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Ann Hornaday / Washington Post:
In a final videotaped message, a sad reflection of the sexist stories we so often see on screen — Police were examining this video posted on YouTube in which a man who identifies himself as Elliot Rodger says he is planning an attack in Isla Vista because he had been snubbed by women.
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ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Mediaite, CBS DC, Ed Driscoll, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Gawker, Daily Dot, The PJ Tatler, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, National Review, USA Today, NewsBusters, PopWatch and The Raw Story
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Daniel Beekman / NY Daily News:
Woman ‘devastated’ to be named by Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger as motivation for killing spree, dad says — The father of the woman, whose name the Daily News is withholding, 'doesn't even remember' Rodger, who went on a killing spree Friday night that left six dead and 13 injured.
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Other McCain, The Agonist, Mediaite and Jezebel
Sasha Weiss / Culture Desk:
The Power of #YesAllWomen — On Saturday night at around eight …
The Power of #YesAllWomen — On Saturday night at around eight …
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Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Colorado Independent, New York Times and Pharyngula
Los Angeles Times:
In Isla Vista, red flags came too late
In Isla Vista, red flags came too late
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Guardian, CBS News, ThinkProgress, Washington Post and The Week
James Poulos / The Daily Beast:
Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern Masculinity
Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern Masculinity
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The Huffington Post, The Dish, New York Times and Yahoo! News
Mike Allen / Politico:
HILLARY CLINTON: Book is not for 'followers of Washington's long-running soap opera ... I'm proud of what we accomplished ... America remains the “indispensable nation"' — GOP SENATE CONTRACT '14? — EXCLUSIVE: The initial printing of Hillary Rodham Clinton's “Hard Choices,” …
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ABC News, New Yorker, Mediaite, Washington Post, OnPolitics, Jezebel, Capitol Report, Weekly Standard and The Week
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Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
MEDIAN CEO PAY CROSSES $10 MILLION IN 2013
MEDIAN CEO PAY CROSSES $10 MILLION IN 2013
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NPR, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Ezra Klein / Vox:
There's another scandal in American health care — TWEET SHARE LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — The investigation is ongoing, but as of now, it looks like overwhelmed VA hospitals shunted some veterans onto secret wait lists and delayed their care (read Vox's explainer here).
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Daily Kos and Campaign for America's Future
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Phil Galewitz / Kaiser Health News:
Safety Net Hospitals Already Seeing More Paying Patients — And Revenue
Safety Net Hospitals Already Seeing More Paying Patients — And Revenue
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ThinkProgress, Liberal Values and Balloon Juice
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Joe The Plumber To UCSB Parents: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump' My Guns — Samuel Wurzelbacher gave his condolences this week to the families of the victims of the mass shooting near the University of California, Santa Barbara. But no tragedy is going to stop “Joe The Plumber” from defending the Second Amendment.
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Pharyngula
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Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Gun Activists Flaunting Assault Rifles Get Booted From Chili's and Sonic — As a backlash grows, open-carry groups in Texas beat a retreat. — It would be an understatement to say that the tactics of gun rights activists have been backfiring of late. The showdown has taken place foremost in Texas …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Eschaton
Julie Pace / ABC News:
Obama Says US Finishing the Job in Afghanistan — Seeking to turn the page on more than a decade of war, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for greatly reducing U.S. forces in Afghanistan by the end of the year and then ending the U.S. military commitment there by the end of 2016.
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Firedoglake
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Chamber of Commerce goes up for Joni Ernst in Iowa primary — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is giving Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst a last-minute boost ahead of the state's June 3 GOP primary, touting her farm-family upbringing and military credentials in a TV ad obtained by POLITICO.
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CNN
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Ukraine forces battle separatists; 40 dead — Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) — Pro-Russia separatists and government forces battled at Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, claiming 40 lives, authorities said Tuesday, in what appears to be the deadliest outbreak of violence in the city.
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New York Times, Michael J. Totten's blog, NPR and Hot Air
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Did Peace Just Break Out in Ukraine?
Did Peace Just Break Out in Ukraine?
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New York Times, Outside the Beltway, The Dish, The New Republic, Guardian and Bloomberg View
TheBlaze.com:
Major Jewish Group Slams MSNBC Host Toure for Suggesting Holocaust Survivors Benefitted from ‘the Power of Whiteness’ — A major Jewish organization dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and pursuing Nazi war criminals is criticizing MSNBC host Toure for suggesting that Jewish Holocaust survivors benefitted from being white.
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The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette, TVNewser, Mediaite, The Daily Banter, Washington Free Beacon and “The Lid”
Mary Ann Ahern / nbcchicago.com:
George W. Bush Treated at Rush University Medical Center — President George W. Bush traveled to Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend to have knee replacement surgery at the Rush University Medical Center's Midwest Orthapaedics. — The former president had outpatient surgery on Saturday …
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Politico, CNN and OnPolitics
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Christie's Lawyer Problem — Chris Christie rose to national prominence in 2010 in part on his reputation for taking on unpopular battles, entrenched interests, and vocal critics at town-hall meetings across his heavily Democratic state. — But the governor's decision last Wednesday …
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City Journal
Amir Oren / Haaretz:
The Brussels mystery: Was shooting anti-Semitism or part of spy games? — Considering how professional the shooter looked on footage, and the fact two of those killed were former Israeli civil servants, maybe the attack was actually a battle in the covert war.
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Talking Points Memo, Guardian and Israel Matzav
Cliff Schecter / The Daily Beast:
How the Gun Nuts Try to Excuse Away the Santa Barbara Slaughter—and Why They're All Wrong — The firearms fanboys have been more creative than usual, scrambling to defend their precious weapons in the wake of the massacre in Santa Barbara. It's only made their excuses lamer.
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American Spectator, Yahoo! News, Guardian, Hullabaloo and Hot Air
New York Times:
A Cable Merger Too Far — There are good reasons the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission should block Comcast's $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. The merger will concentrate too much market power in the hands of one company, creating a telecommunications colossus …
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The Hill, Daily Kos, TVNewser and The Huffington Post