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	Ben Carson: My Mother Would've 'Taken a Gun' and Shot 'Dishonest Reporters' During 2016 Run by Alex Griswold Speaking on CBS Radio's Brown and Scoop podcast Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson joked that his mother would have grabbed a gun and shot "dishonest reporters" during his 2016 presidential run. Read More »

	NRA to Run Pro-Trump Ad Attacking Hillary Clinton on Benghazi by Alex Griswold In a newly released ad, the National Rifle Association attacks Hillary Clinton for her handling of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and urges Americans to vote for Donald Trump. Read More »

	Benghazi Victim's Mother Speaks Out on New Report: 'I'd Like to See Hillary in Stripes' by Ken Meyer In light of a new report on Hillary Clinton by the Benghazi Committee, the mother of one of the murdered ambassadors inside the consulate was invited to weigh in on the new revelations and conclusions. Read More »

	Largest Pro-Hillary Clinton Group Accused of Taking Illegal Donations by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	'Welcome to Hell': Police in Rio Protest Decrepit Work Conditions Weeks Before Olympics by J.D. Durkin Oh, and the rowers for Olympic events will be navigating through human feces water. Read More »

	Report: FBI Neglects to Inform Americans They Were on ISIS ‘Kill Lists’ by Christopher White Read More »

	Ambassador Chris Stevens's Family Speaks on Benghazi: 'Do Not Blame Hillary Clinton' by J.D. Durkin The hardest hitting elements from the interview with Dr. Stevens is that she does not seem to find culpability with Hillary Clinton personally. Read More »

	Hillary: 'I Am Sympathetic to a Lot of the People Attracted to Trump's Messages' by Josh Feldman During a town hall with YouTube digital content creators tonight, Hillary Clinton was asked what she would say to someone supporting Donald Trump. Read More »

	The State Dept. Issued Travel Warning Just Yesterday About Increased Terror Threat in Turkey by Josh Feldman The horrible terror attack in Istanbul, Turkey today came exactly one day after the State Department issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens about the increased terror threat from Turkey. Read More »

	Limbaugh: Hillary Clinton Is a 'Security Risk' and No One Seems to Care by Josh Feldman Rush Limbaugh reacted to the new Benghazi report today by saying that Hillary Clinton herself is a "security risk" to the nation. Read More »

	Report: Lewandowski's Non-Disclosure Agreement with Trump Cost Him $1.2 Million Book Deal by Sam Reisman That non-disclosure agreement former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandoswki signed has cost him a $1.2 million book deal, according to Politico. Read More »

	MSNBC Panel Discusses Whether Hillary or Trump Would Benefit from Istanbul Terror Attack by Josh Feldman MSNBC's Hardball ended tonight with a discussion about the U.S. political implications of the terrorist attack in Istanbul tonight and whether it would benefit Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump more. Read More »

	Why Making it ‘Harder’ to Prosecute Politicians is a Good Thing by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Lou Dobbs: Trump Speaks 'Powerfully' and 'Effectively' Compared to Dems' Orwellian Language by Sam Reisman Speaking to Fox Business' Lou Dobbs Tuesday evening, Trump supporter Mike Huckabee argued that Democrats had manipulated language around terrorism in a manner reminiscent of British author George Orwell. Read More »

	Obama Says Trump Isn't 'Speaking For a Broad Base of This Country' by Sam Reisman In an interview with NPR, President Obama pointed to Donald Trump's unfavorables and argued that it was unlikely that the presumptive GOP nominee was "speaking for a broad base of this country." Read More »

	Trump Campaign Reportedly Wants Bobby Knight, Mike Tyson, Mike Ditka for GOP Convention by Josh Feldman Would it surprise you to learn that Donald Trump is looking for a bit of celebrity for the GOP convention next month? Read More »

	Trump: TPP Trade Deal Is a 'Rape of Our Country' by Josh Feldman During a rally tonight, Donald Trump again trashed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and called it a "rape of our country." Read More »

	Game of Thrones Finale Draws Series-High Ratings by Sam Reisman The season six finale of Game of Thrones netted 8.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen, when it aired Sunday night, marking a new high-water mark for HBO's biggest show. Read More »

	Gowdy Tears Into the Credibility of Another GOP-Led Benghazi Committee Report by Josh Feldman With today's Benghazi report out, you may remember there was another GOP-led Benghazi committed report that came out almost two years ago. Well. Benghazi Select Committee head Trey Gowdy today basically echoed the words of fellow skeptical Republicans––one of whom called it "crap." Read More »

	Elizabeth Warren: Trump, Scott Brown Are Trying to 'Bully Me Into Shutting Up' by Josh Feldman On The View this morning, Senator Elizabeth Warren responded to Donald Trump calling her a racist and Scott Brown saying she should take a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage. Read More »

