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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Apologists — The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause.
Trump and His Apologists — The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause.
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Mediaite, Trail Blazers Blog, Business Insider and CNN
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Wild Weekend — Well, I expected the Family Leadership Summit …
Wild Weekend — Well, I expected the Family Leadership Summit …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
When politics imitates pro wrestling
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Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump says John McCain is a war hero — but doesn't apologize
Donald Trump says John McCain is a war hero — but doesn't apologize
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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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Associated Press:
Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted
Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted
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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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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.
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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MJ Brickey / News-Capital & Democrat:
Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally — A Stuart woman who attended a pro confederate flag rally in Birmingham, Alabama, said on her Facebook page she was subsequently involved in a car accident that resulted in a fatality in Mississippi.
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Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Anthony Hervey, killed in wreck, was piece of Oxford history
Anthony Hervey, killed in wreck, was piece of Oxford history
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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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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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Smithsonian Institution / Kickstarter:
Reboot the Suit: Bring Back Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit — You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. — Play — Unmute — Play with — sound — A chance for citizens of Earth to conserve, digitize, and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit for explorers everywhere.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood — Many years ago I interviewed for a reporting job covering government waste, fraud and mismanagement. The interview went well and my future employers mentioned that they'd had trouble keeping the position filled as many reporters had trouble coming up with story ideas.
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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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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Gen. Wesley Clark: Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps — U.S. General Wesley Clark floated a plan Friday for dealing with so-called “lone wolf” terrorists on American soil: imprison them in internment camps before they get the chance to attack the U.S.
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Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez / The Intercept:
Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans
Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans
Fox News:
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US — The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the Iran nuclear deal, though the show of support was interrupted shortly afterward by a war of words between the American and Iranian ambassadors.
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
U.N. Security Council endorses Iran nuclear deal
U.N. Security Council endorses Iran nuclear deal
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Industry rails against Obama's dishwasher rules — Companies that make dishwashers are warning that the Obama administration's latest efficiency standards for their industry would backfire. — The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers is accusing the Department of Energy (DOE) …
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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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ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooting: FBI Recovers Gunman's Disturbing Diary — With more than 30 FBI agents due to arrive today in Chattanooga, a diary belonging to the gunman and FBI interviews with his parents paint a picture of a disturbed, suicidal young man using drugs, preparing for bankruptcy …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Walker signs 20-week abortion ban — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Monday signed a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. — The law bans such abortions, often called “late-term,” unless there is a serious risk to the mother's life or health.
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