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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump rides momentum to Arizona — After weeks of criticism — and rising poll numbers — in the wake of controversial remarks on immigration, Donald Trump brings his spotlight to Arizona, a longtime hotbed of border security debate. — The Republican presidential candidate be joining forces …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Blame John Boehner for the House GOP's Confederate flag fiasco — The Confederates launched a surprise attack, under cover of darkness. — It was 8:30 Wednesday night, and the House was plodding toward its 20th hour of debate on a little-watched appropriations bill, when Rep. Ken Calvert …
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Salon, The Huffington Post, Slantpoint, Humphrey on the Hill, New York Times and Booman Tribune
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Reckon with this — After Dylann Roof murdered nine pastors and churchgoers in the course of Bible study in Charleston, President Obama couldn't wait to use the occasion for his narrow political purposes. “Let's be clear,” he said with urgency in his voice.
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New York Times:
It's Silicon Valley 2, Ellen Pao 0: Fighter of Sexism Is Out at Reddit — Ellen Pao became a hero to many when she took on the entrenched sexist culture of Silicon Valley. But sentiment is a fickle thing. Late Friday she fell victim to a crowd demanding her ouster as chief executive of the popular social media site Reddit.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over — Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure after a series of management mishaps that has angered its very vocal online community. Steve Huffman, Reddit co-founder and its original CEO, is taking over immediately.
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Guardian, The Week and CBS San Francisco, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Psychologists and ‘Enhanced’ Interrogation — A 542-page report concludes that prominent psychologists worked closely with the C.I.A. to blunt dissent inside the agency over an interrogation program that is now known to have included torture. It also finds that officials …
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James Risen / New York Times:
Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
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Washington Post, Guardian, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Luke O'Brien / Politico:
The Mayor vs. the Mogul — Michael Bloomberg's $9 billion identity crisis. — Piotr Lesniak. — On November 5, 2014, Mike Bloomberg settled in front of a Bloomberg terminal, logged on with his “B-unit” biometric identity card and prepared to send an email to his employees.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Web Chief Joshua Topolsky to Leave Bloomberg as Staff Tensions Surface
Web Chief Joshua Topolsky to Leave Bloomberg as Staff Tensions Surface
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Kathleen Miller / Bloomberg Business:
Once Ex-Im Foe, Tea Party Congressman Leads Fight to Save It — Tennessee Congressman Stephen Fincher voted against renewing the U.S. Export-Import Bank three years ago. Today he is the chief Republican sponsor of U.S. House legislation to keep it alive. — Elected in 2010 …
Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Woman reveals comment allegedly from ‘Subway Guy’ Jared Fogle that led to raid — SARASOTA, Fla. (July 10, 2015) — A Florida woman who provided key information to federal authorities, leading to a raid at former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's Indiana home Tuesday, revealed one of the comments Fogle allegedly said to her.
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John Fund / National Review:
History Shows That Trump Is Perfectly Willing to Play the Spoiler — Las Vegas — Donald Trump claims he isn't interested in running as a spoiler third-party candidate in 2016 if he fails to win the GOP nomination. — But he said much the same thing in 1999, until he rushed …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Appeal—and Its Limits
Donald Trump's Appeal—and Its Limits
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg Business and CNSNews
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
Review: Harper Lee's ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side — We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel's moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar of integrity who used his gifts as a lawyer to defend …
Debra Kessler / The Interrobang:
Washington Post Writer Who Accused Amy Schumer Of Racism Never Saw Her Standup or TV Show … The Washington Post, one of our nation's most venerable guardians of free speech took a step in a surprising direction earlier this week, publishing an article by Dr. Stacey Patton and David Leonard …
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Mediaite, Hit & Run, Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Yanis Varoufakis / Guardian:
Germany won't spare Greek pain - it has an interest in breaking us — Debt restructuring was our aim: little did we know, when we embarked on negotiations, that Grexit might be a goal for eurozone leaders — reece's financial drama has dominated the headlines for five years for one reason …
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Yanis Varoufakis, Mashable, Business Insider and Slantpoint
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Day Before Hack Announced, OPM Released ‘Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination’ Guide — The day before the Office of Personnel Management first announced a massive data breach of personal information, now former OPM director Katherine Archuleta's attention was focused elsewhere.
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Power Line, Political Wire, Business Insider and Hot Air
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KUSA-TV:
Bear no longer stuck in CU-Boulder tree — BOULDER - A bear that was stuck in a tree Friday morning on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus has been rescued. — The bear was in a tree in the middle of campus, just west of the Engineering Center. — A tranquilizer dart was shot …
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Daily Mail, Fusion and The Daily Caller