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Michelle Fields / Breitbart:
In Her Own Words — On Tuesday night, I went to cover Donald Trump's press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. I was looking to cover the event like I have covered many live political events for Breitbart News, including an uneventful Trump press conference in Palm Beach the week before.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Rolls Over After Reporter ‘Grabbed’ By Trump Aide — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his outsider juggernaut seem to be doing much more than reinventing the rules of politics and terrifying the Washington establishment. — The reality television billionaire might …
Los Angeles Times:
Complaint over loud ‘boom box’ music leads to 5-woman brawl on Spirit Airlines flight — Five women fought aboard a Spirit Arlines flight that later landed in Los Angeles. — The two intoxicated women blasted music from a “boom box” on board the Spirit Airlines flight Wednesday morning from Baltimore to Los Angeles.
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Video Shows Mid-Air Passenger Brawl Aboard LAX Bound Spirit Airlines Flight — Cellphone video captured a brawl that broke out between passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles Wednesday. — The video showed a group of women throwing punches and pulling each other's hair …
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WHNT-TV
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Obama Doctrine — Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America's reign as the world's sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void …
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Infowars, Hot Air, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Fusion, The Times of Israel, NBC News, Politico and The Week
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate — THE BIG IDEA: — During their two-hour debate in Miami last night, Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders for siding with both the Castro brothers and the Koch brothers. — The Democratic front-runner attacked …
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Vox, USA TODAY College, New Yorker, TheStreet.com, The Week, Mother Jones and Mashable
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Jorge Ramos asks Hillary Clinton: Will you drop out of the race if you get indicted?
Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
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The Week, Politico and Yahoo Politics
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’ — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism. — “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Scarborough: GOP performs on a ‘fifth-grade level’ — The Republican Party has “shattered its brand,” Joe Scarborough said Thursday. — A day after Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders respectfully contrasted their records and policy differences …
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Associated Press
F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
Donald Trump Attacks Muslims: ‘Islam Hates Us’
Donald Trump Attacks Muslims: ‘Islam Hates Us’
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Washington Post, Raw Story and alan.com
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Trump protester sucker-punched at North Carolina rally, videos show — Multiple videos show a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina being sucker-punched by a Trump supporter. — The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday and are shot from different perspectives …
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
Trump Supporter Punches Protester In Face At North Carolina Rally
Trump Supporter Punches Protester In Face At North Carolina Rally
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Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
First Read: Where Have All the Popular Candidates Gone? — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Where have all the popular candidates gone? — Almost a year since …
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Vox, Political Wire, NBC News and Washington Times, more at Mediagazer »
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Rubio's collapse: A fateful decision that helped unravel his campaign … MIAMI — Marco Rubio had suffered three electoral thumpings in a row when the Florida senator and his image-makers abruptly shifted strategy. The aspirational candidate, whose presidential campaign was built …
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Political Insider blog, Slantpoint, New York Magazine, New York Times, Althouse, The Pulse 2016, The Week, Hot Air, The Right Scoop and Eschaton
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kasich ahead in Ohio — Ohio Governor John Kasich bests Donald Trump among Buckeye Republicans by a 34 to 29 percent margin. Ted Cruz is third with 19 percent. Marco Rubio trails with just 7 percent. — That's according to a new Fox News poll of Ohio likely Republican primary voters.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump, Rubio close in Fla. primary, Washington Post-Univision News poll shows
Trump, Rubio close in Fla. primary, Washington Post-Univision News poll shows
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Hot Air and Naked Politics
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Exclusive: Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Voters Have “relatively low information” And Are “not that engaged” — GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz tells The Brody File that the reason Donald Trump is performing well in the GOP race for president is because his voters are uninformed and not engaged in the process.
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CNN, Politico, Right Wing Watch and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination
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Politico, Yahoo Politics and ABC News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
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Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
Here's The Math On Why Obsessing Over The Florida GOP Primary Makes No Sense
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The Daily Caller, MyDD, Washington Post and RedState
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade — Senate GOP leaders are making the case to their members this week that their decision to ignore President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is not just a principled stance, but a politically beneficial one, too.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama zeroes in on court pick
Obama zeroes in on court pick
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Washington Post, Grist and Hot Air
Richard A. Posner / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court is a political court. Republicans' actions are proof.
