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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bill Clinton Blames G.O.P. and Press for Wife's Email Woes — Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans who hope to undercut his wife's presidential chances and a voracious political news media uninterested in substance for the furor surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's use …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton camp: Clinton did not sign form on Abedin job change — <p>Hillary Clinton's chief of staff —and not Clinton herself — signed a State Department form that helped another Clinton aide change to a job status that allowed broader private-sector employment, a Clinton campaign official …
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Reuters:
Government finds new emails Clinton did not hand over — The U.S. Defense Department has found an email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, the State Department said on Friday, despite her saying she had provided all work emails from her time as secretary of state.
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Ali Breland / Politico:
Bill Clinton blames Republicans — but no ‘plot’ — for Hillary's campaign woes
Bill Clinton blames Republicans — but no ‘plot’ — for Hillary's campaign woes
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New York Times:
The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington's Sense of Dread — WASHINGTON — At the White House, a stunned President Obama expressed hope for bipartisan progress as turmoil among Republicans ended Representative John A. Boehner's speakership. — On Capitol Hill, the conservatives …
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Eric Cantor / New York Times:
The G.O.P., After John Boehner — Richmond, Va. — LIKE so many others, I was stunned by Speaker John A. Boehner's announcement on Friday that he would step down at the end of October. For nearly six years — first as Republican whip and then as majority leader — I met with John on a daily …
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Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
Sympathy for the Boehner — The internet is thick with cruel GIFs …
Sympathy for the Boehner — The internet is thick with cruel GIFs …
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Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
Boehner and the Year of the Outsider
Boehner and the Year of the Outsider
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
On Islam, Ben Carson Is Right and Charles Krauthammer Is Wrong — Ben Carson campaigning in California, September 9, 2015 (Kevork Djansezian/Getty)
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Edward L. Rubin / Salon:
Pope Francis is scaring the hell out of conservatives. Here's the real reason why — It isn't just that conservatives disagree with the pontiff's politics. He threatens something even more fundamental — Republican legislators who attended Pope Francis' address to Congress …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Camp of the Saints Comes to Europe — The Daily Mail has a long report from Germany on the influx of migrants there. Who, exactly, are the migrants? The article begins: … Only a small percentage of the migrants are Syrian, and only a small minority are refugees.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Pope Francis is just another liberal political pundit — Pope Francis arrives at the United Nations. — Pope Francis is unquestionably a man of uncommon personal grace, the possessor of a genuinely beautiful soul. “On Heaven and Earth,” his book-length exchange with Rabbi Abraham Skorka …
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad — HER silver tongue honed by decades in corporate marketing, Carly Fiorina has used two debates, and a steely determination on the campaign trail, to climb near the top of the polls for the Republican nomination. — But Americans should pause …
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theusconstitution.org:
CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER MOURNS THE PASSING OF DOUG KENDALL, ITS VISIONARY PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER — Washington, DC - Doug Kendall, progressive litigator, author, activist, non-profit entrepreneur - named a “Visionary” by the National Law Journal in 2011 - and founding president …
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Mark Walker / Argus Leader:
Man shoots self in penis, lies to police: affidavit — A convicted felon who accidentally shot himself in the penis was arrested after police say he lied about how the shooting happened. — Donald Anthony Watson was admitted to the Avera McKennan emergency room about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 6 …
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