a notoriously troubled city and then used that perch to build a national reputation as a charismatic and media-savvy star in the Democratic Party …
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Jessica Taylor / NBC Politics:
Cory Booker wins Democratic primary in New Jersey — While accepting the Democratic primary nomination to the US Senate for New Jersey, Newark Mayor Cory Booker lays out his vision for the state and country as senator. He also takes aim at his Republican opponent Steve Lonegan.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cory Booker wins N.J. Senate primary — Newark Mayor Cory Booker, already considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, took a major step toward becoming New Jersey's next senator as he cruised to victory in the Garden State's primary Tuesday. — About 45 minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m. …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cory Booker becomes Democratic nominee for N.J. Senate seat
Cory Booker becomes Democratic nominee for N.J. Senate seat
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
New Jersey Republicans Nominate Koch Brothers Operative For Senate
New Jersey Republicans Nominate Koch Brothers Operative For Senate
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New Jersey Online:
Booker wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary election
Booker wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary election
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Don't vote for Cory Booker today
Don't vote for Cory Booker today
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David Weigel / Slate:
Photo: Hooters Restaurants in San Diego Won't Serve Bob Filner — Earlier today, the executive director of the San Diego Republican Party tweeted this image from in front of the Hooters in Rancho Bernardo. — According to the manager of that restaurant, all of the Hooters locations in the city …
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Hooters sign: Bob Filner won't be served
Hooters sign: Bob Filner won't be served
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Cord Jefferson / Gawker:
Mayor Bob Filner Returns from Therapy to Find His Office Locks Changed
Mayor Bob Filner Returns from Therapy to Find His Office Locks Changed
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
92-Year-Old Who Once Faced Literacy Tests Sues North Carolina Over New Wave Of Voter Suppression — When Rosanell Eaton was 21 years old and living in segregated North Carolina, she became one of the first African Americans in her county registered to vote, after successfully completing …
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Jamelle Bouie / The Daily Beast:
North Carolina's Attack on Voting Rights — A new law rushed through by North Carolina Republicans contains a laundry list of measures brazenly designed to target Democratic voters. Jamelle Bouie on the bill so extreme Hillary Clinton is getting involved.
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
North Carolinians Fear the End of a Middle Way
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Clintonworld vs. Weiner — A Hillary Clinton spokesman took a shot at Anthony Weiner on Tuesday for claiming he knew what role his wife Huma Abedin would play in a 2016 Clinton presidential run, denying he had any inside knowledge. — “We have absolutely no clue what he was talking about,” spokesman Nick Merrill said.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP uses Virginia governor's race as test ground for Hillary Clinton attacks
GOP uses Virginia governor's race as test ground for Hillary Clinton attacks
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Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
That's a clown question, bro: Rodeo clowns asked to take ‘sensitivity training’ — The fallout from a Missouri rodeo clown's mockery of President Obama continued as the Missouri State Fair said it will force all clowns to undergo sensitivity training and the head of the state rodeo-clown organization resigned.
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Dave Helling / Kansas City Star:
Missouri rodeo cowboy official resigns amid Obama-masked clown furor
Missouri rodeo cowboy official resigns amid Obama-masked clown furor
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Obama Clown At Missouri State Fair Prompts Head Of Rodeo Group To Resign
Obama Clown At Missouri State Fair Prompts Head Of Rodeo Group To Resign
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Chicago Tribune:
Jesse Jackson Jr., wife Sandi, await sentencing — WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misspending about $750,000 in campaign funds, will learn today how much his crime will cost him. — A federal judge will sentence Jackson on a felony conspiracy count …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rubio Warns Obama Could Act to Legalize Immigrants — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that if Congress doesn't pass immigration overhaul legislation, President Barack Obama may act on his own to legalize the 11 million immigrants already in the U.S. illegally.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Pathway to citizenship would boost GDP by $1.4T over decade
White House: Pathway to citizenship would boost GDP by $1.4T over decade
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Obama, Snowden and Putin — You only get one chance to make a second impression. It seems to me that Edward Snowden should use his and that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blown his. — Considering the breadth of reforms that President Obama is now proposing to prevent privacy abuses …
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Agence France Presse:
Morsi supporters ‘torch three churches’ in Egypt — CAIRO (AFP) - Supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday in reprisal attacks as police dispersed demonstrations in Cairo, reports said. — The assailants threw firebombs …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rand Paul: 'I'm not a birther,' declines to address Cruz's eligibility for president — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sidestepped questions about fellow Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) eligibility to run for president, saying he was not a “birther.” — “You won't find me questioning his eligibility.
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Kerry M. Flynn / The Day newspaper:
Returning submariner celebrates with marriage proposal — USS New Mexico crew member surprises partner at dock — Groton — After six months aboard the USS New Mexico (SSN 779), MM2 2nd class Jerrel Revels stepped onto Pier 31 at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton Monday afternoon …
Jeffrey Rosen / The New Republic:
The Lies Aren't What Makes Obama's NSA Stance So Awful — President Obama's repeated comments that “there is no spying on Americans” and that “we don't have a domestic spying program,” as he told Jay Leno, were contradicted by two revelations at the end of last week.
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Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:
White House denies intel chief will lead NSA surveillance review — The Obama administration is denying that James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, will control a review of the government's surveillance programs. — Privacy advocates expressed dismay on Monday …
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Poll: Less than 3 percent of federal workers want to join Obamacare — Less than 3 percent of U.S. federal workers want to give up their current health plans and join Obamacare, according to a new poll. — 92.3 percent of federal workers think that they should continue …
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Mark Bisson / World Football Insider:
Exclusive - Russia World Cup Chief Defends Anti-Gay Law — (WFI) Russia World Cup chief Alexey Sorokin defends his country's anti-gay law in an exclusive interview with World Football INSIDER. — Introduced by President Vladimir Putin in June, the law which bans “pro gay” propaganda …
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