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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Witless Ape Rides Escalator — Donald Trump is in the race. — Donald Trump may be the man America needs. Having been through four bankruptcies, the ridiculous buffoon with the worst taste since Caligula is uniquely positioned to lead the most indebted organization in the history of the human race.
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Angelo Carusone / Medium:
Donald Trump Hired Paid Actors To Attend Presidential Launch Event — “I am officially running for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again,” proclaimed Donald Trump in the lobby of Trump Tower. And with that, Trump ended his decades long flirtation …
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Donald Trump names his favorite prez: Bill Clinton — Donald Trump may be a Republican, but his favorite president of the last four is none other than Bill Clinton. — “There was a little spirit,” Trump said in an interview set to air on MSNBC's Morning Joe Thursday.
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump will be good for the Republicans in 2016 — Everyone thinks Donald Trump's candidacy will be a disaster for the Republican Party. But here are three ways his presence could actually help the GOP. — Donald Trump, ignoring my political advice, announced Tuesday …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Donald Trump's presidential announcement speech — Businessman Donald Trump is a fact checker's dream ... and nightmare. He spouts off so many “facts,” often twisted or wrong, that it takes a lot of time to hack through the weeds. So here are some of the highlights …
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Jason Newman / Rolling Stone:
Neil Young, Donald Trump Spar Over ‘Rockin’ in the Free World' Use
Neil Young, Donald Trump Spar Over ‘Rockin’ in the Free World' Use
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What Candidate Trump Means For The GOP
The Note: What Candidate Trump Means For The GOP
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Chris Good / ABC News:
Trump Says He'd ‘Win Easily’ If He Ran With Oprah
Trump Says He'd ‘Win Easily’ If He Ran With Oprah
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Trump circus comes to Iowa
Paul Waldman / The Week:
Donald Trump is the personification of the Republican id
Alison Griswold / Slate:
A California Labor Ruling Just Said Uber Drivers Are Employees. That's Uber's Worst Nightmare. — In what could be an explosive decision, the California Labor Commission has found that a driver for Uber in San Francisco is an employee of the company. That's from a ruling filed in state court …
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Calif. rules Uber driver is an employee — A San Francisco-based driver for ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission. — The ruling, filed on Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, was the latest in a host of legal …
Rebecca Harshbarger / New York Post:
496 Uber cars seized amid crackdown on illegal pickups
496 Uber cars seized amid crackdown on illegal pickups
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
AT&T just got hit with a $100 million fine after slowing down its ‘unlimited’ data — The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country's second largest cellular carrier of improperly slowing down Internet speeds for customers who had signed up for “unlimited” data plans.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie Sanders surge forms backdrop for Hillary Clinton S.C. visit — Her stop in the first-in-the-South primary state is exposing her to a dose of Bernie-mentum. — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — This humid Southern city just a few miles from the Atlantic coast is far from Bernie Sanders' home turf.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump has spent years courting Hillary and other Dems
Donald Trump has spent years courting Hillary and other Dems
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jim Webb: Presidential Decision Coming In Next Two Weeks
Jim Webb: Presidential Decision Coming In Next Two Weeks
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why Marco Rubio scares all other presidential candidates — US Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — Ever get the feeling the candidate who is making other candidates worry the most is Marco Rubio? Your feeling is on the money. — On Sunday, Hillary Rodham …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walker leads nationally in new poll
Walker leads nationally in new poll
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker, Bush, Rubio lead GOP field; Clinton Still Dominant
Walker, Bush, Rubio lead GOP field; Clinton Still Dominant
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Victory for Obamacare's Challengers Will Be a Disaster for Republican Candidates — Once the conservative legal strategy that gave rise to King v. Burwell got off the ground, Republicans in Congress probably had no choice but to become cheerleaders for, or active participants in, the ensuing litigation.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House Republicans to huddle on Obamacare ruling response
House Republicans to huddle on Obamacare ruling response
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Roger Ailes's Demotion Signals Power Shift Within Murdoch Empire — Rupert Murdoch issues a stinging rebuke. — Shares — For much of the past 15 years, Roger Ailes has operated with virtual impunity inside Rupert Murdoch's media empire. Nothing, it seemed, could induce Murdoch …
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Tamara Winfrey Harris / New York Times:
Black Like Who? Rachel Dolezal's Harmful Masquerade — Rachel A. Dolezal, who stepped down Monday as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., could have been a powerful ally to African-Americans. The participation of white allies has always been important to anti-racism work.
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Camille Gear Rich / CNN:
Rachel Dolezal has a right to be black
Rachel Dolezal has a right to be black
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Taken — I took some time this weekend to re-read Jennifer Gonnerman's piece on the odyssey of Kalief Browder. I wanted to understand how, precisely, it happened that a boy was snatched off the streets of New York, repeatedly beaten, and subjected to the torture of solitary confinement, and yet no one was held accountable.
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Meet The Valedictorian Who Turned Graduation Into A ‘Shake It Off’ Flashmob — Their parents had no idea what was coming. — The commencement speech arms race is no joke this year. It takes something pretty special to grab attention during a season when one valedictorian got …
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German Lopez / Vox:
Police seized his life savings without charging him for a crime. Now he's fighting back. — Charles Clarke entered the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport last February eager to go back to his mother after a months-long visit with relatives.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly for America? Bad. CARLY for America? Fine. — Back in April, the executive director of the super PAC backing Carly Fiorina dared the Federal Election Commission to sanction the organization for calling itself “Carly for America,” which violated rules prohibiting using a candidate's name …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Confidence in Religion at New Low, but Not Among Catholics — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans' confidence in the church and organized religion has fallen dramatically over the past four decades, hitting an all-time low this year of 42%. Confidence in religion began faltering …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush A Maybe On Trans Military Service — Bush campaigning in Iowa. — WASHINGTON, Iowa — Jeb Bush wasn't totally opposed to the idea of transgender people openly serving in the military when asked about it during a campaign stop in Iowa on Wednesday.
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