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Obama's ‘propaganda’ pushed people to ‘hate the police,’ Giuliani says — President Obama has engaged in “propaganda” encouraging people to “hate the police,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) charged a day after two New York City police officers were shot and killed in their patrol car …
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NYPD Chief Bill Bratton on police tension: 'We're in a change moment' — New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton believes that Mayor Bill de Blasio has lost the trust of “some officers,” telling TODAY's Matt Lauer the city finds itself in a “change moment.”
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New York Times, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, New York's PIX11, Raw Story, Politico, New York Magazine, NPR and ThinkProgress


Anti-Police Rhetoric Unlike Anything I've Seen in 45 Years — Howard Safir is the former commissioner of the New York City Police Department (1996-2000) and Chairman and CEO of Vigilant Resources International (VRI). — We have seen nothing but police bashing from some of the highest offices in the land.


New York Officers' Killer, Adrift and Ill, Had a Plan — Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who had drifted between friends and family members for most of his short life, alienating most of them and failing at almost anything that he tried, decided to come home on Saturday.


The Importance of Treating NYPD Officers as Individuals — On the outrageous murder of two cops and the faction trying to exploit their deaths for political leverage — At 28-years-old, Ismaaiyl Brinsley had been arrested 19 times and served 2 years in prison.
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New York Post, New York Times, The Federalist, Gothamist, Washington Monthly, Hit & Run and The Dish

As Police Die, Racism Narrative Unravels
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alicublog, RedState, Roger's Rules and Ed Driscoll


Senator Blames His Own Constituents For NYC Cop Killing
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Salon, Daily Kos, BuzzFeed and Slantpoint

NYPD shooter had history of arrests and mental health treatment
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ThinkProgress, The PJ Tatler and PJ Media

NAACP chief: Don't blame Democrats for NYPD shootings
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Truth Revolt, The Gateway Pundit and Politico

‘NYPD Gets What They Deserve’: Here's How Some Celebrated the Shooting Deaths of Two Ambushed …

Fox News Seizes On NYC Cop Killing To Bash Obama
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Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses — Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


North Korea's Internet link is flaky today — If you've been trying to connect to North Korean Internet sites in the last 24 hours, you might have been unsuccessful. — Connectivity between North Korea and the rest of the world has been spotty for much of the time, according to Dyn Research.
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North Korea threatens to ‘blow up’ …
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American Spectator, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TPNN and The Huffington Post

South Korean nuclear operator hacked amid cyber-attack fears
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Business Insider and The Verge


The NY Police Union's Vile War with Mayor De Blasio — To criticize the mayor for telling his black son what every other father of a black youth must say is divisive and fails to see what's wrong in America. — I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between …
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City Journal, Slate, Fox News Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Dish and CBS New York
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A Letter from the Editor — Shortly before the first issue of The New Republic went on sale a little over a century ago, our founding editor Herbert Croly outlined his vision to a reporter from The New York Times: “The magazine, which is to be a weekly review of current political and social events …


How David Gregory Lost His Job — Last summer, Gregory was let go from his gig as host of “Meet the Press.” Here's an inside look at his fall from the top—and what it says about the state of TV news. — David Gregory was driving through the mountains of New Hampshire when he got the call …


Tea partier braces for primary challenge from the establishment — Mike Lee's position back home is turning the GOP civil war on its head. — Tea party favorite Mike Lee roiled the GOP establishment four years ago when he knocked off a sitting senator on his way to the Republican Senate nomination in Utah.
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Daily Kos and National Review


AMERICA'S MILITARY: A conservative institution's uneasy cultural evolution — THE FORCE IS CHANGING — OFTEN RELUCTANTLY — ALONGSIDE THE CIVILIAN SOCIETY IT SERVES — In this series on: — AMERICA'S MILITARY — Obama's mark on the military — A DEEPLY UNPOPULAR COMMANDER IN CHIEF …
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National Review, Power Line, TPNN, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Caller


US Corps Claim Billions In Assets In Cuba And Now They'll Want It Back — When the Castro regime assumed power in Cuba in 1959, it quickly nationalized the assets of almost every foreign corporation within its borders as the country transitioned to communism.
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Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 — Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70. — The singer song-writer from Sheffield had a career lasting more than 40 years with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong.


Pakistan to execute 500 terror convicts in coming weeks: officials — Masroor Gilani — Pakistan plans to execute around 500 militants in coming weeks, officials said Monday, after the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following a Taliban school massacre.
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Booman Tribune and Washington Times

Nixon To China a Bad Move in Rubio's Eyes? — Part of what I tuned out over the weekend was Sen. Marco Rubio's domination of the Sunday Shows. The near-omniscient Brother Benen covered them for us: … I know Rubio is trying very hard to re-establish his credibility with the hard-core …
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Rubio dismisses the power of American engagement
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Horizons and Talking Points Memo