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New York Magazine:
'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn't Listen … More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women's movement began. Consider the evidence of October 2014 …
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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 …
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood — Anti-abortion hackers have apparently hit Planned Parenthood, potenially leaking the reproductive healthcare organization's internal data and employee information. — The hackers are also threatening to release …
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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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LifeNews.com, The Right Scoop and Refinery29
Nick Gass / Politico:
Reince Priebus: GOP candidates should pledge not to make third-party bids — Republican candidates for president should pledge not to run as a third-party candidate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday. — The remarks come days after current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump hinted …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage — The race is on for the final spots on stage for the first Republican debate. — With the highly-anticipated showdown less than two weeks away, candidates with low polling numbers are in a high-stakes scramble to qualify …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
I don't fear a third-party run from Donald Trump, GOP chief Reince Priebus says
I don't fear a third-party run from Donald Trump, GOP chief Reince Priebus says
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WATE-TV:
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 …
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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Manu Raju / Politico:
Marco Rubio, absentee senator — The Florida senator leads the 2016 pack — in playing hooky from his day job to campaign. — At last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Marco Rubio attacked the Obama administration for failing to secure the release of American hostages in Iran.
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama: Mike Huckabee's Iran Comments an Attempt to ‘Push Mr. Trump Out of the Headlines’ — On his first day in Ethiopia, President Obama waded into the 2016 presidential campaign, criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for suggesting the president is trying …
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Afi Scruggs / Guardian:
White officer pepper-sprays crowd at Black Lives Matter summit in Cleveland — An encounter with an ‘intoxicated’ 14-year-old outside the conference to discuss police brutality ends with a transit officer spraying the crowd — A transit police officer has pepper-sprayed a crowd …
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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.
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
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Xenia Kounalaki / ekathimerini.com:
Varoufakis claims had approval to plan parallel banking system
Varoufakis claims had approval to plan parallel banking system
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Coming (And Hilarious) Democrat Implosion — Republicans fear a repeat of 1992, with a squishy Bush at the head of the ticket watching helplessly as some populist businessman/novelty act hands the election to a Clinton. But Democrats should fear the far more likely repeat of 1968.
Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter's fall resonates with Asian immigrant children — For a while, Jennifer Pan's parents regarded her as their “golden” child. — The young Canadian woman, who lived in the city of Markham just north of Toronto, was a straight A student at a Catholic school …
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg Business:
Governors Who Would Be President Have Mixed Records on Miracles — Miracles are regular occurrences for governors who want to be president of the U.S. — Rick Perry's supporters have talked about the “Texas Miracle” of job growth. Post-recession recoveries under John Kasich …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump — It has been more than a week since Donald Trump's remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.
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ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Ohio Cops Hunt 70 Juveniles In Late Night “Mob And Rob” Of Circle K Store — Buster — Ohio cops are investigating the ransacking of a Circle K store that was overrun early Saturday morning by up to 70 juveniles. — According to Akron police, the suspects “entered the gas station …
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Cryptome:
Gawker Fires Bill Arkin — Gawker Geithner article retrieved before removal by Archive.org: — https://cryptome.org/2015/07/gawker- geithner.pdf — From: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org> — To: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org> — Dear Friends,
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Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
New California: Mass Immigration Turning Virginia Blue — A remarkable transformation is underway in the Commonwealth of Virginia. — The birthplace and final resting place of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson—and once one of the most reliably-red of red states …
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Politico:
House Democrats whip for Iran deal — The nuclear agreement faces a make-or-break vote this September. — Peter Welch, left, is one of the deal backers. He is pictured here with Elijah Cummings. AP Photo — Three days before world leaders formally unveiled an interim deal in early 2014 …
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