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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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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


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


In Isla Vista, red flags came too late
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CBS News, Guardian, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and The Week

The Power of #YesAllWomen — On Saturday night at around eight …
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Washington Post, The Colorado Independent, The Huffington Post, New York Times and Pharyngula

Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern Masculinity
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Gawker, The Huffington Post, The Dish, New York Times and Yahoo! News

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, Mediaite, New Yorker, Washington Post, OnPolitics, Jezebel, Capitol Report, Weekly Standard and The Week
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GOP pols press for 2014 ‘Contract with America’
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Political Insider blog

U.S. Trains African Commandos to Fight Terrorism
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Business Insider and National Review


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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AN OPEN LETTER: To the parents of the victims murdered by Elliot Rodger
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msnbc.com, News Desk, The Week, The Raw Story, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights'
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Hinterland Gazette

White House: U.S. will have 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after 2014 — Shares - — President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. plans to remove all troops from Afghanistan by 2016, starting with reducing the troop presence in the country to just 9,800 and an end to the U.S. combat mission at the close of 2014.
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susiemadrak.com and VodkaPundit
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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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Safety Net Hospitals Already Seeing More Paying Patients — And Revenue
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ThinkProgress, Liberal Values and Balloon Juice


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, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Eschaton


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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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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Ed Driscoll, The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette, TVNewser, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, The Daily Banter and “The Lid”


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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Did Peace Just Break Out in Ukraine?
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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


Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along? — The marriage equality fight is all but won. Will the future of marriage be boring as hell, or a Bible-thumper's idea of Sodom and Gomorrah? — Same-sex marriage is becoming a national inevitability.


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

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

Rand Paul: I want to return to medicine ‘at some point’ — (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul, who practiced as an ophthalmologist for 17 years before entering Congress, is back at home performing free eye surgery for patients Tuesday. — The Kentucky Republican said it's “an amazing thing …
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OnPolitics