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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next? — The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Scarborough: IG report on emails “just the tip of the iceberg” for Hillary
Scarborough: IG report on emails “just the tip of the iceberg” for Hillary
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TheBlaze.com, Power Line, Weekly Standard and Mediaite
Scott Wong / The Hill:
House GOP to Senate: We're not taking up your highway bill — The House will not vote on a Senate bill that funds highway construction for six years and revives the now-expired Export-Import Bank, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday.
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PoliticusUSA and Hot Air
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy rules out passing Senate's highway bill
Rep. Kevin McCarthy rules out passing Senate's highway bill
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Daily Kos, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and Booman Tribune
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Senate blocks Lee's vote to defund Planned Parenthood
Senate blocks Lee's vote to defund Planned Parenthood
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Politico, PoliticusUSA and Taylor Marsh
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data … One of the hackers, who goes by the pseudonym “E,” told the Daily Dot that the cyberattack was politically motivated.
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Motherboard, Talking Points Memo, Fusion, Mediaite, Guardian, Daily Mail, Politico, LifeNews.com, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, Refinery29 and The Right Scoop
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
The 4 Most Embarrassing Things Cecile Richards Said In Defense Of Planned Parenthood — We're two weeks into the release of videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of organs harvested from the unborn children they abort. The first video, featuring Dr. Deborah Nucatola …
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National Review, Washington Times, LifeNews.com and KFOR-TV
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood
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LifeNews.com
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Realizes — Let's all please stop asserting that Bernie Sanders can't beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination race. Pundits and journalists galore have been declaring (alleged margin of error: zero) that the Vermont senator will lose to his party's front-runner.
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Kathleen Willey / WND:
‘Have you been sexually harassed by Bill Clinton?’
‘Have you been sexually harassed by Bill Clinton?’
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Rush Limbaugh, BizPac Review and Liberaland
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
4 poll numbers that should unnerve Hillary Clinton
4 poll numbers that should unnerve Hillary Clinton
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The Daily Banter, Fox News, Newsmax, CNN and Business Insider
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Boston's Bid for Summer Olympics Is Terminated — BOSTON — After a tortuous seven-month public process, the United States Olympic Committee on Monday acknowledged that it had failed to win over the people of Boston to host the 2024 Summer Games and it officially pulled the plug on its bid to put forth Boston as America's host city.
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Times of San Diego, Hit & Run and Forbes
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Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston 2024 Olympic bid is ‘over’
Boston 2024 Olympic bid is ‘over’
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Politico, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Balloon Juice and NPR
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Florida dad killed in front of family after road rage fight — FLORIDA (CNN) — A Florida man is in jail, charged with second degree murder after a road rage altercation ended in gunfire. It was captured on two separate 911 calls. — Citrus County deputies say Robert Doyle shot …
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Jeb Bush Says He Was Hurt by Trump Remarks About Mexicans — Jeb Bush told MSNBC's Jose Diaz-Balart that he was “herido,” Spanish for “hurt,” by Donald Trump's comments about undocumented Mexican immigrants during an interview conducted entirely in Spanish on Monday.
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OnPolitics, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Truth Revolt and ThinkProgress
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Chris Christie Says He Won't Comment On Donald Trump Anymore
Chris Christie Says He Won't Comment On Donald Trump Anymore
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Zombies Against Medicare — Medicare turns 50 this week, and it has been a very good half-century. Before the program went into effect, Ronald Reagan warned that it would destroy American freedom; it didn't, as far as anyone can tell. What it did do was provide a huge improvement …
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Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Big majority of GOP voters favors mass deportation, poll finds
Morning Plum: Big majority of GOP voters favors mass deportation, poll finds
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Washington Monthly, Mediaite, Hit & Run, Daily Kos, NBC News, Eclectablog, Hot Air, Vox Popoli, Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice
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It is time for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to resign — It is time for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to resign for the good of the nation and the Republican Party. The nation and GOP are both suffering as a result of the unwillingness or inability of McConnell and Boehner to effectively defend either.
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Townhall.com, BREITBART.COM and The Right Scoop
New York Post:
Dad controls daughters' $20M inheritance from grave — Victoria (from left) and Marlena Laboz, with mom Ewa. — A wealthy Manhattan landlord left $20 million to his two daughters — but they can collect only on his strict terms. — Daddy Dearest real estate millionaire Maurice Laboz …
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Telegraph and Daily Mail
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Snares a Democratic Moneyman on Hamptons Tour — Behind a garden modeled on Monet's, Jeb Bush addressed a lawn-full of chief executives and hedge-fund managers at an East Hampton, New York, estate Saturday morning. While the candidate is no stranger to courting wealthy donors …
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The Gateway Pundit
Des Bieler / Washington Post:
‘Hibachi’ lives! Gilbert Arenas revives catchphrase while winning prizes at a county fair — When Gilbert Arenas was traded away from the Wizards in 2010, he left behind one of the most up-and-down legacies in local sports history. Among the fonder memories Wizards fans have of the guard was his schtick of crying “Hibachi!”
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FOX31 Denver and FOX5 San Diego
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline — On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby. — But you can't see it. … A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Koch brothers summon Bush, Cruz, Walker, Rubio to SoCal confab — The crowded field of GOP contenders is competing aggressively for the support of uncommitted mega-donors. — Four leading GOP presidential candidates - Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker …
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ABC News, Daily Kos, Real Clear Politics, Washington Post and OnPolitics
Erin Blasko / South Bend Tribune:
Man shot over Confederate flag is not racist, friend says — SOUTH BEND — A man who was shot Thursday while driving through a black neighborhood with the Confederate battle flag is not racist, a friend says. — “I've never known him to use any racial slurs,” Cally Baker said Saturday.
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Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Deirdra Funcheon / New Times Broward-Palm Beach:
Migrants Jump Off Boat, Run Ashore, During Miami Beach Fashion Shoot (VIDEO) — About 6 a.m. on July 10, Ekaterina Juskowski was shooting a video of her friend, a model, near 36th Street in the heart of Miami Beach. — She noticed that a blue-green boat in the background …
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BizPac Review
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Watch heated confrontation over Confederate flags in Douglasville — The incident reportedly happened near Chapel Hill Road's intersection with I-20. — Police confirmed there was an argument between a convoy of trucks and members of a birthday party. — Douglasville police are investigating …
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Mail
Steven Malanga / City Journal:
The State GOP Wave — Republican governors and local lawmakers push back against Obama-era progressivism with an array of pro-growth policies. — Summer 2015 — Shortly before leaving office in January, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley found himself speaking on the phone …