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Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE—SARAH PALIN: 'IT'S TIME TO IMPEACH' PRESIDENT OBAMA — Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, “no mas.” — Without borders, there is no nation. Obama knows this.
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Sarah Smith / Politico:
Sarah Palin: 'It's time to impeach' Barack Obama — Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin called for President Barack Obama's impeachment in her most direct language yet in a column Tuesday morning. — “It's time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds …
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Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rick Perry to Barack Obama: No shake, but yes to meeting — Texas Gov. Rick Perry and President Barack Obama will meet in Texas on Wednesday to discuss the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, a governor's spokeswoman said Tuesday. — “Gov. Perry is pleased that President Obama has accepted …
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his vorpal sword and Independent Journal Review
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Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Rick Perry declines Obama offer for ‘quick handshake’ at Austin airport — Gov. Rick Perry Monday turned down what he characterized as President Barack Obama's offer for a “quick handshake on the tarmac” at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday, but said he would juggle …
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PoliticusUSA, Politico, Hinterland Gazette and Yahoo! News
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Obama ‘would welcome’ visit with Perry to talk about the border
Obama ‘would welcome’ visit with Perry to talk about the border
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Hit & Run, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA, Guardian and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency border control funds
White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency border control funds
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American Prospect, Associated Press and Daily Signal
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Nearly $4 Billion for Immigration Crisis
Obama Seeks Nearly $4 Billion for Immigration Crisis
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ImmigrationProf Blog and Colorlines
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Dems plot legislative offensive on high court's birth control decision — Democrats want to lure Republicans into a fight over birth control with legislation to reverse the Supreme Court's decision that ObamaCare may not require certain businesses to include contraception in their employee health coverage.
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Hot Air, CNN, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Shakesville and Prairie Weather
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Ready ‘Religious Freedom’ Bills In Hobby Lobby's Wake
Conservatives Ready ‘Religious Freedom’ Bills In Hobby Lobby's Wake
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Daily Kos
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Supreme Court's civil war: Scary aftershocks of the Hobby Lobby earthquake
Supreme Court's civil war: Scary aftershocks of the Hobby Lobby earthquake
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Guardian, addictinginfo.org, ACS Blog and ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress:
Guantanamo Detainees Cite Hobby Lobby Ruling In Religious Liberty Case
Guantanamo Detainees Cite Hobby Lobby Ruling In Religious Liberty Case
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PoliticusUSA, Mother Jones and Mediaite
John Hanna / seattlepi.com:
Kansas gay marriage foes to seek protections again
Kansas gay marriage foes to seek protections again
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Religion Dispatches
Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
Cochran camp says it ‘screwed up’ cash accounting — Facing allegations of vote buying and a challenge to a GOP primary runoff win, the Thad Cochran campaign on Tuesday said it made a mistake with its accounting of nearly $53,000 in get-out-the-vote cash and will have to amend its reporting to the Federal Election Commission.
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Talking Points Memo and RedState
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Cruz: Investigate Cochran primary
Cruz: Investigate Cochran primary
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The Right Scoop, NBC News, Associated Press, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
The Senate Conservatives Fund sent $70,000 to McDaniel to challenge Mississippi runoff election …
The Senate Conservatives Fund sent $70,000 to McDaniel to challenge Mississippi runoff election …
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BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call and RedState
Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
McDaniel attorney says fraud reports pouring in
McDaniel attorney says fraud reports pouring in
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and National Review
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz: Mississippi Runoff Must Be ‘Vigorously Investigated’
Ted Cruz: Mississippi Runoff Must Be ‘Vigorously Investigated’
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Daily Kos, The PJ Tatler and Talking Points Memo
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Cleveland to hold 2016 Republican convention — Washington (CNN) - The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that their Site Selection Committee has picked Cleveland to host the 2016 Republican National Convention. — The full membership of the RNC is expected to ratify …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Republicans Choose Cleveland for 2016 National Convention — WASHINGTON — Seeking to capture the quintessential swing state of Ohio in the next presidential election, Republicans will hold their 2016 national convention in Cleveland, the party announced on Tuesday.
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Philly.com, Presidential Power and Outside the Beltway
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Cleveland to host 2016 GOP convention
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Teenagers Today May Grow Up Conservative — There was a time not so long ago when the young seemed destined to be liberal forever. Americans in their teens and 20s were to the left of their elders on social issues. They worried more about poverty. They voted strongly Democratic.
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Washington Monthly, FOX News Radio, Rush Limbaugh and Booman Tribune
Tom K. Wong / Center for American Progress:
Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border — A humanitarian refugee situation at the U.S. southern border has been unfolding over the past few years and dramatically intensifying over the past several months …
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Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
UN Urges US To Designate Immigrants As Refugees
UN Urges US To Designate Immigrants As Refugees
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Meredith Colias / Rapid City Journal:
Man dies in Custer hot dog eating contest — What should have been a fun way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend quickly turned tragic for a Custer man who choked to death while trying to speedily eat hot dogs during a competitive eating contest. — The crowd at Way Park in Custer …
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Liberaland, Guardian, ABC News, NOLA River and TMZ.com
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rand Paul, Cory Booker team up for justice — Meet the Senate's newest odd couple: Sens. Cory Booker and Rand Paul. — The duo of high-profile, first-term senators — one a New Jersey Democrat who came to Capitol Hill on Twitter-fueled national fame, the other a Kentucky Republican mulling …
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Washington Monthly, Fox News, The Hill and The PJ Tatler
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Rosalie Murphy / The Atlantic Online:
Why Your Yoga Class Is So White — Ironically, the practice is full of racial tension—but some studios are trying to change that. — Thick, glossy copies of LA Yoga, Yoga Journal, and Yoga Magazine cover the rickety folding table in the lobby of Green Tree Yoga and Meditation.
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — July 8, 2014 - Clinton Owns Dem 2016 Nod; Tops Top Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 2014 Generic House Race Tied, But Voters Hate Dems Less — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sweeps the Democratic primary field for the 2016 presidential race …
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Washington Monthly, Politico, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, ABC News and Prairie Weather
Barack Obama / Haaretz:
Peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians — In an exclusive article for Haaretz's Israel Conference on Peace, Barack Obama says that the only solution is a democratic, Jewish state living side-by-side in peace and security with a viable, independent Palestinian state.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Senator's Cuban Spy Claims Put Several Conservative Journalists On Defense — The explosive allegations that the Cuban government was behind claims that Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) had sex with underage prostitutes may be most directly tied to the Daily Caller, but the saga touches a handful …
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Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will — Rene Bertagna blames Google for the death of his restaurant, Serbian Crown. Courtesy Rene Bertagna — Washington DC-area residents with a hankering for lion meat lost a valuable source of the (yes, legal) delicacy last year …
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Guardian and Business Insider