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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Staffers Believe Trump Has Given Money To Site For Favorable Coverage — As Donald Trump faces a growing backlash from conservative media over his recent attacks on a Fox News host, one prominent right-wing outlet remains firmly in his corner: Breitbart News, which has set itself apart …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, CANNONFIRE, Election Law Blog and Washington Post
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NBC News:
New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates — If Donald Trump's comments about Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his standing in the Republican primary, it's not showing in the numbers. — According to the latest NBC News Online Poll conducted by SurveyMonkey …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: Listening to Fiorina causes headaches — Donald Trump on Sunday took a shot at fellow 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying you “develop a massive headache” if you listen to the former Hewlett-Packard CEO. — “I just realized that if you listen to Carly Fiorina …
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Politico, Washington Post, p m carpenter's commentary, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and BizPac Review
Politico:
Can Bernie Sanders Win the Love of a Party He Scorns? — The long, troubled history of Bernie Sanders and the ‘ideologically bankrupt’ party whose White House nod he now seeks. — SHARES — “You don't change the system from within the Democratic Party.” — Get POLITICO Magazine in your feeds
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says — largest 2016 contender crowd by far
Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says — largest 2016 contender crowd by far
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KGW-TV, The Moderate Voice, Political Wire and msnbc.com
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton starts taking some risks — and landing some punches
Hillary Clinton starts taking some risks — and landing some punches
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American Prospect, p m carpenter's commentary and Political Wire
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Clinton proposes a $350 billion plan to make college affordable
Clinton proposes a $350 billion plan to make college affordable
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The Week
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The August Doldrums and Donald Trump — August is the doldrums of political season. The winds stop and one story can stick around and take up attention. August is the season of Monica Lewinsky, Chandra Levy, Cindy Sheehan, the Obamacare protests, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, etc., etc., etc.
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ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times and Washington Post
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Max Fisher / Vox:
This chart shows sexist tweets to Megyn Kelly exploding since she questioned Donald Trump
This chart shows sexist tweets to Megyn Kelly exploding since she questioned Donald Trump
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Death blow from Fox News' Megyn Kelly already taking effect on Trump
Death blow from Fox News' Megyn Kelly already taking effect on Trump
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Betsy's Page, The Daily Beast, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite and Weekly Standard
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Won't Retreat From Dust-Up Over Megyn Kelly
Donald Trump Won't Retreat From Dust-Up Over Megyn Kelly
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New York Times and Politico
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Carly Fiorina on Donald Trump: ‘Women understood that comment’
Carly Fiorina on Donald Trump: ‘Women understood that comment’
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Reuters, National Journal, Refinery29, ImmigrationProf Blog, Hot Air and BuzzFeed
Lisa Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
1 person shot during protests late Sunday in Ferguson — Updated at 3:10 a.m. with father identifying shooting victim. — FERGUSON • A peaceful day of protest and remembrance dissolved into chaos late Sunday when a man fired multiple shots at four St. Louis County plainclothes detectives in an SUV.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates and Obama's Failure to Fail — What did the men who would be president talk about during last week's prime-time Republican debate? Well, there were 19 references to God, while the economy rated only 10 mentions. Republicans in Congress have voted dozens of times to repeal …
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Washington Monthly, JustOneMinute and Campaign for America's Future
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
‘Black Lives Matter’ and the G.O.P. — Only one candidate in last week's Republican presidential debate was asked to directly address the Black Lives Matter movement and that candidate was Gov. Scott Walker. — Moderator Megyn Kelly asked Walker: — “Governor Walker …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Booker: Sanders has ‘long record of civil rights’
Booker: Sanders has ‘long record of civil rights’
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Prairie Weather
Jon Karl / ABC News:
Donald Trump Considering Taking Pledge Not to Run as Third-Party Candidate — Donald Trump may soon do what Republican leaders have been asking the billionaire candidate to do — pledge not to run as an independent candidate for president, a senior Trump adviser told ABC News.
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Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-NATO supreme commander rips Obama over military cuts — Former NATO Supreme Commander James Stavridis criticized President Obama, his former boss, for recent cuts to military spending while U.S. troops are still engaged on multiple fronts around the world.
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Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon
Reuters:
U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills eight — The U.S. consulate in Istanbul came under gunfire on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.
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Washington Free Beacon, The Agonist and The Week
Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac — A HERO SAS sniper gunned down a knife-wielding Islamic State (ISIS) maniac just as he was trying to brutally behead a father and his young son. — ALAMY — An SAS sniper took out the ISIS executioner just in time
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The Jawa Report and The Daily Caller
Dan Witters / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rates Continue to Drop in Most States — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arkansas and Kentucky continue to have the sharpest reductions in their uninsured rates since the healthcare law took effect at the beginning of 2014. Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington join …
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The Huffington Post and Washington Times
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Sam Brownback's brother accused of terrorizing rural neighbors — Joann Peine, social worker by profession and farm wife by marriage, ended a period of soul-searching by asking a Linn County District Court judge to issue protection orders for stalking against Jim Brownback and his stepdaughter.
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Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo