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Quinnipiac University:
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, but he trails any of three leading …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rand Paul attributes Trump's rise to a ‘loss of sanity’ — Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) is attributing GOP rival Donald Trump's rise in the polls to a momentary “loss of sanity.” — “I think this is a temporary sort of loss of sanity, but we're going to come back to our senses and look …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump lowers expectations for debate — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he has “no idea” how he will perform in next week's Republican 2016 debate. — Trump argued that he is a man of action rather than words during a news conference in Turnberry, Scotland, that afternoon.
Jon WardSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump offered access to the Republican National Committee's voter file — The Republican National Committee has offered to share its voter file with Donald Trump's presidential campaign and is waiting to hear back from the businessman's still assembling operation. — Trump announced his candidacy on June 16.
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David Daley / Salon:
“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton
“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Winning Facebook by a Landslide
Donald Trump Winning Facebook by a Landslide
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood VP Says Fetuses May Come Out Intact, Agrees Payments Specific to the Specimen — #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD VP SAYS FETUSES MAY COME OUT INTACT, AGREES PAYMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE SPECIMEN — Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains VP & Medical Director Savita Ginde …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government
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Sarah Rumpf / BREITBART.COM:
Planned Parenthood's ‘Hacked’ Website Looks Like PR Stunt
Planned Parenthood's ‘Hacked’ Website Looks Like PR Stunt
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Planned Parenthood “Hacking” Sure Looks Like An Orchestrated PR Stunt
Planned Parenthood “Hacking” Sure Looks Like An Orchestrated PR Stunt
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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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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Fox News GOP Debate Could Draw the Biggest Audience in Cable News History — and Roger Ailes Is Making All the Rules — “Crazy stuff! You have a TV executive deciding who is in — and out — of a presidential debate! ” — Shares
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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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some
Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bring on the Cattle Cars, the Police State!
Bring on the Cattle Cars, the Police State!
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Facts in Clinton's ‘secret’ emails came from five intelligence agencies — Revelations put Clinton in the cross-hairs of a broadening inquiry into whether she mishandled classified information — Officials reviewed five classified emails and determined that they included information from five intelligence agencies
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Judge explodes over Hillary email delays
Judge explodes over Hillary email delays
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
MSNBC cancels three shows amid transition — MSNBC has formally decided to cancel three programs — “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” — as part of a larger effort to shift its daytime lineup away from opinion programming, network sources told the On Media blog on Thursday.
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Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth — 24 photos — RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games …
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Jon Stewart opens up on ‘secret’ White House visits — “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart is opening up about his “secret” White House meetings with President Obama, revealing that they were far more sinister than initially reported. — “It was a roundtable meeting with the president …
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Daily Mail and Sun-Times National
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Ray Rahman / EW.com:
THE DAILY SHOW PRODUCERS ON JON STEWART'S LAST SHOW: 'DONALD TRUMP IS NOT COMING ON THE SHOW
THE DAILY SHOW PRODUCERS ON JON STEWART'S LAST SHOW: 'DONALD TRUMP IS NOT COMING ON THE SHOW
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FishbowlDC and Sun-Times National
ABC News:
Canary in Coal Mine: Trouble Ahead for Poll Leaders Trump and Clinton — The two presidential candidates rated as least favorable, most untrustworthy, and least likely to care about the needs and problems of regular folks are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and they are leading their respective party primaries.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A tale of two Hillarys — Charles Dickens could have been writing …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
James Woods Sues Twitter User for $10 Million Over “Cocaine Addict” Accusation — The actor files a defamation lawsuit against an individual who replied to his tweets about Barack Obama and Caitlyn Jenner. — Incivility on social media seems to be a regular occurrence …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
After Firedoglake — As many of you know, Firedoglake has been on hiatus for eight months while I recovered from hip replacement surgery. During that time I've been contemplating what the next chapter should be for the website. After some personal reflection, I have decided to pass …
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Daily Mail:
Donald Trump: Number one with Hispanics and expecting to win — POLITICKING WITH COTTON CANDY: The early caucus state of Iowa's famed annual state fair turns into a political showcase every fourth year as candidates in party primaries vie for the kind of attention a helicopter can easily deliver
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Mercury News:
Santa Cruz: Disturbing details emerge about suspect, how Maddy Middleton died — SANTA CRUZ — When they first got word that he was a murder suspect, those who watched 15-year-old Adrian Jerry “A.J."Gonzalez grow up before their eyes at the Tannery Arts Center held out hope.
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Macdonald Dzirutwe / Reuters:
‘What lion?’ Zimbabweans ask, amid global Cecil circus — As social media exploded with outrage this week at the killing of Cecil the lion, the untimely passing of the celebrated predator at the hands of an American dentist went largely unnoticed in the animal's native Zimbabwe.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama gives Dems hard sell on ‘odious’ Iran — President Obama gave a personal presentation on Wednesday outlining the merits of the nuclear deal with Iran, in the latest hands-on sales pitch to Congress. — The meeting, which went for around 30 minutes, was billed by the White House as a …
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Senate sends three-month highway bill to Obama — The Senate on Thursday approved an $8 billion extension of federal transportation funding, sending it to President Obama's desk with just one day to go before the nation's road and transit spending expires. — The bill, which extends …
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