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Donald Trump gives out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number — If Lindsey Graham has to change cellphone numbers, he has Donald Trump to thank. — On Tuesday, Trump ramped up his attacks on the South Carolina senator — who made headlines Monday for calling the Donald a “jackass” — and even gave out Graham's private phone number.
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Lindsey Graham to Trump: “Stop being a jackass” — Shares - — Presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has “had it” with Donald Trump. — After Trump undermined the military service of Graham's longtime colleague Sen. John McCain, Graham had a clear message for his GOP rival.
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What Al Sharpton learned from James Brown that Donald Trump hasn't — The Rev. Al Sharpton perfectly assessed the character of Donald Trump's death-defying campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. “What plays at Lincoln Center don't play at the Apollo,” Sharpton said about Trump.
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Des Moines Register:
Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show — It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States. — People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump calls The Des Moines Register ‘sophomoric’
Trump calls The Des Moines Register ‘sophomoric’
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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News:
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft …
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft …
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CNN:
Jeb Bush defends McCain, but supported Swift Boat attacks against Kerry
Jeb Bush defends McCain, but supported Swift Boat attacks against Kerry
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer
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Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Trump opens double-digit lead on GOP rivals as paper calls for end to ‘his bloviating side show’
Trump opens double-digit lead on GOP rivals as paper calls for end to ‘his bloviating side show’
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CNN, Rush Limbaugh and TalkLeft
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It — I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. — Though I hadn't touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting …
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Shock Video Catches Another Top Planned Parenthood Doctor Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies — A second shocking video in as many weeks has been released showing a top Planned Parenthood official discussing and arranging the sale of body parts of aborted babies.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm
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The Daily Signal
Austin Ruse / BREITBART.COM:
New Video Shows Another Planned Parenthood Doctor Haggling Price of Baby Body Parts
New Video Shows Another Planned Parenthood Doctor Haggling Price of Baby Body Parts
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
John Kasich: A Jeb Bush In Jon Huntsman Clothing — It reads like a dream résumé for a Republican presidential candidate: nine-term congressman, six-year Fox News host and now twice-elected governor of a crucial swing state. His record puts him snugly in the mainstream of the Republican Party.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich throws a Hail Mary
John Kasich throws a Hail Mary
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Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Republicans' ‘Munich’ fallacy — You have to feel sorry for Munich. Home to museums, universities, beer halls and one spectacular glockenspiel, it gets international recognition instead for a misbegotten 1938 summit conference in which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain …
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Washington Monthly
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Obama orders flags to half staff at White House for Chattanooga victims — (CNN)The White House and U.S. Capitol both lowered flags to half staff by Tuesday afternoon, after they were out of sync Tuesday in their tributes to the five U.S. service members who were slain by a gunman in Chattanooga last week.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
White House to engage Iran critics through @TheIranDeal
White House to engage Iran critics through @TheIranDeal
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
White House on defense after Security Council vote on Iran
White House on defense after Security Council vote on Iran
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Zandar Versus The Stupid
David Montgomery / New York Times:
New Details Released in Sandra Bland's Death in Texas Jail — HEMPSTEAD, Tex. — The authorities on Monday offered new details of the final hours of a Chicago-area woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Texas three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Alito: Gay Marriage Ruling Could Allow Judges To End Minimum Wage Laws — According to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the court's recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage laid the legal groundwork for a libertarian justice to eliminate minimum wage laws, or a socialist justice to say that there is a right to an annual income.
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The Daily Beast, The Week and Weekly Standard
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD finds 1,200 guns, two tons of ammo in dead man's Pacific Palisades home — It wasn't what police expected to find when they searched a man's Pacific Palisades home last week. — More than 1,200 guns were strewn about the Palisades Drive house and garage, police said.
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Associated Press, Washington Times, KTLA and Slantpoint
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Great Lost Huckabee Constituency — Something I was vaguely aware of but hadn't really focused on came very much to my attention yesterday while we were taping this week's WaMo BloggingheadsTV/podcast with guest Matt Cooper of Newsweek. Matt wrote a column that actually got Trump's personal attention …
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Booman Tribune and No More Mister Nice Blog
The Hill:
House to vote on blocking federal grants to sanctuary cities — The House will vote this week on legislation that would deny funding to “sanctuary cities” that have policies designed to shelter illegal immigrants from deportation. — Sanctuary cities largely refuse to cooperate with federal immigration policies.
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ThinkProgress and ABC News
Paul Bowers / Charleston City Paper:
Sousaphonist serenades Confederate flag supporters in Columbia — 'I didn't really know how to show my opposition, so that was my way of doing it,' says musician — Saturday afternoon, as defenders of the Confederate flag assembled in Columbia to protest the flag's removal from Statehouse grounds …
Reuters:
Kerry says Iran vow to defy U.S. is ‘very disturbing’ — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme was “very disturbing”.
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Legendary SEAL Marcus Luttrell Seemingly Sends Clear, Four-Word Message to Obama Over Chattanooga Shooting — Retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, author and subject of “Lone Survivor,” responded tersely Monday to reports indicating officials have told U.S. Marine recruiters not to wear …
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BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News