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Ruskin mailman tries flying to Capitol in gyrocopter to deliver campaign reform message to Congress — UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: It appears as though Hughes has landed on the lawn of the Capitol. Tweets from Washington congressional reporters indicate Capitol Police hustled out of the building and confronted Hughes at the gyrocopter.
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Copter lands on Capitol grounds, sparking security concerns — A small gyrocopter reportedly piloted by a Florida postal worker landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol on Wednesday, triggering a brief lockdown and raising questions about security on Capitol Hill.
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Politico, Liberaland, ABC News, Washington Post, Mediaite and Mashable
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Clinton urges Supreme Court to rule for marriage equality — Hillary Clinton wants the Supreme Court to rule for marriage equality. Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) — Hillary Clinton supports a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court granting the right of same-sex couples to marry across the nation …
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Will Hillary Clinton Be the Agent of Her Campaign's Undoing—Again? — She'll have to avoid the infighting that plagued her mismanaged 2008 run for the presidency — The last time Hillary Clinton was riding high as a presidential candidate was March 5, 2008. She had just beaten Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries.
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National Journal, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, Politico, Mediaite and Washington Post
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Hillary Clinton's Big Shift On Same-Sex Marriage
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Weekly Standard and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Wants The Supreme Court To Strike Down Marriage Bans
Hillary Clinton Wants The Supreme Court To Strike Down Marriage Bans
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Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, Washington Post, New York Times, The Daily Banter, Joe. My. God., The Daily Caller, SCOTUSblog and Guardian
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Harry Reid: Stepping down, yes. Retiring? Never — Sen. Harry Reid speaks candidly to CNBC's Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood about everyone from Rush Limbaugh and John Boehner to Bill and Hillary Clinton. — SEARCHLIGHT, Nev.—Harry Reid is thankful he quit boxing years ago as a young man …
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Yahoo Politics, Bloomberg Business, The National Memo and Chicago
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
LISTEN: Ted Nugent Talks About Shooting Harry Reid At NRA Meeting
LISTEN: Ted Nugent Talks About Shooting Harry Reid At NRA Meeting
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WATCH: Terrified ‘Tea Party Patriot’ realizes he could lose Obamacare if GOP wins in 2016 — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A conservative video blogger with over a million views on YouTube said this week that he would likely vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton …
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Liberaland and FreakOutNation
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Campaign staff DROVE ‘ordinary’ Iowans to Hillary's first campaign stop - including health care ‘lobbyist in training’ who was an Obama campaign intern and Biden chauffeur — Austin Bird sat for coffee on Tuesday morning in the town of LeClaire, Iowa, chatting with Hillary Clinton as photographers snapped pictures
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James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP insiders applaud Clinton rollout
GOP insiders applaud Clinton rollout
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Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and The Reaction
Marko / the munchkin wrangler.:
a statement on my hugo nomination. — Dear friends and readers: — I have officially withdrawn my acceptance of the Best Novel nomination for “Lines of Departure” at this year's Hugo Awards. — It has come to my attention that “Lines of Departure” was one of the nomination suggestions in Vox Day's “Rabid Puppies” campaign.
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Monster Hunter Nation and Vox Popoli
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Loretta Lynch supporters stage hunger strike to urge confirmation — Loretta Lynch is still waiting to be confirmed as attorney general, and her allies are hoping a hunger strike will do the trick. — The advocacy group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, along with female civil-rights leaders …
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The Hill, American Spectator, Hot Air, BREITBART.COM, BarbWire.com, Daily Kos, The PJ Tatler, Moe Lane, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Ed Driscoll
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Valerie Jarrett Kisses Reporters Before Interview — President Barack Obama's top adviser, Valerie Jarrett, went around the table and kissed reporters before an interview this morning on MNSBC's Morning Joe. The moment was briefly captured on live television before the network cut away to a commercial break.
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Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar — One of the great political mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign has been solved: Hillary Clinton did not leave a tip at the Chipotle franchise she visited during her road trip to Iowa on Sunday.
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Tennessee House votes Bible as official state book — The Holy Bible is the official book of Tennessee in the view of the Tennessee House of Representatives. — Despite questions of constitutionality, lawmakers beat back an attempt to make Andrew Jackson's Bible the official book …
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Guardian, Mediaite, Joe. My. God. and WBIR-TV
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Private Company Conspired With Police To Hold Poor People For Ransom, Lawsuit Charges — Minutes after a court sentenced Adel Edwards to pay a $500 fine for burning leaves in his yard without a permit, the private probation company tasked with supervising his monthly payments told …
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Obama's One-Man Nuclear Deal — Congress will get a vote but the President still has a free hand. — President Obama says he wants Congress to play a role in approving a nuclear deal with Iran, but his every action suggests the opposite. After months of resistance …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Myth of Police Reform — There is a tendency, when examining police shootings, to focus on tactics at the expense of strategy. One interrogates the actions of the officer in the moment trying to discern their mind-state. We ask ourselves, “Were they justified in shooting?”
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Washington Monthly
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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Dashcam Shows Ariz. Cop Intentionally Run Over Suspect — An Arizona police officer rammed into a suspect with his patrol car in February in order to stop the suspect's alleged crime spree, according to two dashcam videos released by police on Tuesday.
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Both parties fired up over vote on estate tax repeal — The House is gearing up to vote Thursday on repealing the estate tax, an issue that has energized the base in both parties — and that Democrats and Republicans see as a political winner. — Republicans are making the vote the centerpiece …
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
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Chief Justice Roberts reports for jury duty in a Maryland court — One potential juror who was considered for a civil trial in Montgomery County on Wednesday morning could have brought a lot to the jury room. He's the chief justice of the United States. — John G. Roberts Jr. showed …
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Bloomberg Business and Above the Law
Gabor Cselle / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter.com gets a refresh — Every month, hundreds of millions of people come to Twitter to see what's happening in the world. After all, it's often the best place to turn to for information and commentary on live events and breaking news. — People who log in get the full experience …
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Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Deep Partisan Split on Israel and Iran — Israel has become a deeply partisan issue for ordinary Americans as well as for politicians in Washington, a shift that may represent a watershed moment in foreign policy and carry implications for domestic politics …
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Washington Monthly, The Intercept and Hullabaloo
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Bystander Asks Man in Military Uniform Basic Questions About His Service — His Answers Sparked This Explosive Exchange — A furious bystander was captured on video accusing a man dressed in uniform of “stolen valor” at a bar in Sunrise, Florida, sparking a heated exchange that appeared to have nearly spun out of control.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Mediaite