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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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Politico:
The Invincible Trump — As the controversies pile up, Trump's favorability soars. — What hasn't killed Donald Trump has only made him stronger. — Right off the bat, there was the shocking statement about the Mexican government sending over immigrant “rapists.”
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Donald Trump Says He and ‘Friend’ Ted Cruz Are ‘Doing Something Very Big Over the Next Two Weeks in Washington’ — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), also a GOP candidate, are joining forces to do “something very big over the next two weeks in Washington.”
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BizPac Review and The American Mirror
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Donald Trump Weighing Whether to Sign Pledge to Back Republicans' Eventual Nominee
Donald Trump Weighing Whether to Sign Pledge to Back Republicans' Eventual Nominee
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Political Wire and ABC News
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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Politichicks.com, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, FiveThirtyEight, 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, IMAGINE 2050, Hot Air, WEB OF EVIL and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Bill Clinton Sought State Department OK For Paid Speeches Related to North Korea, Congo, New E-mails Show — ABC News has obtained State Department e-mails that shed light on Bill Clinton's lucrative speaking engagements and show he and the Clinton Foundation tried to get approval …
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Hot Air, America Rising and Washington Free Beacon
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Washington Post:
How Huma Abedin operated at the center of the Clinton universe — As Hillary Rodham Clinton was preparing for her farewell international trip as secretary of state, her close aide and confidante Huma Abedin e-mailed a small number of longtime political allies to help arrange an intimate get-together at a private club in Dublin.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ABC News, Fox News and America Rising
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 …
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Addicting Info and Raw Story
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New York Post:
Reporter's everyday comments deemed racist by on-air killer — Innocent comments made by slain reporter Alison Parker (left) incited Vester Lee Flanagon's racism fueled shooting. — ROANOKE, Va. — The words are a part of everyday conversation — “swinging” by an address and going out in the “field.”
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BizPac Review and Daily Mail
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Biden Can't Beat Clinton, But He Can Be the Party's Backup — Politics can be unfair. Consider Joe Biden. Being Vice-President is a thankless job— “not worth a bucket of warm piss,” in Vice-President John Nance Garner's famous words. The office, constitutionally ill-defined and so humbling …
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Wall Street Journal, Moe Lane, National Journal and Prairie Weather
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
New poll showing Clinton beating everyone is reported as bad news for Hillary
New poll showing Clinton beating everyone is reported as bad news for Hillary
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside Democratic Party, growing concerns about Clinton
Inside Democratic Party, growing concerns about Clinton
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CNN, Liberal Values, National Review, Washington Post, Hot Air, New York Times, Roll Call, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice and Shakesville
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Quinnipiac: ‘Liar, Dishonest’ Most Used to Describe Hillary
Quinnipiac: ‘Liar, Dishonest’ Most Used to Describe Hillary
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Guardian, Washington Post, Goblinbooks, Daily Mail and Washington Free Beacon
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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Bloomberg View, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, neo-neocon, Washington Monthly and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Maloney becomes sixth NY Dem to oppose Iran deal
Maloney becomes sixth NY Dem to oppose Iran deal
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Hot Air and Algemeiner.com
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
10 Questions for President Obama About Iran
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Eric Cantor to endorse Bush — Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will endorse Jeb Bush's presidential bid and join his campaign as a Virginia co-chair, Bush's campaign confirmed to The Hill. — A source close to Cantor added that the former majority leader will appear alongside Bush during …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Eric Cantor to endorse Jeb Bush
Eric Cantor to endorse Jeb Bush
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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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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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The Huffington Post, Hot Air, Common Dreams and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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, Moe Lane, Power Line and Forbes
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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Mediaite, Addicting Info and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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Rush Limbaugh, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New York Times and Gothamist
Lindsey Hilsum / Guardian:
Hungarian police arrest driver of lorry that had 71 dead migrants inside — Four detained after death toll in Austrian motorway tragedy is raised from initial estimate of about 50 victims — Hungarian police have arrested the driver of a lorry found on an Austrian motorway with the decomposing bodies …
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Tom Lyden / KMSP:
Minnesota terror suspect gets a Class A trucking license — Amir Meshal at Interstate Truck Driving School in South St. Paul, Minn. — ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - A Minnesota man, who Homeland Security identifies as a terror suspect who is on the “No Fly” list, now has his Class A commercial license …
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