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John Boel / WAVE-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Politicians at cockfighting rally caught on video — LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - It's part of Kentucky's landscape, even when it's not readily visible. This part is hidden in a Henry County valley behind the trees by Lake Jericho. — It features sprawling farms that raise chickens, but not the kind you eat.
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Courier-Journal, ABC News, The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Mitch McConnell: Matt Bevin lied on cockfighting — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused his primary challenger Friday of lying about his participation at a cockfighting rally, citing a local news report that shows Bevin being asked directly about cockfighting.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Prior to slavery comments, Bundy said minority groups are ‘against us’
Prior to slavery comments, Bundy said minority groups are ‘against us’
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The Week, The Daily Caller, News Desk, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, The Other McCain, Hot Air and ThinkProgress
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Fox News Host Sean Hannity Calls Cliven Bundy's Remarks ‘Racist’ And ‘Beyond Repugnant’
Fox News Host Sean Hannity Calls Cliven Bundy's Remarks ‘Racist’ And ‘Beyond Repugnant’
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Sky Dancing, The Week and NewsBusters
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
National Review Writer On Bundy: Heroes Of The Alamo Probably Had ‘Repugnant’ Views, Too
National Review Writer On Bundy: Heroes Of The Alamo Probably Had ‘Repugnant’ Views, Too
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Pirate's Cove, The Other McCain, Esquire, BobCesca.com, Politico, The Dana Show, Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy Has A Surprisingly Nice Take On Undocumented Immigrants
Bundy Has A Surprisingly Nice Take On Undocumented Immigrants
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Hot Air, The Right Scoop, CNN and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Bill Ruthhart / Chicago Tribune:
Emails show Emanuel aides, producers coordinated CNN ‘Chicagoland’ scenes — If it seemed as though some scenes of CNN's documentary series “Chicagoland” were coordinated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's City Hall and the show's producers, that's because they were.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Al Gore is not giving up — A rare, frank conversation with the former vice president and climate-change activist. — Al Gore is richer and skinnier than ever, 14 years out of the White House, a tech titan with elder statesman clout, whose disdain for politics in the capital where he lived …
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Taylor Marsh
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
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Piketty Panic — “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” the new book by the French economist Thomas Piketty, is a bona fide phenomenon. Other books on economics have been best sellers, but Mr. Piketty's contribution is serious, discourse-changing scholarship in a way most best sellers aren't.
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CalWatchDog, Prairie Weather, Capitol Report, CNN, TheBlaze.com and This Is Brad DeLong's …
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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Scared Monkeys, BizPac Review and National Review
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CNN:
American Empires: The Bushes and the Clintons — Washington (CNN) — Two families, two political parties — one family business. — It's hard to understate the depth of the Bush-Clinton impact on American politics. Think of it this way: For 32 years, there was either a Bush or a Clinton in the White House or the Cabinet.
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OnPolitics
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking About Race — Deep inside the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision lies a fight about how we speak about race in America. — Is it OK if we talk about race for a minute? — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week in Schuette v. Coalition …
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Althouse, SCOTUSblog, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo and BizPac Review
Sara Malm / Daily Mail:
Millionaire Tech CEO filmed hitting and kicking his girlfriend 117 times in brutal 30-minute attack sentenced to just 25 hours community service — A multi-millionaire tech-entrepreneur, who was once named one of America's ‘most eligible bachelors’, has avoided jail time despite allegedly beating …
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NewsBusters, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review and The Huffington Post
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Tom Steyer's Glass House — The anti-Keystone billionaire throws stones at the Kochs, but what about his motives? — The psychiatric world defines “projection” as the act of denying unpleasant qualities in yourself, while attributing them to others. Consider liberal billionaire Tom Steyer's riff …
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Betsy's Page
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Rand Paul and Wealthy Libertarians Connect as He Weighs Running — Frayda Levin, a New Jersey libertarian activist and former small-business owner, is a woman of many passions: promoting liberty, ending marijuana prohibition and opposing her state's recent minimum-wage increase.
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In-A-Gist
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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bizjournals, Firedoglake, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, Hot Air, Mediaite, Weekly Standard and The Week
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Nick Budnick / Oregonian:
Cover Oregon health insurance exchange recommendation: move to federal exchange
Cover Oregon health insurance exchange recommendation: move to federal exchange
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The Heritage Foundation and Talking Points Memo
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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TruthRevolt.org and The Jawa Report
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Laura Adkins / Ops & Blogs:
NYU Jewish Students the Target of Latest SJP Propaganda Attacks
NYU Jewish Students the Target of Latest SJP Propaganda Attacks
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Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs and National Review
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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ABC News, The Moderate Voice, US Department of State, Politico and ABC News
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