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Mike Allen / Politico:
Fox lowers threshold for early debate — The change serves to guarantee the presence of candidates such as Lindsey Graham and Carly Fiorina. — Getty — Fox News is opening its 5 p.m. debate to all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for the Aug. 6 prime-time event …
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CBS News, Hot Air, The Week, Mediaite and Wall Street Journal
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Donald Trump says he'd tap Sarah Palin for a Cabinet post
Donald Trump says he'd tap Sarah Palin for a Cabinet post
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PoliticusUSA
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'd love' to have Sarah Palin in my administration
Trump: 'I'd love' to have Sarah Palin in my administration
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Right Wing Watch
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell to fast-track bill to defund Planned Parenthood — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is fast-tracking a bill to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood, after senators huddled in his office Tuesday to work out the details of a bill.
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Yahoo Politics, BREITBART.COM, Taylor Marsh and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
3rd Shock Video Catches Planned Parenthood Vice President Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies
3rd Shock Video Catches Planned Parenthood Vice President Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies
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Wizbang, Truth Revolt, American Thinker and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Fox News:
Technician details harvesting fetal parts for Planned Parenthood in latest video
Technician details harvesting fetal parts for Planned Parenthood in latest video
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RedState, The Hill, The Federalist, National Review, RH Reality Check, Politico, Townhall.com and Fox News Insider
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Poll Commissioned by Planned Parenthood Says Planned Parenthood Is Popular
Poll Commissioned by Planned Parenthood Says Planned Parenthood Is Popular
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LifeNews.com, The Federalist and National Review
New York Times:
Under Oath, Donald Trump Shows His Raw Side — Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.” — When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week, Mediaite, Daily Mail and The Right Scoop
Tom Brady / Facebook:
I am very disappointed by the NFL's decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me. I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either. — Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld …
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New York Times, CBS Boston, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Guardian, Mashable, NBC News, Associated Press and WBUR
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Mike Reiss / ESPN:
NFL upholds Tom Brady's suspension for his role in Deflategate
NFL upholds Tom Brady's suspension for his role in Deflategate
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ProFootballTalk, Taylor Marsh, abc13.com, Forbes and Tech Times
Politico:
House conservative seeks John Boehner's ouster — The move by Rep. Mark Meadows represents a new level of opposition to GOP leadership from House's right wing. — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) has filed a motion to try to force Speaker John Boehner from his leadership post.
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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Rule Vote Retribution Continues; Chaffetz Takes Away Subcommittee Gavel — And the payback keeps on coming. — After three conservative House Republicans were kicked off the whip team as a result of voting against a rule for trade legislation on June 11, a new round of punishment is being meted out …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Joe Biden's Political Moment — For the first time, the vice president looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton. — For Democratic leaders, the political logic of having Hillary Clinton as the party's standard bearer in 2016 was, at least for a while, undeniable.
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The Fiscal Times, Hot Air and Business Insider
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's ridiculous hedge on Keystone XL
Hillary Clinton's ridiculous hedge on Keystone XL
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PoliticusUSA, Hot Air and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Tom Steyer unfazed by Hillary Clinton's silence on Keystone
Tom Steyer unfazed by Hillary Clinton's silence on Keystone
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The PJ Tatler, Common Dreams, Addicting Info and susiemadrak.com
Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion ‘upset’ as hunter becomes hunted — As Zimbabwe police say he faces poaching charges, Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer faces furious criticism on social media — Who shot Cecil? First it was thought that a mystery Spaniard had the blood of one of Africa's most famous lions on his hands.
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CNN, Addicting Info, Raw Story, Associated Press, Washington Post, Balloon Juice and The Week
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Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Twin Cities dentist admits killing beloved lion, thought he was acting legally
Twin Cities dentist admits killing beloved lion, thought he was acting legally
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Firedoglake, Heavy.com, Sky News, New York Times, The Verge, Daily Mail, Mashable, BBC, KFOR-TV, Joe. My. God., Washington Post, Mediaite, Prairie Weather, Salon, Raw Story, Guardian, Boing Boing and Telegraph
Fox4News.com:
FOX 4 reporter confronts woman accused of stealing his identity — An accused credit card thief picked the wrong guy when she used FOX 4 consumer reporter Steve Noviello's Visa account to check into a North Texas hotel. — Farah Parks is accused of stealing Noviello's credit card information …
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Raw Story and FOX31 Denver
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Michael Moore Surprises with New “Stealth” Film To Be Launched at Toronto Film Fest — In the pack of titles announced today for the Toronto Film Festival: a “stealth” film by Michael Moore called “Where to Invade Next.” So far there is no distributor. The whole thing is being handled …
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Chicks on the Right
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg Business:
Smoke That Pot Now, Chris Christie Tells Users in States That Allow It — Residents in U.S. states that have legalized marijuana should toke up while they still can, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said. — “If you're getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it,” Christie …
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Hot Air, Joe. My. God., Hit & Run, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Slantpoint and Mediaite
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Christie to Colorado: Pot party ends with me
Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Hillary Emails No One Can Explain — There is a two-month gap in Hillary Clinton's emails that coincides with violence in Libya and the employment status of a top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin. — Among the approximately 2,000 emails that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
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Fox News
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why the Iran deal's public support is plummeting — It's been two weeks since the Iran deal was announced, and the American public's discomfort with its terms is deepening. American Jews don't like it, despite efforts by Obama's court Jews to make it seem as though they're far more supportive of it than Americans in general.
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Power Line
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Limbaugh mystified: Republican behavior ‘too weird’ — Joe Kovacs is an award-winning journalist and, since 1999, executive news editor of WND. He is the author of two best-selling books: “Shocked by the Bible: The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told” and its 2012 sequel …
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BarbWire.com and PoliticusUSA
Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:
Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’ — The University of New Hampshire has a “Bias-Free Language Guide” on its website, which “is meant to invite inclusive excellence in [the] campus community.” — Terms such as “American,” “homosexual,” “illegal alien …
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The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit