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Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Hillary elites are freaking out. This memo tells them to STOP. — Hillary Clinton's campaign circulated a memo to top allies in Washington this week with an unmistakably Obama-esque theme: Don't worry, we've got this. — It comes at a time when Clinton's elite Acela-corridor allies …
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The Hill:
Dems near Clinton panic mode — Democrats are worried that the furor over Hillary Clinton's private email server will be prolonged and intensified after her sudden move to hand it to the FBI. — The Clinton campaign's decision to give up the server and a thumb-drive containing back-up copies …
Fox News:
Official: Clinton ‘inner circle’ may have stripped email classification markings — The latest revelations about top secret information traversing Hillary Clinton's private email server have triggered accusations that someone in her “inner circle” likely stripped the classification markings, illegally.
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Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
John R. Schindler / The Daily Beast:
The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary's Emails — These weren't just ordinary secrets found in Clinton's private server, but some of the most classified material the U.S. government has. — After months of denials and delaying actions, Hillary Clinton has decided to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice.
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Sounding Out Allies About a 2016 Bid — Some Democrats press the vice president to run as an alternative to Hillary Clinton — Vice President Joe Biden is using part of his vacation in South Carolina this week to sound out friends and family about a presidential bid …
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Guardian, Business Insider, NBC News, Washington Post, Shakesville, CNN, Politico, Weekly Standard and Fox News
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hillary Clinton email probe turns to Huma
Hillary Clinton email probe turns to Huma
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CANNONFIRE, RedState and The Hill
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Poll: Most want criminal probe of Clinton emails
Poll: Most want criminal probe of Clinton emails
Discussion:
Fire Andrea Mitchell!
ABC News:
Tips on Deleting Emails From Email Book Hillary Clinton Wanted to Read
Tips on Deleting Emails From Email Book Hillary Clinton Wanted to Read
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Townhall.com, Power Line and The Daily Caller
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Senate committee seeks email facts from Clinton's tech company
Senate committee seeks email facts from Clinton's tech company
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Fox News and Townhall.com
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Hillary's Email Saga Hurts
Why Hillary's Email Saga Hurts
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Politico, Instapundit, Liberal Values and New York Times
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson: No apologies for 1992 fetal tissue research — Ben Carson defended the use of fetal tissue for medical research Thursday, after a blog published excerpts of a 1992 paper describing work the neurosurgeon-turned-presidential candidate carried out using aborted fetuses.
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The Stranger …, msnbc.com, LifeNews.com and Mediaite
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Dr. Jen Gunter:
Ben Carson did research on 17 week fetal tissue — Dr. Ben Carson, GOP nominee hopeful, told Fox's Megyn Kelly that “There's nothing that can't be done without fetal tissue” and that the benefits of fetal tissue have been “over promised” and the results have “very much under-delivered.”
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Virginia Hughes / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson Once Did Research On Fetal Brain Tissue
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal — With the U.S. and Israel openly arguing over the Iran nuclear deal, I've asked myself this: How would I look at this deal if I were an Israeli grocer, an Israeli general or the Israeli prime minister? — If I were an Israeli grocer …
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The Atlantic, American Prospect, Booman Tribune and Mondoweiss
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Lauren French / Politico:
Liberals poised to give Barack Obama a win on Iran
Liberals poised to give Barack Obama a win on Iran
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PoliticusUSA and Algemeiner.com
Peter Baker / New York Times:
DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding's Love Life — WASHINGTON — She was denounced as a “degenerate” and a “pervert,” accused of lying for money and shamed for waging a “diabolical” campaign of falsehoods against the president's family that tore away at his legacy.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: ‘We resolve this now...or go to war’ — Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding. — After a weekend's worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement …
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Associated Press:
CLERK'S OFFICE DEFIES ORDER; NO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES — MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk's office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge's order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don't excuse officials from following the law.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Gay Clerk Ignores Court Order, Still Refuses To Do Her Job
Anti-Gay Clerk Ignores Court Order, Still Refuses To Do Her Job
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AOL Article and Raw Story
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Black lawmakers stand behind disruptions of Sanders, Dem events — Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill are defending the young activists using confrontation to press top Democratic presidential candidates to tackle the nation's protracted problems of racial injustice.
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BizPac Review and Daily Kos
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Black Lives Matter protesters target Jeb Bush
Black Lives Matter protesters target Jeb Bush
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LasVegasSun.com and Shadowproof
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's biggest problem, in one sentence … That comes from Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. In an interview with the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Trippi lays out a few reasons he thinks the road forward for Sanders is even harder than it was for Dean …
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Power Line
Hartford Courant:
Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Bars Execution Of Any Inmate — After a sweeping two-year review, the state Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in Connecticut Thursday, saying the state's death penalty no longer comports with evolved societal values and serves no valid purpose as punishment.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is a counterfeit Republican — In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly …
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Washington Monthly, p m carpenter's commentary and Esquire
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Outsiders take over GOP — Outsiders who have never before held political office are dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination. — Donald Trump is the GOP front-runner, while businesswoman Carly Fiorina is surging after a strong performance in last week's debate.
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Rush Limbaugh, BREITBART.COM and Washington Post
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Eric Martin / Bloomberg Business:
Sorry Donald Trump, Mexico Says It Will Not Pay for Border Wall — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration said there's no truth to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's assertion that the nation would pay for a wall along the border between the countries.
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The Hill, ThinkProgress, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Lerner slammed ‘evil and dishonest’ GOP inquisitors — Emails give a revealing look behind the scenes at the IRS leading up to the nonprofit targeting scandal. — Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner walks out of a House Oversight Committee hearing after refusing to answer questions …
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Fox News and Washington Free Beacon
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Conservative video-maker James O'Keefe: Homeland Security targeted me, asked intrusive questions — Conservative journalist James O'Keefe, known for targeting liberal groups and Democratic politicians, says he is now the one being targeted — by the Department of Homeland Security.
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Patterico's Pontifications, Instapundit and Infowars