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David Catanese / U.S. News:
'She'd Probably Get Shot At The State Line' — A local district chairman says there's no love for Hillary in the Natural State. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has apparently worn out her welcome in the state where her husband served as governor.
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Shakesville
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Jill Lawrence / The Week:
Hillary Clinton's elitism problem — Of course Clinton is out of touch with the everywoman she desperately wants to be. She just needs to accept it. — We're not in 2008 anymore. — H — illary Clinton was in full-throttle Everywoman mode the night she won the 2008 Ohio primary.
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CNN, Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would ‘Get Shot’ Wasn't Meant As A Threat — The Arkansas GOP official who reportedly said that Hillary Clinton would “probably get shot” if she entered the state as a presidential candidate asserted on Tuesday that he had been taken out of context.
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The Daily Banter
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Arkansas GOP Official Says He Was ‘Taken Way Out Of Context’ When He Predicted Hillary Clinton Would Get Shot
Arkansas GOP Official Says He Was ‘Taken Way Out Of Context’ When He Predicted Hillary Clinton Would Get Shot
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
President Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ comments were ‘factually true’
President Clinton: ‘Dead broke’ comments were ‘factually true’
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NewsBusters, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and Talking Points Memo
lohud.com:
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
Hillary Clinton sign defaced: ‘Benghazi’ scrawled in red
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westchester.news12.com, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg:
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Middle-Income Ties
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Middle-Income Ties
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Washington Post, naked capitalism, Mediaite, NewsBusters, The Week, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Hot Air and Daily Kos
CNN:
Spotlight on Cochran, Rangel — (CNN) — Rep. Charlie Rangel is claiming victory in his last dance. — The Democratic congressman from New York, who was first elected to the House of Representatives 44 years ago, appears to have survived a fierce primary challenge.
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Balloon Juice and The Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Cochran beats McDaniel in nail-biter in Mississippi
Cochran beats McDaniel in nail-biter in Mississippi
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BuzzFeed, The PJ Tatler and Patterico's Pontifications
The Clarion-Ledger:
Last Slide — Cochran had trailed McDaniel in the June 3 primary …
Last Slide — Cochran had trailed McDaniel in the June 3 primary …
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Politico, NationalJournal.com, Slate, Outside the Beltway, New York Times and Election Law Blog
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Dismisses McDaniel Supporter's Lawsuit To Prevent Crossover Voting
Judge Dismisses McDaniel Supporter's Lawsuit To Prevent Crossover Voting
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msnbc.com and Associated Press
Peter Olsen-Phillips / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Campaign Intelligence: Mississippi race hits $17 million
Campaign Intelligence: Mississippi race hits $17 million
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Washington Post, American Spectator, Business Insider, Gawker, Talking Points Memo and Feeds
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Porn star's tweet prompts Steve Stivers aide Adam Kuhn to resign — The chief of staff to Ohio GOP Rep. Steve Stivers has resigned after a former porn actress posted an explicit photo of the aide online. — Adam Kuhn, a longtime Stivers aide, resigned on Tuesday. Kuhn is single, while the actress is married.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
‘Zero tolerance’ for corruption at Ex-Im bank, says White House — President Obama will have “zero tolerance” for fraud and corruption at the embattled U.S. Export-Import Bank, the White House said Tuesday, amid reports that the bank has suspended or removed four officials over alleged kickbacks.
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Guardian, Business Insider and The Daily Signal
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
No Ex-Im lifeline from Boehner — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday refused to offer a lifeline to the Export-Import Bank, sending another signal that Congress could allow the lending agency's charter to expire at the end of September. — Boehner has supported the bank in the past …
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Wall Street Journal
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Archivist Faults I.R.S. for Not Reporting Loss of Emails — WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service did not follow the law when it failed to report a hard drive crash that destroyed emails belonging to a senior official at the center of a scandal over the agency's treatment …
Daniel Newhauser / Roll Call:
Boehner Planning House Lawsuit Against Obama Executive Actions — Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, told Republicans Tuesday he could have an announcement within days on whether the House will file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, challenging the executive actions that have become the keystone of the administration.
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Alecia Phonesavanh / Salon:
A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son — After our house burned down in Wisconsin a few months ago, my husband and I packed our four young kids and all our belongings into a gold minivan and drove to my sister-in-law's place, just outside of Atlanta.
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Hit & Run, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Guardian
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters think IRS emails were deliberately destroyed — The consensus is: it's no accident. More than three-quarters of voters — 76 percent — think the emails missing from the account of Lois Lerner, the ex-IRS official at the center of the scandal over targeting of conservative groups, were deliberately destroyed.
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Weasel Zippers and Fox News Insider
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’
Democrat: IRS chief ‘arrogant’
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Mediaite and American Spectator
BBC:
Sudan death row case: US works for Meriam Ibrahim exit — Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a baby daughter in prison — The US says it is working with Sudan to ensure a woman freed from death row can leave the country, after she was detained at Khartoum airport.
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim rearrested
Sudan death row woman Meriam Ibrahim rearrested
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Daily Mail, Reuters, Right Wing Watch, LifeNews.com, Shakesville, CNN and The PJ Tatler
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98 — Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation's most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98. — His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.
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Guardian
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Grassley's Hunt For An Obama Insider Trading Scandal Backfires On GOP — Early last year, Wall Street traders somehow found out that the Obama administration planned to make a policy change to Medicare before the news was even announced. — The flurry of stock trades in major health care companies …
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Balloon Juice and The Mahablog
Stephanie Simon / Politico:
Obama alums join anti teachers union case — Teachers unions are girding for a tough fight to defend tenure laws against a coming blitz of lawsuits — and an all-out public relations campaign led by former aides to President Barack Obama. — The Incite Agency, founded …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Wall Street Journal
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Drunk Fox News Anchor Brawls With Airport Cops In Jailhouse Video — Remember the middle-aged Fox News anchor who was arrested while intoxicated at an airport bar in St. Paul, Minnesota? You may have even seen Gregg Jarrett's mugshot floating around last month.
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Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story