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Spokane NAACP / Facebook:
Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members, — It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement …
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Rachel Dolezal Quits N.A.A.C.P. in Spokane
Rachel Dolezal Quits N.A.A.C.P. in Spokane
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton campaign denies access to DailyMail.com political editor as Monday's pool reporter in New Hampshire — The Clinton campaign denied access to David Martosko of DailyMail.com in New Hampshire this morning — Clinton press aide Nick Merrill offered varied and contradictory reasons …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Clinton campaign denies access to pool reporter — The Hillary Clinton campaign denied access to the print pool reporter on Monday, reigniting reporters' longstanding concerns about the campaign's commitment to running an open and transparent campaign. — David Martosko, the U.S. political editor …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Mitt: Hillary smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say 'Where's my latte?' — Mitt Romney took on Hillary Clinton's campaign launch speech, calling it “jarring” in some respects from what the former secretary of state has said in the past. Clinton's mouth often belies her eyes, he said.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
In crowded field, Bush runs as the grown-up candidate
In crowded field, Bush runs as the grown-up candidate
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Jeb Bush's Surprising Struggle With Moderates
Jeb Bush's Surprising Struggle With Moderates
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and a President's Legacy — WASHINGTON — For more than six years, the short walk from the Oval Office downstairs to the Situation Room has all too often meant bad news or grim choices. Whether it was war in the Middle East, Russian aggression in Ukraine …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Democrats Being Democrats — On Friday, House Democrats shocked …
Democrats Being Democrats — On Friday, House Democrats shocked …
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Clinton tells Radio Iowa trade deals are ‘fraught with all sorts of problems’ (AUDIO)
Clinton tells Radio Iowa trade deals are ‘fraught with all sorts of problems’ (AUDIO)
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
GAME OF THRONES STAR ON HER BRUTAL WALK OF SHAME — 'I don't think anyone deserves that treatment' — Warning: This story discusses a sequence from the Game of Thrones season 5 finale... Even on the sunny Game of Thrones set, surrounded by a friendly production team and tourist-trap bars …
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James Hibberd / EW.com:
GAME OF THRONES STAR ON THAT SHOCKING DEATH: 'I'M NOT COMING BACK' — Warning: This story contains a major spoiler about the Game of Thrones season 5 finale. — Et tu, Ollly? The story of Jon Snow, the bastard of Winterfell, came to a heartbreaking and apparent conclusion on Sunday night's Game of Thrones fifth season finale.
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Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Clinton Leads in Early States, But Sanders Popular in New Hampshire — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic primary field by a wide margin in three early nominating states — though any Democrat who captures the party's presidential title could be saddled with an albatross named Barack Obama.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Fainthearted Populism
Hillary Clinton's Fainthearted Populism
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Is Building an Army to Take D.C.
Bernie Sanders Is Building an Army to Take D.C.
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David Zweig / Salon:
The facts vs. David Brooks: Startling inaccuracies raise questions about his latest book — Factual discrepancies in the NYT columnist's new book raise some alarming questions about his research & methods — For at least the past four years David Brooks, the New York Times columnist …
Athens Daily News:
The sun has not exploded — OnlineAthens.com, the website of the Athens Banner-Herald, was the victim of an online miscue early Monday when an unauthorized updated news item atop the site announced “the sun just exploded.” — The item was taken off the site and the Banner-Herald is investigating.
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New York Post:
Bob Simon knew he was dying after crash: suit — Newsman Bob Simon was in horrific agony and knew he was dying after a West Side crash caused by a limo driver who never should have been behind the wheel, his widow charges in a new lawsuit. — The award-winning CBS vet “suffered conscious pain …
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Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
Cuomo created ‘total cluster f—k’ in escaped-killers hunt — The massive manhunt for two escaped murderers from the Dannemora prison has been hampered by State Police secrecy, inter-agency rivalries, and the disrupting involvement of Gov. Cuomo on the first day of the breakout, law-enforcement sources have told The Post.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
It's Not Just About Bad Choices — WHENEVER I write about people who are struggling, I hear from readers who say something like: Folks need to stop whining and get a job. It's all about personal responsibility. — In a 2014 poll, Republicans were twice as likely to say that people …
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Soraya Nadia McDonald / Washington Post:
Exclusive: Dave Chappelle won't be making jokes about Rachel Dolezal anytime soon. Here's why. — Anyone who remembers great comedy from 2003-2006 remembers “Chappelle's Show,” Dave Chappelle's eponymous sketch program that aired for just over two glorious seasons on Comedy Central.
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Casey Conley / Portsmouth Herald:
Scott Brown goes from Senate to cycle assembly — Scott Brown's work at Gus' Bike Shop on his ‘bucket list’
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New York Post:
Bride rages as Waldorf cancels reception after shooting — Anna Goldshmidt was not told of the shooting as she got married to Elan Stratiyevsky. — She got married at the Waldorf-Astoria not knowing that two of her guests had just been wounded by gunfire, but the real shocker came later …
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