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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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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Atlas Shrugs, Twitchy and World News
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Egyptians' ‘Sadness And Anger’ Drive Violence, As Thousands Face Off Against Police, Security Forces
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The Raw Story, New York Times, Hullabaloo and AMERICAN DIGEST

Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches
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Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs

Dozens die in Egyptian bloodbath on Islamists' ‘Day of Rage’
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The Hill, Taylor Marsh, Pat Dollard, Yahoo! News and The PJ Tatler

New Bloodshed in Egypt as Islamists Defy Threat of Force
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TIME, msnbc.com, The Week, The Hugh Hewitt Show, American Spectator and Wall Street Journal



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 …
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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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Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, National Review and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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GOP lawmaker accuses Clinton of lying to lawmakers about Benghazi
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Obama says Republicans want to ‘confuse people’ — (CNN) - President Barack Obama continued to promote his signature health care reform on Saturday and argued Republicans are trying to “confuse people” about the law. — His comments come as some GOP members in Congress have called …
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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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The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and The Week


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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The Caucus, Politico, CNN, The Hill and Post Politics


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


Idiot Big Brother — On Thursday, the Washington Post's revelation of thousands upon thousands of National Security Agency violations of both the law and supposed privacy protections included this fascinating detail: — A “large number” of Americans had their telephone calls accidentally intercepted …


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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Republicans call for Senate passage of ObamaCare delay — Republicans doubled down on their attacks of President Obama's healthcare law on Saturday, claiming it has contributed to layoffs, unnecessary insurance restrictions and high costs to the American people.
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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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The Switch, Talking Points Memo and Charleston City Paper
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Feinstein: National Security Agency never ‘intentionally abused its authority’
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Politico and Connecting.the.Dots


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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The Daily Caller, The Plum Line and Immigration Reform


Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid — A small organic farm in Arlington, Texas, was the target of a massive police action last week that included aerial surveillance, a SWAT raid and a 10-hour search. — Members of the local police raiding party had a search warrant for marijuana plants …
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Pat Dollard and Crooks and Liars


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 and Alan Colmes' Liberaland


Brown Cheered in Second Act, at Least So Far — LOS ANGELES — When Jerry Brown became governor of California again, three years ago, this state was on a steep decline, crushed by budget deficits, deep spending cuts, governmental paralysis, high unemployment and a collapsing housing market.
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Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos