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Graham on Trump: He came in like a ‘wrecking ball’ — (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham says Donald Trump is a “wrecking ball” who has put the Republican Party's future on the line with his controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants. — “I think he's hijacked the debate.
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Donald Trump just gave an amazingly surreal speech in Las Vegas — Donald Trump just gave one of the most bizarrely captivating speeches of his several-weeks-old campaign. — Standing in front of an animated screen in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump spoke passionately for almost a half an hour …
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McCain: ‘Circus’ around immigration debate hurting GOP — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a veiled shot at Donald Trump on Friday, saying that the “circus” surrounding Republican infighting on illegal immigration is hurting the party. — “The circus currently surrounding the debate …
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Donald Trump: ‘We have to take back the heart of our country’
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Donald Trump storms Phoenix
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White House contenders Trump, Bush in virtual dead heat: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Poll: Jeb, Trump in virtual tie
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The Dream World of the Southern Republicans — UNLIKE previous Alabama governors, Robert J. Bentley is not a fount of oratory. Nor is he a champion of “kinder and gentler.” His dyspeptic refusal to accept federal funds for Medicaid expansion, in a state where more than one million …
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The Moderate Voice


APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran announcement planned Monday — 2 photos — VIENNA (AP) — Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks plan to announce on Monday that they have reached agreement on a historic deal capping nearly a decade of diplomacy that would curb the country's atomic program …
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Bill Cosby's wife says accusers ‘consented’ to drugs and sex — Bill Cosby's wife knows her husband is a serial philanderer, but believes his scores of accusers consented to drugs and sex, two confidants of the couple say. — Last week's revelation that Cosby admitted during a deposition …

Germany doesn't want to save Greece. It seems to want to humiliate Greece. — Angela, what's the German word for getting kicked out of the euro? (Tobias Schwartz/AFP/Getty Images) — Greece has offered an almost unconditional surrender on its bailout, but Germany might not accept anything less than a Carthaginian peace.
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Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold, is loathed, threatened and an outcast, but still can't wait to get back on job — The most infamous cop in the city — parked in a desk job amid probes into Eric Garner's death — can't wait to get back on the job.
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Raw Story, Gothamist and Daily Mail

All the Views Unfit to Print … I'm sure the late, great Ms. Ivins would be shaking her head at a bizarre controversy involving a New England newspaper that has been humiliated because of its nonsensical 2013 decision to provide a forum to far-right views. Hopefully, as a result of this controversy …
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The Bernie Sanders Moment — THE white-haired politician stands before 10,000 cheering supporters in Madison, Wis., and calls for “political revolution,” denouncing a “rigged economy” that produces “a grotesque level of inequality,” returning to a theme that '60s radicals have long been trumpeting.
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I have one big question for Bernie Sanders
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By day, at heart of counter-terror policing. And by night, preacher of extremism — Government watchdog, which inspects police forces' readiness for terrorism, employed preacher of extremism — The Government watchdog which inspects police forces' readiness for terrorism admitted …
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Forbes and Jihad Watch


DEM: ‘Something happened,’ but no evidence of device after ‘ground disturbance’ at Salty Brine beach — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Salty Brine beach was evacuated Saturday morning while the state bomb squad investigates reports of a possible explosion near the rocks, according to a spokeswoman …


???This Week??? Transcript: Carly Fiorina — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR “THIS WEEK” ON JULY 12, 2015. — STEPHANOPOULOS: That's going to bring us to a senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez. — Thank you for joining us. — You just saw that optimism in Iran.
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