The Supreme Court is a political court. Republicans' actions are proof.
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Wall Street Journal and Althouse
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
‘Hot Felon’ Jeremy Meeks released from federal prison and gets job offers — Jeremy Meeks, right, known as the “hot felon,” was released from prison Tuesday. — A convicted felon whose handsome booking photo went viral was released from federal prison this week, and he is now entertaining job offers.
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Independent Journal Review, KFOR-TV, Fox 59 and theGrio
Cale Ahearn / WPMT FOX43:
Man attempts taxi robbery with police car behind him — READING, Pa. — Taxi surveillance cameras recorded a masked man robbing a terrified taxi driver at gunpoint - but the robber forgot to look behind him. — Waiting behind the cab was Berks County Deputy Sheriff Terry Ely …
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New York's PIX11 and KTLA
Karen Langley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
For John Kasich, a battle over signatures to appear on Pa. primary ballot — An objector claims the Ohio governor lacks the needed signatures, but Kasich claims the objection came 13 minutes too late. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich needs 2,000 signatures to appear on the Pennsylvania primary ballot.
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Washington Post and National Review
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Joe Holden / WPXI-TV:
BREAKING: 5 dead, 3 hurt in Wilkinsburg mass shooting — WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Five people are dead and three people are hurt after a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night, Allegheny County police said. — Emergency dispatchers confirmed that police and seven ambulances were called to Franklin Avenue just before 11 p.m.
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ThinkProgressPage Array, NBC News, KFOR-TV, Scared Monkeys, fox4kc.com, The Atlantic, New York's PIX11 and The Week
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Darrell Sapp / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Five people killed in mass shooting in Wilkinsburg; gunmen at large
Five people killed in mass shooting in Wilkinsburg; gunmen at large
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Fox News, Western Journalism and NPR
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's Approval Rating Hits Almost Three-Year High — President Barack Obama's job approval has hit an almost three-year high among Americans, according to Gallup. — Fifty-percent of Americans approve of Obama's performance as the country's chief executive, the highest level since May 2013.
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Balloon Juice
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TMZ.com:
Arrested During Sexual Assault Raid — Chumlee from “Pawn Stars” has been arrested for guns and drugs after police raided his home while investigating an alleged sexual assault ... TMZ has learned. — Las Vegas Metro PD says officers showed up at his home Wednesday afternoon with a search warrant …
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Independent Journal Review, FOX2now.com and New York's PIX11
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Ricardo Torres / LasVegasSun.com:
‘Pawn Stars’ celeb Chumlee arrested during raid, faces drug charges
‘Pawn Stars’ celeb Chumlee arrested during raid, faces drug charges
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Deadline, Scared Monkeys and Just Jared
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Claim: Hillary Grand Jury Looking Into Political Corruption — As many as 150 FBI Agents on Hillary's Case — Illegal Alien Released Due To Paperwork Mix-Up Allegedly Slaughters Five In Kansas City And Missouri — Alleged killer was in police custody in September — COULTER: Springtime For Pundits
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BizPac Review
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Union Officials Admit They Let Veterans Die Rather Than Talk To Republicans
Union Officials Admit They Let Veterans Die Rather Than Talk To Republicans
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Weasel Zippers
Camille Paglia / Salon:
I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP front-runner's refreshing candor (and his impetuousness, too) — But his fearlessness and brash energy also seem necessary and rare — I'm dying for an update from you on Donald Trump. Last summer you called him “not a president” and a “carnival barker.”
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Infowars and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Transcript: The Post-Univision Democratic debate, annotated … Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are holding for their fourth one-on-one debate. The transcript will be pasted below. Washington Post reporters and readers will be annotating it using Genius, and will continue to do so following the debate.
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Mother Jones, MichelleMalkin.com, Western Journalism, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Advocate, Hit & Run and TalkLeft
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The Miami debate was Clinton's personal nightmare
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump throws a tantrum after man confronts him for swearing around children — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — GOP front runner Donald Trump belittled a man who confronted him with concerns over his penchant to swear publicly on the campaign trail.