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CONDOLEEZZA RICE BACKS OUT OF RUTGERS COMMENCEMENT — You are here — Home » United States government » Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement — NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“College campuses essentially operate on mob rule at this point” — That's the observation of Sonny Bunch to the news that Condoleeza Rice is withdrawing as a Commencement Speaker at Rutgers after protests against her and threats to disrupt the festivities if she spoke:
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Trevor Eischen / Politico:
Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers ceremony
Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers ceremony
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Bertrand M. Gutierrez / Winston-Salem Journal:
GOP candidate was once a female impersonator — Steve Wiles, a Republican state Senate candidate who supports North Carolina's constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage, once worked as a female impersonator at a gay nightclub in Winston-Salem and was gay at the time …
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and The Raw Story
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Obama at WHCD: ‘My stellar 2013’ — President Barack Obama took aim at Republicans, the media — and himself — at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner - opening and closing his comedy routine with the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov.
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ABC News and The Moderate Voice
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Tina Daunt / Hollywood Reporter:
Few Movie Stars Set to Attend White House Correspondents' Dinner — One Hollywood insider says the A-listers are avoiding the event because they get “pawed at” as “people act like a bunch of kids at the Kids' Choice Awards.” — They may govern the free world's leading nation and regulate …
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Visitor Logs: Obama Had “Debate Prep” Meeting on September 11, 2012, the Day of the Benghazi Attack [UPDATED With Major Update] — Where was President Obama during the Benghazi crisis? Some GOP senators want to know: … Here is an interesting tidbit from the White House Visitor Logs for 9/11/12 …
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National Review, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Nina Teicholz / Wall Street Journal:
Are butter, cheese and steak really bad for you? The dubious science behind the anti-fat crusade — “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be?
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Power Line
Ryan Pfluger / New York Times:
The Tale of Two Schools — Fieldston and University Heights are in the same borough but worlds apart. How much understanding between their students can a well-told story bring? — University Heights High School is on St. Anns Avenue in the South Bronx, which is part of the poorest congressional district …
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Joanne Jacobs
Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:
Alabama's chief justice: Buddha didn't create us so First Amendment only protects Christians — Speaking at the Pastor for Life Luncheon, which was sponsored by Pro-Life Mississippi, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the First Amendment only applies to Christians because …
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CANNONFIRE, Firedoglake, The Reality-Based Community and CAIR
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Heritage urges ‘no’ vote on energy efficiency bill — The conservative group Heritage Action is urging lawmakers to vote “no” on the energy efficiency bill set to hit the Senate floor next week. — Heritage charges that the bill, which promotes energy saving in industrial and commercial buildings …
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Sen. Tim Kaine / Politico:
I'm Ready for Hillary — Why I'm endorsing Clinton in 2016. — In 2006, nearly two years before the 2008 presidential election, I told my friend, then-Senator Barack Obama, that I would support him if he ran for the presidency. I was and am proud that I was one of his first supporters.
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Liberal Values and Taylor Marsh