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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of ‘criminal scheme’ — By Patrick Marley and Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Prosecutors allege that Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups to help …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of ‘criminal scheme’
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The Moderate Voice and ThinkProgress
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
State Prosecutors Allege Scott Walker At Center Of ‘Criminal Scheme’
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JSOnline
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The plan for saving Iraq begins by ousting Maliki — What would an effective quick response to the catastrophic civil wars in Iraq and Syria look like? Sometimes in foreign policy, as in sports, it can be useful to visualize the right technique — and then hit the ball.
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The Dish, The Moderate Voice, ParaPundit and AEIdeas
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Martin Chulov / Guardian:
Iraq's Maliki: I won't quit as condition of US strikes against Isis militants
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Firedoglake, Townhall.com, Hot Air, New York Times, CNN, ThinkProgress and Taylor Marsh
Andrew Marszal / Telegraph:
Iraq crisis: Britain and US must not meddle in Iraq, warns Saudi Arabia - live
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Here's what the U.S. can do about Iraq
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The Dish and Informed Comment
New York Times:
Cochran Asking Blacks to Rescue Him in Republican Primary — JACKSON, Miss. — Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup stood before roughly a dozen of his colleagues at a weekly Baptist fellowship meeting last week and asked for their help in a fight that, until now, would have been unthinkable for a black pastor …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Shouting Match Erupts at Chris McDaniel Event — JACKSON, Miss. -A quiet morning campaign event erupted into a shouting match Thursday morning when a Democratic voter crashed a coffee klatch by State Sen. Chris McDaniel and got into an angry confrontation the conservative who is challenging six term Sen. Thad Cochran.
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The Dish and Talking Points Memo
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
FORMER DOJ ATTORNEY: ILLEGAL FOR DEMOCRATS TO VOTE IN MS GOP PRIMARY RUNOFF
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The PJ Tatler, Talking Points Memo and The Clarion-Ledger
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Unsettled Politics of Foreign Policy — The conventional wisdom, such as it is, on the political impact of events in Iraq, Ukraine and elsewhere seems to be that they will empower the Republican Party's hawkish establishment at the expense of the party's libertarian/anti-interventionist wing …
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TheBlaze.com, National Review, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast and Talking Points Memo
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Confronts Dick Cheney: ‘History Has Proven’ You Were Wrong on Iraq
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The Mahablog and No More Mister Nice Blog
Paul Waldman / CNN:
Dick Cheney's amazing chutzpah on Iraq
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Talking Points Memo, Informed Comment and TomDispatch
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Meeks: Cheney Should ‘Take Care Of His Health And Just Keep His Mouth Shut’
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Mediaite
Sarah Smith / Politico:
Huckabee slams ‘judicial supremacy’ — Former (and possibly future) Republican presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum joined several hundred anti-same-sex marriage activists Thursday on the Capitol grounds to mark the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of gay marriage.
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CNN and BarbWire.com
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Esquire:
EXCLUSIVE: PROSECUTOR IS CLOSING IN ON GOV. CHRISTIE — Indictments against four cronies are near certain, sources say. Only question is if David Samson, Christie's longtime crony, will flip. … Getty Images — “It's over, it's done, and I'm moving on.” — Chris Christie, reassuring potential donors in Utah on June 14th
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PoliticusUSA and Liberaland
Thomson IR:
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The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Republican Congressman Has Interesting Response To 9/11 Truther — “Do you think that Oswald was the only person to shoot Jack Kennedy, our president?” Rep. Pete Sessions replied, when asked a 9/11 truther question by a high school class. — Asked if the government was withholding information …
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Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Keep Brian Schweitzer ‘away from my husband’ — Attention Brian Schweitzer: Dianne Feinstein's husband may want a word with you. — The former Montana governor had harsh words for the Senate Intelligence chairwoman in a profile published by National Journal on Thursday …
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Donor Bans Free Beacon From University of Arkansas Archives — A Hillary Clinton donor who serves as dean of the University of Arkansas libraries has banned the Washington Free Beacon from the school's special collections archives, after the news outlet published revealing stories …
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The PJ Tatler, Weekly Standard, Politico, The Right Scoop, NewsBusters and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Alice Barr / KHOU-TV:
Man says apartment complex called his US flag a ‘threat to Muslim community’ — WEBSTER, Texas — A Webster man says his apartment complex manager told him his American flag was a “threat to the Muslim community,” and that he has to take it down. But he's not giving up without a fight.
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BizPac Review, Independent Journal Review and The Gateway Pundit
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Crowns Kevin McCarthy The Next Majority Leader — House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California will be the next majority leader. — As expected, Republicans elected McCarthy to replace ousted Rep. Eric Cantor once he steps down from the post on July 31.
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The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune and RedState
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Text of Tom Graves Speech Nominating Kevin McCarthy for Majority Leader
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Political Insider blog and RedState
Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
CIA hatched plan to make demon toy to counter Osama bin Laden's influence — For more than a decade, the CIA has deployed drones, satellites, spies, informants and tracking devices to thwart al-Qaeda in Pakistan. — The spy agency also considered a plan to wage war with toys.
New York Times:
C.D.C. Details Anthrax Scare for Scientists at Facilities — As many as 75 scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after potentially infectious samples were sent to laboratories unequipped to handle dangerous pathogens …
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Boing Boing
Matt Fox / Daily Surge:
Hillary Clinton Asked To Inscribe “Hard Choices” To Ambassador Stevens — Jason Mattera caught up with Hillary Clinton at one of the DC stops on her book tour this week, and asked the former Secretary of State if she would mind signing a copy of Hard Choices... but with a twist.
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Mediaite, The Daily Banter, The Gateway Pundit and Moe Lane
Rusty Humphries / Washington Times:
Exclusive inteview with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio — “The White House is incompetent and the dumping of illegals is intentional.” — Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio takes the dumping of illegal aliens in his Maricopa County as an “affront” because Arizona has been a high-profile critic …
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Rush Limbaugh and National Review
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