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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Karl Rove: Hillary Clinton might have brain injury — Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested last week that Hillary Clinton suffers from brain damage, according to a new report. — The New York Post's Page Six section reported Monday that Rove, appearing at a conference …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Karl Rove has deceived the country for years, but there are no words for this level of lying... [Hillary] is 100 per cent. Period." — A Hillary spokesperson reacts to Karl Rove's planting of doubts about the soundness of Hillary's brain. Here's what Rove said:
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Karl Rove disputes Hillary Clinton remarks — Karl Rove never explicitly said that Hillary Clinton had brain damage, the Republican strategist said Tuesday morning on Fox News. — “I never used that phrase,” Rove said when asked about a New York Post report that said he suggested …
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Plouffe: Clinton even more formidable now — Former Obama campaign adviser David Plouffe said Hillary Clinton will be more formidable as a 2016 presidential candidate than she was in 2008. — “Does Hillary Clinton run? If she does, I'm sure that, on our side, there'll be a Democrat …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Clinton Press Secretary: I'd Bet Hillary Won't Run For President
Ex-Clinton Press Secretary: I'd Bet Hillary Won't Run For President
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Lindsey Graham: ‘No reason’ to worry about Hillary Clinton
Lindsey Graham: ‘No reason’ to worry about Hillary Clinton
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Carly Sitzer / In Touch Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE — Alec Baldwin Arrested in New York For Disorderly Conduct — New details have emerged from a source in the NYPD, who confirms to In Touch that Alec Baldwin was given two summonses after he was caught riding his bicycle in the wrong direction. — “He was stopped by officers for riding the wrong way on a street.
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Pervaiz Shallwani / Wall Street Journal:
Alec Baldwin Arrested in Manhattan for Disorderly Conduct — UPDATED | Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested in Manhattan for disorderly conduct after he got into a verbal confrontation with police officers who stopped him for riding his bike the wrong way down a street, a law-enforcement official said.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Alec Baldwin Arrested After Biking the Wrong Way in Manhattan
Alec Baldwin Arrested After Biking the Wrong Way in Manhattan
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Guardian
ThinkProgress:
Rubio Can't Name A Single Source Behind His Climate Denialism — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was unable to name a single source when asked on Tuesday to name the information he is reading that has led him to recently further cement himself as a denier of human-caused climate change.
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Marco Rubio makes a wrong turn on climate change
Marco Rubio makes a wrong turn on climate change
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Juliet Lapidos / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Disqualifies Himself
Marco Rubio Disqualifies Himself
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Reed Abelson / New York Times:
More Insured, but the Choices Are Narrowing — In the midst of all the turmoil in health care these days, one thing is becoming clear: No matter what kind of health plan consumers choose, they will find fewer doctors and hospitals in their network — or pay much more for the privilege of going to any provider they want.
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David Keys / The Independent:
Exclusive: Found after 500 years, the wreck of Christopher Columbus's flagship the Santa Maria — Shipwreck found off coast of Haiti thought to be one of the most significant underwater discoveries in history — More than five centuries after Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria …
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ThinkProgress:
Anti-Gay Leader Describes Michael Sam Kiss As ‘Graphic Political Statement’ — The drafting of Michael Sam into the NFL was an historic moment, but reactions to the first openly gay NFL player kissing his boyfriend in celebration made for a story of their own.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Why Michael Sam's Draft Position Makes Sense
Larry Parsons / Mercury News:
Panetta lecture panel weighs in on Snowden, Benghazi — lparsons@montereyherald.com @LParsons69 on Twitter — Monterey >> A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who helped reveal the “global surveillance system” leaked by former NSA-contractor Edward Snowden stood next to an old CIA hand …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Morell endorses House Benghazi committee
Morell endorses House Benghazi committee
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Lindsey Graham / The Post and Courier:
Charleston County Republicans censure U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham — Charleston County Republicans fought among themselves Monday night before deciding to issue a “censure” of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for not being Republican enough. — The vote was immediately criticized …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
‘West Wing’ Uncensored: Aaron Sorkin, Rob Lowe, More Look Back on Early Fears, Long Hours, Contract Battles and the Real Reason for Those Departures — Sidney Poitier was the first choice for president; Bill Clinton was a fan; and Sorkin and Tommy Schlamme created a show …
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Michael Parsons / The Irish Times:
Letters to priest provide rare insight into life of Jackie Kennedy — A 14-year correspondence with Fr Joseph Leonard reveal thoughts about marriage to President John F Kennedy and reaction to his assassination — Jackie Kennedy's long and close correspondence with a Dublin priest gives …
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Harvard News:
Even as Harvard Group Drops Sponsorship, Black Mass Underway at Hong Kong — Although the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club dropped its sponsorship of a reenactment of a satanic “black mass” ritual earlier in the night, members of the New York-based Satanic Temple gathered …
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KMOV-TV:
News 4 investigates: Workers paid taxpayer dollars to do nothing — (KMOV.com) - News 4 dug for answers after finding out workers in Wentzville are being paid do nothing at a facility where they are supposed to be processing paper applications of those signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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Eliot A. Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A Selfie-Taking, Hashtagging Teenage Administration — The Obama crowd too often responds to critics and to world affairs like self-absorbed adolescents. — As American foreign policy continues its long string of failures—not a series of singles and doubles, as President Obama asserted …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Rand Paul Is Giving Up on Voter ID. Who's Next? — Rand Paul really has had an excellent May. He flew into Charlotte last week for an eleventh-hour rally with Greg Brannon, an inexperienced but passionate candidate who'd osmosed in the Paul family's politics.
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Reuters:
France won't cancel warship deal with Russia: sources — (Reuters) - France will press ahead with a 1.2 billion-euro ($1.66 billion) contract to sell helicopter carriers to Russia because cancelling the deal would do more damage to Paris than to Moscow, French diplomatic sources said on Monday.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
The Totally Misleading Way The GOP Plans To Attack Obamacare Next — One of the next big tests for Obamacare's long-term viability — matched only perhaps by whether people actually like their new coverage — is what happens to health insurance premiums in 2015.
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Chris Randolph / Courthouse News Service:
Five Months in Solitary for a Traffic Ticket — NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents held a Mexican citizen in solitary confinement for five months after beating him and denying him medical treatment, the man claims in Federal Court.
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Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
H.R. Giger, Surrealist Artist and ‘Alien’ Designer, Dead at 74 — Painter and sculptor, whose cover art graced albums by Debbie Harry, Danzig and more, had recently fallen down a flight of stairs — Surrealist painter Hans Ruedi Giger, whose designs inspired the creature in Alien …
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