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David Remnick / Comment:
AFTER THE CRASH — Geography, motive, communications intercepts, and all manner of circumstantial evidence suggest that the likeliest suspect in the horrific deaths of two hundred and ninety-eight people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was the curiously well-armed and well-coördinated …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Russia Today London correspondent resigns in protest at ‘disrespect for facts’ over Malaysian plane crash — A Russia Today reporter based in London has resigned with immediate effect in protest at the station's coverage of yesterday's plane crash in Ukraine.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just With Real Weapons — Following up on my piece from last night about Putin's epic goof, here's an amazing little nugget from David Remnick's post about the Malaysian Air shoot down. — The reference is to the puffed up separatist ‘warlord’ who appears to lead the group that shot …
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The Gateway Pundit, NewsBusters and kyivpost.com
Sara Firth / BuzzFeed:
Russia Today Correspondent Resigns Over Coverage Of Ukrainian Plane Crash — Sara Firth, a longstanding London-based correspondent for Russia Today, resigned on Friday in protest at the channel's coverage of the Malaysia Airlines crash. — Firth, who joined the channel in 2009 …
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Steve Lillebuen / Sydney Morning Herald:
Crash claims top AIDS researchers heading to Melbourne — Video posted to Instagram as at least 28 Australians and about 100 heading to Melbourne's International AIDS conference boarded Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. — About 100 of the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash …
CNN:
Obama: Airliner deaths an ‘unspeakable’ outrage — President Barack Obama said Friday that the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine was shot down in an “outrage of unspeakable proportion.” He identified one American who died in the crash as Quinn Lucas Schansman.
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The Moderate Voice, White House.gov Blog, Washington Post, ABC News, Politico, kyivpost.com, Daily Mail, PoliticusUSA, ABC News, AEIdeas and AMERICAblog News
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Game Changer — Were it not for the hundreds killed, it would also be comical the ridiculous series of events Vladimir Putin's reckless behavior led up to this morning. For months Putin has been playing with fire, making trouble and having it work mainly to his advantage.
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The Dish, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
Talking Points Memo:
Why Airlines Didn't Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace
Why Airlines Didn't Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace
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Outside the Beltway
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
“The bear is loose!” President Obama has been saying …
“The bear is loose!” President Obama has been saying …
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Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Hot Air and ThinkProgress
David Martosko / Associated Press:
‘It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy’: Obama sparks anger with 40-second mention …
‘It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy’: Obama sparks anger with 40-second mention …
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Hot Air, RedState, NewsBusters, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Spectator, Twitchy, Ed Driscoll and JustOneMinute
Fox News:
Smoking gun? Intercepted calls point finger at Russian separatists in jet downing
Smoking gun? Intercepted calls point finger at Russian separatists in jet downing
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Bloomberg View, kyivpost.com, National Review, Politico and nepr.net
New York Times:
Obama Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Downing of Malaysian Airlines Plane
Obama Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Downing of Malaysian Airlines Plane
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TalkLeft, Roll Call, Reuters, AMERICAblog News, kyivpost.com and Daily Kos
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Bodies, Jet Parts and a Child's Pink Book
Bodies, Jet Parts and a Child's Pink Book
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Washington Post, Boing Boing, Mediaite, Reuters, The Daily Banter and Politico
New York Times:
Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists
Intercepted Audio of Ukraine Separatists
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Firedoglake, Talking Points Memo and Spectator
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
No One Checked Into Flight MH17 With A U.S. Passport, Administration Emails Reveal
No One Checked Into Flight MH17 With A U.S. Passport, Administration Emails Reveal
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New York Times
Karen Deyoung / Washington Post:
Downing of jet could escalate Ukraine crisis, tension between Russia and West
Downing of jet could escalate Ukraine crisis, tension between Russia and West
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Power Line, The Independent, Hot Air and Outside the Beltway
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CNN Removes Reporter Diana Magnay From Israel-Gaza After ‘Scum’ Tweet — NEW YORK — CNN has removed correspondent Diana Magnay from covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after she tweeted that Israelis who were cheering the bombing of Gaza, and who had allegedly threatened her, were “scum.”
John Dickerson / Slate:
Run, Elizabeth, Run! — Why an Elizabeth Warren presidential bid would be good for all Americans. — Imagine there were a political movement that was against pablum in the public square, that promoted tough debates on pressing issues, that was suspicious of coronations …
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Hullabaloo, NewsBusters, BillMoyers.com, Taylor Marsh, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and NBC News
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
‘We will fight’: Elizabeth Warren rallies base
‘We will fight’: Elizabeth Warren rallies base
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CNN, Washington Post and Campaign for America's Future
NY Daily News:
Staten Island man dies after NYPD cop puts him in chokehold — SEE THE VIDEO — VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
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Mediaite, Guardian, Staten Island Advance, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, New York Times, The Raw Story, Gothamist and Hullabaloo
Hannah Hess / Hill Blotter:
Marino Staffer Arrested for Bringing Gun to Cannon — Shucard was arrested Friday. (Via Facebook) — Capitol Police arrested a staffer for Rep. Tom Marino Friday morning on charges of carrying a 9mm handgun and magazine into the Cannon House Office building.
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Court Rules for Gay Marriage in Oklahoma Case — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled Oklahoma must allow gay couples to wed, marking the second time it has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage. — The decision from a three-judge panel in Denver upholds rulings that struck down Oklahoma's gay marriage ban.
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The New Civil Rights Movement and Shakesville
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Terry Eastland / Weekly Standard:
Senate Mischief — On the topic of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie Now Supports The Hobby Lobby Ruling
Chris Christie Now Supports The Hobby Lobby Ruling
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American Prospect
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Moral clarity in Gaza — Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.
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Nathan Thrall / New York Times:
Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West
Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West
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Politico and Prairie Weather
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
McCain: Had I won in 2000, Iraq War might not have happened — CNN and National Journal joined forces Thursday to explore the 2014 midterm elections at the first “Politics on Tap” event in Washington D.C. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, joined CNN's Jake Tapper, Brianna Keilar and Peter Hamby …
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his vorpal sword, Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …
John Leo / Minding The Campus:
An Amazing Diversity Plan at Madison … John Leo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the editor of MindingTheCampus.com, a web magazine dedicated to chronicling developments within higher education in an effort to restore balance and intellectual pluralism to our American universities.
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Althouse, Joanne Jacobs, Vox Popoli and National Review
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Addicted to Inflation — The first step toward recovery is admitting that you have a problem. That goes for political movements as well as individuals. So I have some advice for so-called reform conservatives trying to rebuild the intellectual vitality of the right …
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