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David Jackson / USA Today:
Obama: Trayvon ‘could have been me’ — President Obama said Friday that all Americans should respect the George Zimmerman verdict, but white Americans should also understand that African Americans continue to face racial discrimination. — “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Business Insider, Taegan Goddard's … and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
In Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Obama Makes Extensive Statement on Race in America — WASHINGTON — President Obama, making a surprise appearance on Friday in the White House briefing room to address the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing, spoke in personal terms about the experience …
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Althouse and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Ta-Nehisi Coates / New York Times:
Raising the Wrong Profile — In 2003, State Senator Barack Obama spearheaded a bill through the Illinois legislature that sought to put the clamps on racial profiling. Obama called racial profiling “morally objectionable,” “bad police practice” and a method that mainly served to …
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New Republic, Hullabaloo, The Reaction, Yahoo! News and No More Mister Nice Blog
CNN:
Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’ — (CNN) - President Barack Obama said Friday that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago” in his first live comments since the verdict last weekend in the case of Martin's shooting death last year. — Americans, Obama said, are aware of the …
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
President Obama's remarks on Trayvon Martin (full transcript)
President Obama's remarks on Trayvon Martin (full transcript)
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Val Nicholas / msnbc.com:
I could have been Trayvon Martin — The Don Imus controversy …
I could have been Trayvon Martin — The Don Imus controversy …
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Hit & Run, PopWatch, The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
READ AND WATCH: President Obama addresses the Trayvon Martin case
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Zimmerman brother: Obama ‘very sincere’ in comments on racial fallout of Trayvon case
Zimmerman brother: Obama ‘very sincere’ in comments on racial fallout of Trayvon case
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Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”
Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”
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protein wisdom, BuzzFeed and Weasel Zippers
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Obama: Trayvon Martin ‘could have been me’
Obama: Trayvon Martin ‘could have been me’
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The Gateway Pundit, theGrio, Atlas Shrugs and Balloon Juice
John Wolfson / Boston Magazine:
The Real Face of Terror: Behind the Scenes Photos of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Manhunt — In response to the controversial Rolling Stone cover, new photos of Tsarnaev's capture emerge. — The Rolling Stone cover featuring the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has, of course …
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Matt Smith / CNN:
‘Real Boston bomber’ photos released
‘Real Boston bomber’ photos released
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New Day, The Huffington Post, Piers Morgan, Poynter and ImmigrationProf Blog
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal — A higher office is implicated. — The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. — That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused …
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Politico, Washington Monthly, The Maddow Blog, Daily Kos, americanthinker.com, NewsBusters, Betsy's Page, Power Line, Shot in the Dark, CNSNews and National Review
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE—RAND PAUL: OBAMA WILL BAIL OUT DETROIT ‘OVER MY DEAD BODY’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will use every resource he has at his disposal to stop President Barack Obama from bailing out newly-bankrupt Detroit because he believes the city can and must save itself and learn from its fiscal mistakes.
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Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Detroit isn't alone. The U.S. cities that have gone bankrupt, in one map — On Thursday, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy protection after being saddled with debts totaling more than $18.5 billion. — That makes Detroit the largest city in the United States ever to file for bankruptcy …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
In Major Ruling, Court Orders Times Reporter to Testify — WASHINGTON — In a major ruling about press freedoms, a divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled that James Risen, an author and reporter for The New York Times, must testify in the criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence …
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Yahoo! News and Outside the Beltway
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CBS News:
DNA shows Rep. Cohen not model's father: “I loved her” — (CBS News) Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., Tenn.) admitted Thursday that the woman he believed for three-and-a-half years was his out-of-wedlock daughter is not related to him. — In an exclusive interview with CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford, Cohen said, “I was totally stunned.
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CNN, msnbc.com, The Reliable Source, Mediaite, Politico and The Raw Story
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
HHS Admits: You Might Not Be Able to Keep Your Doctor Under Obamacare — As Obamacare was being pushed through Congress in 2010, the Obama administration and its allies were unequivocal in two claims: If you like your doctor and you like your current health care plan, you can keep them both.
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PostPartisan, Michelle Malkin, JustOneMinute, TheBlaze.com, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Liz Cheney rejects carpetbagging charge in Wyoming race — Liz Cheney (R) is rejecting accusations that she's a carpetbagger who moved to Wyoming just to run for its Senate seat. — “I am a fourth generation Wyomingite. My family first came here in 1825, walking the Mormon Trail in search of religious freedom.
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msnbc.com, Politico, TBogg, The Raw Story and National Review
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hitting China's Wall — All economic data are best viewed as a peculiarly boring genre of science fiction, but Chinese data are even more fictional than most. Add a secretive government, a controlled press, and the sheer size of the country, and it's harder to figure out what's really happening …
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The Reality-Based Community, Guardian, Paul Krugman and Prairie Weather
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: The Obamas use Air Force One as ‘personal toy’ — Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) said Thursday morning that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are using Air Force One and other official aircraft as their “personal toys.” — “I'm not suggesting …
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BizPac Review, Taegan Goddard's … and Mock, Paper, Scissors
Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Richmond gang-rape defendants found guilty — Photo: Michael Macor, San Francisco Chronicle — It was an attack that horrified the Bay Area - the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance at Richmond High School in which her attackers beat her unconscious and left her under a picnic table in a darkened courtyard.
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Shakesville and Los Angeles Times
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Cops knocking on doors of potential shooters, victims — Working from a list of people deemed most likely to become shooters or victims, a Chicago Police commander is expected to start knocking on their doors Friday and deliver letters warning them not to commit any violent crimes.
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Weasel Zippers and Politico