memeorandum: Prior to slavery comments, Bundy said minority groups are ‘against us’ (Aaron Blake/Washington Post)

10:55 PM ET, April 24, 2014

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Hannity Disgusted With Bundy: Race Comments ‘Beyond Repugnant’ — Conservative media titan Sean Hannity, formerly one of Nevada rancher Clive Bundy's strongest advocates, expressed his vehement disgust Thursday with the latter's remarks on slavery — Bundy's comments “are beyond repugnant to me.

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Bundy Explains ‘Negro’ Remarks: 'I'm Wondering' If They're ‘Better Off Being Slaves’ — Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher currently under fire for remarks he made about “the Negro,” explained himself on The Peter Schiff Show today, saying that he's just “wondering” whether black people …

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Prior to slavery comments, Bundy said minority groups are ‘against us’ — Prior to Cliven Bundy's now-infamous remarks about whether black people were better off as slaves, the controversial Nevada rancher recalled what he described as the days when “Negro” groups rioted in Los Angeles.

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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Bundy Has A Surprisingly Nice Take On Undocumented Immigrants — More video has emerged of Cliven Bundy's slavery remarks, and they now include a bit about “the Spanish people” — by whom Bundy appears to mean undocumented Hispanic immigrants. But there's a twist: The Nevada rancher actually seems quite fond of them.

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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

National Review Writer On Bundy: Heroes Of The Alamo Probably Had ‘Repugnant’ Views, Too — National Review correspondent Kevin Williamson, who recently compared Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy to Mahatma Gandhi, told TPM in an email on Thursday that he thought Bundy's racially charged comments were …

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Danaradio / The Dana Show:
On Cliven Bundy's Remark *UPDATED: Video Link

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy Tries To Clarify His Slavery Remarks: 'I'm Not Racist'

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rand Paul slams Cliven Bundy's racist rant

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Los Angeles Times:
The U.S. can't let Cliven Bundy win his range war

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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
What Cliven Bundy Knows About “The Negro”

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
How will Hannity respond to Bundy?

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CNN:
Politicians denounce Bundy's racist remarks

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Harry Reid condemns ‘hateful racist’ Cliven Bundy

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Brian Resnick / NationalJournal.com:
Cliven Bundy Just Ruined His Cause

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Justin Sink / The Hill:

Michelle Obama scraps graduation speech — First lady Michelle Obama is scrapping her plans to deliver a graduation speech for high school seniors in Topeka, Kan., after hundreds signed a petition in protest. — Instead of delivering a graduation speech, Obama will speak before the school district …

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Associated Press:

FLOTUS gets résumé from girl with jobless dad — Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years.

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FCC.gov:

Setting the Record Straight on the FCC's Open Internet Rules — There has been a great deal of misinformation that has recently surfaced regarding the draft Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that we will today circulate to the Commission. — The Notice proposes the reinstatement …

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Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:

UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BOWS TO JAPANESE ROBOT — During his visit to Tokyo, President Obama had a chance to meet ASIMO, a Japanese humanoid robot. — ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, exchanged bows with the president before demonstrating that it could kick a soccer ball.

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CNN:
Obama: Japanese robots ‘a little scary’

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Jonathan Chait Follow / New York Magazine:

Is the Rising Democratic Majority Doomed? — The slow, increasingly Democratic cast of the American electorate would seem to be a cardinal fact of American politics. The electorate is firmly polarized, with few voters actually liable to change their minds.

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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:

Obama administration prepares to take over Oregon's broken health insurance exchange — The Obama administration is poised to take over Oregon's broken insurance exchange, according to officials familiar with the decision, who say that it reflects federal officials' conclusion …

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Nick Budnick / Oregonian:
Cover Oregon health insurance exchange recommendation: move to federal exchange

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Dorm storming at NYU targets Jewish students (Updates) — “Dorm Storming” is a tactic used by anti-Israel activists at many campuses to slide mock eviction notices under student bedroom doors in the middle of the night, allegedly to let students know how Palestinians feel when served …

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Laura Adkins / Ops & Blogs:
NYU Jewish Students the Target of Latest SJP Propaganda Attacks

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Sheila McLaughlin / Cincinnati.com:

Boehner mocks colleagues on Congress over immigration reform — House Speaker John Boehner theatrically mocked his fellow Republican Congressmen for being afraid to reform immigration policy when he spoke Thursday before the Middletown Rotary Club. — CONNECT

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Eyder Peralta / NPR:

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens: Marijuana Should Be Legal — Retired Justice John Paul Stevens made some news in an interview with NPR's Scott Simon on Thursday. — Scott asked him if the federal government should legalize marijuana. — “Yes,” Stevens replied.

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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:

Republicans Have a Good Map. That Doesn't Mean Obamacare's a Winning Issue. — A theory of the 2014 elections — Imagine a future midterm election in which Republicans were defending seats not just in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida but in Washington, California and Connecticut as well.

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Ali Weinberg / ABC News:

John Kerry Threatens Russia But No New Sanctions — Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia today of dragging its feet on de-escalating the situation in eastern Ukraine, one week after the two countries reached an agreement in Geneva, Switzerland, to reduce tensions.

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