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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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Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post and Pew Research Center's …
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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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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CNN, Weekly Standard, Yahoo Politics, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Post
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Liberal senators imperil Obama trade bill — The White House and Senate Republicans are scrambling to win enough support for a key procedural vote Tuesday to move forward with President Obama's trade agenda. — The vote is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic roll calls of this Congress …
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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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Re/code, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider, New York Times, Gothamist, The Week, Shakesville and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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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Poynter., TVNewser and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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
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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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, The Hill, OnPolitics, Talking Points Memo, Jay Bookman, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, NPR and The Week
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Bush Aide: Jeb Told Me He Misheard Question About Invading Iraq (VIDEO)
Ex-Bush Aide: Jeb Told Me He Misheard Question About Invading Iraq (VIDEO)
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Daily Kos, msnbc.com, Addicting Info and Bloomberg Business
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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Politico, Fox News Insider, AMERICAblog News, Red Alert Politics, The Week, Business Insider, LewRockwell, Truthdig, Lawfare, The Talking Dog, Zandar Versus The Stupid, New York Times, NO QUARTER USA NET, The Huffington Post, Never Yet Melted, The Intercept, Mashable, Washington Monthly, The Daily Signal and susiemadrak.com, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Political Wire, ABC News, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and The Mahablog, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
King's Absence at Meeting Signals a Saudi-U.S. Marriage Adrift — WASHINGTON — The decision by King Salman of Saudi Arabia to skip a summit meeting called by President Obama reflects a new reality for two nations that for generations shared goals in the Middle East but that are now at odds in fundamental ways.
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Hot Air, Washington Post and Israel Matzav
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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.
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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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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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, theGrio, Booman Tribune and www.wftv.com
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.
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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ABC News, JustOneMinute, American Spectator, Obama Foundation News and The Week
Allen West / Allen B. West:
More ominous signs of Christian persecution — My daughter Aubrey and I arrived in Dallas and our home in Woodbridge on Sunday morning. We had departed from Palm Beach Gardens Saturday evening after we watched Austen head off for her senior prom — a doggone big deal, dads!
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Talking Points Memo, Liberaland, Addicting Info and Mediaite
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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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
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple's next-gen ‘iPhone 6s’ to come in rose gold model, feature 2GB RAM, 12MP camera — This year's iPhone upgrade will feature a rose gold casing color, matching the Apple Watch Edition, according to one well-connected insider, who also revealed it will feature a 12-megapixel camera and 2-gigabytes of RAM, among other changes.
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Business Insider and Mashable