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David Carr, Media Equation Columnist for The Times, Is Dead at 58 — David Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for The New York Times, died at the office on Thursday. He was 58. — For the past 25 years, Mr. Carr wrote about media.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
League Of The South Celebrates Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln — As we reported earlier today, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has close personal and financial ties with Michael Peroutka, the neo-Confederate activist and theocrat who has helped develop the view …
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FreakOutNation, League of The South, Daily Kos, FOX News Radio and Warren Throckmorton
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
U.S. Orders Alabama to License Gay Unions — MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge here ruled on Thursday that the local probate judge cannot refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, potentially adding some clarity to a judicial quarrel that has roiled Alabama for most of a week.
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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
In Sort-of-Defense of Roy Moore
In Sort-of-Defense of Roy Moore
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Election Law Blog and Bloomberg Business
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Biden: 2016 is battle for third Obama term — The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee should embrace the notion of a third term of the Obama presidency, Vice President Biden said Thursday, during a speech at Drake University in Iowa. — “I call it sticking with what works,” Biden declared.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
GOP operatives plan 'Hillary's hiding' billboard
GOP operatives plan 'Hillary's hiding' billboard
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Joe Biden Reveals Timeframe for 2016 Presidential Decision
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The war on Jeb Bush — His fast start has reordered the Republican 2016 race, and put a bull's-eye on his back. — The war on Jeb Bush is on. — Rand Paul is attacking him as a hypocrite on marijuana who's indistinguishable from Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz is questioning whether Bush's stands …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Obama Secretly Partied With Bill Ayers Last Summer — On Aug. 30, 2014, MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner and former White House chef Sam Kass got married at a private wedding north of New York City. It was widely reported at the time that President Obama, a longtime friend of the groom, attended the ceremony with his family.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Rush Limbaugh: Scott Walker should announce he quit college to avoid rape accusations — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Rush Limbaugh suggested that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announce that he quit college to avoid being accused of rape. — The likely 2016 Republican …
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Seth Mandel / Commentary Magazine:
Why They Fear Scott Walker
Why They Fear Scott Walker
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John Podesta / Politico:
On his final day in the White House, President Obama's counselor explains how the administration is proving environmental goals are achievable. — Fifty years ago this week, Lyndon Johnson, in pushing America to clean up its air and water, made a prescient prediction: “This generation …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House conservatives push McConnell to gut filibuster — A growing number of House GOP conservatives are pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday to invoke the “nuclear option” and change the chamber's rules to pass a bill defunding President Obama's executive actions on immigration.
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Kirthana Ramisetti / NY Daily News:
David Cassidy files for bankruptcy protection — ‘The Partridge Family’ star filed for protection in Florida on Wednesday, saying he made the filing ‘to reorganize my life’ and ‘restructure my finances.’ — David Cassidy has fallen on hard times: “The Partridge Family” star has filed for bankruptcy protection.
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FOX News Radio and Liberaland
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
FBI director acknowledges ‘hard truths’ about racial bias in policing — In an unusually frank, personal speech, FBI Director James B. Comey on Thursday acknowledged “hard truths” about racial bias in policing, saying there's a desperate need for law enforcement to understand …
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James B. Comey / FBI:
Home • News • Speeches • Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race
Home • News • Speeches • Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race
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Tom Vanden Brook / Associated Press:
Military approves hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning — WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning, the convicted national-security secrets leaker, has been approved for hormone therapy for transition to a woman at the Army's Fort Leavenworth prison, according to a memo obtained Thursday by USA TODAY.
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Towleroad News #gay, NPR and The Week
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
What Did Obama Really Say About the Crusades? — Crusades art, “Saladin and Guy” by Said Tahsine (1904-1985 Syria) ( Wikimedia ) — Last week President Obama spoke about faith, doubt, violence, and extremism, and was roundly criticized by many conservatives for what they saw as the “anti-Christian” tone of his remarks.
Tom Cotton / Salon:
“Sarah Palin with a Harvard degree”: Why new senator Tom Cotton is so frightening … Newly elected Tom Cotton of Arkansas is one of the youngest members of the Senate, only 37 years old, a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law and a veteran of both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Washington Monthly, neo-neocon and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Daily Mail:
Transgender former Navy SEAL plans to challenge second-ranking House Democrat in Maryland congressional primary and snipes that ‘religion ... is going to destroy the earth’ — Steny Hoyer, the House Whip, will face a primary challenge from Kristin Beck, born Christopher Beck
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Reuters:
Islamic State fighters seize western Iraqi town: officials — (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of most of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.
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Fox News, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Which image of Obama mugging for BuzzFeed's cameras diminishes the presidency the most, ranked — The #Millennial-friendly website BuzzFeed has taken over for Zach Galifianakis as the White House's preferred video venue for encouraging young people to sign up for health insurance.
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Hot Air, Balloon Juice and The Last Refuge
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Destroyer Goeth — I met Walter Cronkite once. He was a jerk. — The occasion was the 100th anniversary of my college newspaper, the Daily Texan, where Cronkite had worked as a young man before dropping out of the University of Texas. It was 1999, and the possibility of …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Photos Show Russian Military in Ukraine Arming Separatists — UPDATE 3:11 P.M.: Following publication of this story, serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of some of the photographs provided by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.). Several images of the Russian convoys appear …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Coordinated Campaign Contributions and False Statements — First Criminal Prosecution in the United States For — Campaign Finance Coordination between Political Committees — A campaign finance manager and political consultant pleaded guilty today …
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