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Scott Dance / Baltimore Sun:
Riots erupt across West Baltimore, downtown — Violence and looting overtook much of West Baltimore on Monday, seriously injuring several police officers and leaving a store and several vehicles in flames. — At least seven police officers were injured in a clash that began near Mondawmin Mall and spread toward downtown.
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Ted Berg / USA Today:
Orioles COO John Angelos offers eye-opening perspective on Baltimore protests — Demonstrators destroy the windshield of a Baltimore Police car as they protest the death Freddie Gray. (Photo via Jim Watson/Getty Images) — After protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray turned violent …
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Hmarr / The Office of Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.:
Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State Of Emergency, Activating National Guard
Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State Of Emergency, Activating National Guard
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The Atlantic and Hit & Run
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
National Guard Called Out in Baltimore as Police and Youths Clash After Funeral for Freddie Gray
National Guard Called Out in Baltimore as Police and Youths Clash After Funeral for Freddie Gray
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CNN, The Atlantic, Common Dreams, Outside the Beltway, Patterico's Pontifications, TalkLeft, Bleacher Report and The Daily Caller
Patrick Semansky / ABC News:
Maryland Gov. Declares State of Emergency After Violent Clashes in Baltimore
Maryland Gov. Declares State of Emergency After Violent Clashes in Baltimore
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Joe. My. God. and Associated Press
Mhasken / CBS DC:
Officers Injured, Baltimore Businesses Shut Down Amid Violent Riots
Officers Injured, Baltimore Businesses Shut Down Amid Violent Riots
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WKBN-TV, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, CBS Baltimore and CBS San Francisco
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Faith leaders demand that liberal justices sit out gay marriage case — Religious leaders are calling on members of the Supreme Court's liberal wing to recuse themselves from the blockbuster gay marriage case that the court will begin considering on Tuesday.
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Politico, PoliticusUSA, Daily Kos and ABC News
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John Culhane / Politico:
There's no real case against gay marriage
There's no real case against gay marriage
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Public Discourse, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
David Simon:
Baltimore — First things first. — Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed. And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city. Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard.
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The Atlantic, Politico, Daily Kos, Raw Story, CNN and The Daily Caller
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Karyn Polewaczyk / Jezebel:
Woman Uncovers Two-Way Mirror in a Bar Bathroom; Owner Says It'll Stay — Tonight a reader tipped us off to a video posted by comic Tamale Rocks, who uncovered a two-way mirror in the women's bathroom at Chicago bar Cigars and Stripes. — Here's the video, which shows the stall …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Fox's Stacey Dash: No One Would Have Been Beheaded Under Bush — Outnumbered guest host Stacey Dash said Monday afternoon that no one would have been beheaded under a George W. Bush presidency. — Dash's comments were in reference to a report Monday that Bush criticized Obama's foreign policy …
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FreakOutNation and The Daily Banter
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Guardian:
Salman Rushdie slams critics of PEN's Charlie Hebdo tribute — The author called writers who had objected to the award, including Peter Carey, Michael Ondaatje and Francine Prose, ‘Six Authors in Search of a bit of Character’ — Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after a fatwa …
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Read the Letters and Comments of PEN Writers Protesting the Charlie Hebdo Award
Read the Letters and Comments of PEN Writers Protesting the Charlie Hebdo Award
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Hit & Run and Common Dreams
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
If Carly Fiorina were male — If Carly Fiorina were male, she would be regarded in national politics as an anti-Clinton crony capitalist who mismanaged a company when she was its CEO, was terminated by the company's board of directors, was criticized for flying around in multiple corporate jets …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Nobody Said That — Imagine yourself as a regular commentator on public affairs — maybe a paid pundit, maybe an supposed expert in some area, maybe just an opinionated billionaire. You weigh in on a major policy initiative that's about to happen, making strong predictions of disaster.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Conservatives fear GOP leaders giving up on Obamacare repeal
Conservatives fear GOP leaders giving up on Obamacare repeal
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Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Brigette Paladon / WGNO:
EXCLUSIVE: Watch as strong winds knock over a train in Jefferson Parish — ELMWOOD, La. (WGNO) - Nearly a dozen shipping containers and some train cars were blown off elevated tracks in Jefferson Parish Monday. — WGNO reporter Jabari Thomas captured the moment when strong winds knocked …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The joke was that Obama wasn't joking — The White House Correspondents' Dinner has become a strange event. It is, ostensibly, an evening when the president and the press can come together to share a few lighthearted laughs. But it's evolved into a recital of brutal truths — albeit one neither side ever really admits happened.
Bfearnowcbs / CBS Houston:
Texas A&M Galveston Professor Hits ‘Breaking Point,’ Fails Entire Class — Galveston, Texas (CBS HOUSTON) — A Texas A&M Galveston professor says he hit a “breaking point” as he failed an entire class of students in his management course that he said required “security guards” for him to feel safe teaching.
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Inside Higher Ed, Fox News Insider, BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Clay Aiken: Rep. Ellmers is ‘an idiot’ — Clay Aiken is “not a fan” of his former political opponent, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), calling the congresswoman a “b— ” and an “idiot” in a Monday interview. — The Republican incumbent defeated the former “American Idol” contestant, a Democrat, to win her third term in November.
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
TPM Interview: Rightwing Blogger Explains How He Got Punked By Phony Harry Reid Rumor — John Hinderaker, the man behind the rightwing blog Power Line, woke up to a nasty surprise on Sunday morning. — In the pages of the Las Vegas Sun, a man named Larry Pfeifer announced …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Conservatives, Unleash the Awesome Power of “No” — We decent Americans are bombarded with lies, libeled, and subjected to petty (and, increasingly, not so petty) tyrannies by government flunkies. At every turn, liberals and their suck-ups in the media and academia seek to delegitimize our interests, concerns, and opinions.
Don Kaplan / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: NBC News chief wants Brian Williams back on air ASAP — This ship's captain doesn't want to throw the anchor overboard. — NBC News chief Andrew Lack is looking for a way to put Brian Williams back behind the “Nightly News” desk, sources tell the Daily News …
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FOX News Radio, Mediaite and The Daily Banter, more at Mediagazer »
Wyatt / COED:
WATCH: BALTIMORE RIOTER SLAPPED BY MOM ON NEWS [VIDEO] — Things have gotten way out of control in Baltimore County following the death of Freddie Gray, but at least one mother is doing her best to make sure her son doesn't get caught up in the rioting. Look what one CNN news crew caught live on camera:
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Kevin Harris / City of Baltimore:
Rawlings-Blake Administration Issues Statement Regarding Mayor's Comments on the Rights of Protesters — BALTIMORE, Md. (April 27, 2015)—Today, Howard Libit, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy, issued the following statement regarding Mayor Rawlings-Blake's comments on the rights of protesters:
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