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Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
‘No one remembers him’: Donald Trump's classmates from UPenn business school have ‘no memory of him whatsoever,’ doubt his claims of being top in class — Donald Trump styles himself a natural-born genius with the academic credentials and business savvy to save the nation.
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Donald Trump / The Onion:
Admit It: You People Want To See How Far This Goes, Don't You?
Admit It: You People Want To See How Far This Goes, Don't You?
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Will GOP debate be the Trump show?
Will GOP debate be the Trump show?
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NBC News, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg View and Washington Post
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump's success annoys GOP
Trump's success annoys GOP
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump to tour U.S.-Mexico border
Donald Trump to tour U.S.-Mexico border
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump to visit Texas border
Trump to visit Texas border
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The Texas Tribune, The Gateway Pundit and The Right Scoop
New York Times:
The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood — A hidden-camera video released last week purported to show that Planned Parenthood illegally sells tissue from aborted fetuses. It shows nothing of the sort. But it is the latest in a series of unrelenting attacks on Planned Parenthood …
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Crush Planned Parenthood
Crush Planned Parenthood
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Ben Norton:
Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited — The dashcam video released to the public of the violent arrest of Sandra Bland was edited. — Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality who died in police custody …
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Richie Duchon / NBC News:
Sandra Bland Death: Texas to Look Into Alleged Edits of Dashcam Video
Sandra Bland Death: Texas to Look Into Alleged Edits of Dashcam Video
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Fred Fleitz / National Review:
IAEA Tells Congressmen of Two Secret Side Deals to Iran Agreement That Won't Be Shared with Congress — Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Congressmen Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) issued a press release today on a startling discovery they made during a July 17 meeting with International Atomic …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Provision in Iran Accord Is Challenged by Some Nuclear Experts
Provision in Iran Accord Is Challenged by Some Nuclear Experts
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz threatens to tie Iran deal to highway bill
Cruz threatens to tie Iran deal to highway bill
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and Associated Press
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He's Got to Rein In Roger Ailes — Has Fox News spun out of the media mogul's control? — Shares … The mounting problem Donald Trump poses to Republicans is also a mounting problem for the country's most powerful conservative media mogul: Rupert Murdoch.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Marco Rubio to Trump: We Already Have a President with No Class — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio took a shot at Donald Trump during an appearance on Fox and Friends, saying the presidency didn't need another man with no class. — When asked about Trump …
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Morning Consult, Hot Air, Political Wire, The Week and National Review
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
What makes the Very Serious People so very serious? — I mean that question quite um...seriously. — Paul Krugman, who I believe originated the concept, recently defined it as follows: “...someone distinguished by his faith in received orthodoxy no matter the evidence.”
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Henry Farrell / Washington Monthly:
A Brief Theory of Very Serious People
A Brief Theory of Very Serious People
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New York Times:
Service Members Risked Lives During Chattanooga Attack, Officials Say — CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Marines and sailors risked their lives for one another in Chattanooga last week, trying to distract the gunman who assaulted a naval center here, helping people scale a fence to reach safety …
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Mediaite, American Spectator, Business Insider and The Right Scoop
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David Larter / Navy Times:
Sources: Navy officer, Marine fought to take out Chattanooga gunman
Sources: Navy officer, Marine fought to take out Chattanooga gunman
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Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, BizPac Review, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Dylann Roof, Charleston Shooting Suspect, Is Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges — WASHINGTON — Dylann Roof, the man suspected of killing nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, S.C., last month was indicted on Wednesday on federal hate crime and other charges …
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Andrew Knapp / Post and Courier:
Dylann Roof indictment on federal hate crime charges is imminent, sources say
Dylann Roof indictment on federal hate crime charges is imminent, sources say
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Washington Post and NPR
Art Swift / Gallup:
Pope Francis' Favorable Rating Drops in U.S. — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pope Francis' favorability rating in the U.S. has returned to where it was when he was elected pope. It is now at 59%, down from 76% in early 2014. The pontiff's rating is similar to the 58% …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I gave out Lindsey Graham's phone number ‘for fun’ — Donald Trump has no regrets about giving out Lindsey Graham's cellphone number on Tuesday. — In fact, Trump said Wednesday, he “did it for fun.” — Story Continued Below — Asked on “Fox and Friends” …
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Bloomberg Business:
These Are the Top 20 Cities Americans Are Ditching — Soaring costs of living meant residents left New York City and its suburbs in droves — New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu: They're all places you would think would be popular destinations for Americans.
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WCTX-TV and Crain's Cleveland Business
Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
Obama's ICE Director: No Immigration Enforcement Until Amnesty Is Passed — President Obama's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director tells lawmakers that no consequences are planned for sanctuary cities until Congress first passes “comprehensive immigration reform.”
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BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Army chief Odierno, in exit interview, says US could have ‘prevented’ ISIS rise — EXCLUSIVE: The Army's top officer told Fox News Tuesday it's “frustrating” to watch the gains he helped achieve in Iraq disintegrate at the hands of the Islamic State, saying in an exit interview that the chaos now unfolding …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid — The weather in Washington, D.C., and Berlin, Germany, has been pretty similar recently. There is one striking difference between the two capitals, though: Whereas many Americans would probably never consider living or working …
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Bloomberg View and National Review
Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's Could Offer All-Day Breakfast Nationwide in October — Results in test markets have been encouraging, memo says — McDonald's Corp. could start offering all-day breakfast nationwide in October, just months after it began testing the idea, according to a memo sent to U.S. franchisees and employees on Tuesday.
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