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The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run — NEW YORK — Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season. — “The RNC has not been supportive.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Trump Card — When I opened my favorite news aggregator this morning, nine of the top ten items were about Donald Trump. That's right: 90% of the top stories involved the bloviating real estate tycoon and reality TV star. — No, I'm not going to write 90% of my 12 posts today on The Donald …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Poll shows Trump with slim lead, Walker in second
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump threatens GOP with third-party run
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Trump: Stewart is ‘begging’ me to appear on his final show
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
GOP's Favorability Rating Takes a Negative Turn — Republicans Less Positive About Their Party — The Republican Party's image has grown more negative over the first half of this year. Currently, 32% have a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 60% have an unfavorable view.
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Neil Vigdor / Connecticut Post:
Democrats drop Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson names from annual fundraising dinner — Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson are history in Connecticut. — Under pressure from the NAACP, the state Democratic Party will scrub the names of the two presidents from its annual fundraising dinner because of their ties to slavery.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bye Bye J-J! — Executive Office of the President/Wikimedia Commons (left), Executive Office of the President/Wikimedia Commons (right) — You had to figure this was coming (per the Connecticut Post's Neil Vigdor): … As briefly discussed here in response to an essay from Jonathan Chait suggesting …
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Jeb Bush pushes to ‘phase out’ Medicare — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush appeared at a New Hampshire event last night sponsored by the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, and the former governor raised a few eyebrows with his comments on the future of Medicare.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Quietly Suggests ‘Phasing Out’ Medicare
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Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Exclusive: More MSNBC Changes Coming with Three Shows Out, Hard News and Chuck Todd Back — A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will announce today major changes to its afternoon lineup...arguably the most significant revamp the network has made at one time in its 19-year history.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House acknowledges ‘side’ deals between Iran, IAEA — National Security Adviser Susan Rice on Wednesday acknowledged the existence of so-called “side” agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. — Rice said the deals involve Iran accounting for past military uses …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner noncommittal on defunding Planned Parenthood — Speaker John Boehner twice stopped short of declaring the House would cut off all government funding to Planned Parenthood, and said he would rely on the results of a pair of congressional investigations to guide his decision.
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IPAB's on the horizon — House Republicans vow to subpoena Planned Parenthood official …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Pelosi urges DOJ probe into group targeting Planned Parenthood
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
Bison attacks woman who was trying to take selfie with it in Yellowstone Park — Yellowstone: Our first national park 9 photos — Yellowstone: Our first national park - Old Faithful Geyser may be the most-famous “resident” of Yellowstone National Park, but park ranger Dan Hottle …
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Chelsea Rarrick / WTVR-TV:
‘Just stay behind me’ Construction worker helps teen escape I-95 abduction — HENRICO COUNTY, Va — Kevin Huntington knows things can get hectic along Interstate 95, especially in Northern Virginia. The construction worker said what he saw last week, was like nothing he's ever experienced.
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Hector Garza / PO Box 2363 Laredo, TX 78044:
National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 statement — After careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) at the National level, it has been decided by Local 2455 to pull out of all events involving Donald Trump.
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Aarik Woods / WQAD-TV:
Mayflies force shutdown of Savanna - Sabula Bridge — Emergency crews were on scene over the weekend to clear a bridge after bugs took over. — On Saturday night, Teena Franzen recorded the incident while riding with her son in a Sabula police car.
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sandra Bland's ‘Heartbreaking’ Death Matters for Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton today called Sandra Bland's “heartbreaking” death in a Texas jail cell “another African-American life cut short.” — “And that's why I think it is essential that we all stand up and say loudly and clearly …
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Increasingly divided Democrats causing problems for their party
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner got a job fixing PR messes — seriously — If you find yourself in a p.r. nightmare, there's a swashbuckling new hero you can turn to — Carlos Danger. — A top “crisis” public-relations firm with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton has hired the last person in the world …
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Los Angeles Times:
A homeless woman picked up an LAPD nightstick during the skid row shooting — and could get life in prison — Millions of people viewed video of the fatal police shooting March 1 of an unarmed black man known as “Africa” outside his skid row tent. — Police said the man …
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Reality TV star found dead in Redondo Beach home; boyfriend arrested — A former Los Angeles police officer who starred in a reality TV show about her subsequent career as a lawyer was found slain Wednesday morning in her Redondo Beach home, authorities said.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Times Editor: Isn't It Awesome How Hillary's Stonewalling The Press? — In a podcast posted on the New York Times website earlier this week, the paper's editorial page editor openly praised Hillary Clinton's strategy of stonewalling the media and refusing to answer questions about her campaign.
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Gaping Hole in the Iran Debate — Iraqis peer through the window of an armored vehicle as the last American soldiers leave Iraq. (Lucas Jackson / Reuters) — I have a fantasy. It's that every politician and pundit who goes on TV to discuss the Iran deal is asked this question first …
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Sean Langille / Washington Examiner:
Watch Ted Cruz confront protesters over Iran nuke deal — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — During a rally Thursday protesting the Iran deal not including the release of four imprisoned Americans, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was met with boisterous protests from the anti-war group Code Pink.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Toxic Worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates — Moses gave us the Ten Commandments. Paul gave us the epistles. And Ta-Nehisi gave us, Between the World and Me. — Get POLITICO Magazine in your feeds — The new book by Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, in the form of a letter to his son …
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