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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
What Makes Indiana's Religious-Freedom Law Different? — In Indianapolis, a crowd protests the new law. (Nathan Chute/Reuters ) — No one, I think, would ever have denied that Maurice Bessinger was a man of faith. — And he wasn't particularly a “still, small voice” man either …
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Tim Cook / Washington Post:
Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous — Tim Cook is chief executive of Apple. — There's something very dangerous happening in states across the country. — A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Whoops: Indiana's anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ act opens the door for the First Church of Cannabis
Whoops: Indiana's anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ act opens the door for the First Church of Cannabis
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Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
What will the Indiana religious freedom law really do?
What will the Indiana religious freedom law really do?
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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1 dead after shooting at NSA gate at Fort Meade — Authorities say one person is dead and two people have been hospitalized following a shooting at the gates of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade. — FOX 5 has learned that around 9 a.m. Monday, a vehicle tried to bypass a secured entrance to the NSA complex.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Men Dressed as Women Shot Outside NSA Gate, Tried to Ram Past Checkpoint, Officials Say … One man is dead and another severely injured after a shootout at one of the main gates of the National Security Agency located at Fort Meade, Maryland. — Two men dressed as women attempted to …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Andrew Sullivan: Blogging nearly killed me — For years, Andrew Sullivan blogged at a prolific rate. — His prodigious output was supplemented by dispatches from readers, public debates with fellow bloggers and ruminations on everything from the Geneva Conventions to “South Park.”
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Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Ex-Gov: Obama's ‘Inciting’ Birthers By Planning Trip To Kenya (VIDEO) — Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R) said on Monday during an appearance on Fox News that President Obama is “inciting” birther conspiracy theorists by planning a trip to Kenya this summer.
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
John Sununu Bashes Obama's Kenya Trip: ‘Inciting Chatter’ on Birther Issue
John Sununu Bashes Obama's Kenya Trip: ‘Inciting Chatter’ on Birther Issue
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Steve Kornacki / msnbc.com:
The man who thinks he can beat Hillary — Hillary Clinton will be opposed by a real, actual, credible Democrat for her party's presidential nomination. — That's the takeaway from Martin O'Malley's Sunday appearance on ABC's “This Week,” during which the former Maryland governor previewed …
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Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
Martin O'Malley: The Challenger Who Dares Not Speak Clinton's Name
Martin O'Malley: The Challenger Who Dares Not Speak Clinton's Name
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New York Times:
Iran Backs Away From Key Detail in Nuclear Deal — LAUSANNE, Switzerland — With a negotiating deadline just two days away, Iranian officials on Sunday backed away from a critical element of a proposed nuclear agreement, saying they are no longer willing to ship their atomic fuel out of the country.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The conspiracy theory around Harry Reid's exercise accident, explained — Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner and Fox News contributor, has some questions about Harry Reid: … Behind this somewhat enigmatic tweet lies a rather elaborate conspiracy theory. @jhinderaker …
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New York Times:
2 Ex-Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Are Charged With Fraud — Two former federal agents have been charged with money laundering and fraud stemming from their investigation into Silk Road, the once-thriving black market website for drug dealing, a criminal complaint shows.
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
After a story is published, a minimum wage worker loses her job — Shanna Tippen was another hourly worker at the bottom of the nation's economy, looking forward to a 25 cent bump in the Arkansas minimum wage that would make it easier for her to buy diapers for her grandson.
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Stacy Lange / WNEP-TV:
Man Killed by Falling Headstone While Decorating Family Grave … THROOP — A man was killed when a headstone fell on him Monday morning, according to police. — Throop police are calling this a horrible tragedy. The chief confirmed that a 74-year-old man was killed when one of the headstones …
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Obama's next earthquake — President Obama's rhetorical assault on Benjamin Netanyahu last week was in part the product of pique. But it also set the stage for what could be another crockery-breaking bid by Obama for a foreign policy legacy, on a par with his opening to Cuba and would-be nuclear deal with Iran.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Clinton Wants to Improve Ties With Israel
Clinton Wants to Improve Ties With Israel
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Paul Farrell / Guardian:
Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organisers — Exclusive: Obama, Putin, Merkel, Cameron, Modi and others kept in the dark after passport numbers and other details were disclosed in Australia's accidental privacy breach — Read the immigration department's letter outlining …
Mother Jones:
O'Reilly Cameraman Disputes Fox News Host's Falklands “War Zone” Story — O'Reilly claimed he rescued his bleeding cameraman during a riot in Argentina. But the journo who shot O'Reilly's video says this didn't happen. — Fox News host Bill O'Reilly continues to insist that he never misrepresented …
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Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Spence Jackson, spokesman for the late Tom Schweich, found dead — UPDATED at 7:30 a.m. with comment from former Gov. Matt Blunt — JEFFERSON CITY • Veteran Missouri state official Spence Jackson, who was media director for the late state auditor Tom Schweich, was found dead Sunday, sources said.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
State Attorneys Tell Supreme Court That Gay People Are Too Powerful To Have Equal Rights — Ohio does not want to recognize plaintiff Jim Obergefell's marriage to his late husband. — CREDIT: AP — Gay Americans simply have too much political power to be afforded equal rights under the Constitution …
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Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Why are interest rates so low? — Interest rates around the world, both short-term and long-term, are exceptionally low these days. The U.S. government can borrow for ten years at a rate of about 1.9 percent, and for thirty years at about 2.5 percent. Rates in other industrial countries …
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Politico:
EPA's McCarthy: Keystone alone wouldn't be climate disaster — The EPA chief says no single project will cause a catastrophe for the climate. — EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Monday that building the Keystone XL pipeline alone would not be a disaster for the climate, as some opponents of the project contend.
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