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ThinkProgress:
Cliven Bundy Says If People Thought His Comments Were Racist, It's MLK's Fault — Cliven Bundy, the embattled rancher who revealed himself this week to be not just a critic of the government, but also a blatant racist, dug himself further into a hole Friday morning by saying that Martin Luther King …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy's Black Bodyguard: ‘I Would Take A Bullet For That Man’ (VIDEO) — One of the supporters serving as a bodyguard for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy during his standoff with federal authorities — and who also happens to be black — said he would still “take a bullet for” Bundy after the rancher made racially inflammatory comments.
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Paul Begala / CNN:
Conservative hero is racist rancher? Didn't see that one coming
Conservative hero is racist rancher? Didn't see that one coming
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New Day and No More Mister Nice Blog
CNN:
CNN exclusive: Rancher says he's not racist, still defiant over grazing battle
CNN exclusive: Rancher says he's not racist, still defiant over grazing battle
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Kevin Williamson / National Review:
Bundy's Racial Rhetoric
Bundy's Racial Rhetoric
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The Week, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, Politico, New York Times, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com and Business Insider
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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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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Daily Kos, Hot Air, Conservative Intelligence … and TIME
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Elizabeth Warren should run for president — BARACK OBAMA JOE BIDEN HILLARY CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS ELIZABETH WARREN — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is starting a publicity tour for her new campaign-style book, A Fighting Chance. As she talks to the press …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and CANNONFIRE
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
How a Kids Program Hillary Brought to Arkansas Could Unite Democrats
How a Kids Program Hillary Brought to Arkansas Could Unite Democrats
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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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Bill Clark / Roll Call:
Boehner: Too Late to Just Repeal Obamacare, GOP Should Tackle Immigration (Video) (Updated)
Boehner: Too Late to Just Repeal Obamacare, GOP Should Tackle Immigration (Video) (Updated)
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Democratic Candidates Grow More Vocal in Supporting Health Law
Democratic Candidates Grow More Vocal in Supporting Health Law
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The New Republic, CBS DC, The Moderate Voice and Washington Post
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.
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The Hill:
Issa questions role of Holder's DOJ in targeting of Tea Party groups — House Republicans on Thursday broadened their investigation into the IRS's improper targeting of conservative groups, questioning whether the Justice Department might have played a role.
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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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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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Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, TruthRevolt.org and Taylor Marsh
Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
Bloomberg Group Foots Bill To Send Hundreds Of Gun Reform Activists To NRA Convention — When Michael Bloomberg announced he would spend $50 million on gun control this year, he said he hoped to make the National Rifle Association “afraid.” This weekend, the Bloomberg-backed group Everytown …
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USA Today and National Review
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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SCOTUSblog, Althouse, The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo
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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Washington Monthly, National Review and In-A-Gist
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Oligarchy in the Twenty-First Century — “To see what is in front of one's nose,” George Orwell famously wrote, “needs a constant struggle.” In front of my nose as I write this is a copy of last Sunday's New York Times. I have opened it to the business section.