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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Walker goes strong on foreign policy — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) brought a South Carolina crowd to its feet Saturday during his remarks on national security, a topic generally considered Walker's Achilles heel as he weighs a run for president. — Addressing the South Carolina Freedom Summit …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Santorum: Bomb ISIS ‘back to the 7th Century’ — Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said Saturday the military should damage the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to the point of impotence. — “If these folks want to return to a 7th Century version of Islam, then let's load up our bombers …
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The Week
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top GOP Pollster Makes Really Weird Joke About Bruce Jenner At 2016 Event — A scene from Diane Sawyer's interview with Bruce Jenner. — CREDIT: YouTube/ABC News — GOP pollster Frank Luntz made an awkward joke about Bruce Jenner during a focus group at the South Carolina Freedom Summit on Saturday afternoon.
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Raw Story
The Clarion Ledger:
Suspects named in slaying of two Hattiesburg officers — Two Hattiesburg police officers were killed in the line of duty Saturday night after a routine traffic stop. — Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict confirmed the deaths but did not release their names. He said he was still waiting to locate family members.
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Capper / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Walker Shoots His Campaign In The Foot — On Sunday, Sergio Valencia del Toro was upset by an argument with his fiancee. He chose to deal with his pain and anger by going to a community setting with two hand guns and opening fire, killing three people - including an 11 year old girl - before taking his own life:
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Hullabaloo
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Paul: Clinton made Libya a ‘jihadist wonderland’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) argued Sunday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's policies had created a terrorist utopia in Libya. — “Hillary Clinton's war in Libya, I think, made it less safe,” Paul told host John Catsimatidis …
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Political Wire and Yahoo Politics
Blue Telusma / theGrio:
UPDATED: Georgia school founder shocks students with racist remarks during graduation ceremony — Friday, the founder of TNT Academy in Lilburn Georgia shocked students and parents alike when she made racist comments towards her black graduates. — In the past students have alleged that the school …
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Yahoo Politics:
Why Obama is happy to fight Elizabeth Warren on the trade deal — “She's absolutely wrong,” Barack Obama said, before I could even get the question out of my mouth. — He was talking about Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator and populist crusader whom Obama helped elevate to national prominence.
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Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
Father Apparently Confesses to Family's Murder in Facebook Post — A British Columbia man has apparently admitted in a Facebook post to killing his family, CBC News reports. The post on Randy Janzen's Facebook page states that he killed his wife, his daughter, and his sister.
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Liberaland, BizPac Review and Mediaite
Guardian:
Officer in Freddie Gray case demanded man's arrest as part of personal dispute — Baltimore lieutenant Brian Rice used his position to threaten ‘heads will roll’ if officers did not arrest his ex-girlfriend's husband, police report reveals — The most senior Baltimore police officer charged …
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New York Times and Firedoglake
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Liberia Is Free of Ebola, World Health Organization Declares — The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola on Saturday, making it the first of the three hardest-hit West African countries to bring a formal end to the epidemic. — “The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over …
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Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Why Character Attacks on Hillary Won't Work — Why the former first couple has always survived attacks on their character, and probably always will. — If you're Martin O'Malley, or one of the other potential Democrats pondering a race against Hillary Clinton, you've been presented …
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New York Times, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Moderate Voice