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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Clinton leads, but Sanders draws near … Liberal revolutionary Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race. — She's the first choice of 37 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has emerged as a leading Republican presidential candidate in Iowa and is closing in on frontrunner Donald Trump in the state that hosts the first 2016 nomination balloting contest.
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Outside the Beltway and Power Line
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Trump blazes to lead; Carson quietly rises … Donald Trump has built up tremendous support in Iowa — he's very wealthy, he loves the Bible and he'd be just terrific as president of the United States. And he's very handsome. — That's according to interviews with some likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa.
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Washington Post, Political Wire and PoliticusUSA
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa — Hillary Clinton's once-prohibitive advantage in Iowa has slipped enough to jeopardize her front-runner status and Bernie Sanders has moved to within striking distance, revealing a Democratic presidential field in unexpected flux …
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton resets campaign strategy
Clinton resets campaign strategy
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The PJ Tatler, RedState, America Rising and Washington Post
Houston Chronicle:
Capital murder charges files in deputy's death — A 30-year-old Cypress man has been charged with capital murder in the Friday killing of a 47-year-old Harris County Sheriff's deputy who had stopped at a gas station he frequented in northwest Harris County.
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The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and NOLA River
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BREITBART.COM:
Texas Deputy Executed Days After Black Radical Group Calls for Killing Cops
Texas Deputy Executed Days After Black Radical Group Calls for Killing Cops
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The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
Faith Karimi / CNN:
Man held in killing of Texas sheriff's deputy
Man held in killing of Texas sheriff's deputy
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Click2Houston.com, KHOU-TV, The American Mirror, Scared Monkeys and New York Times
Washington Post:
Dems say party chair blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting — MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Free Beacon
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting: report — Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz blocked consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting that would have praised President Obama and backed the his nuclear deal with Iran …
Discussion:
RedState
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Make A $15 National Minimum Wage An Establishment Principle
Democrats Make A $15 National Minimum Wage An Establishment Principle
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Addicting Info
Gregory Cowles / New York Times:
Oliver Sacks Dies at 82; Neurologist and Author Explored the Brain's Quirks — Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and acclaimed author who explored some of the brain's strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” using his patients' disorders …
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NPR, Guardian, The Huffington Post and Althouse
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Donald Trump: ‘This is a movement’ — <p>Donald Trump says it's not all about him. No, seriously. </p><p>Campaigning in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump on Saturday paid homage to his supporters — claiming they are a part of “a movement” and using colorful language to beg for their support. </p><p …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'm winning because Americans are ‘tired of being the patsies’
Trump: I'm winning because Americans are ‘tired of being the patsies’
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Liberaland
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Enraging industry, labor board asserts its power under Obama — The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has become a lightning rod for controversy under President Obama, with its aggressive actions fueling sustained warfare between business and labor. — From the labor board's bitter fight …
Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Really Is Coming For Your Guns — Some politicians talk about gun control once in a while. Clinton has been pushing to curb firearms for decades. No wonder the NRA has vowed to bring her down. — “Something is deeply wrong,” Hillary Clinton told the audience at the Democratic National Committee on Friday.
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BREITBART.COM, PoliticusUSA, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Moe Lane
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
‘Django’ actress gets community service after judge calls apology to LAPD ‘insincere’ — When an actress and her boyfriend pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an arrest last fall, there was a catch: They had to apologize to the Los Angeles police officers they accused of mistreating the actress because of her race.
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Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and CBS Sacramento
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer — At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming — U.S. Inflation Developments — I am delighted to be here in Jackson Hole in the company of such distinguished panelists and such a distinguished group of participants.
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Economist's View, New York Times and Washington Post