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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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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Bundy Explains ‘Negro’ Remarks: 'I'm Wondering' If They're ‘Better Off Being Slaves’
Bundy Explains ‘Negro’ Remarks: 'I'm Wondering' If They're ‘Better Off Being Slaves’
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Politico, PoliticusUSA, The Raw Story, Guardian, The Dana Show, Slate, Outside the Beltway and Talking Points Memo
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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News Desk, Talking Points Memo, The Other McCain, Hot Air, New York Times, ThinkProgress and The Gateway Pundit
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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New York Magazine and The Right Scoop, more at Mediagazer »
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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The Week, Mediaite, Politico, NewsBusters and New York Times
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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Esquire, BobCesca.com, Washington Monthly and Firedoglake
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy Tries To Clarify His Slavery Remarks: 'I'm Not Racist'
Bundy Tries To Clarify His Slavery Remarks: 'I'm Not Racist'
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, Washington Post, Mediaite, Politico, The Raw Story, Salon, BobCesca.com, Vanity Fair, The Hill and alicublog
CNN:
Politicians denounce Bundy's racist remarks
Politicians denounce Bundy's racist remarks
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Yahoo! News, Talking Points Memo, Glenn Beck, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Washington Post and Gretawire
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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Mediaite
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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 …
Discussion:
BizPac Review and National Review
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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Politico, Mediaite, Hot Air, “The Lid”, Washington Post, The Right Scoop and Fox News
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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Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, CANNONFIRE, New York Times, Mashable, NPR, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Business Insider, Mediaite, Deadline.com, New Yorker, Guardian, Re/code and Mother Jones, more at Mediagazer »
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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Constitution Daily, Taylor Marsh, Politico, ThinkProgress, Firedoglake and The Week
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, The Daily Caller, Firedoglake, 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
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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Little Green Footballs, CNN, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, The Week and The Huffington Post
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
Jerusalem Post:
Report: Netanyahu agreed to talk borders, settlement freeze prior to Hamas-Fatah deal — Channel 10: Premier gave his negotiators permission to sketch the boundaries of a future Palestinian state just before the Palestinian reconciliation deal was announced.
Discussion:
Israpundit and Israel Matzav
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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The Moderate Voice, US Department of State and Politico
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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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Taylor Marsh
Kelly Riddell / Washington Times:
Holder cancels appearance in OKC amid angry protests — Attorney General Eric Holder canceled his appearance before the Oklahoma City Police Department's graduating cadet class Thursday amid angry protests over his scheduled visit. — Mr. Holder was scheduled to deliver remarks …
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Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and American Spectator
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Son: George H.W. Bush wants Jeb to run — Barbara Bush may believe her son Jeb should pass on a 2016 bid because there have been enough Bushes in the White House already. But her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, disagrees and thinks Jeb should go for it.
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The Right Scoop
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