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Donald Trump begs Iowans not to believe Ben Carson: 'Don't be fools, okay?' — FORT DODGE, Iowa — As Donald Trump took the stage in a community college theater on Thursday night, something was off. — The usually punctual executive was nearly 40 minutes late. His voice was hoarse, his hair mussed, his tone defensive.
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Time for GOP panic? Establishment worried Carson or Trump might win. … Less than three months before the kickoff Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.
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Carson's comeback to Trump's insults: ‘Pray for him’ — U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson recommended praying for rival Donald Trump after the real-estate mogul and television personality, in a 95-minute rant in Iowa, likened him to a child molester, Carson's business manager said on Friday.
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In 95-minute tirade, Trump flips belt buckle to mock Carson
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Carly Fiorina / Facebook:
Donald, sorry, I've got to interrupt again. You would know something about pathological.
Donald, sorry, I've got to interrupt again. You would know something about pathological.
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Says His ‘Sources’ On Syria Are Better Than The White House
Ben Carson Says His ‘Sources’ On Syria Are Better Than The White House
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After Iowa Rally, Trump Again Has Onlookers Asking If He's Gone Too Far
After Iowa Rally, Trump Again Has Onlookers Asking If He's Gone Too Far
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Michael Walsh / Yahoo Politics:
GOP field strikes back after Donald Trump's anti-Ben Carson rant
GOP field strikes back after Donald Trump's anti-Ben Carson rant
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump Gone Wild
The Note: Trump Gone Wild
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's 95-minute rant: ‘How stupid are the people of the country?’
Donald Trump's 95-minute rant: ‘How stupid are the people of the country?’
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ben Carson Fires Back at Donald Trump Over ‘Pathological’ Comments
Ben Carson Fires Back at Donald Trump Over ‘Pathological’ Comments
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We Dissent — The student protests that have swept through Claremont McKenna College (CMC) over the past few days—and the ensuing fallout—have made us disappointed in many of those involved. — First, former Dean Mary Spellman. We are sorry that your career had to end this way …
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P.C. Police Tearing Apart California's Claremont McKenna College — The dean stepped down after saying ‘fit our mold’ and an Asian student was shouted down for saying blacks can be racist. — The last few days at Claremont McKenna College in California are giving Yale and the University …
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Taylor Lemmons / Medium:
Dear Claremont McKenna College Community
Dear Claremont McKenna College Community
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CMC Students Feel Marginalized, Demand Resources and Resignations
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‘The Attacks Will Be Spectacular’ — “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” The CIA's famous Presidential Daily Brief, presented to George W. Bush on August 6, 2001, has always been Exhibit A in the case that his administration shrugged off warnings of an Al Qaeda attack.
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An exclusive look at how the Bush administration ignored this warning from the CIA months before 9/11 …
An exclusive look at how the Bush administration ignored this warning from the CIA months before 9/11 …
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Supreme Court Accepts Texas Abortion Law Case — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge to a Texas law that would leave the state with about 10 abortion clinics, down from more than 40. The court has not heard a major abortion case since 2007, and the new case has the potential …
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Supreme Court To Hear Case Of Restrictive Texas Abortion Law
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court will hear Texas abortion case
Supreme Court will hear Texas abortion case
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Abortion Clinic Restrictions Get U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny
Abortion Clinic Restrictions Get U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny
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Utah judge backs off order to remove foster child from same-sex couple's home — PRICE, Utah — A juvenile court judge has backed off his order that a foster child be removed from a same-sex couple's home to be placed with a heterosexual couple. — In an order issued Friday and obtained by FOX 13 …
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Utah Judge, in Shift, Lets Lesbian Couple Keep Foster Child — A Utah judge on Friday reversed his order to take a foster child away from a same-sex couple because of their sexual orientation, state officials said. — The judge, Scott N. Johansen of Juvenile Court, had issued an order …
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Autopsy: Teen committed suicide by multiple cobra bites — AUSTIN - A Central Texas teenager who died in a SUV earlier this year committed suicide by letting a deadly monocle cobra repeatedly bite him, according to the autopsy report obtained by KVUE's Tony Plohetski.
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Republicans think America is doing terribly, but it isn't — Anyone watching the fourth Republican debate would be excused for thinking America is mired in a deep recession — that the economy is shrinking, foreign competitors are outpacing us, more Americans are uninsured, and innovators can't bring their ideas to market.
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Republicans Are Ready to Rumble
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know... Nov — This afternoon a Mountain View Police Department traffic officer noticed traffic backing up behind a slow moving car traveling in the eastbound #3 lane on El Camino Real, near Rengstorff Ave. The car was traveling at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone.
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UMN student govt: 9/11 remembrance would violate our safe space — The student government rejected a resolution for a moment of recognition on future anniversaries of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the grounds it would create an ‘unsafe’ space on campus. — One student representative …
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MSA Rejects Moment of Recognition Resolution for 9/11
MSA Rejects Moment of Recognition Resolution for 9/11
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‘NCIS’ Actress Pauley Perrette Describes Being Viciously Assaulted Near Hollywood Hills Home; Man Arrested — Pauley Perrette, the actress best known for her role on the TV series “NCIS,” said she was attacked by a “VERY psychotic homeless man” near her Hollywood Hills home on Thursday …
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Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter — Some of the biggest donors on the left plan to meet behind closed doors next week in Washington with leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and their allies to discuss funding the burgeoning protest movement, POLITICO has learned.
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Judge rules for Clinton on emails — A federal judge on Friday sided with the State Department against a conservative legal advocacy group trying to speed up the government's release of some Hillary Clinton emails. — Judge Amit Mehta said that it would be “unwise and potentially risky” …
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House Republican Hard-Liners Drafting ‘Contract With America II’ — Freedom Caucus members seeking detailed agenda for 2016 — Plan tentatively named after 1994 Gingrich campaign manifesto — U.S. House Republican hard-liners who helped force out former Speaker John Boehner are readying their next act …
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