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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just minutes after a judge ordered Kim Davis released from jail on Tuesday, her lawyers told CNN that she would violate a court order by forcing …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee Aide Physically Blocked Cruz From Getting Into Kim Davis Money Shot — The first Republican primary is months away, but in the race to see which GOP candidate could make the most of the legal battle over a clerk in Kentucky's refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses …
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New York Times:
Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail, Won't Say if She Will Keep Defying Court — GRAYSON, Ky. — After five nights in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, walked free Tuesday to a roar of cheers from thousands of supporters …
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Kim Davis supporters gather outside judge's home to hold him 'in contempt of God's court'
Kim Davis supporters gather outside judge's home to hold him 'in contempt of God's court'
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat
Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry' — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told ABC News' David Muir that using a personal email account while Secretary of State was a “mistake” and that she is “sorry” for it. — “That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that.
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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.
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ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry'
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry'
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Citing Her ‘Mistake,’ Apologizes for Private Email
Hillary Clinton, Citing Her ‘Mistake,’ Apologizes for Private Email
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Kerry names State Department email and transparency czar
Kerry names State Department email and transparency czar
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama secures 41 votes in support of Iran deal — <p>President Barack Obama won decisively on the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. But the Senate's war over the agreement is just beginning. </p> <p>While the accord will survive Republican attempts to derail it, the Senate still faces …
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Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement Falls
Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement Falls
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Democrats have enough Senate votes to stifle Iran opposition
Democrats have enough Senate votes to stifle Iran opposition
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees — BUDAPEST — Pope Francis's message Sunday couldn't have been clearer: With hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe, Catholics across the continent had a moral duty to help by opening their churches, monasteries and homes as sanctuaries.
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
698K Native-Born Americans Lost Their Job In August: Why This Suddenly Is The Most Important Jobs Chart — After the Fed admitted over a year ago that the US unemployment rate (which in 2012 was supposed to be a rate hike “threshold” once it hit 6.5% and is now at 5.1%) …
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CNN:
First on CNN: John Kerry appoints email ‘czar’ for State Department — Clinton: I wish I had made a different choice — (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped a former career diplomat as an “email czar” to coordinate the State Department response to the myriad of document requests mostly related …
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ESPN:
Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart — 1h - NFL TOM BRADY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW YORK JETS PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAROLINA PANTHERS ST. LOUIS RAMS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS + more
Guardian:
Lindsey Graham calls on US to admit its ‘fair share’ of Syrian refugees — The South Carolina senator and presidential hopeful urges for more support from the US, which has accepted only 1,500 Syrian refugees so far — South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham became the first Republican presidential candidate …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Harry Reid: GOP ‘scared’ to confront Donald Trump
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Does the Sanders surge pose a serious threat to Hillary? Howard Dean weighs in. — With Bernie Sanders surging in New Hampshire and Iowa, Democrats now have a very real primary on their hands. This raises questions about whether something is happening among Dem primary voters that poses …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Inches Ahead of Sanders in National Poll as Clinton Slips
Biden Inches Ahead of Sanders in National Poll as Clinton Slips
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Private group seeks minority actors for Trump ‘smear video’ — The anti-Donald Trump effort is in production. — According to an e-mail obtained Tuesday by The Washington Post, an undisclosed private group will film a “smear video” Wednesday about the Republican presidential front-runner featuring actors …
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published. Then he became Yi-Fen Chou. — Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out Tuesday.
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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.
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Rick Perry loses South Carolina headquarter offices — (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has shuttered his South Carolina campaign headquarters in the capital city of Columbia, his state chairman Katon Dawson confirmed Tuesday. — This comes almost a month after the Perry campaign announced …
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Jonathan Haidt / The Righteous Mind:
Where microaggressions really come from: A sociological account — I just read the most extraordinary paper by two sociologists — Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning — explaining why concerns about microaggressions have erupted on many American college campuses in just the past few years.
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