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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
John Boehner sees a national policing crisis — House Speaker John Boehner says there's a national crisis in relations between black communities and law enforcement. — “I do,” he said when asked in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” whether he believes that such a crisis exists.
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Bloomberg View and The Week
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Martin O'Malley: Baltimore unrest a ‘heartbreaking setback’ — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said on Sunday the unrest in Baltimore has boosted his motivation to address economic marginalization and that it would be a central theme of his expected Democratic presidential campaign.
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The Week
Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Martin O'Malley: 'Wouldn't Think of Announcing' 2016 Campaign Anywhere but Baltimore
Martin O'Malley: 'Wouldn't Think of Announcing' 2016 Campaign Anywhere but Baltimore
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The Moderate Voice, The Hinterland Gazette and RedState
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
John Kasich on a 2016 bid: 'I don't really do odds'
John Kasich on a 2016 bid: 'I don't really do odds'
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Bloomberg Business
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: Our enemies must ‘fear’ US again — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argued Saturday that American foreign policy should frighten the nation's enemies abroad with its strength. — “The basic policy should be our friends know we have their back over the long haul …
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Booman Tribune
New York Times:
Christie's Camp Mobilizes to Salvage White House Hopes — Around 7:30 a.m., as an audience of technology executives started streaming through the ballroom doors of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel in suburban Virginia on Friday, Chris Christie's iPhone buzzed with the grim news he has awaited for 16 months.
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Balloon Juice, The Moderate Voice, Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
Justin George / Baltimore Sun:
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Brendan O'Neill / Reason:
Meet the Vagina Voters — The women voting for Hillary because she's a woman are setting feminism back a hundred years. — “I intend to vote with my vagina.” — Have you ever read a more squirm-inducing sentence than that? It appeared in a pro-Hillary piece in Dame magazine …
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protein wisdom, Hit & Run and The PJ Tatler
LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Kimberley Strassel Blames Baltimore's Troubles On Teachers Unions — Kimberley Strassel writes a weekly column for the Wall Street Journal, so naturally she subscribes to all the Conservative [talking points] lies. She denies the SCIENCE of man-made climate change and she's A-OK …
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Raw Story
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Bernie Sanders: 'Don't underestimate me' — Citing a history of surprising victories, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday the political world shouldn't discount his chances of winning the presidency. — “Don't underestimate me,” the Vermont senator said on ABC's “This Week.”
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ABC News, The Huffington Post, Political Wire, Bloomberg Business and The Week
NY Daily News:
NYPD Officer Brian Moore, 25, shot in face in Queens; suspect is ex-con and cousin of former Giants player Kory Blackwell — A plainclothes city cop was shot in the face in Queens Saturday when the ex-con cousin of a former New York Giant opened fire into his unmarked patrol car, authorities said.
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Gothamist, Scared Monkeys, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
Media Gives President a Pass Again — The media has by and large give President Obama's failed Afghanistan policy a pass—just as they have his larger foreign policy missteps. — Once again, be very glad we don't have a Republican president right now. If we did, we would be treated …
BREITBART.COM:
Baltimore Rally: Burn Down Stores to Get Them ‘Out of Our Communities’ — During a large rally in front of Baltimore's City Hall, a young man introduced as “Brother Rose,” in winding and sometimes incoherent speech, praised the burning of a CVS store at the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues.
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The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Jon Krakauer's ‘Missoula,’ About Rape in a College Town — Three years ago, a young woman befriended by the powerhouse author Jon Krakauer and his wife told them she had been raped when she was a teenager by a boy she knew and, later, for a second time, by a family friend. She was still struggling to recover.