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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
America's Changing Religious Landscape — Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow — The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
American Religion: Complicated, Not Dead — Every American has a religion story. There are those who were raised devout, only to lapse toward lazy Sundays and sporadic church attendance later in life; those who found a different God in adulthood, perhaps after getting married or going through …
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Ann Doss Helms / The Charlotte Observer:
Who should save sight of S.C. man who can't afford surgery? — Luis Lang, an uninsured resident of Fort Mill, S.C., needs an expensive operation to save his sight. Ann Doss Helms ahelms@charlotteobserver.com — ahelms@charlotteobserver.com — To start a lively discussion …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Shake Your Head — I always try to remind myself not to criticize stories like the one I'm about to describe, or perhaps better to say, not to forget the core reason for providing a comprehensive national plan to provide health insurance for everyone who needs it.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush's disastrous defense of the Iraq War — Is it possible that in 2016, more than a decade after the invasion of Iraq, the Republican party's presidential nominee could become bogged down in debating whether the war was the right thing to do? The answer, a depressing one for many in the GOP …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Bush Aide: Jeb Told Me He Misheard Question About Invading Iraq (VIDEO) — Ana Navarro, a former aide to ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), said on CNN Tuesday that the potential presidential candidate told her he'd misheard a question about the Iraq War. — Navarro, who was Bush's director …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
AOL Has Been in Talks to Spin Off HuffPost as Part of Verizon Acquisition Deal — According to numerous sources, while it has been negotiating its deal to sell to Verizon, AOL has also been in advanced discussions with a number of parties to spin off its flagship Huffington Post content unit.
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ThinkProgress, Business Insider, USA Today, The Week and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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Wall Street Journal:
Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion
Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Hasn't Answered a Press Question in 21 Days (And Her Opponents Are Taking Notice) … Today is the one month anniversary of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. It also marks 21 days since she answered a question from the press. — During this “ramp up” …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton hasn't answered a question from the media in 20 days
Hillary Clinton hasn't answered a question from the media in 20 days
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Bloomberg Business, New York Times and The Week
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House escalates Warren feud — The White House on Monday amplified its criticism of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), accusing her of spreading false information about President Obama's trade agenda. — “There is no need for this false criticism that members of Congress aren't aware …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberal senators imperil Obama trade bill
Liberal senators imperil Obama trade bill
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Banks brace for Bernie Sanders — Wall Street is worried that Sen. Bernie Sanders's vigorous calls for banking industry reform will pull Hillary Clinton to the left, as the two presidential candidates battle for the 2016 Democratic nomination. — Sanders (I-Vt.) last week unveiled …
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Weekly Standard and Politico
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Ben White / Politico:
Wall Street warns Hillary Clinton: Don't be like Ed Miliband
Wall Street warns Hillary Clinton: Don't be like Ed Miliband
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
Obama's lonely ‘Arab Summit’ — Ever since he decided to chase the mirage of a “Grand Bargain” with Iran, President Obama has pretended that the only opposition comes from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and “hardline” Republicans in the Congress. — He was to highlight that claim …
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Chicks on the Right and Betsy's Page
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Round One For the RedState Gathering — I hope you have gotten your tickets to the RedState Gathering, because with this post today I suspect we are going to see them start going quickly. Backers of the various candidates want to see their preferred pick and with Atlanta being an easy place to get to …
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Political Insider blog, Twitchy and Washington Times
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Matthew Cole / NBC News:
Pakistanis Knew Where Osama Bin Laden Was, U.S. Sources Say — Two intelligence sources tell NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a “walk in” asset from Pakistani intelligence told the CIA where the most wanted man in the world was hiding …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Sy Hersh, lost in a wilderness of mirrors
Sy Hersh, lost in a wilderness of mirrors
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Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman suffers facial wounds after shooting — George Zimmerman, the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, suffered minor injuries in a roadside shooting Monday near a busy intersection in Lake Mary. — Lake Mary Police Department Chief Steve Bracknell …
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Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic:
Why So Many Podcasts Are Brought to You by Squarespace — It's by now a trope of modern listening: The soothing tones of Ira Glass or Sarah Koenig subside and make way for a sponsor mentioning promotional codes for online stamps, boxes of all-natural snacks, or tools for building a website.
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Michael Morell / Politico:
The Real Story of Benghazi — A CIA insider's account of what happened on 9/11/12 — When I made it to the command post that morning, there was a security tent that covered two tables holding secure phone lines and computers capable of accessing CIA's top secret network.
Manu Raju / Politico:
Vitter's Obamacare crusade draws GOP ire — The Louisiana senator's quest to deny his colleagues benefits wins him no friends on Capitol Hill. — Getty — One fellow senator calls David Vitter's years-long crusade to scrap health care subsidies for lawmakers and their staffers “disingenuous.”
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul: Advocates for the Disabled Should Help Brainstorm Ways to Cut Social Security Spending — Kinder, gentler, cheaper (maybe). — t daveweigel — Every election cycle, candidates who want to burnish their fiscal hawk credentials warn that entitlements are going to run out of money.
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Shadia Nasralla / Reuters:
Gay-themed traffic lights get Vienna into mood for Eurovision Song Contest — Gay-themed traffic lights are getting Vienna into the mood for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, one of the world's most popular kitsch cultural events which this year is being hosted by the Austrian capital.
Kirsten Powers / The Daily Beast:
How Liberals Have Ruined College — College should be a place of new ideas and challenging views. Instead, liberals have made it a place of fear and intimidation. — The root of nearly every free speech infringement on campuses across the country is that someone—almost always a liberal …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama presidential library goes to Chicago — A University of Chicago bid, where Obama taught constitutional law, beat out rival proposals. — The Barack Obama presidential library will be built in his adopted hometown of Chicago, the Barack Obama Foundation announced in a video message posted online Tuesday.
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Mati Weiderpass / The New York Observer:
Gay Extremists Must Not Silence Those Who Support Discussion and Dialogue — Senator Ted Cruz host says being gay is not a political affiliation — When Mati Weiderpass, Ted Cruz, Sam Domb, and Ian Reisner gathered in Weiderpass' apartment in April, the ‘fireside chat’ set off a firestorm of reactions within the gay community.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News