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Washington Post:
Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race — Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks …
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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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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gains Yet Shows Vulnerability in a Crowded, Contentious GOP Race (POLL) — Controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the GOP primary field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, while also garnering enough support as a hypothetical independent candidate …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes — Trump insults McCain, draws scrutiny 02:35 — Washington (CNN)Asked about the dispute between Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona — the candidate at the top of the ticket when she was 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
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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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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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David Dayen / The New Republic:
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test
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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress — UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution that creates the basis for international economic sanctions against Iran to be lifted …
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Fox News:
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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Aaron David Miller / The Daily Beast:
Iran's Win-Win...Win Win Win Nuke Deal
Iran's Win-Win...Win Win Win Nuke Deal
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Avi Lewis / The Times of Israel:
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scott Walker: We might have to take military action on Day One — A dispute has erupted between Scott Walker and Jeb Bush over how to handle the task of undoing Obama's Iran deal as president, with Bush hinting that Walker is approaching the issue with a lack of maturity …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Walker Goes All In on Iowa
Scott Walker Goes All In on Iowa
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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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Kristin M. Hall / Associated Press:
Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert divorce after 4 years — 5 photos — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip claiming marital troubles, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage.
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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Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Anthony Hervey, killed in wreck, was piece of Oxford history — A man who has been considered an Oxford fixture for at least the last two decades died in a car accident following a flag rally on Sunday, officials said. — Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy confirmed that a man killed …
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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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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
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him
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Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Hillary's hosting her first Facebook Q&A of the campaign this afternoon. She'll be chatting live about her vision for a better economy—add your question below, and the post will be updated when she's ready to chat!
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro files assault charges against trans woman who called him ‘little man’ — Zoey Tur and Ben Shapiro on HLN (Screenshot)
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Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk — Last week many of us were disgusted to learn Planned Parenthood is harvesting and selling body parts from aborted children. As the largest provider of abortion in America, Planned Parenthood is part of the problem, on the “supply” side.
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Mark Hertsgaard / The Daily Beast:
Climate Seer James Hansen Issues His Direst Forecast Yet — James Hansen's new study explodes conventional goals of climate diplomacy and warns of 10 feet of sea level rise before 2100. The good news is, we can fix it. — James Hansen, the former NASA scientist whose congressional …