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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz A ‘Jackass’ At Fundraiser — Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass,” two people in attendance tell The Daily Caller.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump planning a joint appearance to protest the Iran deal
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump planning a joint appearance to protest the Iran deal
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Talking Points Memo, KFOR-TV, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider, Mashable and NPR
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump to hold anti-Iran deal rally in D.C.
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump to hold anti-Iran deal rally in D.C.
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Trail Blazers Blog, WEB OF EVIL, IMAGINE 2050, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
New poll showing Clinton beating everyone is reported as bad news for Hillary — A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Hillary Clinton coasting to a crushing victory in a three-way race against Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, winning 45 percent of the vote, compared with 22 for Sanders and 18 for Biden.
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ABC News, Washington Post, Politico, Daily Kos and Bloomberg Business
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside Democratic Party, growing concerns about Clinton — Democrats weigh emails, connection to voters She addresses party meeting on Friday — Biden talks by phone with Democratic National Committee … MINNEAPOLIS — As Democratic Party insiders gather for their summer meeting …
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Liberal Values, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Shakesville and Washington Post
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Biden Can't Beat Clinton, But He Can Be the Party's Backup
Biden Can't Beat Clinton, But He Can Be the Party's Backup
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Moe Lane and Prairie Weather
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Survey: Most disapprove of moving forward on Iran without Congress — A vast majority of the public would oppose the White House moving forward with the nuclear deal with Iran without the support of Congress, according to a new survey released by an organization critical of the deal.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
10 Questions for President Obama About Iran
10 Questions for President Obama About Iran
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The Daily Signal
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Reporter Presses Donald Trump to Name His Favorite Bible Verse — Take a Look at How He Responds — Presidential candidate Donald Trump declined to name his favorite Bible verse during a Wednesday interview, despite being pressed by Bloomberg Managing Editor Mark Halperin.
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Addicting Info, Mediaite and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds — WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” of undercover videos …
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The Center for Medical …, Raw Story, NPR, Daily Kos, The Daily Signal, The Moderate Voice and LifeNews.com
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Report for Planned Parenthood finds sting videos manipulated
Report for Planned Parenthood finds sting videos manipulated
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Hullabaloo, Weekly Standard, The Daily Signal and Washington Free Beacon
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Report: LGBT Rainbow Hate-Flag Found In WDBJ Killer's Virginia Apartment — The Daily Telegraph has learned that “police reportedly confiscated a gay pride flag” from the apartment of Vester Lee Flanagan Wednesday. In an apparent hate crime, Flanagan is the 41 year-old black journalist …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
NLRB rules against business in pivotal joint-employer decision — The Obama administration is redefining what it means to be an employer. — The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday handed down one of the biggest decisions of the Obama presidency, ruling that companies …
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Common Dreams and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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S. E. Cupp / Townhall.com:
Blame Liberals for the Rise of Trump — There are a few existential questions which man has struggled but failed to answer conclusively, despite Sisyphean efforts, such as: Why are we here? What happens when we die? And why do kids go ape for “Frozen”? — To these we may add another …
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Mediaite
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Obama's water rule — A federal judge in North Dakota acted late Thursday to block the Obama administration's controversial water pollution rule, hours before it was due to take effect. — Judge Ralph Erickson of the District Court for the District of North Dakota found …
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ABC News, Power Line, Moe Lane and Forbes
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Enough Is Enough — When Donald Trump's security escorted the Univision anchor Jorge Ramos out of a news conference on Tuesday, I decided that I was officially done. — Maybe I should have been long before that. — Maybe I should have been done the one and only time I ever met Trump …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Trump Dons Glasses, Reads The NYT And Proves His Hair Is Real
WATCH: Trump Dons Glasses, Reads The NYT And Proves His Hair Is Real
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Politico and NBC News
Leo Shane III / MilitaryTimes:
DNC site mistakes foreign vets for former U.S. troops — Democrats' election outreach efforts to veterans may need to start with a refresher course on what U.S. troops look like. — For starters, they don't wear Polish military uniforms. — Until Thursday, the Democratic National Committee's …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Free Beacon
Mike Allen / Politico:
Eric Cantor to endorse Jeb Bush — The former House majority leader will also be named a Virginia state co-chair of Bush's presidential campaign. — Eric Cantor, former House majority leader, will endorse Jeb Bush on Thursday evening and will be named a Virginia state co-chair …
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Washington Post, OnPolitics, RedState, Hot Air and Bearing Drift
Gilad Edelman / Slate:
New York Bagel Places Put Way Too Much Cream Cheese on Their Bagels — Why? — There's nothing quite like a good New York bagel with cream cheese. First, you bite through the crisp outer crust; then you move on to the chewy, bubbly crumb; and finally, of course, everything is overpowered by an enormous mouthful of cold white goop.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Frisky
Noel Johnson / Public Interest Legal Foundation:
Scores of Counties Put on Notice About Corrupted Voter Rolls — 141 Counties Have More Registered Voters Than People Alive — (Alexandria, VA) - August 27. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has put 141 counties on notice across the United States that they have more registered voters than people alive.
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Power Line, The PJ Tatler and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Driver Breaks Into Dance Following Downtown L.A. Pursuit — Cameras captured a driver breaking into dance following a pursuit in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night. — Police attempted to stop the woman for driving erratically near Seventh Street and Towne Avenue around 10:10 p.m …
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Kboi Web / KBOI 2 News:
Deputies interview a dozen girls named ‘Destiny’ to try and find cliff tagger — BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — The Ada County Sheriff's Office is still on the hunt for Destiny's date. — In May, someone, perhaps a Treasure Valley student, spray painted “Destiny, Prom?” in the Black Cliffs climbing area outside Boise.
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Daily Mail and Guardian