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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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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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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser — During Fox News' live coverage of Kentucky clerk Kim Davis' release from prison, anchor Shepard Smith suddenly spoke over the press conference to chastise Davis and those who supported her decision to refuse to issue gay marriage licenses.
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Raw Story, Commentary, Friendly Atheist, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Banter
Lawrence M. Krauss / New Yorker:
All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists — As a physicist, I do a lot of writing and public speaking about the remarkable nature of our cosmos, primarily because I think science is a key part of our cultural heritage and needs to be shared more broadly. Sometimes, I refer to the fact …
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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 …
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Politico, Washington Post, Washington Blade, AMERICAblog News, Campaign for America's Future and NBC News
Katie Atkinson / Billboard:
Survivor Did Not Grant Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis Rights to ‘Eye of the Tiger’
Survivor Did Not Grant Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis Rights to ‘Eye of the Tiger’
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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.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Bush tax plan takes swipe at Wall Street
Bush tax plan takes swipe at Wall Street
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New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Filibuster Opponents Have Gone Quiet Since Democrats Lost the Senate — The shoe is now on the other foot. — A large coalition of filibuster opponents has gone silent after Democrats lost the Senate in January, while numerous Democratic senators who were vocal in their criticism …
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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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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Spitting on the Constitution to pass the Iran deal
Spitting on the Constitution to pass the Iran deal
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alicublog and Washington Post
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.
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The Jawa Report, WGN-TV and theGrio
Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
I wanted you to hear this directly from me: — Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department. Not doing so was a mistake. I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility. — It's important for you to know a few key facts.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Jill's dilemma — <p>A month ago, Vice President Joe Biden was sitting in his office in the West Wing, talking to an old friend who'd come to visit.</p><p>"Jill wants me to run," he said.</p><p>Monday in Pittsburgh, when a man in a crowd of steelworkers called out to him to run, Biden called back …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden road-tests 2016 message
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Why does Germany want so many refugees? — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany will take 800,000 refugees this year and 500,000 annually over the next several years. Merkel no doubt will receive acclaim for humanitarianism, while nations that balk at taking refugees will be denounced.
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Pankaj Mishra / Bloomberg View:
A Nation of Refugees Opens Its Doors
Ahiza Garcia / CNNMoney:
John McAfee announces he's running for President — There's yet another candidate jumping into the race for the White House, and he's got his own political party. — John McAfee, the antivirus software magnate who fled Belize after police tried to question him for murder …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Software pioneer McAfee files paperwork to run for president
Software pioneer McAfee files paperwork to run for president
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Politico, NBC News, Guardian, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Talking Points Memo and The Verge
Donald Trump / USA Today:
Amateur hour with the Iran nuclear deal — Politics as usual has failed, that's why I need to step in. — It is hard to believe a president of the United States would actually put his name on an agreement with the terrorist state Iran that is so bad, so poorly constructed and so terribly negotiated …
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Set to Address ‘Skeptics’ of Iran Deal as Trump Rallies Against It
Hillary Clinton Set to Address ‘Skeptics’ of Iran Deal as Trump Rallies Against It
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Politico and abc7ny.com
Katie Delong / FOX6Now.com:
Police: Baby ends up in ICU after accidentally consuming vodka; BAC .294 — KENOSHA — Kenosha police say a baby ended up in the ICU on Monday, September 7th after accidentally ingesting vodka. — Police say it happened at a home near 50th Street and 52nd Avenue in Kenosha …
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WGNO:
Very rare pink dolphin spotted again (and she may be pregnant) — CALCASIEU PARISH, La. (WGNO) - Captain Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service first spotted the mysterious pink dolphin they affectionately call, “Pinky” in 2007 out while fishing on his boat with his company Calcasieu Charter Service.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Are Super PACs Hurting Their Candidates More Than Helping? — One subplot of my story yesterday on Scott Walker's troubles is the fact that two of his most trusted advisers can no longer talk to him. — Keith Gilkes, who ran Walker's 2010 campaign and 2012 recall effort, and Stephan Thompson …
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Washington Monthly and RedState
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson: It's going to be hard to ignore me — Ben Carson has a message for the political class: He's embracing the role of underdog and dismissing those who say he doesn't have staying power to be the Republican presidential nominee. — “Everything they've predicted from the very beginning …
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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Nicholas Witchell / BBC:
Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning UK monarch — Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch later when she passes the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. — She will have reigned for 63 years and seven months - calculated at 23,226 days …
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Hope Hodge Seck / Marine Corps Times:
Grunt life: Marines dish on the Corps' women in combat experiment — Lance Cpl. Callahan Brown kept losing her tentmates. — The 20-year-old Marine had spent months in co-ed training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, before moving west to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms …
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