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Quinnipiac University:
Release Detail — July 30, 2015 - Trump Tops Republican Pack By Wide Margin, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Dems Trump Trump In General Election — With 20 percent of Republican voters, Donald Trump is the clear leader in the crowded Republican presidential primary field …
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race — After U.S. Senator Marco Rubio decided to run for president, he asked donors to transfer their contributions from his aborted re-election campaign to his bid for the White House. More than 260 didn't.
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Taylor Marsh
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Clinton's habit of dodging key issues draws Democrats' fire — Could an excess of caution hurt Hillary Clinton? — This query is coming to the fore again after she dodged a question on Tuesday over whether she supports or opposes building the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Prairie Weather, Liberal Values, Seeing the Forest and Washington Post
Mitch Perry / SaintPetersBlog:
Shock poll: Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush 26-20 percent ... in Florida
Shock poll: Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush 26-20 percent ... in Florida
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BREITBART.COM, Outside the Beltway and Business Insider
Associated Press:
Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials — LOS ANGELES - A temporary restraining order has been issued preventing an anti-abortion group from releasing any video of leaders of a California company that provides fetal tissue to researchers.
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The Daily Beast:
Why Dems Don't Want to Talk About Planned Parenthood — While Republicans are celebrating Planned Parenthood's PR disaster, Hillary Clinton and the other Democratic hopefuls are scrambling to respond. — Over the last three weeks, Planned Parenthood has been the subject of three sting videos …
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Commentary Magazine, The Federalist, The Hill, Shakesville, National Review, Truth Revolt, LifeNews.com, American Spectator and UnionLeader.com
David Weigel / Washington Post:
For Democrats, there's no right answer on Planned Parenthood
For Democrats, there's no right answer on Planned Parenthood
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LifeNews.com, Guardian, Washington Free Beacon and The Gateway Pundit
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government
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NBC News, Hit & Run and Yahoo Politics
Wall Street Journal:
UBS Deal Shows Clinton's Complicated Ties — Donations to family foundation increased after secretary of state's involvement in tax case — A few weeks after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, she was summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss an urgent matter.
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The Week, Washington Post, Fox News and Political Wire
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why the Naysayers Are Wrong About the Iran Deal — Mike Huckabee says President Obama is using his nuclear deal to “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.” Mitt Romney describes it as a “generational calamity.” And while polls diverge, one recently taken by CNN suggests …
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JustOneMinute, Washington Free Beacon and Talking Points Memo
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Israel: U.S. Officials Are Withholding Major Parts And Details Of Iran Deal From Us — As the Obama administration desperately tries to sell the Iran deal to a skeptical Senate, including Democrats, U.S. officials are being accused of withholding details of the deal from Israel.
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USA Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Post
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump — A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire's rise in the polls. — t writerknowles — Donald Trump is a brand, and his New Hampshire supporters are itching to buy it.
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Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Raw Story and Business Insider
Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump amuses us to death — All right then, let's do this. If we have to talk about Donald Trump, because apparently the subject will not just go away on its own, then let's talk about him, even if it means going back on a vow I made 16 years ago. — This was back in 1999 …
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Judge explodes over Hillary email delays — An irritated federal judge Thursday put the Hillary Clinton email scandal into stark terms, grilling the State Department on a pattern of delayed document releases that has turned a possible bureaucratic logjam into a major problem for the leading Democratic presidential contender.
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Washington Free Beacon and BizPac Review
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Clinton must be joking — Those Clinton campaign strategists are so clever: trying to just lighten up this whole process, appeal to the young, show they get the joke and turn Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign into a late-night comedy punch line. — In just days, Clinton …
New York Times:
Killer of Cecil the Lion Finds Out That He Is a Target Now, of Internet Vigilantism — BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Two signs posted on the door of a nondescript dental office here asked passers-by to mourn the death of Cecil, a lion who was lured off his sanctuary and killed during a game hunt this month in Zimbabwe.
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USA Today, Washington Post and Patterico's Pontifications
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Citing IRS targeting, Cruz compares Obama to Nixon — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accused the IRS on Wednesday of purposefully targeting conservative groups for political reasons, and failing years later to have cleaned up the problem. — But Cruz, who's running for president in 2016 …
Cincinnati.com:
John Kasich vs. pop culture — Ohio Gov. John Kasich's past scrapes with pop culture are starting to resurface now that he's announced for president. — Among his targets: The 1996 Coen brothers movie “Fargo,” and hip-hop band “The Roots.” In both cases, the stories were told by Kasich himself …
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Booman Tribune and Political Wire
Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate — Recent elections around the world have not been kind to pollsters. In contests in Israel and Britain, and in a referendum in Scotland, pre-election polls all showed tight races that ended up being, well, not so tight.
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Outside the Beltway
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Salma Hayek Blasts Donald Trump For Immigration Comments: I Won't Even Say His Name — Salma Hayek wasn't that shocked when she heard Donald Trump's now infamous statements about Mexican immigrants. — “I'm aware that he would say anything to attract attention and create the publicity around him …
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Slantpoint and Just Jared
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart — Will Dana, the managing editor of Rolling Stone, will leave the magazine, just months after a controversial article about a supposed gang rape at the University of Virginia was retracted. — Mr. Dana, whose planned last day is Aug. 7 …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some — Story highlights — (CNN)Donald Trump, the Republican presidential hopeful who shot up to the head of the pack over his controversial comments about illegal immigrants, is finally starting to lay out an immigration policy.
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ThinkProgress and Political Wire
Chris Stigall / CBS Philly:
Author Ronald Kessler On Bill Clinton: ‘He Has A Blonde, Busty Mistress’ — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Author Ronald Kessler defends secret service agents and makes some sensational claims about former Presidents in his new book, The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.
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TheBlaze.com, BizPac Review, Chicks on the Right and The Gateway Pundit
Tarini Parti / Politico:
‘Dark money’: ALEC wants image makeover — The goal is to reduce negative perceptions about anonymous contributions. — Occupy Portland F29 marchers are shown demonstrating to raise awareness of the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC. AP Photo
Drew Altman / Wall Street Journal:
How to Think About Higher Growth in Health-Care Spending — Rather like a broken record, I have been warning for years that historically low rates of increase in health-care spending would not last. Now it's time for a different warning: The higher rates of growth now expected are moderate and should be seen in context.
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Common Dreams, US News and Peterson-Kaiser Health …
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
White Flight Never Ended — Nearly 50 years ago, after a string of race-related riots in cities across America, President Lyndon B. Johnson commissioned a panel of civic leaders to investigate the underlying causes of racial tension in the country. — The result was the Kerner Report …