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Scott Dance / Baltimore Sun:
Riots erupt across West Baltimore, downtown — Violence and looting overtook much of West Baltimore on Monday, injuring more than a dozen police officers and leaving buildings and vehicles in flames. — As night fell, looters took to Mondawmin Mall and a Save-A-Lot and Rite Aid in Bolton Hill, loading up cars with stolen goods.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Nonviolence as Compliance — Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain. Gray did not die mysteriously in some back alley but in the custody of the city's publicly appointed guardians of order.
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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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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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David McCabe / The Hill:
Lynch: Justice Dept. officials will go to Baltimore — The Department of Justice will send two officials to Baltimore amid clashes in the city between police and citizens, new Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday night. — Vanita Gupta, who head's the Civil Rights Division …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
White House awakes to ‘national crisis’ — Baltimore riots show the limits of President Obama's hands-off approach. — For President Barack Obama and Congress, one thing was clear amid the smoke in Baltimore: A task force didn't solve the problem. — There weren't a lot of firm recommendations …
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ABC News:
Obama Pledges Help for Baltimore Riots After Gray Funeral — President Barack Obama is pledging the federal government's help to respond to riots that have broken out in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray. — Obama spoke on Monday with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
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Jeffrey Toobin / CNN:
The lawyers arguing the same-sex marriage case before SCOTUS 4 photos — Mary Bonauto, GLAD's civil rights project director, will argue that states shouldn't be able to ban same-sex marriages. — Hide Caption 3 of 4 — John Bursch, Michigan's former solicitor general …
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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, ABC News and Daily Kos
John Culhane / Politico:
There's no real case against gay marriage
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP's open season on Clinton — Democrats are quickly learning the perils of having a de facto presidential nominee in Hillary Clinton. — With the controversy around donations to her family's charitable foundation growing, Democrats are bracing for more attacks on the former secretary of State …
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Zach C. Cohen / National Journal:
Here Are All Seven Media Questions Hillary Clinton Has Answered During Her Campaign
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
The Proof of the Clintons' Wrongdoing
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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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Hmarr / The Office of Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.:
Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State Of Emergency, Activating National Guard — ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Larry Hogan today, at the request of Baltimore City, has signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard to address the growing violence and unrest in Baltimore City.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
National Guard Called Out in Baltimore as Police and Youths Clash After Funeral for Freddie Gray
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Matt Rourke / ABC News:
National Guard Troops Deployed After Violent Clashes in Baltimore
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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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Maddie Hanna / Philly.com:
Christie blames ‘negative coverage’ for poll declines — Gov. Christie, whose approval ratings in New Jersey have hit new lows as he eyes a run for president, said Monday a media battering was partly responsible for the declines. — Appearing on NJ101.5 radio's Ask the Governor program …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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
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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.
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