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Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe” — Shares - — On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb: Trump's Mexico talk ‘extraordinarily ugly’ — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Saturday said he is “absolutely” offended by Donald Trump's recent remarks on Hispanic immigrants and Mexico. — Bush told reporters Trump's comments paint a false picture of Republican values, according to The Washington Post.
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Fox News:
Trump stands by statements on Mexican illegal immigrants, surprised by backlash
Trump stands by statements on Mexican illegal immigrants, surprised by backlash
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Daily Mail, The Daily Caller and No More Mister Nice Blog
Cassie Spodak / CNN:
Trump's immigration comments hurting GOP, Romney says
Trump's immigration comments hurting GOP, Romney says
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Marco Rubio on Trump: ‘Offensive’ and ‘Divisive’ Comments Are Not Offering A Solution
Marco Rubio on Trump: ‘Offensive’ and ‘Divisive’ Comments Are Not Offering A Solution
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Jeff Gluck / USA Today:
NASCAR will not return to Donald Trump resort
NASCAR will not return to Donald Trump resort
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BizPac Review and Mediaite
Mary Margaret / People.com:
Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate — Surprise! — Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. — The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade — At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Clinton campaign ropes off reporters at New Hampshire parade
Clinton campaign ropes off reporters at New Hampshire parade
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: ‘I take a back seat to no one’ on liberal record
Hillary Clinton: ‘I take a back seat to no one’ on liberal record
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear — WHEN he ran for president the second time almost half a century ago, Richard M. Nixon made Earl Warren's Supreme Court a target of his campaign. It was a brilliant move. His accusation that the court had tilted “too far in weakening …
Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
The New Post-Homophobic Christianity — Most Christians are going to adapt to the new America just fine. — Since the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized marriage equality in America, some conservative Christians have been downright apoplectic.
ABC News:
???This Week??? Transcript: Gov. Rick Perry — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR “THIS WEEK” ON JULY 5, 2015. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: That brings us to our next guest, the longest serving governor in Texas history, now candidate for president. — GOV. RICK PERRY (R-TX) …
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Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic:
China's Unsettling Stock Market Collapse — An investor is reflected in a screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hefei, Anhui province. (Reuters) — This summer has not been calm for the global economy. In Europe, a Greek referendum this Sunday may determine whether the country will remain in the eurozone.
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Power Line and New York Times
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Washington brought in $70M in taxes on legal pot in one year — Washington's first year of legal marijuana sales has generated $70 million in tax revenue, a new report says. — That total follows the Evergreen State's first stores selling the drug opening in July 2014, according to The Associated Press.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Americans Are Blessed with Liberty, but Not Because We Deserve It — The American proposition is a theological proposition: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” — Just how radical that idea is is difficult for the 21st-century Western mind to comprehend.
Haley Bull / KFDM-TV:
Alligator Attacks And Kills 28-Year-Old Man — Investigators, a witness and friends are revealing the harrowing accounts of the first recorded fatal alligator attack in Texas and more about the victim. — A justice of the peace tells KFDM News Tommie Woodward, 28, is from St. Louis, but moved to Orange with his twin brother.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP punts on Confederate symbolism in Capitol — House Republicans are struggling with the question of whether to remove the Confederate image from around the Capitol complex — and they seem in no hurry to commit themselves one way or another. — Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson …
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