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Brad Bell / WJLA-TV:
Law enforcement sources say Freddie Gray suffered head injury in police transport van — BALTIMORE, Md. (WJLA) — An investigation into the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray has found no evidence that his fatal injuries were caused during his videotaped arrest and interaction with police officers …
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The Week, WBAL-TV, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, Common Dreams, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, The Last Refuge and Hit & Run
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’ — The screen icon discussed police brutality and the televised news media's coverage of the Baltimore protests in the wake of Freddie Gray's death while in police custody. — “F-ck the media.”
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Hot Air, Mediaite, Politico and The Daily Caller
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
What Bernie Sanders thinks about the issues: a comprehensive primer — Sen. Bernie Sanders talks money in politics at his campaign announcement press conference (C-SPAN). — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, now a presidential candidate, is the only socialist in Congress.
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The Huffington Post, Off the Kuff, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Guardian, PoliticusUSA, Hullabaloo, Informed Comment and Washington Monthly
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John Dickerson / Slate:
How Bernie Sanders running for president helps Hillary Clinton. — When candidates are confronted by ideological opposition from within their own party, they face two options: They can fight it or embrace it. In 1952 Dwight Eisenhower and Robert Taft fought. In 1980 Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy fought.
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Salon, Balloon Juice, New York Times and Washington Post
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Hillary Clinton: Congenital Rule-Breaker.
Hillary Clinton: Congenital Rule-Breaker.
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Hot Air, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, The Moderate Voice, Hit & Run, The Federalist, Liberal Values and Instapundit
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton Foundation Money ‘A Very Serious Problem’
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton Foundation Money ‘A Very Serious Problem’
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Book alleges India cash swayed Hillary's nuclear stance
Book alleges India cash swayed Hillary's nuclear stance
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The Atlantic, Bloomberg Business, Power Line, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The Economic Times and Mediaite
Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Watch This 6th Grader Cut Off President Obama for Talking Too Much — Somebody get this kid a talk show. — “Mr. President, let's move on to the next question,” is not something you hear that often in Washington, especially not on friendly panel discussions.
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Deborah Gates / Delmarva Daily Times:
Wicomico 6th-grader to interview Obama — A Bennett Middle School student will get the chance to interview President Obama on Thursday about books and reading. — Osman Yahya, a sixth-grader at the school, traveled to Washington for the 10:40 a.m. interview at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library.
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Associated Press and Jezebel
Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
Obama Says He Wants To Go Back To Community Organizing After Presidency — President Obama spoke about his post-presidency during an event with school children today, saying he wants to go back to his life as a community organizer. — “I'll be done being president in a couple years …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama hints at return to community organizing
Obama hints at return to community organizing
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Hot Air, Bloomberg Business and Mediaite
James Hohmann / Politico:
In early horse race, Marco Rubio threatens Scott Walker — In primary within the primary, the Florida senator and the Wisconsin governor fight for the same space. — ANKENY, Iowa— Republican insiders in early-voting states say a crucial battle is emerging in the 2016 presidential race between Marco Rubio …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House passes final budget deal — The House on Thursday passed a final budget deal, bringing Republicans one step closer to enacting a spending blueprint that sets the stage for this summer's spending bills. — The chamber passed the framework, 226-197. It would balance the budget …
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Wall Street Journal
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP delays vote on first spending bill
GOP delays vote on first spending bill
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Kos
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Zarif in New York — “The devil is in the details.” — So said Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, at an event at the New York University Center on International Cooperation on Wednesday. Zarif is in New York for another round of talks aimed at finishing an agreement designed to stop …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post and New York Times
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Exclusive: Britain told U.N. monitors of active Iran nuclear procurement - panel
Exclusive: Britain told U.N. monitors of active Iran nuclear procurement - panel
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Roles of Presidential Super PACs Expanding — Groups taking on more campaign roles, not just running negative ads; will the FEC approve? — When Carly Fiorina announces on Monday that she is running for president, she will do so under the banner of Carly for President.
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Indulging the Lunatics on the Right — Ask a Republican about the elaborate conspiracy theories that are so popular with many on the far right, and she's likely to respond that, sure, those people are there, but liberals have their wackos, too. But there is a difference …
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SHTF Plan, CANNONFIRE, Washington Monthly, Right Wing Watch and Trail Blazers Blog
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Iran bill a mess after Cotton, Rubio try to force votes — Republican amendments complicate efforts to secure Democratic support. — Sens. Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio used a hardball procedural tactic on Thursday to force contentious votes on a bill allowing congressional review of a nuclear deal …
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Bloomberg Business, RedState, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Washington Post:
Koch brothers make push to court Latinos, alarming many Democrats — LAS VEGAS — For Republicans, the road to warming the hearts and winning the votes of Latinos may begin at a Las Vegas flea market. — On a recent morning, inside the Eastern Indoor Swapmeet Las Vegas …
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RedState
Machine Learning:
Fun with ML, Stream Analytics and PowerBI - Observing Virality in Real Time — This post is authored by Corom Thompson and Santosh Balasubramanian, Engineers in Information Management and Machine Learning at Microsoft — This is a fun story of how we were expecting perhaps 50 users for a test but …
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Jezebel, fox4kc.com, Q13 FOX News, Mashable and US News
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Clock Didn't Start With the Riots — On Thursday, April 30, Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke at Johns Hopkins University in his native city of Baltimore, at the inaugural Forum on Race in America. This article is an edited transcript of his remarks. — About a year ago, I published …
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Democratic Strategist
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Absence is the equivalent of a no vote’ on Loretta Lynch — Ted Cruz has an explanation for why he missed Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last Thursday: “Absence is the equivalent of a no vote.” — The Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate offered …
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