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Selwyn Raab / Associated Press:
Hurricane Carter, Fearsome Boxer Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Dies at 76 — Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, a star prizefighter whose career was cut short by a murder conviction in New Jersey and who became an international cause célèbre while imprisoned for 19 years before the charges …
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ABC News:
Boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Dies at 76 — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76. — John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, said Carter died in his sleep Sunday.
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Liberaland and Hinterland Gazette
Caleb Howe / The Right Scoop:
This Clip Of Chris Hayes Vs. Bundy Supporter Assemblywoman Michele Fiore Is Awesome — Last night, Chris Hayes face off against Assemblywoman Michele Fiore over the ongoing saga of the Bundy Ranch. Fiore reminds us why we love TV. — Fiore for the win!
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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
MSNBC host debates Michele Fiore on Bundy ranch. Does not fare well. — This story comes to us courtesy of The Right Scoop. (Which makes sense since I don't watch any of the cable news evening lineup and haven't seen Chris Hayes on the small screen in ages.)
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Marx Rises Again — IN the season of resurrection, it's fitting that he's with us once again — bearded, prophetic, moralistic, promising to exalt the humble and cast down the mighty from their thrones. — Yes, that's right: Karl Marx is back from the dead.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Daily Kos
Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
Scalia To Student: If Taxes Go Too High ‘Perhaps You Should Revolt’ — Knoxville, Tenn. (CBS DC) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a crowd of law school students that if taxes in the U.S. become too high then people “should revolt.” — Speaking at the University of Tennessee College …
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA and Liberaland
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats seek to reshape midterm electorate along lines of a presidential year — Democrats have a problem and everyone knows it. President Obama calls it a “congenital disease.” If they can't control it, Obama could spend the final years of his presidency battling not only a Republican House but also a Republican Senate.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
A Washington First: The Amazing Life of Barney Frank — Not for nothing did Barney Frank inspire a biography called The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. A singular politician, he talks about political power-play, a hardly-quiet retirement—and defending Alec Baldwin from accusations of homophobia.
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Liberaland and Yahoo! News
RT:
‘Easter truce’ broken: Five deaths reported in overnight checkpoint raid in E. Ukraine — Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector paramilitary.
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Scared Monkeys, kyivpost.com and The Gateway Pundit
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
New York Times' David Brooks Says Obama Has ‘A Manhood Problem In The Middle East’ — New York Times columnist David Brooks on Sunday claimed that President Obama's foreign policy isn't “tough” and that he has a “manhood problem” in the Middle East. — Pivoting off Sen. Bob Corker's …
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Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
DNC chair: Obama isn't factoring politics into Keystone — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz doesn't believe President Barack Obama's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline will be swayed by politics. — “As a member of Congress who represents hundreds …
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Ashley Fantz / CNN:
A new way for the KKK? — Roots of the Ku Klux Klan — (CNN) — Pointy hats, white robes, crosses burning, bodies hanging from trees. — The images of the Ku Klux Klan are reminders of the nation's ugliest moments from the Civil War through the struggle for racial equality in the 1960s.
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