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Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Watch Mike Huckabee's ‘Biblical’ Support For Kim Davis Get Dismantled On Live Television — Tuesday afternoon, former Arkansas governor and current Republican candidate for president Mike Huckabee stood on a stage in Kentucky and held hands with Kim Davis, a county clerk who was released …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Same-Sex Marriage Returns As 2016 Issue, Worrying Some Republicans — Just when they thought they were out, Kim Davis pulled them back in. — Republican strategists are worried that the return of same-sex marriage as a presidential campaign piñata could hurt the party in the 2016 general election …
Bob Barr / Townhall.com:
Be Careful What You Wish For In the “Kim Davis” Case — Imagine waking up to the news that a Quaker county sheriff is denying concealed carry permits to citizens because of his religious objection to violence; or, a Muslim DMV supervisor in Dearborn, Michigan has ordered his staff to refuse …
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American Spectator
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Kim Davis Rally Puts Huckabee Camp, Cruz at Odds
Kim Davis Rally Puts Huckabee Camp, Cruz at Odds
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msnbc.com, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Trail Blazers Blog, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Warren Throckmorton
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser
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Commentary, Raw Story, Friendly Atheist and The Daily Banter
Lawrence M. Krauss / New Yorker:
All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists
All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Stop Comparing Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders — A lot of people are linking the candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump under headings like “populist” and “anti-establishment.” Most of these comparisons are too cute for their own good — not only because it's too early to come …
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
What's behind Republican voters' support of Trump? Anger at Republicans
What's behind Republican voters' support of Trump? Anger at Republicans
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Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Filibuster Opponents Have Gone Quiet Since Democrats Lost the Senate
Filibuster Opponents Have Gone Quiet Since Democrats Lost the Senate
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Wayne Coffey / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: James Blake, former tennis star, slammed to ground and handcuffed outside midtown hotel by white NYPD cops who mistook him for ID theft suspect — Former tennis great James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained by five plainclothes city cops Wednesday outside …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Bungled Reboot — It's a bad sign when your presidential campaign needs a reboot. It's a worse sign when your advisers announce that reboot publicly. — That's exactly where Hillary Clinton finds herself this week. In an attempt to right what is universally seen …
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Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. to shift 50 staff to boost office handling Clinton emails
Exclusive: U.S. to shift 50 staff to boost office handling Clinton emails
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Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
I wanted you to hear this directly from me: — Yes, I should …
I wanted you to hear this directly from me: — Yes, I should …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
CIA: Yes, Hillary's Email Contained ‘Top Secret’ Intelligence; Campaign ‘Disagrees’
CIA: Yes, Hillary's Email Contained ‘Top Secret’ Intelligence; Campaign ‘Disagrees’
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Esquire, whorunsGov and Washington Free Beacon
The Hill:
House GOP to postpone vote on Iran after member revolt — House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on the Iran nuclear deal scheduled for Wednesday because of a rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives. — The House was to hold a procedural vote to begin 11 hours of debate …
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Glenn Beck:
Will Rep. Louie Gohmert exit over the Iran deal?
Will Rep. Louie Gohmert exit over the Iran deal?
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House Republicans revolt against Iran vote
House Republicans revolt against Iran vote
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, NPR, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Kylee Wierks / Fox 59:
Man shares photos with gorilla on smart phone and the gorilla's reaction is priceless — He was visiting the zoo's gorilla sanctuary for the first time with his daughter when he noticed another visitor showing his iPhone to a gorilla named Jelani. — Jelani looked very intrigued …
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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Ronda Rousey to Star in ‘Road House’ Reboot (EXCLUSIVE) — UFC fighter Ronda Rousey is starring in MGM's reboot of the 1980s cult classic “Road House.” Rousey will step into the role Patrick Swayze made famous. — Sources say MGM is currently meeting with screenwriters, with production set to begin in 2016.
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Fars News Agency:
Supreme Leader: Israel Not Alive in 25 Years — TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described Israel as a “fake” regime, and said there won't be any Israel in 25 years from now. — “Some of the Zionists have said that given the results …
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Israel Won't Exist in 25 Years
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Israel Won't Exist in 25 Years
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USNI News, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and US News
Jeb Bush / Wall Street Journal:
My Tax Overhaul to Unleash 4% Growth — Three income-tax rates: 10%, 25% and 28%, plus a 20% corporate rate and immediate expensing on new investment.
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
3 Boys Found Dead Inside SUV; Suspect Believed to Be in Custody: LAPD — In what LAPD Chief Charlie Beck described as a “gruesome” scene, three boys were found dead and a man was discovered with stab wounds inside an SUV in South L.A. on Wednesday morning. — The bodies of three elementary …
Candace McCowan / WFLA-TV:
St Pete teen kills masked intruder who turns out to be his dad — ST PETERSBURG, FL (WFLA) - Investigators now tell us a teen who killed his father Tuesday morning is a case of justifiable homicide. Malachi Heisler tells us he woke up to cries for help early Tuesday morning.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Hillary Clinton lectured. Donald Trump hectored. — <p>Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton converged in the same city on the same day to talk about the same topic: the deal with Iran. But they arrived in Washington with opposite trajectories — Clinton slipping in a Democratic primary …
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Henry Allen Michael / CBS Detroit:
Police: Man Finds Wife Naked In Bed With Her Dad, Gets Stabbed By Father-In-Law — PONTIAC (WWJ) - Police in Oakland County say a man was stabbed by his father-in-law after finding the 47-year-old nude in bed with his wife — the man's own daughter — and the older man is now behind bars.
Health Affairs Blog:
Quantifying Planned Parenthood's Critical Role In Meeting The Need For Publicly Supported Contraceptive Care — Over the past few months, legislative attempts to defund Planned Parenthood have flared at both the federal and state levels; these moves are clearly an attempt …
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Slate, The Hill, Common Dreams, Daily Kos and Feministing
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Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
Planned Parenthood not invited to congressional hearing on organization
Planned Parenthood not invited to congressional hearing on organization
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AMERICAblog News, Jezebel, Liberaland and Common Dreams
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
National Geographic magazine shifts to for-profit status with Fox partnership — The National Geographic magazine, a nonprofit publication since its founding in 1888, will shift to for-profit status under a new partnership with 21st Century Fox, the entertainment company controlled by the family …
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National Geographic / National Geographic …:
National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox Agree to Expand Partnership
National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox Agree to Expand Partnership
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Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
California Assembly approves right-to-die legislation — The state Assembly on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow California physicians to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, sending the proposal to the Senate, which had previously approved a similar bill.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Tim Grieve to leave National Journal for McClatchy — <p>National Journal Editor-in-Chief Tim Grieve is leaving the company to take a new position with McClatchy, National Journal CEO Tim Hartman announced in a memo to staff on Wednesday. </p> <p>"Tim Grieve has been offered and has accepted …
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