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France train shooting crew left passengers to take terrorist down — Train staff on board train which was the scene of a foiled terrorist attack accused of abandoning passengers — A man named in reports as Ayoub el-Qahzzani opened fire on train which had more than 550 passengers on board
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France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman — Forensics experts check the crime scene — Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers. — The incident happened …
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American Spectator, Balloon Juice and New York's PIX11


Official: 2 U.S. Marines stop Islamist attacker on train in France — European official: France shooting a terrorist attack — As a gunman on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train was about to launch an attack by loading his Kalashnikov he was surprised by two U.S. Marines in civilian clothing …
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Americans Foil Gunman on Train, French Officials Say
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US soldiers prevent French train massacre: latest
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ITV, Daily Mail, Blazing Cat Fur, NPR, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon


Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb's Head On A Black Body — Jeb Bush has been lagging in the polls, trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin nationally and in early states. — Nevertheless, he's still considered one of the most likely eventual nominees by pundits and political experts.
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Trump tells Alabama crowd he can't wait for the election — Donald Trump commanded an fervent crowd Friday night in Mobile, Ala., as the Republican presidential front-runner said he wished voting for the 2016 election was already underway. — “You know, if this were another country …


Trump's audacious Southern spectacle is part of his strategy — MOBILE, Ala. — It was the most audacious Donald Trump spectacle yet in a summer full of them, as the Republican presidential front-runner, in his Boeing 757, thundered over a football stadium here Friday night and gave …
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Discourse.net and OnPolitics


Ellen Page Confronts Ted Cruz on Gay Rights at Iowa State Fair — While Sen. Ted Cruz was grilling pork chops at the Iowa State Fair today, actress Ellen Page, wearing a hat and sunglasses, snuck her way up to the grill and asked the GOP presidential candidate about “the persecution of gays in the workplace and LGBT rights.”
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Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues
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Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer
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USA Today, Politico, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Daily Kos and New York Times

Maybe This Time Really Is Different — Historical context is a great asset. But is history always an accurate guide? Does past performance always give us the best predictor of future outcomes? — This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics …
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Ornstein's Warning — Us old folks remember a time when AEI's Norman Ornstein was the very voice of The Conventional Wisdom. So his new column at The Atlantic ought to come as a particularly significant warning about this election cycle and the particular level of conservative freakout we are dealing with:
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Hullabaloo and Democratic Strategist


Read TIME's cover story and watch Trump's take on the Clintons, his opponents and how to change American politics — There are some things you just can't do in politics, not at the presidential level, anyway. — This is a game like any other, with rules honed over decades by the pros …
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Politico


Pennsylvania becomes fifth state to find no Planned Parenthood wrongdoing — Pennsylvania has found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood in the state after a review, according to a letter from the state health department. — That decision makes it the fifth state to announce that they have found …
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Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist
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LifeNews.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Signal, RH Reality Check and New York Magazine

Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal
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LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller


Hillary Clinton's Woes Pushing Joe Biden to Reach Out to Those Who Could Back a Campaign — WASHINGTON — As Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign struggles with sliding poll numbers, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s exploration of a presidential candidacy is taking on a new seriousness.
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Inspector Clouseau was unavailable (4) — Omri Ceren emails an update over the IAEA side deal with Iran on Parchin. I think that readers who have followed this important story so far will find this of interest as well. Omri writes: — As was more or less inevitable …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News


Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Changed Cocktail Culture, Dies at 42 — Sasha Petraske, the founder of the influential New York cocktail bar Milk & Honey and many other polished drinking spots across the world, was found dead on Friday in Hudson, N.Y. He was 42 and had recently moved temporarily …
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Daily Mail and Gothamist


Scott Walker: I don't have time for Black Lives Matter — let's talk about ‘things that matter’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Campaigning in New Hampshire, where he finds himself tied in the polls with also-rans Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
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Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship
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