	Undercovered: Where Brexit Could Hit The Hardest by Sam Reisman Read More »

	Pro-Brexit Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson Has a Video on Pornhub... by Lindsey Ellefson Pornhub has spoken out against people doing this sort of thing in the past, unfortunately, but this time, they seem to be celebrating the new addition to their collection of free, streaming videos. Read More »

	Miley Cyrus Sports ‘Make America Gay Again’ Shirt To Support Advocacy Group by Lindsey Ellefson Cyrus has long supported LGBT causes. Last year, she launched the Happy Hippie Foundation to benefit homeless LGBT youth. Read More »

	Fox Host: It 'Doesn't Bother' Hillary That People Died in Benghazi by Josh Feldman On Fox News' Outnumbered this afternoon, Jedediah Bila observed, following the release of the Benghazi report, that she doesn't think Hillary Clinton is that bothered by the fact that Americans died there. Read More »

	Blender Companies Are Currently Fighting Each Other… on Chrissy Teigen’s Twitter Account by Lindsey Ellefson Something silly is happening right now on Twitter dot com. Model and author Chrissy Teigen is facilitating a fight between blender companies. Read More »

	Nazi Group from Sacramento Skirmish Offers to Protect Trump Supporters by Ken Meyer The neo-nazi group at the center of a violent maelstrom this weekend has promised to defend Donald Trump's supporters next month at the Republican National Convention. Read More »

	'He Really Oversold That Wall': Twitter Mercilessly Rips Trump for Speaking In Front of Garbage by Ken Meyer For Donald Trump's harshest critics, today's economics speech might be his campaign in a nutshell. Read More »

	Harry Reid Says Marco Rubio Should Be Sued for Missing Senate Votes by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	The Kid From the Viral Mac and Cheese Tantrum Video Got Arrested Again by Lindsey Ellefson You probably remember hearing about a student at the University of Connecticut who was so bombed that he threw a fit in the school's cafeteria when he couldn't get macaroni and cheese. That was Gatti. Read More »

	SCOTUS Refuses to Hear Pharmacists' Religious Liberty Case, Over Conservative Dissent by Sam Reisman Over conservative dissent, the Supreme Court has refused to hear a religious liberty case, in which pharmacists challenged a Washington State regulaiton mandating that pharmacies dispense emergency contraception, such as Plan B, the so-called "morning after pill." Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally in St. Clairsville, OH by Mediaite TV Donald Trump is following up his anti-globalization speech with a rally at Ohio University's Eastern Campus in St. Clairsville. Read More »

	WATCH: Hillary Clinton (Maybe) Sweetly and Smoothly Blows Off Reporter by Lindsey Ellefson Enjoy this gif tweeted by MSNBC's Kasie Hunt, who claims it is presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacting to the realization that the person in front of her is a reporter, not a voter. Read More »

	Was Kanye West Going to Have Nude Clinton and Sanders Wax Figures in New Video? by Gossip Cop Read More »

	Trump Vows to Withdraw 'United Straights' From TPP Deal by Alex Griswold During his trade speech Tuesday, Donald Trump momentarily stumbled over his words and pledged to withdraw "the United Straights" from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Read More »

	New Hacked Emails Reportedly Show How Hard Clinton Staffers Work to Keep Press Away by Christopher White Read More »

	Three Suicide Bombs, Gunfire Rock Istanbul's Ataturk Airport; Many Killed, Dozens of Injuries by Sam Reisman Three explosions rocked the departures area of the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport Tuesday night, resulting in several deaths and over 140 injuries. Read More »

	Was CNN's Chris Cuomo Drag Racing Before Hitting a Parked Car? by Jon Nicosia It was Cuomo's wife, according to sources, who immediately sent the CNN anchor home before police arrived on the scene. Read More »

	Trump Surrogate: Muslim Ban Was Never 'A Ban Directed at Religion' by Alex Griswold Donald Trump surrogate Carl Paladino somewhat bafflingly claimed Tuesday that Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States was never supposed to be a "ban directed at religion." Read More »

	Fans of Justice Ginsberg Use #NotoriousRBG to Celebrate Their Hero Once Again by Lindsey Ellefson Yesterday, she wrote a concurrence of the ruling against harsh anti-abortion laws in Texas, so the hashtag has resurfaced. Read More »

	Watch Hilary Slam GOP Spending Cuts Before Benghazi: 'Detrimental to America’s National Security' by Tommy Christopher Republicans released their versions of the House Select Committee on Benghazi reports on the terror attacks of September 11, 2012, and while their main report contains absolutely no evidence to support the scandal narrative that Republicans admit was the motivation behind their committee, it has given plenty of fodder to cable news. Read More »