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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Mark Kirk On Iran Deal: Obama “Wants To Get Nukes To Iran,” Predicts Nuclear War In Middle East — “...tens of thousands of people in the Middle East are gonna lose their lives because of this decision by Barack Hussein Obama.” — Mark Wilson / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com
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Abe Greenwald / Commentary Magazine:
The Deal Wasn't About Iran's Nukes — If you think the United States just struck a poor nuclear deal with Iran, you're right; but if that's your key takeaway, you're missing the point. Iran's nuclear program was last on the list of the Obama administration's priorities in talking to Tehran.
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Power Line
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The next GOP president won't walk away from the Iran deal. Here's why. — Now that we have a nuclear deal with Iran, Republicans are jostling each other to determine who can make the most angry and apocalyptic statements about it. — Scott Walker said it “will be remembered as one of America's worst diplomatic failures.”
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
Benjamin Netanyahu to Lester Holt: Iran Nuclear Deal Poses Threat to U.S., Israel — The landmark Iran nuclear deal poses a threat to both Israel and the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NBC News' Lester Holt on Wednesday. — “We think this is not only a threat to us.
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The Great Debate, Hot Air, The Iran Project and Jihad Watch
Fox News:
‘You should know better’: Obama scolds critics, press on Iran nuke deal
‘You should know better’: Obama scolds critics, press on Iran nuke deal
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP crafts Iran deal attack plan
GOP crafts Iran deal attack plan
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
How Democrats will pretend to fight the nuclear deal
Keith Koffler / Politico:
How Barack Obama Created Donald Trump — The Donald's appeal is real—and his anger connects with conservatives. — AP Photo. — SHARES — It is an unassailable doctrinal truth in the modern Republican Party that Ronald Reagan was a great president and that the United States …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump: I don't know why I'm meeting Ted Cruz
Donald Trump: I don't know why I'm meeting Ted Cruz
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Swears He's Not Running For President As A Democratic Plant (VIDEO)
Trump Swears He's Not Running For President As A Democratic Plant (VIDEO)
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The Hill:
Sanders rains on Hillary's parade — Hillary Clinton took Capitol Hill by storm on Tuesday with a daylong series of friendly talks with congressional Democrats on the most pressing issues of the day. But if it was Clinton's parade, no one told Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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The Moderate Voice and Common Dreams
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Washington Post:
Trump's popularity spikes among Republicans — Donald Trump's popularity has surged among Republicans after dominating several news cycles with his anti-illegal immigration rhetoric, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — Nearly six in 10 — 57 percent …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead shrinks among Democrats
Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead shrinks among Democrats
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Yahoo Politics and The PJ Tatler
Sarah Zagorski / LifeNews.com:
Company Buying Aborted Baby Body Parts From Planned Parenthood Takes Down Web Site — Planned Parenthood has a dilemma on their hands: the Center for Medical Progress has released a video of their top doctor, Deborah Nucatola, discussing their negotiations with a business called Stem Express …
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Tyler Miller / The Daily Beast:
Planned Parented Doesn't Sell Fetuses: The Real Story Behind That Shady Video
Planned Parented Doesn't Sell Fetuses: The Real Story Behind That Shady Video
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Video Accuses Planned Parenthood of Crime
Video Accuses Planned Parenthood of Crime
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Steve Allen / National Review:
‘A Lot of People Want Liver’: Planned Parenthood's Bloody Business
‘A Lot of People Want Liver’: Planned Parenthood's Bloody Business
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Ted Cruz challenges Fox debate standards — Ted Cruz's campaign is leading a charge to pressure Fox News into raising its standards for the national polls that will decide who gets into the first Republican presidential debate. — In a memo sent to fellow GOP campaigns on Wednesday …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
C-SPAN to preempt first GOP debate
C-SPAN to preempt first GOP debate
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Frederick Kagan / Wall Street Journal:
Why They're Cheering in Tehran — The nuclear deal is an opaque 159 pages, offering sanctions relief and vague promises of inspections. — The nuclear agreement with Iran announced Tuesday is an astoundingly good deal, far surpassing the hopes of anyone . . . in Tehran.
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National Review and Washington Free Beacon
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Los Angeles Times:
This is the video Gardena police didn't want you to see — The day after the release of videos showing Gardena police officers shooting two unarmed men, one fatally, the survivor and the deceased victim's brother called for a deeper investigation into the Gardena Police Department.
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Re-Re-Re-Reintroducing Hillary Clinton … A few minutes before my meeting with Hillary Clinton on the Fourth of July, during my drive to the Mount Washington hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., where she was staying, I passed a moose near the side of the road.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
This Parody Perfectly Nails Every Jade Helm Conspiracy Theory Video — What's more sinister than FEMA death camps? Some black tarps and a chain-link fence. — Just in time for the Wednesday kickoff of “Jade Helm 15,” a YouTube user under the handle Get Right America posted an amazing parody …
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Laura J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking Uber should be suspended in California and fined $7.3 million, judge says — The ride-hailing giant Uber should be fined $7.3 million and suspended from operating in California because its parent company did not comply with state laws, a state administrative judge said Wednesday.
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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
How Much Damage Can the OPM Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints? — The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said. — The Office of Personnel Management announced last week that the personal data for 21.5 million people had been stolen.
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WCTX-TV:
Human legs, arm found in downtown New Haven — NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — New Haven police confirm that they have located the remains of human legs near the train tracks at the corner of State and Court Streets, and an arm along the tracks near Chapel Street.
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Jennifer Wright / Philly.com:
Before Ben became Bibi, he played soccer at Cheltenham HS — THE ISRAELI prime minister recently got a blast from the past courtesy of a few former classmates from Cheltenham High School. — Alums from the 1973 class sent Benjamin Netanyahu, a 1967 graduate, his class yearbook.
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Washington Times
Matthew Cole / The Intercept:
Israeli Special Forces Assassinated Senior Syrian Official — On Aug. 1, 2008, a small team of Israeli commandos entered the waters near Tartus, Syria, and shot and killed a Syrian general as he was holding a dinner party at his seaside weekend home. Muhammad Suleiman, a top aide to the Syrian president …
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