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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Boehner's likely successor credits Benghazi committee for lowering Hillary Clinton's poll numbers — Sean Hannity was pushing hard, asking House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to name some promises his Republicans had actually delivered on. He scoffed when McCarthy said the party …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Camp Senses Moment to Expose Benghazi Committee — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy unleashes the perfect talking point for Democrats pushing for the panel to be dismantled and investigated. — Hillary Clinton and her fiercest defenders couldn't have said it better themselves.
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Washington Monthly, NBC News and TalkLeft
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee — Even die-hard GOP partisans sometimes find it difficult to justify the House Republicans' Benghazi committee. The party struggled to explain why it was necessary in the first place - the deadly 2012 attack was already examined …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
Lauren French / Politico:
Democrats doubt McCarthy can quell Republican rebellions — Congressional Democrats knew what they were getting when they battled with Speaker John Boehner, for better or worse. — With Kevin McCarthy, they'd be dealing with a virtual unknown - and top Democrats are worried about what that will mean …
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The Hill, Bloomberg Business and Daily Kos
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker Favorite, Under Fire for Benghazi Comment — WASHINGTON — As Speaker John A. Boehner set leadership elections for the House of Representatives next week, the top candidate to replace him found himself under a harsh glare for comments he made suggesting …
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Mediaite, Guardian, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
CNBC:
CNBC Republican Debate Criteria — Candidate criteria for the October 28, 2015 CNBC Republican Debate is as follows:
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USA Today:
Poll: Donald Trump still on top as outsiders Fiorina, Carson rise — WASHINGTON — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has strengthened his lead at the top of the USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll while two other outsider candidates, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, have gained ground over rivals with electoral experience.
Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:
Car-Lying: Carly Fiorina Lies Like a Boss — The surging GOP presidential contender's meaningless specifics are a marketing ploy, not a policy. — The Central Intelligence Agency has some tips for spotting liars. Unfortunately, most of them also sound like stage directions for a GOP primary candidate: “Failing to answer.”
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Salon, Conservative Intelligence …, Guardian and Christian Science Monitor
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
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Althouse
Suffolk University:
Nationwide Poll Shows Trump, Carson & Fiorina in Top 3 GOP Spots
Nationwide Poll Shows Trump, Carson & Fiorina in Top 3 GOP Spots
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Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Amity Shlaes / Bloomberg View:
Carson's ‘Tithing’ Is Sounder Than Rubio's Tax Plan
Carson's ‘Tithing’ Is Sounder Than Rubio's Tax Plan
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National Review
Jay Olstad / KARE-TV:
Guest gets bill after not showing up to wedding — Wedding guests billed for missed meals — GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - It was a couple weeks ago, Jessica Baker was getting ready to go to a wedding with her husband when she got a call from her mom. — “She called at the last minute …
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New York Times:
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in Washington — ROME — Pope Francis met privately in Washington last week with Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, adding a new element to an American tour …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis: What Does It Mean?
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis: What Does It Mean?
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Fox News:
Russians tell US to remove warplanes from Syria, senior official says — EXCLUSIVE: Russian officials have demanded that American warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, a senior U.S. official told Fox News early Wendesday. — The official told Fox News that Russian diplomats sent …
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Washington Post:
Russia begins airstrikes in Syria; U.S. warns of new concerns in conflict — MOSCOW — Russian warplanes began airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, adding an unpredictable new element to a multi-layered war that has already drawn in the United States and allies, created millions of refugees and opened room for gains by the Islamic State.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP still has nothing to show for its anti-Planned Parenthood campaign — At this point Republicans may wish to consider aborting to protect the health of the party. — They have been going after Planned Parenthood over the past few months like so many Captain Ahabs.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
'This wasn't an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong
'This wasn't an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong
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TIME, Refinery29, Hullabaloo, addictinginfo.org, AMERICAblog News and Liberaland
New York Daily News:
Democrats: The party of abortion, not the party of women
Democrats: The party of abortion, not the party of women
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Instapundit
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Fake But Inaccurate — Ross Douthat asserts that Carly Fiorina …
Fake But Inaccurate — Ross Douthat asserts that Carly Fiorina …
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New Republic, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Dr. Jen Gunter, Slate and GetReligion
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Got $100,000 From Washington ‘Redskins’ Owner, Says Team Name Not Offensive
Jeb Bush Got $100,000 From Washington ‘Redskins’ Owner, Says Team Name Not Offensive
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Jeb Bush on Washington Redskins Team Name: 'I Don't Think It Should Change'
Jeb Bush on Washington Redskins Team Name: 'I Don't Think It Should Change'
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The Hill, PR Newswire, OnPolitics, CBS DC, The Week and Mashable
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not — You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online. — So the most surprising thing about Peeple …
LEX18.com:
Restaurant Refuses Service To Soldier For Carrying Firearm — Over the weekend, a soldier with the National Guard was told to leave his gun outside of the Nicholasville Waffle House or he wouldn't be served. The situation is now getting national attention.
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Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sexually Explicit Casting Contract for HBO's ‘Westworld’ Extras Has SAG-AFTRA Concerned — Fully-nude bareback riding and “genital-to-genital touching” are among the acts that background performers on the show may be tasked with at a Wednesday shoot. — Background actors — extras …
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Independent Journal, Mashable and Mediaite
WXIA-TV:
Kelly Renee Gissendaner executed by lethal injection — JACKSON, GA (WXIA) — Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row, was executed at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson early Wednesday. She was the first woman to be executed in the state in the past 70 years.
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Michael Gartland / New York Post:
City Council honors Ethel Rosenberg for ‘great bravery’ — City Council member Mark Levine, City Council member Daniel Dromm, Robert Meeropol, Michael Meeropol and Gail Brewer on the steps of City Hall. — Ethel Rosenberg, who was executed with her husband for treason in 1953 …
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Indianapolis Star:
Last Slide — Rep. Jud McMillin, a rising star in the state's Republican Party, abruptly resigned Tuesday. — The Indianapolis Star has learned that the surprise resignation came after a sexually explicit video was sent via text message from McMillin's cell phone.
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Lawmaker: Trey Gowdy to leave the House after 2016 — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said Wednesday morning that Tea Party favorite Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., won't run for a fourth term, and instead plans to retire at the end of the current Congress to return to his home state.
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