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Zimmerman lawyer to move ‘asap’ against NBC News — Last night's not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial will enable the neighborhood-watch volunteer to resume his case against NBC News for the mis-editing of his widely distributed call to police. Back in December …
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Trayvon Martin's Legacy — It may not be possible to consider the case of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted Saturday of all charges in the killing of Trayvon Martin, as anything but a sad commentary on the state of race relations and the battle over gun rights in America today.
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In Zimmerman Case, Self-Defense Was Hard to Topple — SANFORD, Fla. — From the moment George Zimmerman held up his arms and told the police that he had shot Trayvon Martin, one fact was undisputed: an unarmed black teenager lay dead. — But as one top Florida defense lawyer, Michael Band …
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Hayward: Woman allegedly attacks 73-year-old musician on stage after song dedicated to Trayvon Martin — HAYWARD — A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly jumping on stage at a music festival and attacking a legendary musician after he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin, according to police and eyewitnesses.
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Column: Media got Zimmerman story wrong from start … The role of the media cannot be ignored in the Zimmerman case. — CONNECT — It's complicated. — Life is packed with nuances and subtleties and shades of gray. — But the news media are often uncomfortable in such murky terrain.
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Trayvon Martin And The Irony Of American Justice
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Injudicious Criminal Justice in Florida
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With Criminal Case Closed, Justice Department Will Restart Hate Crime Inquiry
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Statement by the President — The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy.
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Attorney: Things would have been different if Zimmerman was black
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Both Sides in Filibuster Fight See Twisting of Senate Rules — WASHINGTON — It was October 2011, and Senate Republicans were trying to interfere with a bill addressing China's currency by offering a series of amendments that had little to do with China or monetary policy …
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Harry Reid-Mitch McConnell relationship reaches new low
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Reid-McConnell clash latest evidence that genteel Senate has turned into a fight club
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Wendy Davis Raises Nearly $1 Million … State Sen. Wendy Davis, the new star of the Texas Democratic Party, raised nearly $1 million in the final two weeks of June, much of it from small donors who sent her money after she launched her famous filibuster of a restrictive abortion bill, her campaign will reveal Monday.
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Wendy Davis: Why I stood up for Texas women — Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis represents District 10 of the Texas Senate. — Texas state leaders have again taken up a partisan effort to impose severe restrictions on the ability of women in our state to receive reproductive and other crucial health-care services.
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Greg's Opinion and Daily Kos


Glenn Greenwald: Edward Snowden has NSA ‘blueprints’ — Edward Snowden has very sensitive “blueprints” detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance, a journalist close to the intelligence leaker said Sunday.
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U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans — For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January.
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Hunger Games, U.S.A. — Something terrible has happened to the soul of the Republican Party. We've gone beyond bad economic doctrine. We've even gone beyond selfishness and special interests. At this point we're talking about a state of mind that takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering on the already miserable.
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Restaurant Shift: Sorry, Just Part-Time — More Restaurants Replace Full-Timers, Concerned About Insurance — Ken Adams has been turning to more part-time workers at his 10 Subway sandwich shops in Michigan to avoid possibly incurring higher health-care costs under the new federal insurance law.
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Even McDonnell's friends bracing for the worst — Paul Nardo is spending hours these days in the attic of the state Capitol. He's rummaging through the records of the House of Delegates. In those damp-smelling volumes, the clerk is searching for clues on the legislature's role in the unprecedented …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Taylor Marsh and First Read

Alan Dershowitz vs. Angela Corey over misleading Affidavit of Probable Cause — In early April 2012, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey decided not to take the George Zimmerman case to a Grand Jury, opting for the filing of a Criminal Information which then was presented along with an Affidavit of Probable Cause.
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Power Line, americanthinker.com and Atlas Shrugs

Opinion: GOP right's anger fueled by fear — When House Republicans met privately in the Capitol's basement last week to discuss immigration reform, the far-right members lined up by the dozens to condemn the Senate's legislation. — Lots of the members gave stirring testimonials …
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Politico


David Keene to lead opinion pages of Washington Times — ‘Tireless advocate for conservatism’ — David Keene, a trusted adviser to presidents, a longtime champion of personal liberty and one of conservatism's most respected voices, was appointed Sunday as the new opinion editor of The Washington Times.
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National Review and Post Politics