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Eli Stokols / Politico:
George W. Bush unleashes on Ted Cruz — <p>Inside a sleek Denver condominium, George W. Bush let a hundred donors to his brother's campaign in on a secret. Of all the rival Republican candidates, there is one who gets under the former president's skin, whom he views as perhaps Jeb Bush's …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Over A Year Before 9/11, Trump Wrote Of Terror Threat With Remarkable Clarity — “I really am convinced we're in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers.” — Al Bello / Getty Images
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Trump Hits Highest Mark Yet, But Carson Is Close Behind — Real estate mogul Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the Republican presidential field, while former neurosurgeon Ben Carson holds a close second place, a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll shows.
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump and Ben Carson Gain Strength in Poll of Republicans — Jeb Bush continues to lose ground and Marco Rubio emerges as leading contender from GOP establishment wing — Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to broaden their appeal among Republican primary voters and have widened …
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Ed Henry / Fox News:
Secret Service protection activated for Trump, Carson
Secret Service protection activated for Trump, Carson
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats are in denial. Their party is actually in deep trouble. — The Democratic Party is in much greater peril than its leaders or supporters recognize, and it has no plan to save itself. — Yes, Barack Obama is taking a victory lap in his seventh year in office.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Obama Regains Majority Job Approval; Most See GOP Infighting as Dysfunction (POLL) — More than half of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Barack Obama's job performance, a first in nearly two and a half years. That compares with 71 percent disapproval of the Republicans …
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
How the Republican speaker debacle is hurting the party
How the Republican speaker debacle is hurting the party
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner faces treacherous path to the exits
Boehner faces treacherous path to the exits
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Gowdy appears to accidentally release CIA source's name — <p>House Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy appears to have accidentally released the name of a CIA source in the midst of a back-and-forth with Democrats about how sensitive the information was and whether its presence …
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
CIA shrugs off Clinton's ‘classified’ email
CIA shrugs off Clinton's ‘classified’ email
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Jim Webb to consider running as an independent — Jim Webb, the longshot Democratic presidential candidate, may run as an independent, his campaign said in an email to reporters on Monday evening. — The former Virginia senator, who complained last week about not having enough talking …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Jim Webb considering independent run
Jim Webb considering independent run
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Art Swift / Gallup:
Americans' Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014.
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VP Joe Biden to enter presidential race, reports FOX News — NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - Sources tell FOX News Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry that Vice President Joe Biden will enter the presidential race. … There has been heavy speculation that Biden would run for the Democratic nomination.
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Joe Biden: Speculation About 2016 Bid Reaches Fever Pitch
Joe Biden: Speculation About 2016 Bid Reaches Fever Pitch
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Jay Carney / Medium:
What The New York Times Didn't Tell You — “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.” — If you read the recent New York Times article about Amazon's culture, you remember that quote. Attributed to Bo Olson, the image of countless employees crying at their desks set …
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NYTCo Communications / Medium:
Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post
Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post
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Moriba Cummings / bet.com:
Anthony Mackie Endorses Donald Trump: He Worked His Way Up From Nothing — The Our Brand Is Crisis actor said he is “drinking the Kool-Aid.” … Looks like we might see Anthony Mackie on the campaign trail with Donald Trump. During a sit-down chat with BET.com during the promotional trail …
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Right About 9/11 — Donald Trump utters plenty of ugly untruths: that undocumented Mexican immigrants are “rapists,” that Syrian refugees are committing “all sorts of attacks” in Germany and represent a “Trojan Horse” for ISIS. But he tells ugly truths too: that “when you give …
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New York Post:
Stoner high school student says he hacked the CIA — Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mail scandal didn't stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them.
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Roll Call:
Memo to GOP: Curb Immigration or Quit | Commentary — America is about to break every known immigration record. And yet you are unlikely to hear a word about it. — The Census Bureau projects that the foreign-born share of the U.S. population will soon eclipse the highest levels ever documented …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP Rep. Mo Brooks: Hillary Clinton will be first president ‘subject to impeachment’ on her first day — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton hasn't even clinched the nomination, but Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is already floating impeachment for the former secretary of state.
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Lauren Zakalik / WFAA-TV:
Dramatic motorcycle crash caught on video; DPS investigating — GRANBURY - The road rash and deep cuts all over Eric Sanders' body only begin to tell the story. — “I've got a gouge in my elbow that is bone-deep,” Sanders said. — The video tells the rest.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Sears Says It Will Stop Selling Arabic ‘INFIDEL’ Hats — No need to patronize sketchy anti-Islamic sites to get “infidel” hats to wear to your next armed mosque protest - Sears has you covered. — As activist Imraan Siddiqi flagged on Twitter Monday, the big box retailer sells …
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police ‘disappeared’ 7,000 people — Exclusive: Guardian lawsuit exposes fullest scale yet of detentions at off-the-books interrogation warehouse, while attorneys describe find-your-client chase across Chicago as ‘something from a Bond movie’
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