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Donald Trump / USA Today:
I don't need to be lectured — McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them. — John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border “crazies.” No one in the news media or the establishment, including the Republican National Committee, criticized the senator for those comments.
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New York Times:
Who Advises Candidate Trump? (Hint: His Name Is Donald) — In what passes for normal inside Donald J. Trump's unorthodox campaign for president, he flew from Arkansas to Iowa on his Trump-emblazoned jet on Friday, arrived the next morning at a candidate forum without any prepared remarks and …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Apologists — The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause. — It came slightly ahead of schedule, but Donald Trump's inevitable self-immolation arrived on the weekend when he assailed John McCain's war record. The question now is how long his political …
ABC News:
Transcript for Donald Trump Says He Does Not Owe John McCain an Apology
Transcript for Donald Trump Says He Does Not Owe John McCain an Apology
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Slantpoint, The Week and Mock Paper Scissors
Mike Allen / Politico:
TRUMP: NO APOLOGY! — 'TRUMP IS TOAST ...
TRUMP: NO APOLOGY! — 'TRUMP IS TOAST ...
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Iran deal tests Dems' loyalty to Obama — President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran is the latest test of the Democrats' loyalty toward their ally in the White House. — Off a contentious trade debate that highlighted Democratic divisions and infuriated Obama's liberal base …
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Politico
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1 — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) said on Sunday that he would immediately end the historic deal over Iran's nuclear arms research should he become president. — The 2016 White House hopeful added that he believes the agreement threatens world peace.
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Politico:
Robert Menendez's multi-task: Prep for trial, blast Iran deal — The pro-Israel Democratic senator facing a corruption trial says he plans to be as vocal as ever on Iran. — Robert Menendez isn't acting like someone about to go on trial on corruption charges.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked — Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information.
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The Verge, Metro.co.uk, Mashable, Guardian, Slantpoint and The Next Web
Fox News:
Obama looks to ban Social Security recipients from owning guns — The Obama administration wants to keep people collecting Social Security benefits from owning guns if it is determined they are unable to manage their own affairs, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Alan Zarembo / Los Angeles Times:
Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security
Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security
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The PJ Tatler, Addicting Info and The Gateway Pundit
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management — As he preps his presidential bid, the Ohio governor is working to control his temper. — John Kasich has a resume seemingly tailor-made for a serious run for the Republican nomination: blue-collar upbringing, congressional budget hawk, Fox News commentator …
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Political Wire
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Can Bill De Blasio Turn Uber Into The NRA? — At war with the ride-hailing juggernaut, New York's mayor wants to talk about ideology, not taxis. — A John Paczkowski Special — So will Bill de Blasio pry the Uber app from his constituents' cold dead hands?
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Rosemary Regina Sobol / Chicago Tribune:
$1M bail for man accused of impersonating cop, shooting bar patron — A man with a prior hate crime conviction was charged with pretending to be a Chicago cop when he shot a man in the face with a pellet gun after questioning his citizenship during an argument inside a Northwest Side tavern early Friday, authorities said.
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Raw Story and Addicting Info
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Sanders vaults from fringe to the heart of the fray — SOMEWHERE OVER THE AMERICAN WEST — It's 7:20 a.m. and Bernie Sanders looks irritated. He's already buckled into his economy seat on Delta Flight 4516 and an attendant just announced that the flight would sit on the runway for 30 minutes before taking off.
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