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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
CORRECTED: GOP CHIEF: Mitt Romney's ‘Self-Deportation’ Quote Was ‘Horrific’ — Correction, 12:26 p.m. ET: An original version of this story said that Reince Priebus referred to Mitt Romney's comments as “racist.” He said it “hurts us.” Business Insider regrets the error.
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox TV Studios Won't Produce NBC Hillary Clinton Miniseries (Exclusive) — The project has prompted the Republican National Committee to ban the network from hosting 2016 presidential debates. — The tantalizing spectacle of Fox Television Studios producing a Hillary Clinton miniseries …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
RNC's NBC, CNN boycott will extend to Telemundo, CNN Espanol — In a highly anticipated move, the Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Friday to deny NBC and CNN the rights to host or sponsor a Republican primary debate unless they cancel their respective Hillary Clinton film projects.
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
RNC votes to exclude CNN, NBC from 2016 presidential primary debates — The Republican National Committee formally decided Friday not to partner with CNN and NBC News for any presidential primary debates during the 2016 election cycle, a rebuke of the networks' plans to air programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Red Alert Politics, Politico and The New Civil Rights Movement
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: RNC Ups Immigration Reform Pressure On Congressional GOP — But Rejects Path To Citizenship — The Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling on Congress to pass an immigration reform bill by the end of the year—but it stopped well short of the bipartisan compromise passed …
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John Fund / National Review:
Taking Back the GOP Debates
Taking Back the GOP Debates
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James Hohmann / Politico:
With Clinton vote, RNC pushes back on debates
With Clinton vote, RNC pushes back on debates
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Taylor Marsh, Booman Tribune, TheBlaze.com, americanthinker.com, The Fix and No More Mister Nice Blog
Fox News:
Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches — The Egyptian defense minister has ordered the repair and reconstruction of all churches that suffered damage in the country's violent demonstrations since the Egyptian military removed President Mohamed Morsi from power last month.
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Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs
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Telegraph:
Egypt's ‘day of rage’: Friday August 16 as it happened — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to stage “Friday of anger” mass march, with the government warning it would not shy away from using violence again. Follow live updates. — 21.26 So that's it from The Telegraph's live team for today, Egypt's Day of Rage.
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Joshua Hersh / Associated Press:
Egyptians' ‘Sadness And Anger’ Drive Violence, As Thousands Face Off Against Police, Security Forces
Egyptians' ‘Sadness And Anger’ Drive Violence, As Thousands Face Off Against Police, Security Forces
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New York Times, The Raw Story, Hullabaloo, AMERICAN DIGEST and Washington Post
Reuters:
Dozens die in Egyptian bloodbath on Islamists' ‘Day of Rage’
Dozens die in Egyptian bloodbath on Islamists' ‘Day of Rage’
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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, Pat Dollard and The PJ Tatler
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Taliban demands end to Egypt violence
Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
The Truth About Egypt — Egypt looks dodgier than ever right now.
The Truth About Egypt — Egypt looks dodgier than ever right now.
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Guardian
President Bill Clinton / Clinton Foundation:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM BILL CLINTON — The Clinton Foundation was founded on the belief that we could help people in the United States and around the world solve problems and seize opportunities faster, better, and at lower cost. The Foundation works with governments, businesses, NGOs …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Political rent-seeking and her expected coronation.
Political rent-seeking and her expected coronation.
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CNN, NewsBusters and Moonbattery
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Team Hillary assails ‘brazen deceit’ of latest GOP Benghazi claims — A spokesman for Hillary Clinton fired back Friday at what it called the “brazen deceit” of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who earlier in the day said the former secretary of State shouted at lawmakers and deliberately lied …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker accuses Clinton of lying to lawmakers about Benghazi
GOP lawmaker accuses Clinton of lying to lawmakers about Benghazi
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Pat Dollard
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Watchdogs and Guard Dogs — On a day when WaPo is naturally absorbed with its own Snowden-assisted scoop on NSA violations of the guidelines under which they allegedly operate, Timothy Lee had the most compelling commentary there: … Maybe I'm missing something, but it's precisely the lack …
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Blake Neff / Hillicon Valley:
Feinstein: National Security Agency never ‘intentionally abused its authority’
Feinstein: National Security Agency never ‘intentionally abused its authority’
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Politico and Connecting.the.Dots
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Lawbreaking at the NSA: Bring On a New Church Committee
Lawbreaking at the NSA: Bring On a New Church Committee
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Firedoglake, Daily Kos, The Switch, CANNONFIRE, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Guardian, CNN and Taking Note
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Entrepreneurship: The Ultimate White Privilege? — A new study finds that future entrepreneurs score high on measures of teenage delinquency. They're also disproportionately white, highly educated, and male. Here's why that might not be a coincidence. — One of the great privileges …
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Booman Tribune and Washington Monthly
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Dad: Chris Christie pot decision ‘small victory’ — Brian Wilson, the New Jersey father who confronted Gov. Chris Christie about the state's medical marijuana bill, wasn't impressed by Christie's conditional veto on Friday, calling it a “small victory,” but still “ludicrous.”
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Bryan Koenig / CNN:
Christie supports easing medical marijuana access for sick kids
Christie supports easing medical marijuana access for sick kids
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Arizona Legislator Posts Stream Of Racist Tweets — Arizona State Rep. Bob Thorpe recently tweeted his outrage that “blacks” beat up a white teenager without notice by the “liberal press,” endorsed the “crowd pleasing” antics of a Missouri State Fair clown who wore a Barack Obama mask …
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Arizona Republic, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Valley Fever
Josiah Ryan / Campus Reform the #1 Source …:
WATCH: Wikileaks founder Assange praises Sen. Rand Paul, journalist Matt Drudge — College-aged support for libertarians and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) represents the United States' “only hope” in politics, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told Campus Reform early Friday morning.
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Patrick Gavin / Reuters:
Critics laud John Oliver's hosting tenure — When longtime “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart announced this spring that he would be taking a leave of absence from the show in order to pursue a film project, fans of the show wondered how the critically acclaimed program could survive without its leader as …
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Mediaite
Jerry Del Colliano / Inside Music Media:
Hannity Fires Cumulus — Sean Hannity gave Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey a taste of his own medicine. — He fired Cumulus. — Rejected an offer to extend his contract. — And, according to sources, said the company treats its employees “like dirt, s**t, sub-human”. — Wow!
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Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Gets Fact Checked By His Own Constituents On Obamacare: ‘Stop Lying!’ — Things got heated for Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) during a town hall question-and-answer session in White Haven, Florida on Thursday. His constituents called him out over his multiple votes to repeal …
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Talking Points Memo, The Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Joe Picard / The Hill:
Right says grassroots support building for ObamaCare shutdown — House conservatives say grassroots support is building for their effort to risk a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare. — Conservatives who back the strategy said their spines have been stiffened by support at town hall meetings.
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Daily Kos and The Plum Line
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
4 questions with Ted Cruz on defunding Obamacare
4 questions with Ted Cruz on defunding Obamacare
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Pat Dollard, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, ABC News, Goppers and Salon