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Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General — Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system …
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Fox Host: Holder Ran The DOJ ‘Much Like The Black Panthers Would’ — Fox News host Andrea Tantaros said Thursday during a discussion about Attorney General Eric Holder's reported resignation that he ran the Department of Justice “much like the Black Panthers would.”
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GOP to Obama: Don't use lame-duck Congress to replace Holder — Conservatives are warning President Obama against using a lame-duck session of Congress to push through Attorney General Eric Holder's replacement, even as the White House signals its intention to fill the post quickly.
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PoliticusUSA, No More Mister Nice Blog and ABC News
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Al Sharpton Says He's Helping The White House Pick The Next Attorney General — The Rev. Al Sharpton said his civil rights organization, the National Action Network, is “engaged in immediate conversations” with the White House as they work to name a successor to Attorney General Eric Holder …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Why Holder quit — The backstory of how Obama lost his ‘heat shield.’ — It's oddly fitting that Attorney General Eric Holder - a stubbornly independent career prosecutor ridiculed by Barack Obama's advisers for having lousy political instincts— would nail his dismount.
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Political Insider blog, Washington Post and ABC News
The National Interest:
Good Riddance, Eric Holder
Good Riddance, Eric Holder
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Nick Gillespie / TIME:
Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, and Obliviousness
Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, and Obliviousness
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ABC News:
Obama Announces Attorney General Eric Holder's Resignation
Obama Announces Attorney General Eric Holder's Resignation
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
With Eric Holder's Exit, Obama Loses a Key Ally
With Eric Holder's Exit, Obama Loses a Key Ally
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Beating Brownback Would Redeem 2014 — After reading Patrick Caldwell's very thorough explanation of why Gov. Sam Brownback's in danger of losing in November, I'm more convinced than ever that whether or not Republicans are kept from taking control of the Senate, it would be an important …
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What's the Matter With Sam Brownback?
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire
Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire
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Conservatives Launch ‘Unprecedented’ Campaign Against Pro-Marriage Equality Republicans — National Organization for Marriage, Family Research Council, and CitizenLink lash out against candidates “working to actively alienate the Republican base.” — Olaf Faeskorn/Tisei for Congress
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Ferguson police chief tells CNN: I will not step down — Watch the full interview with Police Chief Tom Jackson on “Anderson Cooper 360°” tonight at 9 p.m. ET. — (CNN) — Ferguson, Missouri, Police Chief Thomas Jackson — under fire for his department's handling of the Michael Brown shooting …
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
Missouri Police Wear “I Am Darren Wilson” Bracelets To Ferguson Protest
Missouri Police Wear “I Am Darren Wilson” Bracelets To Ferguson Protest
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How Sen. Kay Hagan's husband won stimulus cash — When Kay Hagan voted for President Barack Obama's 2009 economic stimulus package, the Democratic senator hailed it as “the best way forward for working families across North Carolina.” — One of the families that later benefited is her own.
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SD Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Somehow Plagiarized Biographical Sentence — Mary Burke had her own policies plagiarized. — Susan Wismer For South Dakota / Via Facebook: SusanForSD — Democratic gubernatorial South Dakota nominee appears to have plagiarized parts of her issues page …
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VIDEO RELEASED: SC trooper charged with felony in shooting at traffic stop over seat belt violation — COLUMBIA, SC — An S.C. trooper who stopped a man for a seat belt violation outside Columbia and then shot him - apparently without provocation - was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Video Shows South Carolina Cop Shooting Black Man Without Any Apparent Provocation
Video Shows South Carolina Cop Shooting Black Man Without Any Apparent Provocation
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FBI says it has identified ‘Jihadi John’ seen in ISIS execution videos but will not reveal his identity or nationality — Comey said he was ‘not confident at all’ the threat from Khorasan militant group was thwarted by this week's airstrikes — The FBI has identified the ISIS executioner …
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Zoo in coverup after groundhog dropped by de Blasio dies — Mayor Bill de Blasio couldn't hold onto the Staten Island Zoo's squirming groundhog. — Mayor Bill de Blasio has groundhog blood on his hands! — A week after Hizzoner dropped Staten Island Chuck in front of a crowd of spectators on Feb. 2 …
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US: Immigrant Families Fail To Report To Agents — 3 photos — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed, the Homeland Security Department has acknowledged privately.
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Gabby Giffords's Gun-Control Ads Are Being Criticized Because They're Working — Strange but true: getting shot in the head will make a person want to defeat political candidates who oppose gun control laws. Actually, getting shot in the head is usually fatal.
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National Review
Brendan Bordelon / National Review:
Dem Candidate's Film Studio Failed to Pay Taxes While Taking Subsidies to Make a Movie Criticizing Farm Subsidies — The Democratic House candidate for New York's 21st congressional district received three separate tax warrants on his documentary-film company for failing to pay state taxes …
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