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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Lashes Out At Critics, Makes Incendiary New Claims About Mexico — In a lengthy written statement Monday, Donald Trump doubled down on his recent remarks about Mexican immigrants being “rapists” and criminals, making the additional claim that “tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border.”
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Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Donald Trump just released an epic statement raging against Mexican immigrants and ‘disease’ — Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial comments about Mexican immigration. — The entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate sent out an epic three page …
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USA Today, National Review, Hot Air, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Politico and RedState
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Disease Is Pouring Across the Border’: Trump Releases New, Very Long Statement
‘Disease Is Pouring Across the Border’: Trump Releases New, Very Long Statement
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CNN, Business Insider, ThinkProgress and Hot Air
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary — The reporter's job is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” — a credo that, humorously, was originally written as a smear of the self-righteous nature of journalists.
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CANNONFIRE, Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo, Poynter., Fox News and The Huffington Post
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Politico:
The socialist surge — The rise of Bernie Sanders is proving awkward …
The socialist surge — The rise of Bernie Sanders is proving awkward …
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Political Wire
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
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Business Insider
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Party of Andrew Jackson vs. the Party of Obama
The Party of Andrew Jackson vs. the Party of Obama
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Here's the Real Reason Hillary Clinton Has a Lock on the Democratic Nomination
Here's the Real Reason Hillary Clinton Has a Lock on the Democratic Nomination
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Moe Lane
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Cosby said he got drugs to give women for sex — 5 photos — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he got quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he gave the sedative to at least one woman and “other people …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, Hot Air, theGrio, Boing Boing, Associated Press, Liberaland, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, NPR, Just Jared, VICE and myfox8.com
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Bill Cosby said in 2005 that he got sedative to give women for sex — Story highlights — (CNN)Bill Cosby admitted under oath that he got a sort of sedative for the purpose of giving the drug to young women with whom he wanted to have sex, newly released documents show.
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Rare, USA Today and CBS Philly
Aliyah Frumin / msnbc.com:
Rudy Giuliani defends Donald Trump over immigration remarks — Donald Trump still has a friend in Rudy Giuliani. — The former New York City mayor came to the Republican presidential candidate and billionaire real estate mogul's defense on Monday, even as Trump continues to catch major heat …
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Talking Points Memo
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Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
For some workers at Trump's D.C. hotel, route to U.S. wasn't always legal
For some workers at Trump's D.C. hotel, route to U.S. wasn't always legal
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The Last Refuge
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Ben Carson On The Trump Uproar: 'It's The PC Police Out In Force'
Ben Carson On The Trump Uproar: 'It's The PC Police Out In Force'
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Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Business Insider, BizPac Review and Hot Air
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Donald Trump Deletes Tweet About Jeb Bush's Wife: You Like ‘Mexican Illegals’ Because of Your Wife
Donald Trump Deletes Tweet About Jeb Bush's Wife: You Like ‘Mexican Illegals’ Because of Your Wife
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
TMZ.com:
Amanda Peterson Dies — 'Can't Buy Me Love' Star Dead at 43 … KIDD KIDD — BONDSMAN TO THE RESCUE WITH $105K — ... Plus a Hot Dog
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Guardian, Slantpoint, Daily Mail, American Spectator, The Daily Caller and Hollywood Life
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘The devil is taking control’: Watch SC senator derail Confederate flag debate with insane gay marriage rant — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — South Carolina state Sen. Lee Bright (R) began debate about removing the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds on Monday …
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Right Wing Watch, Advocate and Balloon Juice
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Cynthia Roldan / Post and Courier:
Senate suspends Confederate Flag debate for short break
Senate suspends Confederate Flag debate for short break
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ThinkProgress, Friendly Atheist, Washington Post, Politico and Daily Kos
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate flag
South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate flag
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Washington Post
The State:
Confederate flag heading for hurdles in SC House
Confederate flag heading for hurdles in SC House
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NPR, Hot Air, Telegraph and The Moderate Voice
Bernie Quigley / The Hill:
The Romney half-century? — Not a very good Fourth for The Donald. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), a candidate for president in 2016, stated it plainly: “He's running to be president of all of us. It takes a level of maturity and thoughtfulness and demeanor that's not being exhibited here.”
Tallahassee Democrat:
Video shows punch that led to QB De'Andre Johnson's arrest — FSU quarterback De'Andre Johnson at the Tallahassee bar Yiannis, State Attorney's Office — The State Attorney's Office released surveillance video today of Florida State University quarterback De'Andre Johnson punching a woman at a bar last month.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends immigration policies after killing of San Francisco woman — The White House on Monday defended its immigration policies and blasted Republicans following the killing of a San Francisco woman — allegedly by an illegal immigrant. — When asked if the case was a failure …
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Fox News, Fox News Insider, The Last Refuge, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and San Francisco Chronicle
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Yahoo Politics:
Eric Holder: The Justice Department could strike deal with Edward Snowden — Former attorney general Eric Holder said today that a “possibility exists” for the Justice Department to cut a deal with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that would allow him to return to the United States from Moscow.
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Weekly Standard, The Hill, Engadget, Business Insider, Mediaite and Guardian
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Officials: US jets scramble to intercept Russian bombers off California, Alaska coasts on July 4 — This file photo shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 plane photographed by the Norwegian Air Force outside the coast of Norway in 2007. (Reuters) — While the United States celebrated Independence Day …
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The Daily Caller
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Walker office already acts as if records exemption is law — Madison— Gov. Scott Walker announced over the weekend that Republicans were abandoning their plan to create new exceptions to the state's open records law, but for months the all-but-certain presidential candidate has been operating as if one exemption already was in place.
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Financial Times:
Unyielding eurozone gives Athens last chance — Peter Spiegel in Brussels, Claire Jones in Frankfurt and Kerin Hope in Athens — Athens will be given a final chance to present a new reform plan to eurozone leaders on Tuesday night despite a hardening attitude to Greece in many capitals …
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The Atlantic, Business Insider and ECB
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The next big liberal cause: universal child care — Universal child care is becoming a central pillar of the liberal agenda — one that, if it is ever realized, could take its place alongside some of the great progressive reforms of the 20th Century, and possibly the Affordable Care Act …
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Washington Monthly
RealClearPolitics Videos:
Obama on ISIS Threat: “Ideologies Are Not Defeated With Guns, They Are Defeated By Better Ideas” — After consulting with military leaders at the Pentagon this afternoon President Obama held a press conference on the growing threat of ISIS. President Obama declared the United States “will never be at war with Islam.”
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Hot Air