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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
Billboard honoring KKK founder on display near Selma bridge on anniversary of historic march — WelKKKome to Selma! — Within sight of the bridge where President Obama will commemorate the 1965 Bloody Sunday march is a billboard set up by a group dedicated to honoring Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Transcript: Read Full Text of President Barack Obama's Speech in Selma — The President spoke on Saturday on the 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ — President Obama spoke before thousands on Saturday during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of “Bloody Sunday” …
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German Lopez / Vox:
Read the full transcript of Obama's rousing, emotional speech in Selma — It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. — Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind.
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Harris Wofford / Politico:
What I Saw at Selma — King's genius was that he knew …
What I Saw at Selma — King's genius was that he knew …
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Chris Good / ABC News:
Obama: 50 Years After Bloody Sunday ‘Our March Not Yet Over’
Obama: 50 Years After Bloody Sunday ‘Our March Not Yet Over’
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James Hohmann / Politico:
The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways — The GOP's top contenders try to thread the needle on farm policy, ethanol mandates. — The politics of ethanol have shifted enough over the last 15 years that several Republican presidential candidates felt comfortable - at an agricultural summit in Iowa Saturday …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: ‘There are jobs to be had’ — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) on Saturday urged unemployed Americans to stay positive about opportunities to rejoin the work force. — “I believe firmly that there are jobs to be had not just across my state but across America,” Walker said during …
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Black Teen Tony Robinson Shot Dead by Cop in Madison, Wisconsin, Was Unarmed — The 19-year-old black man who was shot dead Friday during a confrontation with a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, was unarmed, police said Saturday. — He was identified as Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. …
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Evan Bolin / WKOW 27:
BREAKING: Teen dead after officer-involved shooting in Madison
BREAKING: Teen dead after officer-involved shooting in Madison
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Julianna Margulies / CBS News:
Obama weighs in on Hillary Clinton's private emails — Shares - — President Obama only learned of Hillary Clinton's private email address use for official State Department business after a New York Times report, he told CBS News in an interview. — CBS News senior White House correspondent …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Team Clinton Will Beat the Press?Again
Team Clinton Will Beat the Press?Again
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Rand Paul says same-sex marriage ‘offends’ him — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) (Washington Blade photo by Lee Whitman) — Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said on Friday affording the distinction to marriage to same-sex couples “offends myself and a lot of other people.”
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush, Confronted by DREAMer, Compares Obama Orders to Decrees of ‘Latin American Dictator’ — Jeb Bush joined the elite, uncomfortable club of possible 2016 presidential candidates confronted by immigration reform supporters who want legal recognition for the undocumented.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cruz: Menendez probe politically motivated — Des Moines, Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested Saturday that the Justice Department's criminal corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are political retribution against the New Jersey Democrat for opposing the White House's negotiations with Iran.
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BBC:
Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State — Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), according to an audio statement. — The message, which has not been verified, was posted on Boko Haram's Twitter account and is believed to be by the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau.
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Daily Mail:
We were wrong to try to ban racism out of existence, says former equality chief — A former equality chief has branded his years working to stamp out racial discrimination as ‘utterly wrong’. — Writer and broadcaster Trevor Phillips said efforts made under the Blair government turned anti-racism into an ‘ugly new doctrine’.
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