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Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — “You're terminated”? “You won't be back”? “Hasta la vista, job seeker”? — Arnold Schwarzenegger is to replace Donald Trump as the host of the NBC reality show …
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Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump
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The One-Man Roadshow of Donald Trump
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO REPLACE DONALD TRUMP AS CELEBRITY APPRENTICE HOST
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Showdown Between Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump Expected at Republican Debate
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Named New ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Host
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McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe — In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017. Until then, his agenda is more modest. — Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game. — To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …
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Poll: Public wants to avoid shutdown over Planned Parenthood — A huge majority wants Congress to keep the government open, regardless of whether that means providing funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday. — The poll finds that 71 percent of adults …
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Hullabaloo, Addicting Info and Daily Kos


GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law
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Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

The GOP at war — Forget presidential politics.
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The Moderate Voice


Anthony Weiner's so gross even PR flacks are disgusted by him — Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources tell The Post. — Arthur Schwartz, one of the top executives at MWW, quit after the p.r. firm put …
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Mediaite, Daily Mail and Washington Free Beacon


Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince — I'm sailing awaaaaay... Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.
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Mark Cuban: I could beat Trump AND Clinton — Mark Cuban to CNBC: I would crush Donald — Republican candidates will hit the stage Wednesday night in their next debate. CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Mark Cuban said he would crush Donald Trump if he were head to head with him in a race.
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Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.
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Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever — Late-night comedy has seen a disorienting—some feared fragmenting—shuffle over the last two years as Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart gave up their chairs. But, writes David Kamp, a mix of new faces, shows, and platforms has only revitalized the format.
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What Kim Davis Is Saying Now About Marriage Licenses — Shares- — Play
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses
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Kim Davis stands ground, offers alternative
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Why is the media more interested in Hillary's email than in Jeb's profoundly dishonest tax pitch? — The formative experience of my political life was the 2000 presidential campaign, in which the media mercilessly persecuted Al Gore over a series of trivial exaggerations and now-forgotten pseudo-scandals …
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Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’ — Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …
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Perry Gets Winnowed
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Devo Co-Founder — 9/11 Themed Wedding ... Box Cutters Anyone? — 9/11 THEMED WEDDING — ... Box Cutters Anyone? — 9/14/2015 8:16 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — The co-founder of Devo and his bride hung their faces off a Twin Towers cake to celebrate their marriage with the most bizarre …


The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report. Now What? — The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report. — Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.
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Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis
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Is Trump killing justice reform? — Don't look now, but The Donald is actually shaping American policy. — Criminal justice reform, a perennial lost cause for civil rights lefties, had its surprise bipartisan moment this year. Conservative Republican voices like anti-tax activist Grover Norquist …
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Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics
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Russia shipping tanks into Syria, in ‘first clear sign of offensive weapons’ — Russia's military build-up in Syria has grown to include the shipment of a half-dozen highly sophisticated battle tanks — and more troops — a defense official told Fox News, in what the source called the …
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Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids — Ethel Kennedy in 1969. — Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer. Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.


Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal.
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U.S. drops to 16th on ‘economic freedom’ list, behind Canada, Chile — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — The United States, ranked second in worldwide economic freedom as recently as 2000, has plummeted to 16th, according to a new report of world economies.
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A pregnant woman wanted her tubes tied. Her Catholic hospital said no. — It was painful to hear but ultimately seemed the best course to Jessica Mann and her family. Because of a dangerous tumor in her brain, her doctor gently suggested that she take steps to make sure that she could not get pregnant again.