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Poll: Bush, Trump rising nationally for GOP, but both trail Clinton — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)With nearly all of the expected 2016 presidential candidates formally in the race, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds two recent entrants to the GOP field on the rise …
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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Macy's dumps Donald Trump — What's Next for Donald Trump? — (CNN)Macy's is pulling Donald Trump brand merchandise from its stores after the Republican presidential candidate's recent controversial remarks created a public uproar. — The department store …
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Sees Iowa Lead Shrink in Latest Quinnipiac Poll — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continues to lead prospective and declared 2016 Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, although his support is shrinking, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.
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NBC News:
First Read: A Tale of Two Republican Brackets
First Read: A Tale of Two Republican Brackets
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Bloomberg Business, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and New York Times
S.V. Dáte / National Journal:
Trump Trouble For The GOP in New Hampshire
Trump Trouble For The GOP in New Hampshire
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Bloomberg Business, Trail Blazers Blog and Des Moines Register
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What's Coming Up For Cuba
The Note: What's Coming Up For Cuba
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The Federalist, Fusion and Political Wire
Daily Mail:
Email bombshells from Hillary's secret account show she didn't know when cabinet meetings were held, was dumbfounded by a fax machine and emailed aides to fetch her iced tea — State Department published a massive tranche of Hillary Clinton's emails Tuesday night from her days as secretary of state
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New York Times:
New Trove of Hillary Clinton's Emails Highlights Workaday Tasks at the State Department
New Trove of Hillary Clinton's Emails Highlights Workaday Tasks at the State Department
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Consortiumnews.com, Liberal Values, Mediaite, Reuters, CANNONFIRE, The Week, The Moderate Voice, Poynter. and Los Angeles Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New Hillary Clinton emails show expansive role of Sidney Blumenthal
New Hillary Clinton emails show expansive role of Sidney Blumenthal
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NPR, Taylor Marsh and Washington Free Beacon
Peter Spiegel / Financial Times:
Alexis Tsipras backs down on many Greece bailout demands — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will accept most of the bailout creditors' conditions offered last weekend but is still insisting on a handful of changes that could thwart a deal, according to a letter he sent late on Tuesday night.
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Jennifer Rankin / Guardian:
Greek debt: Merkel dismisses Tsipras's last-ditch compromise plan
Greek debt: Merkel dismisses Tsipras's last-ditch compromise plan
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Reuters and YouGov US Opinion Center News
Cindy Archer / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Filing a Civil-Rights Lawsuit — Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and his agents ransacked my house and ruined my career. — By — After much soul-searching, I am filing a civil-rights lawsuit on Wednesday against Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.
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James W. Loewen / Washington Post:
Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong. — False history marginalizes African Americans and makes us all dumber. — History is the polemics of the victor, William F. Buckley allegedly said. Not so in the United States, at least not regarding the Civil War.
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Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Budowsky: Obama could sink 2016 Dems — Nothing better dramatizes the damage that President Obama has done to Democrats than the fact that Republicans now control the House of Representatives, the Senate and a majority of governorships across America. — Nothing better illustrates the reason …
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Washington Monthly and naked capitalism
Jessica Derschowitz / EW.com:
TV LAND PULLS DUKES OF HAZZARD EPISODES OFF ITS SCHEDULE — TV Land has pulled reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard off its schedule, a spokesperson for the network confirmed to EW on Wednesday. — The network did not comment further or say why the episodes were removed, but the news comes …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Supreme Fallout — Yesterday morning when I was discussing the topic of my weekly TPMCafe column with my editor over there, I offered to do either a joyful trashing of Chris Christie's presidential prospects or an analysis of how Republicans were coping with last week's landmark Supreme Court decisions.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
US, Cuba to open embassies on July 20 — The United States and Cuba will re-establish diplomatic ties and open their long-shuttered embassies on July 20, the Cuban government said Wednesday. — Cuba's foreign ministry made the announcement after the U.S.'s top diplomat in Havana delivered …
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CNN:
South Carolina church fire: Mt. Zion AME burns in Greeleyville — Story highlights — Then President Bill Clinton called for racial national unity before the dedication of the new church — (CNN)A fire broke out at the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, on Tuesday.
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USA Today:
FBI investigating 11 attacks on San Francisco-area Internet lines — The FBI is investigating at least 11 physical attacks on high-capacity Internet cables in California's San Francisco Bay Area dating back a year, including one early Tuesday morning. — Agents confirm the latest attack …
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Wall Street Journal, ThinkProgress, Fusion, Business Insider and NPR
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
America is not racist — In wake of the Charleston massacre in South Carolina, many on the left want us to believe America is a racist nation dominated by white supremacy and hatred for blacks. — They're wrong. — “Racism, we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Sunny Side of Greed — In the dire prophecies of science-fiction writers and the fevered warnings of left-wing activists, big corporations will soon rule the earth — or already do. — Fine with me. — They've been great on the issue of the Confederate flag.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Raises Record $45 Million in First Quarter of Campaign — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised at least $45 million during its first quarter, her campaign told Bloomberg on Wednesday. — Clinton's haul from her campaign's launch in mid-April through June 30 is a record for a candidate's first quarter.
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Political Wire and The Week
Elizabeth Drew / The Atlantic:
Richard NIxon Was Not Misunderstood — Every once in a while someone writes a book arguing that Richard Nixon has been misunderstood. These authors tend to focus on some particular aspect of his presidency that, the argument goes, is more important than that Watergate business.
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