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Fiorina: Trump is going to hear a lot from me — 'Mr. Trump's going to be hearing quite a lot from me': Fiorina — Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, fires back at front-runner Donald Trump, one of her most vocal detractors.
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Brody File Video Exclusive: Donald Trump Talks About The Bible And Book Of Proverbs — In an exclusive interview with The Brody File at his golf course in Southern California, GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump heaps praise on the Bible and refers to the Book of Proverbs when discussing envy.
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Portland artist uses period blood for Trump portrait … A Portland artist used her own menstrual blood to paint a Donald Trump portrait. She did so after hearing Trump's disparaging remarks about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. VPC — PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland artist's unusual painting is making national headlines.
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Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit and Mashable


10 questions for Carly Fiorina
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Washington Post, Jezebel, Business Insider and NBC News

Rand Paul Preparing To Go After Trump In The Debate: ‘I Think He Deserves Both Barrels’
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Glenn Beck: Tea Partiers Who Support Donald Trump Are Racist
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The Note: Debate Expectations, Reagan Library Edition
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Guardian, Daily Kos and The Brody File

A day before the GOP debate, Donald Trump talks national security on board a battleship
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Chicago Sun Times and Daily Kos

Former Romney Adviser Stuart Stevens on Loss, the GOP's Race Problem, and Why Trump Won't Win
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, National Review, Progress Pond and Politico

If Donald Trump wins, what country would you flee to?
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The Moderate Voice, Luminoso Blog, The Hinterland Gazette, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill


What's at Stake in the Second Republican Debate: Full Panic in the GOP — If you imagine a scenario in which Donald Trump vanishes from the Republican presidential race, and isn't replaced by an equally brash panderer—that is, where his supporters scatter to a variety of other second-choice candidates …
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Progress Pond and Washington Monthly
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Scott Walker's last best chance — His team promises a better performance. Without it, the money might well dry up. … Scott Walker needs to reassure his supporters and his donors. And Wednesday's debate might be his last chance. — After a sleepy performance in the first Republican …
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Washington Post, Bloomberg View and The PJ Tatler


CNN Spends 78 Percent of Prime Time GOP Campaign Coverage on Trump — Share it Tweet it — When the GOP candidates assemble on CNN's stage Wednesday night, they will be appearing on a network that has virtually ignored most of them, while spending vast amounts of time covering the now-frontrunner, businessman Donald Trump.
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Press 1 for the Good Old Days
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Daily Kos, Raw Story, ThinkProgress and Texas Monthly


The GOP debate: 5 things to watch
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The Daily Beast, Bloomberg Business and Daily Kos

More Republicans See Donald Trump as a Winner, Poll Finds
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Salon, Hullabaloo, Guardian and Wall Street Journal

WBUR Poll: Close N.H. Race Between Trump, Carson
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YouGov US Opinion Center News, Hot Air, The Hill, Prairie Weather and Washington Post


Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school: ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’ — IRVING — Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday.
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‘They thought it was a bomb’: 9th grader arrested after bringing a home-built clock to school — Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed just wanted to get noticed by his teachers. — Instead, he got arrested. — In an incident that has raised allegations of racism and made a Texas school district …
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Irving ISD student detained for invention resembling bomb
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Steve Rannazzisi, Comedian Who Told of 9/11 Escape, Admits He Lied — When the comedian Steve Rannazzisi has explained his success, which includes seven seasons starring on a popular TV show, “The League,” and a one-hour special this Saturday on Comedy Central, he has frequently attributed …
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House GOP wants McConnell to go nuclear — Multiple House Republicans want Senate leaders to “go nuclear” over the Obama administration's deal with Iran now that Democrats have stymied efforts to derail the accord by conventional means. — A small but growing number of GOP lawmakers …
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Boehner and his allies prepare fall battle with conservative GOP critics — House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is bracing for what could be the toughest weeks of his speakership as several dozen conservatives in his party are threatening to topple him unless he is more ferocious with Democrats during the upcoming fiscal showdowns.
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Talking Points Memo, Rush Limbaugh, Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler

McConnell sets up tough vote for Dems on Iran
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Politico, Daily Kos, Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News


Records Show Scant Reagan-Trump Ties — Reagan Library files indicate real-estate developer was rebuffed in many entreaties to former president — SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—Like many hopefuls before him, presidential candidate Donald Trump has embraced Ronald Reagan, the icon of the modern Republican Party.
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‘Look in the Mirror, Fat Boy’ — Ronald Reagan's sons discuss Donald Trump and 2016. — Ronald Reagan's sons have one thing to say to Donald Trump: We knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was our father. And you're no Ronald Reagan. — The conservative 40th president has been a touchstone …
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Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run and Hot Air


The Truth about Mass Incarceration — From the September 21, 2015, issue of NR — America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, outstripping even Russia, Cuba, Rwanda, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Though America is home to only about one-twentieth of the world's population …
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The PJ Tatler and Horizons


‘Black Lives Matter’ post leads to police chief's retirement — SURF CITY, NC (WECT) - — Surf City Police Chief Mike Halstead has retired effective immediately following an emergency meeting called in reference to a Facebook post he made. Major Ron Shanahan will take over as Interim Chief.
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Hillary Clinton Thinks You're Stupid . . . . . . and guess what? If you support her, you are. — Newsflash: Hillary Clinton thinks you're stupid. And if you still support her, then you must be stupid, too. — During a speech at Northern Iowa University on Monday …
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