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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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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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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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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Winning Facebook by a Landslide
Donald Trump Winning Facebook by a Landslide
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race
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Politico and Taylor Marsh
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government — Calling next week's Senate roll call to defund Planned Parenthood a “legislative show vote,” GOP firebrand Ted Cruz said Republicans should do everything they can to eliminate federal money for the group — even if it means a government shutdown fight this fall.
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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
Planned Parenthood VP Says Fetuses May Come Out Intact, Agrees Payments Specific to the Specimen
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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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Lauren French / Politico:
Pelosi: Dems ‘overwhelmingly’ against defunding Planned Parenthood
Pelosi: Dems ‘overwhelmingly’ against defunding Planned Parenthood
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LifeNews.com, Daily Kos and Hit & Run
Cecile Richards / Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood president: These extremist videos are nothing short of an attack on women
Planned Parenthood president: These extremist videos are nothing short of an attack on women
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Rush Limbaugh, New York Times, Addicting Info and RH Reality Check
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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Raw Story and Political Wire
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A tale of two Hillarys — Charles Dickens could have been writing about the American economy, national politics or the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign when he began A Tale of Two Cities with this: — “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom …
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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.
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Clinton must be joking
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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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
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 — 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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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bring on the Cattle Cars, the Police State!
Bring on the Cattle Cars, the Police State!
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CNN and America's Voice
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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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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Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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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Slantpoint, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'I'd Get Along Very Well With Vladimir Putin' (VIDEO) — Donald Trump thinks he'd have a friend in Russia — its leader, Vladimir Putin. — “I think I'd get along very well with Vladimir Putin. I just think so. People say, ‘What do you mean?’ I think I would get along well with him …
Kaily Cunningham / fox8.com:
1-year-old girl found dead in Medina apartment; father charged with abuse of a corpse — MEDINA, Ohio- A one-year-old girl was found dead inside an apartment in Medina on Wednesday. The father, Eric Warfel, was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse. Police said additional charges are expected.
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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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