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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina — PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds that Donald Trump's momentum just keeps on building. He's the top choice of Republican primary voters in the state, getting 16% to 12% for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, 11% for Mike Huckabee …
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The Hill, Politico, Mashable, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump, clickbait — Reporters insist he has no shot, but news outlets, led by CNN, can't get enough of him. — Back in the spring, when Donald Trump first started making noise about a presidential bid, CNN President Jeff Zucker sent a message to his producers: Don't cover him.
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New York Times, Hot Air, National Review, FishbowlDC, Bloomberg Business, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Donald Trump: ‘I Will Win the Latino Vote’ — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes he will win the Latino vote, slamming Hillary Clinton for promoting what he called an immigration policy that would “let everybody come in... killers, criminals, drug dealers.” — “I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Jose Andres backs out of restaurant in Donald Trump's hotel — Jose Andres, the D.C.-based super-chef with a growing national brand, is backing out of a deal to open the flagship restaurant in Donald Trump's forthcoming Washington hotel - the latest on a growing list of high-profile partners …
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US News, Hinterland Gazette, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon and Democracy in America
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid
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Naked Politics, Bloomberg Business and Washington Monthly
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic — Have you noticed anything odd going on this morning? Oh yes. Let us be the first to tell you that the time to panic is upon us. — ITEM: The New York City subway system suffered an atrocious commute today, with some trains being inexplicably stranded …
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FOX News Radio, CNNMoney, The Gateway Pundit, Gothamist, Fusion, Boing Boing, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours — Today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who as of-late has gone relatively gaffe-free, uttered a phrase that may not go over too well with the constituency he seeks to reach. During an interview that was live-streamed on the app Periscope …
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Politico, Associated Press, Washington Post, Hinterland Gazette, Slantpoint and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
The Huffington Post:
How A Teenage Girl Who Gave An ‘Intimidating Look’ Was Sentenced To Up To 5 Years In Prison — WASHINGTON — In suburban neighborhoods around the country, teenagers sass their parents and yell at their peers. Usually, they grow out of it. In Detroit, a 17-year-old girl who misbehaved …
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Daily Kos
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Dems lunge into confirmation fight — Democrats and the White House are hammering Senate Republicans for failing to act on a nominee who is charged with snipping the purse strings of Islamic extremists. — Adam Szubin was nominated to be the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate clears first circuit judge nominee of 2015
Senate clears first circuit judge nominee of 2015
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Politico, Daily Kos and Philly.com
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Trump Steamrolls NBC Reporter, Takes Shots at Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg — For those who didn't watch Donald Trump's lengthy interview with NBC's Katy Tur this afternoon, here's a one-sentence summation: The Republican candidate constantly chided and condescended to his interviewer …
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Rush Limbaugh, The Huffington Post and Business Insider
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Chaos In Maine: Gov. LePage Botches Veto Of 19 Bills He Opposed — The office of Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) and the clerk in the Maine House are in disagreement over the fate of 19 bills that the governor apparently did not veto in time to prevent them from becoming law.
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Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage, lawmakers clash over fate of 19 bills still on governor's desk
LePage, lawmakers clash over fate of 19 bills still on governor's desk
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Bangor Daily News and Talking Points Memo
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Keith Olbermann, ESPN to Part Ways Once Again — The departure follows a point of contention over delivering “commentary” on his ESPN2 program. — Keith Olbermann is exiting ESPN once again. — The television personality, who rejoined the sports network in August 2013, won't be renewing his deal to anchor his ESPN2 program.
New York Times:
Why We Shut Down Reddit's ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum — We are moderators for the website reddit.com, a place where, on a typical day, millions of users read and share content in self-contained communities called “subreddits.” We volunteer our time to help manage the subsection called IamA …
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Selleck ‘drought shamed,’ accused of using hydrant water — Actor Tom Selleck had truckloads of water from a public hydrant delivered to his sprawling Hidden Valley ranch, according to court documents filed against the veteran actor by a Ventura County water district.
Yvonne Wenger / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake fires Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts — Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake fired Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts Wednesday, saying his presence had become a distraction in a city that needs to focus on ending a dramatic spike in homicides.
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ABC News:
To Help US Veterans Charity, George W. Bush Charged $100,000 — Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier …
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The Moderate Voice, The Scoop Blog, Daily Mail and Politico
LtSports / Lincoln Times-News:
UPDATED: C.J. Wilson injures hand in fireworks accident — RYAN HERMAN — Sports Editor — Former Lincolnton High football standout and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back C.J. Wilson severely injured one of his hands in a Fourth of July fireworks accident on Saturday.
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New Documents Reveal DOJ, IRS, and FBI Plan to Seek Criminal Charges of Obama Opponents — (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released new Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents that include an official “DOJ Recap” report detailing …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
A Fact-Check of Hillary Clinton's CNN Interview on Her Personal Email — In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended her use of a personal email server and her larger record on transparency while running the department between 2009 and 2013.
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Cos And Effect: Dropped Months Ago By CAA, Bill Cosby Is Un-Repped In Hollywood — Bill Cosby was quietly dumped by CAA, which represented him since 2012, and he is now without talent representation in Hollywood. Cosby, accused of drugging and raping more than two dozen women …
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The Huffington Post, Mashable and Daily Mail
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Homelessness and empty stores becoming the new normal in NYC — “Eileen,” a familiar panhandling presence on Broadway in the 90s, is one of a growing number of homeless people amid shuttered businesses, raising the sense of neighborhood unease. — If you've been out and about in Manhattan …
Emily Badger / Washington Post:
Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting segregation across U.S. — Cabrini-Green public housing project, which has been mostly demolished and redeveloped, is seen against the Chicago Skyline in May 1996. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser) — CHICAGO — When the Fair Housing Act …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Marco Rubio Says He Opposes Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional Amendment — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would oppose a constitutional amendment allowing states to reverse the Supreme Court's recent ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, even though he disagrees with the landmark 5-4 decision.
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Hot Air, Washington Post and National Review
Daniel Engber / Slate:
Hot and Bothered — Air conditioning isn't bad for you or even (relatively) for the planet. — “Why is America so over air-conditioned?” asks the New York Times in last weekend's Sunday Review. The article's premise will be familiar to certain members of the paper's demographic …
Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: NYC to offer non-bail option for some suspects — 4 photos — NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New Yorkers accused of low-level or non-violent crimes won't face the prospect of raising cash for bail under a plan that seeks to keep such suspects out of the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
New York City To Stop Jailing Some Nonviolent Offenders For Being Poor
New York City To Stop Jailing Some Nonviolent Offenders For Being Poor
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