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Elon Musk / Tesla Motors:
Hyperloop — When the California “high speed” rail was approved, I was quite disappointed, as I know many others were too. How could it be that the home of Silicon Valley and JPL - doing incredible things like indexing all the world's knowledge and putting rovers on Mars …
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Ashlee Vance / Businessweek:
Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, the Solar-Powered High-Speed Future of Inter-City Transportation — Almost a year after Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors (TSLA) and SpaceX, first floated the idea of a superfast mode of transportation, he has finally revealed the details …
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Andrew Kaczynski:
Republican Congressman: We Probably Have The Votes To Impeach Obama — “I'll give you a real frank answer about that: If we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it.” — youtube.com
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep: We Have The Votes In The House To Impeach Obama (VIDEO) — Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) told constituents at an event Saturday in his district that, although it would amount to a fruitless effort that could potentially damage the country, Republicans have the votes in the House to impeach President Barack Obama.
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Spokeswoman Won't Say If Rep. Farenthold Is A Birther
Spokeswoman Won't Say If Rep. Farenthold Is A Birther
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The Hinterland Gazette and ThinkProgress
The United States Department of Justice:
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates — Thank you, Bob Carlson, for those kind words - and for your exemplary service as Chair of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates. It's a pleasure to be with you this morning.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Hillary Clinton jumps back into political fray with speech on voting rights
Hillary Clinton jumps back into political fray with speech on voting rights
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Holder seeks to avert mandatory minimum sentences for some low-level drug offenders
Holder seeks to avert mandatory minimum sentences for some low-level drug offenders
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Seeks to Curtail Stiff Drug Sentences
Justice Dept. Seeks to Curtail Stiff Drug Sentences
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en.ria.ru:
Russia Confirms Anti-Gay Law Will Be Enforced at Olympics … Russia's Interior Ministry, which controls the police force, confirmed Monday that the country's controversial anti-gay law will be enforced during the Sochi 2014 Olympics. — Confusion has reigned over how the country intends …
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Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Schumer: Nations should wave rainbow flags for gay rights at Russia Olympics — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday said he opposed boycotting the Sochi Olympic Games despite new Russian anti-gay laws, instead urging nations to wave the rainbow flag during the Opening Ceremonies to show support for gay rights.
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Tris Reid-Smith / Gay Star News:
Olympic Committee threatens to punish athletes who fight for gay Russians
Olympic Committee threatens to punish athletes who fight for gay Russians
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Gays in Russia Find No Haven, Despite Support From the West
Gays in Russia Find No Haven, Despite Support From the West
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency — His tone on Friday was inappropriately dismissive, while the substance was misleading at best and mendacious at worst. — Jon Stewart once reacted to a Barack Obama speech by marveling that “at 11 o'clock on a Tuesday …
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The White House:
Presidential Memorandum — Reviewing Our Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Communications Technologies
Presidential Memorandum — Reviewing Our Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Communications Technologies
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The Daily Caller, Techdirt and Twitchy
Timothy B. Lee / The Switch:
The man who misled Congress on spying will pick Obama's intelligence review panel
The man who misled Congress on spying will pick Obama's intelligence review panel
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emptywheel, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Commentary Magazine
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules — In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration's crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands …
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KSDK-TV:
Obama rodeo clown: Missouri State Fair Commission bans clown who wore mask — In a statement released to the media Monday afternoon, the commission apologized again for the rodeo clown's actions and said they were inappropriate and not keeping with the fair's standards.
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Bob Yates / Show Me Progress:
At the Missouri State Fair last night
At the Missouri State Fair last night
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Daily Mail:
'Oprah's a liar': Sales assistant in Swiss racist handbag row denies telling TV host that she could not view item because she couldn't afford it — The sales assistant who refused to show U.S. talkshow billionaire Oprah Winfrey a luxury handbag costing nearly £25,000 claims the superstar lied …
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Weasel Zippers, The Hinterland Gazette and Althouse
Tal Kopan / Politico:
The coming war over voting rights — State lawmakers from around the country crowded into a packed room Monday at the meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures to learn more about the impact of the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down the Voting Rights Act as activists gear …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Hillary Clinton talks voting rights
Hillary Clinton talks voting rights
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David Dayen / Salon:
Your mortgage documents are fake! — Newly obtained filings from this Florida woman's lawsuit uncover horrifying scheme (Update) — If you know about foreclosure fraud, the mass fabrication of mortgage documents in state courts by banks attempting to foreclose on homeowners …
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Boing Boing, The Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz's Dad: ‘Homosexual Marriage’ Designed To Make Government Your God (VIDEO) — The new federal health care law will “destroy the elderly” and “homosexual marriage” is designed to supplant God with government, Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) father warned conservatives in Iowa over the weekend.
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Michael Hayden, Bob Schieffer and the media's reverence of national security officials — The former NSA director is held up by the Face the Nation host as an objective authority when he is everything but that — In 2006, the New York Times won the Pulitzer Prize for having revealed …
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Santorum: Term ‘Middle Class’ Is ‘Marxism Talk’ — Rick Santorum says the term “middle class” is “Marxism talk” since America doesn't have any classes. “Since when in America do we have classes?” Santorum asked a Republican gathering in Lyon County, Iowa, “There's no class in America.”
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Mediaite, Daily Kos, The New Civil Rights Movement and The Raw Story
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Weiner says scandal has damaged wife ‘professionally’ — Follow @politicalticker Follow @KilloughCNN — (CNN) - Anthony Weiner said Monday he believes his sexting scandals have damaged his wife's career and seemingly dropped a hint about Hillary Clinton's potential 2016 presidential plans.
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Politico, Washington Monthly and The Hill
Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Gov. McCrory signs voter ID bill into law — RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory Monday signed into law a bill requiring voters to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls, a measure that was hailed by Republicans as a means for heightening ballot security but which was criticized by Democrats …
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Dana Rohrabacher, GOP House Science Committee Member: ‘Global Warming Is A Total Fraud’ — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a longtime member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, recently brushed aside concern that the wildfires currently scorching across his state …
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