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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

‘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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton  —  She dismisses Rubio, Jeb and Rand in part three of our interview, but warns Dems not to overlook Scott Walker  —  In the first two parts of Salon's conversation with Camille Paglia …

What Obama doesn't want us to know on Gitmo closure  —  President Obama's top counter-terrorism aide, Deputy National Security Advisor Lisa Monaca, said this past weekend at the Aspen Security Conference that the White House is preparing for another push to close Guantanamo, including a plan to move detainees into the U.S. mainland.