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Politico:
Planned Parenthood hires crisis communications firm — Planned Parenthood has hired high-profile Washington public relations firm SKDKnickerbocker as it scrambles to deal with the ongoing scandal and release of a third undercover video Tuesday showing a clinic's staff handling fetal tissue after an abortion.
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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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Truth Revolt, Politico, Fox News, American Thinker and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Austin Ruse / BREITBART.COM:
Planned Parenthood Investigation Reportedly Shows Doctors Discussing How to Maximize Revenue …
Planned Parenthood Investigation Reportedly Shows Doctors Discussing How to Maximize Revenue …
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
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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The Federalist, LifeNews.com and National Review
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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Washington Post, Washington Times, The Daily Signal, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, The Right Scoop and Instapundit
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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 …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP congressman launches bid to oust John Boehner as House speaker — A Republican congressman has filed a request to oust House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) in a new and unusual challenge to his leadership from the GOP's right flank. — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Tuesday evening filed a …
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, The Week, Mediaite and Wall Street Journal
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Donald Trump says he'd tap Sarah Palin for a Cabinet post — Donald Trump has succeeded in alienating many of his fellow Republicans with his personal attacks, but if he does win in November 2016 and is forced to assemble a cabinet of GOP allies, he knows exactly whom he would call on: Sarah Palin.
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PoliticusUSA
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'd love' to have Sarah Palin in my administration — Sarah Palin stood up for him after his recent controversial remarks about John McCain's war hero status sparked a firestorm of criticism, so now Donald Trump is returning the favor — by offering her a cabinet position in his future administration.
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Right Wing Watch
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
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Twin Cities dentist admits killing beloved lion, thought he was acting legally — A big-game hunter from the Twin Cities acknowledged Tuesday that he killed a beloved lion in Zimbabwe with a bow and arrow, but said he regrets what he did and believed that his guides were leading him on a legal hunt.
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Daily Mail, New York Times, KFOR-TV, Joe. My. God., Washington Post and Mashable
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Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion ‘upset’ as hunter becomes hunted
US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion ‘upset’ as hunter becomes hunted
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NPR, Associated Press, Addicting Info and Balloon Juice
Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist
Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist
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Star Tribune, Slate, RT, Guardian, Mashable, Daily Mail, Washington Post, BBC, Daily Kos, Towleroad, Mediaite, Salon, Refinery29, Raw Story, Boing Boing, The Week, Shakesville, Joe. My. God. and CNN
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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Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Mediaite and Slantpoint
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Christie to Colorado: Pot party ends with me
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Meet Donald Trump's Proud Bullies, Goons, And Thugs — Photo illustration by BuzzFeed News / Trump: Getty Images — When Donald Trump's longtime political adviser and attorney was asked by the Daily Beast Monday to comment on a potentially explosive story about his boss …
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, Guardian, New York Times, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Daily Mail, Fox News and Mediaite
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump adviser Michael Cohen apologizes for rape comment
Trump adviser Michael Cohen apologizes for rape comment
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Politico, Guardian, Young Conservatives, Mediaite, Slantpoint, msnbc.com, The Daily Beast, Fox News Insider, Techdirt, Slate, New York Magazine, New York Times, Refinery29, BuzzFeed, Vox, Talking Points Memo, Addicting Info, Telegraph, BizPac Review, ThinkProgress, TalkLeft, FiveThirtyEight, New York Daily News, Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, Yahoo Politics, The Week, The Huffington Post, ABC News, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Mashable, OnPolitics, Associated Press, The Right Scoop, Washington Post, The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Althouse
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 and Washington Post
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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, Addicting Info, susiemadrak.com and The Daily Caller
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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Mediaite
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Dems clash with Kerry over Iran deal — Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined with Republicans in pushing back on the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday as Secretary of State John Kerry faced the panel. — Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said he was “troubled by” …
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The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
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William Saletan / Slate:
Please Stop Talking, John Kerry
Stevengoddard / Real Science:
Mind-Blowing Temperature Fraud At NOAA — The measured US temperature data from USHCN shows that the US is on a long-term cooling trend. But the reported temperatures from NOAA show a strong warming trend. … They accomplish this through a spectacular hockey stick of data tampering …
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Vox Popoli and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
Teen ‘Lured’ 8-Year-Old Santa Cruz Girl Into Apartment Before Killing Her, Dumping Body in Recycling Bin: Police — A teenage boy arrested in the death of an 8-year-old Santa Cruz girl who went missing over the weekend allegedly lured the child into his apartment before killing her and dumping …
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KFOR-TV
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Rand Paul's downward spiral — He was once a serious contender for the White House. Now, his campaign is fighting over what went wrong. — Rand Paul, once seen as a top-tier contender, finds his presidential hopes fading fast as he grapples with deep fundraising and organizational problems …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President — ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama asserted on Tuesday that he could win a third term if allowed by the Constitution, but said he was looking forward to life after the presidency, when he will be able to take a walk and spend more time with his family.
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American Spectator, PoliticusUSA and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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CNN:
Obama: ‘I think if I ran again I could win’
Obama: ‘I think if I ran again I could win’
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BBC, LiberalAmerica.org and Truth Revolt