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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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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Rachel Dolezal Resigns As President Of Spokane NAACP
Rachel Dolezal Resigns As President Of Spokane NAACP
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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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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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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Jeb Bush's Surprising Struggle With Moderates — It was easy to see Jeb Bush's path to the Republican nomination when he announced the formation of his super PAC in December. He wasn't guaranteed to pull it off — not by any stretch — but he seemed well positioned to appeal to the coalition …
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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:
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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Page Six:
Prince puts on private show at White House — Prince played two shows in Washington, DC, on Sunday, but he also gave a private VIP performance at the White House on Saturday night to celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month. — Spies exclusively told Page Six that the …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Scalia slips, refers to Justice ‘Goldberg’ — The Supreme Court erupted in laughter Monday morning when Justice Antonin Scalia goofed and referred to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the wrong name. — While delivering the decision in the immigration case Kerry v. Din on Monday …
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