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Chattanooga Shooting Suspect's Trip to Jordan Scrutinized by Authorities — Officials looking at whether he had contact with extremists or traveled to other countries — Counterterrorism investigators are looking closely at a monthslong trip the Chattanooga shooting suspect took to Jordan …
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protein wisdom, Talk Radio News Service, The Daily Caller and Daily Mail
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Read Chattanooga Shooter's Blog — The killer of four U.S. Marines in Chattanooga maintained a short-lived blog that hinted at his religious inner life. Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's blog had only two posts, both published July 13 and written in a popular style of Islamic religious reasoning.
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Reuters, Althouse, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, MichelleMalkin.com, Heavy.com, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and Hit & Run


Chattanooga Gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez: ‘Life Is Short and Bitter’
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Washington Post, CNN, timesfreepress.com, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg Business, NPR, Mediaite, The Atlantic, Outside the Beltway and Shakesville

CNN Analyst Unsure If Mass Shooter Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez's Name is Muslim
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Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit

Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's High School Yearbook Quote Will Give You Chills
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The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch

Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White — The last year has been an education for white people. There has been a depth, power and richness to the African-American conversation about Ferguson, Baltimore, Charleston and the other killings that has been humbling and instructive.
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The Mahablog, Sadly, No! and RH Reality Check
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David Brooks scolds Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I think you distort history” — The Times columnist displays more white privilege in one column than some white people experience in a lifetime — The New York Times' moral scold David Brook took time out from his career as a professional taxi cab passenger …
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Shakesville


A Note About Our Coverage Of Donald Trump's ‘Campaign’ — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Editorial Director, The Huffington Post — After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, we have decided we won't report …
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Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, Poynter. and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »
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Wanna bet? Trump makes wager after MSNBC host calls him liar — Donald Trump called into MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Thursday to wager a year of Lawrence O'Donnell's network salary after the MSNBC host accused Trump of lying on his financial disclosure forms.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News


Sanders makes play for black vote — Bernie Sanders is making a push for support from black and Hispanic voters as he seeks to intensify his challenge to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. — Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, has made a number …
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Prairie Weather
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Hillary Clinton's No Good, (Record-Breaking, Poll-Winning), Very Bad Week
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Politico and America Rising

Clinton burns through millions as she assembles a political battleship
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BillMoyers.com and Prairie Weather

Clinton campaign touts endorsements ahead of Iowa cattle call
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ABC News


The mystery of the Trump coalition — Pollsters can't get a read on his supporters. — Last weekend, Donald Trump added to his long list of bold claims by declaring himself the champion of a new “silent majority” of Americans. — While 17 percent of Republican voters isn't a majority …
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Slantpoint and Christian Science Monitor
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Insiders: Ted Cruz hurt most by Trump candidacy
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Mock Paper Scissors

Statement by Gov. Perry on Donald Trump's Border Security Comments
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Hot Air, Washington Post and FiveThirtyEight

Donald Trump Says He's Thankful for Ted Cruz's Support
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Washington Post, Mediaite and Political Wire


Condé Nast's CFO Tried To Pay $2,500 for a Night With a Gay Porn Star — David Geithner, brother of ex-Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is currently the chief financial officer of Condé Nast. This past weekend, he'd planned to go to Chicago—where he planned to meet …
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Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Poynter., USA Today and Vox Popoli, more at Mediagazer »


Republicans criticize Confederate flags at Obama visit — Two Oklahoma Republican congressmen ripped protesters in their state who greeted President Obama in Oklahoma City by waving Confederate flags, calling their actions “disrespectful,” “embarrassing” and “inappropriate.”
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Political Wire


Republicans plan new abortion push — They see a turning point following the release of a secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video. — Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video — depicting an executive allegedly discussing the sale of fetal organs …
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Roll Call, AMERICAblog News, PoliticusUSA and Daily Kos
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Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter
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LifeNews.com

Planned Parenthood apologizes for exec's ‘tone’ in video
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protein wisdom, Politico, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon


Everything We Know About Sandra Bland — The 28-year-old Illinois native, who was on a road trip to Texas to start a new job, was found dead while in the custody of a local jail. — Sandra Bland was found dead Monday while in the custody of a Waller County, Texas, jail.
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Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
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Democrats View U.S. Justices Kennedy, Roberts Favorably — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — More Democrats have a favorable than an unfavorable view of Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts, while Republicans' opinions of the justices are much more negative than positive.
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Politico and Washington Times


Fox News Poll: Most voters don't trust Iran, many agree with Trump on immigration — Home - Video - Politics - U.S. - Opinion - Entertainment - Tech - Science - Health - Travel - Lifestyle - World - Sports - On Air — ©2015 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Top US official: ‘Anytime, anyplace access’ to Iranian facilities was rhetorical flourish … Wendy Sherman says Israeli experts “essential” in formulating certain aspects of deal. — The US pledge three months ago for “anytime, anyplace” access to Iran's nuclear facilities …
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BREITBART.COM
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Iran Bans U.S. Inspectors from All Nuclear Sites
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RedState, Betsy's Page, Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, RealClearWorld, National Review and The Fiscal Times


Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT - unless you have Enterprise Edition — ‘You agree to receive automatic updates without notice’ — Microsoft's licensing on the upcoming Windows 10 OS means that most users will find their systems updating on command from Redmond without any option to stop this.