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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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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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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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Hit & Run, Business Insider, The Raw Story, Guardian and Mashable


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 …


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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Washington Monthly, The Dish and Booman Tribune


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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Washington Post, ABC News, Daily Mail, kyivpost.com, PoliticusUSA, ABC News, AEIdeas and AMERICAblog News


Just With Real Weapons — Following up on my piece from last night …
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The Gateway Pundit, RedState and kyivpost.com

‘It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy’: Obama sparks anger with 40-second mention …
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Hot Air, RedState, NewsBusters, American Spectator, No More Mister Nice Blog, Twitchy, Ed Driscoll and JustOneMinute

Why Airlines Didn't Avoid Risky Ukraine Airspace
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Smoking gun? Intercepted calls point finger at Russian separatists in jet downing
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National Review, Scared Monkeys and Business Insider

SBU intercepts phone conversations of separatists admitting downing a civilian plane (FULL TRANSCRIPT; VIDEO)
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Politico, Bloomberg View, nepr.net, Business Insider, National Review, Sky Dancing, CANNONFIRE, Scared Monkeys, RT, RedState, PJ Media, Mediaite, The New Republic, Washington Post, New York Times and CBS DC


Downing of jet could escalate Ukraine crisis, tension between Russia and West
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Power Line, The Independent and Outside the Beltway

Bodies, Jet Parts and a Child's Pink Book
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Boing Boing and Politico

Obama Points to Pro-Russia Separatists in Downing of Malaysian Airlines Plane
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AMERICAblog News and Daily Kos

Delegates to Melbourne AIDS summit on doomed flight MH17
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Washington Post, AMERICAblog News and BuzzFeed

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.”
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Israeli Crowd Cheers As Missile Hits Gaza Live On CNN
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Talking Points Memo, The Right Scoop, The Dish and Mediaite


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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Taylor Marsh, BillMoyers.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Post, NBC News and Washington Free Beacon
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‘We will fight’: Elizabeth Warren rallies base
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CNN, Campaign for America's Future and 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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Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West — JERUSALEM — AS Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities and Israel follows up its extensive airstrikes with a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the most immediate cause of this latest war has been ignored: Israel and much of the international …
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Politico and Prairie Weather


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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ThinkProgress, Staten Island Advance, New York Times, The Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Gothamist

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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Chris Christie Now Supports The Hobby Lobby Ruling
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American Prospect

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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Daily Kos and Taegan Goddard's …

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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Poll shows Carter widening lead over Deal — Sponsored Links — ATLANTA — An exclusive Channel 2 Action News poll indicates if the election were held today, Georgia could have a new governor. — The poll conducted by Landmark Communications on July 15 found Democratic challenger Jason Carter …
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