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NBC News:
‘Islam Over Everything’: American Extremist Killed Fighting for ISIS — Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, of San Diego, was killed over the weekend while fighting for ISIS, according to the Free Syrian Army.
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ABC News:
ISIS Demands $6.6M Ransom for 26-Year-Old American Woman … A third American hostage held by ISIS has been identified as a 26-year-old American woman who was kidnapped a year ago while doing humanitarian relief work in Syria. The terror group is demanding $6.6 million and the release …
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Yahoo! News, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Daily Signal, Gawker, ThinkProgress, Fox News Insider, Daily Mail and The Other McCain
Lauretta Brown / CNSNews:
Obama Sent No Representative to Memorial Mass for Beheaded Journalist James Foley
Obama Sent No Representative to Memorial Mass for Beheaded Journalist James Foley
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Daily Mail, BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Mediaite, RedState, Scared Monkeys and Fox News
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Americans oppose paying ransom for hostages: Reuters-IPSOS Poll
Americans oppose paying ransom for hostages: Reuters-IPSOS Poll
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Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, Politico and CBS DC
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House won't commit to asking Congress for Syria strike
White House won't commit to asking Congress for Syria strike
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Washington Post, Fox News, BuzzFeed and Associated Press
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
Sofia Vergara blasts critics of ‘sexist’ Emmy pedestal — Backstage at the Primetime Emmys, Sofia Vergara blasted critics who called her pedestal gag sexist. — During the 66th annual awards, the Modern Family actress stepped onto on a slowly rotating pedestal, showing off her curves …
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Kara Brown / Jezebel:
Sofia Vergara Got to Participate in the Sexist Portion of the Emmys — Well, the Emmys are still on an hour after they should have ended, so perhaps it's fitting that they started scraping the bottom of the barrel. We have now entered the unfunny, sexist part of the program.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Feminism Or Sexism? Depends. Is It Beyonce's VMAs or Vergara's Emmys?
Feminism Or Sexism? Depends. Is It Beyonce's VMAs or Vergara's Emmys?
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VodkaPundit
Holly Yan / CNN:
Attorney: New audio reveals pause in gunfire when Michael Brown was shot — (CNN) — Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown's shooting death? — The FBI has questioned a man who says he recorded audio of gunfire at the time Brown was shot …
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Dave Hawkins / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shooting instructor dies after being accidentally shot by girl — The entrance to Bullets and Burgers enterprise at the Last Stop, about 25 miles south of Las Vegas, is shown. A shooting instructor at the outdoor range died Monday night after being accidentally shot by a 9-year-old girl using an automatic 9mm Uzi earlier in the day.
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
This One Congressional Race Epitomizes the GOP's Increasing Extremism — There's been so much talk of late about the transformation of the Republican Party over the course of the last few decades that it is easy to become inured to reports of ideologically extreme new arrivals in the party's ranks.
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Washington Monthly
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Scott Walker's Race for Governor Could Shape U.S. Politics for Years to Come
Scott Walker's Race for Governor Could Shape U.S. Politics for Years to Come
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Washington Post
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Paul Ryan's List of 6 Favorite Books Has One Huge Omission — World's Most Honest Man suffers strange memory loss. — Shares — Paul Ryan was asked by the Week to list his six favorite books about economics and democracy. The request was a bit mischievous, as Ryan has tried …
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NewsBusters, Washington Post and Washington Monthly
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
College board mandates left-wing narrative for AP U.S. History — The College Board, the private company that produces the SAT test and the various Advanced Placement exams, is effectively requiring that AP U.S. History be taught from a hard-left perspective.
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Talking Points Memo, US News and National Review
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Burger King swallows Tim Hortons; new firm is Canada-bound — Burger King Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday it would buy the Tim Hortons coffee-and-doughnut chain for about $11.4 billion and place the new firm's headquarters in Canada, where the corporate tax rate is lower than in the U.S.
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Jill Drury / WDTN-TV:
Dueling demands in Walmart shooting case — Related Coverage — Grass roots group calls for DOJ to look at Walmart shooting — Police release dispatch audio, video of Walmart shooting — Officer involved in Walmart shooting back on the job — BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (WDTN) …
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Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Video shows police shot Ohio man ‘on sight’ as he leaned on toy gun in Walmart, attorney says
Video shows police shot Ohio man ‘on sight’ as he leaned on toy gun in Walmart, attorney says
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Reuters, addictinginfo.org, WLWT-TV and Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Governor Cuomo's Failure on Ethics Reform Hinders an Endorsement — More than four years ago, while announcing his campaign for governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo stood in front of the Tweed Courthouse in downtown Manhattan and said Albany's antics “could make Boss Tweed blush.”
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Talking Points Memo, Firedoglake, CNN, Capital New York and NY State of Politics
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP's great Latino hope dresses down DREAMers — As a number of us have argued, the House GOP's hardening opposition to Obama's programs to shield low-priority offenders from deportation is boxing Republicans into a position to the right of Mitt Romney's 2012 “self deportation” stance.
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Hot Air, Washington Monthly and CNN
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
In South Carolina, Rubio heals wounds on the right
In South Carolina, Rubio heals wounds on the right
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Daily Kos, Political Insider blog and Washington Times
Pew Internet:
Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ — Summary of Findings — A major insight into human behavior from pre-internet era studies of communication is the tendency of people not to speak up about policy issues in public—or among their family, friends, and work colleagues …
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Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Mediaite and The Hill
Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Producer in Beverly Hills for Emmy Pre-Party Mistaken for Bank Robber, Held 6 Hours — A film producer who was in Beverly Hills to attend a pre-Emmy party Friday night was handcuffed and detained for about six hours before authorities investigating a nearby bank robbery realized they had the wrong man.
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Hinterland Gazette, Daily Mail, The Raw Story and LAist
Max Fisher / Vox:
One in six French people say they support ISIS — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — Two polls released this week both ask a question that you would hope wouldn't need asking: how many people support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Unfortunately, in all four countries surveyed …
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Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Booman Tribune, National Review and The Dish
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Cornel West and the Insular World of the Obama-Hating Left — A revealing interview. — Shares — The political subculture of anti-Obama leftists has entered a phase by this point in the Obama presidency where the truth of its worldview is so well-established to its own adherents that it requires no exposition.
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Daily Mail, BizPac Review, Firedoglake, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Fox News
Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Romney on 2016 Run: ‘Circumstances Can Change’ — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has denied he's not going to make a third bid for the White House but on Tuesday he left open a very small window. — “I know you're going to press, but you know, this is something we gave …
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Talking Points Memo
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman: Impeachment Would Probably Cost Republicans The Senate — Rep. Kenny Marchant says despite the “very slim chance” the House would vote to impeach Obama, “that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.” — A Republican congressman said there's a “slim” chance that President Obama …
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Talking Points Memo
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Republicans Open Up Wider ‘Expectations Gap’ Ahead of Midterms — With just over two months before the midterm elections, Republican voters are widening the “expectations gap” with the Democrats. About six-in-ten (61%) Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters think their party …
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OnPolitics and Washington Post
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Bill Kristol: What's the Harm in Bombing ISIS and Seeing What Happens? — Bill Kristol wants to bomb first and figure it out later. News at ten. — During a Monday interview with Laura Ingraham on the ongoing situation in Iraq, the Weekly Standard founder discussed his desire …
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The Raw Story and FishbowlDC