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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump pledges to reverse Obama's mountain renaming — Donald Trump promised Monday that he would return the name of North America's largest mountain to Mount McKinley, undoing President Obama's decision to call it Denali. — Calling Obama's act a “great insult to Ohio,” Trump …
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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Mt. McKinley Owes Its Name to an Epic Act of Trolling — In 1901, William McKinley, 25th president of the United States, was struck down by an assassin's bullet six months into his second term. There are towns and monuments and geographic features across America bearing his name …
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Will Femia / msnbc.com:
Chris Christie, Rand Paul scraping the bottom in new PPP poll — Tonight, Public Policy Polling gave The Rachel Maddow Show a sneak peek at the results of their August 28-30 poll to be released tomorrow. While the findings at the top of the poll are what we've come to expect from the Republican field …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of Republicans thinks Obama is a Muslim — A majority of Republican voters, 54 percent, think that President Obama is a Muslim, according to a new survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP). — Asked whether they thought Obama is a Christian or Muslim or if they were unsure …
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press.vatican.va:
Testo in lingua inglese — for the Promotion of the New Evangelization — With the approach of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I would like to focus on several points which I believe require attention to enable the celebration of the Holy Year to be for all believers a true moment of encounter with the mercy of God.
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KPHO-TV:
Matt Salmon facing parents' anger over civics presentation to young kids — Several parents are demanding answers from Congressman Matt Salmon, saying they cannot believe what the lawmaker said to young school children during a visit to a Gilbert school. — “It should have probably …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Congressman tells second-graders about child suicide bombers
Congressman tells second-graders about child suicide bombers
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
The Science Behind Trump-Mania — Donald Trump's startling transformation from reality TV star to serious presidential contender in the eyes of some key Republican voters happened because he's been able to sell himself as the straight-talker most candidates aspire to be, a Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.
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New York Times:
Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities — MILWAUKEE — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city. With the summer not yet over, 104 people have been killed this year — after 86 homicides in all of 2014.
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Ryan Sweet / TheStreet.com:
Democrats to Win in a Landslide in 2016, According to Moody's Election Model — Analysis by Dan White, senior economist at Moody's Analytics — NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Our Moody's Analytics election model now predicts a Democratic electoral landslide in the 2016 presidential vote.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender — Hillary Clinton has obviously had a bad summer. She's losing in New Hampshire to Bernie Sanders, even among women. She's barely leading him in Iowa. In a Quinnipiac poll of potential general election matchups, she's beating Donald Trump by only four points …
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood Baby Parts Vendor ABR Pays Off Clinics, Intact Fetuses “Just Fell Out” — #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD BABY PARTS VENDOR ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE RESOURCES PAYS OFF CLINICS, INTACT FETUSES “JUST FELL OUT” — ABR, Oldest Supplier of Baby Parts, Paid “Advisor Fee” …
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Jerusalem Post:
Showers installed outside Auschwitz remind visitors of gas chambers — Natalie Portman: Holocaust is no more tragic than other genocides - Germany warns Facebook: Clamp down on Holocaust denial - or else — Management of the historical site believes showers to be a good way to help guests cool off during summer season.
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Ynetnews:
‘Showers’ placed at Auschwitz entrance
‘Showers’ placed at Auschwitz entrance
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama to Call for More Icebreakers in Arctic as U.S. Seeks Foothold — ANCHORAGE — President Obama on Tuesday will propose speeding the acquisition and building of new Coast Guard icebreakers that can operate year-round in the nation's polar regions, part of an effort to close the gap between …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE) — The moment the media and technology industries have been expecting for years may finally be arriving: Apple is exploring getting into the original programming business. — Sources indicate the Cupertino, Calif. …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court Rules Against Kentucky Clerk in Gay Marriage Case — The U.S. Supreme Court late Monday rejected an appeal from a county clerk in Kentucky who said she could not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious objections. — Kim Davis, the clerk in Rowan County …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Clerk's Request To Halt Same-Sex Marriage Order
Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Clerk's Request To Halt Same-Sex Marriage Order
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Republicans are digging themselves a hole over immigration — It was just a matter of time before one of the keen-eyed Republican candidates for president spotted the menace that looms over this country, threatening our national security with blasts of Arctic air and proof that socialized medicine works: Canada.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump, Taxes and the G.O.P. — As an accompaniment to my Sunday column on Donald Trump's challenge to the existing Republican-conservative matrix, it's worth reading Byron York on how Trump's forays on tax policy exemplify his unorthodox approch: … As York notes, with an assist from polling …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Increase Taxes? Talk by Donald Trump Alarms G.O.P.
Increase Taxes? Talk by Donald Trump Alarms G.O.P.
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Michael Seewald / The Seewald Family:
Grief, Shame, And Taking The LORD's Name In Vain — The recent hack into the adultery website Ashley Madison, and subsequent release to the internet the information of millions of users, turned up some interesting names. None of these names was more attention grabbing than Josh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame.
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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It? — With the tech industry awash in cash and 100 “unicorn” start-ups now valued at $1 billion or more, Silicon Valley can't escape the question. Nick Bilton reports. — One Thursday morning in early June …
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Fox News:
State Department releases thousands of Clinton emails, 125 contain classified information — The State Department released thousands of pages of Hillary Clinton emails Monday night that a department spokesman said contained about 150 with material now considered classified.
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Anne M. Tompkins / USA Today:
Petraeus prosecutor: Clinton has committed no crime
Petraeus prosecutor: Clinton has committed no crime
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Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Columbia University president causes stir with Obama announcement — <p>Columbia University President Lee Bollinger caused a stir Monday by reportedly announcing that President Barack Obama will be coming to the New York-based campus in 2017.</p><p>The Columbia Daily Spectator student newspaper <a href="http …
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