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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nope. Trump's Latest Outrage Will Not Sink Him One Bit — Has Donald Trump finally done it? Finally gone too far? — Coming from Trump, the comments seem more ridiculous than outrageous. And let's not forget that only a decade ago Republicans ran an entire presidential campaign around …
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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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Wild Weekend — Well, I expected the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, and the Netroots Nation gathering in Phoenix, to be potentially significant presidential campaign events over the weekend (see Nancy LeTourneau's succinct summary). But I didn't figure (a) Donald Trump might hand …
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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 …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
When politics imitates pro wrestling
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Washington Post and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Taking On Trump
The Note: Taking On Trump
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rudy On The Donald: He's Helping Republicans By Getting Bigger Audience For Debate
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz: Not Going ‘Into the Gutter’ to Attack Trump
Cruz: Not Going ‘Into the Gutter’ to Attack Trump
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Business Insider
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Bush-Walker Dispute Catches Fire Over Iran Nuclear Deal — A smoldering policy dispute over the Iran deal between two frontrunners for the Republican nomination caught fire over the weekend, as the campaigns of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and former Florida governor Jeb Bush traded accusations …
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UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1
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Politico and Prairie Weather
TMZ.com:
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert — Divorcing — BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT — DIVORCING — EXCLUSIVE — Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting divorced ... TMZ has learned. — The couple filed divorce docs a while ago, and a judge is expected to officially end their 4 year marriage today.
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Associated Press:
BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT DIVORCE AFTER 4 YEARS — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage. — The news was confirmed in a statement Monday to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives.
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USA Today
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker — Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company. In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership's vote …
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Allison Samuels / Vanity Fair:
Rachel Dolezal's True Lies — For a time this summer, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president whose parents had “outed” her as white. The tornado of public attention has since moved on, but Rachel Dolezal still has to live with her choices—and still refuses to back down.
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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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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
AshleyMadison.com Hack Threatens Millions of Would-Be Adulterers
AshleyMadison.com Hack Threatens Millions of Would-Be Adulterers
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US should hang Edward Snowden, says former spy panel senator — The U.S. should publicly hang leaker Edward Snowden if and when he falls into the government's hands, according to the former top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. — “We need to hang him on the courthouse square …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him — “I hope none of you have sympathy for him because we need to hang him on the courthouse square as soon as we get our hands on him,” said former Sen. Saxby Chambliss. — View Video ›
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Crist: ‘I intend on running’ for Congress — “If the new congressional map includes my home, I intend on running to serve the people again,” Crist said in a post on Twitter. — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist all but announced his intentions to run for Congress in a Tampa Bay-area House seat …
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly enters race for U.S. Senate
U.S. Rep. David Jolly enters race for U.S. Senate
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Examiner:
Woman burns NAACP card at rally, injured in crash after allegedly being chased — Arlene Barnum, a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Army and Republican activist who supports the Confederate battle flag, burned her lifetime membership card to the NAACP at a multi-racial unity rally to save …
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MJ Brickey / News-Capital & Democrat:
Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally
Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally
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BREITBART.COM:
Ben Shapiro Files Police Report Against Transgender Reporter Zoey Tur — Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro has filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department alleging battery against transgender Inside Edition reporter Zoey Tur, née Robert Albert Tur.
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Yuri Milner, Russian Entrepreneur, Promises $100 Million for Alien Search — Extending his idea of philanthropy beyond the earth and even the human species, Yuri Milner, the Russian Internet entrepreneur and founder of science giveaways like the annual $3 million Fundamental Physics Prizes …
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Gregory Katz / Associated Press:
Stephen Hawking Teams With Russian Billionaire To Search For Alien Life
Stephen Hawking Teams With Russian Billionaire To Search For Alien Life
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