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Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats — As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race. — One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president.
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FBI Said to Recover Personal E-Mails From Hillary Clinton Server — The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

Investigators Find Emails Hillary Clinton Said Were Erased — WASHINGTON — F.B.I. investigators have recovered work-related and personal emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton said had been deleted from the server that housed the personal account she used exclusively when she was secretary of state, according to two government officials.
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State Department's account of e-mail request differs from Clinton's


Huckabee rips Obama as ‘most anti-Christian’ president ever — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is blasting President Obama as the “most-anti-Christian” president ever over his guest list for Pope Francis's state visit later this week. — Huckabee said Obama is disregarding Catholic doctrine …
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Pope Francis, in Washington, Offers Vision for Church, and World — WASHINGTON — Pope Francis quietly but forcefully made his priorities clear during his first full day in the United States on Wednesday, urging in a pair of speeches a renewed emphasis on tackling global poverty …
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America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
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Pope Francis' Prepared Remarks at the White House
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READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White House
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Walker's campaign manager unloads — <p>Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulled the plug on a bloated campaign that was headed into debt and was being undermined by furious donors, a warring staff and — at the root of it all — a candidate who was badly out of his league. </p><p>Prior …
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Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
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Report: Muslims Are the Fastest Growing Immigrant Community — Muslims are the fastest growing bloc of immigrants, according to new census data published by the Center for Immigration Studies. — The report, which analyzes data from American Community Survey (ACS), finds …
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Independent Journal Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News


The Poisonous Obama Years
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neo-neocon, Allen B. West, BarbWire.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Free Beacon

Scott Walker's presidential bid was the shortest in at least two decades
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Independent Journal Review, Outside the Beltway and Guardian


‘Call off your f- -king dogs!’ Hillary rages to Obama — An enraged Hillary Rodham Clinton blew up at President Obama, demanding he “call off your f-king dogs” looking into her emails during a tense Oval Office meeting, according to a new book. — The book, “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary …


Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90 — Yogi Berra, one of baseball's greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known …
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Boehner coup talk puts House GOP on edge — Growing chatter about a possible coup against Speaker John Boehner has set Capitol Hill on edge. — Talk that conservatives might use a government-funding showdown to overthrow the powerful Ohio Republican has triggered a flurry of behind …
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Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach — More than 21 million affected by OPM hack — Millions more Americans were hit by the government personnel data hack than originally thought. — The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday …
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OPM underestimated number of fingerprints stolen in hack by millions
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Colbert bests Trump — <p>Donald Trump was in no fighting mood on Tuesday night.</p><p>Rather than come out swinging, as he did at the outset of last week's Republican debate, a subdued front-runner came out nodding in his “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert. </p><p>Rather than engage …
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Presidential debate schedule set for next year — <p>Next year's general-election presidential debates will be in Ohio, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday.</p><p> The first general-election debate will be held Sept. 26, 2016, at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
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Brody File Video Exclusive: Donald Trump Exclaims, “God Is The Ultimate!” — The Brody File continues to roll out a few more clips from our exclusive golf course interview with Donald Trump that was done last week on his beautiful golf course in Southern California.
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Washington Monthly, Post On Politics, Right Wing Watch and The Federalist


Naked jogging couple leaves 1-year-old alone on beach — A 20-month-old girl was found alone on Holly Beach Tuesday morning, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson said. The parents were located hours later jogging naked down the beach. — The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office received a report …
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‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules — In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid copyright claim to the “Happy Birthday To You” song.
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Clinton Promises Health Insurance Merger Scrutiny in Policy Plan — Hillary Clinton said she would give close scrutiny to health-insurance industry mergers like those proposed this year by Anthem Inc. and Aetna Inc., part of the Democratic presidential candidate's latest policy plans.
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