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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
NAACP Imposter Sued School Over Race Claims — Rachel Dolezal alleged she was victim of white discrimination — The NAACP official who today resigned in the face of evidence that she masqueraded as black once sued Howard University for denying her teaching posts and a scholarship …
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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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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Black Like Her — On June 7th, Elinor Burkett published an Op-Ed in the Times expressing what she portrayed as a feminist's reluctant skepticism about aspects of the transgender movement. She argued, in part, that the notion of men simply transitioning into women was equivalent …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal: Clash of identity and authenticity
Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal: Clash of identity and authenticity
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Some of Hillary Clinton's Libya emails said to be withheld from Benghazi Committee — It's not clear who withheld the correspondence. — House GOP Benghazi investigators have discovered additional Libya communications between Sidney Blumenthal and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump will declare $9 billion in assets as he reveals 2016 plans — Businessman and TV personality Donald Trump is a possible Republican contender for the White House in 2016. Here's his take on Obamacare, building a border wall, and more, in his own words. (Julie Percha/The Washington Post)
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Politico:
Hillary Clinton = Jeb Bush? — Their policies may be different, but their political problems look remarkably similar. — One candidate vowed to “ban discrimination against LGBT Americans” and “make preschool and quality childcare available to every child in America.”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Mitt: Hillary smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say 'Where's my latte?'
Mitt: Hillary smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say 'Where's my latte?'
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Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Papal Draft Blames Most Global Warming on Human Activity — Draft of encyclical calls reducing carbon emissions an ‘urgent’ matter — ROME—Pope Francis calls global warming a major threat to life on the planet, says it is due mainly to human activity and describes the need to reduce …
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Guardian:
Pope Francis warns of destruction of world's ecosystem in leaked encyclical
Pope Francis warns of destruction of world's ecosystem in leaked encyclical
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John Follain / Bloomberg Business:
Draft of Pope's Climate Change Encyclical Leaked by Magazine
Draft of Pope's Climate Change Encyclical Leaked by Magazine
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Gail Sheehy / Politico:
Full text of Jeb Bush's presidential announcement — Jeb Bush announced his 2016 candidacy for President of the United States of America. Below are his remarks, as prepared for delivery. — Thank you all very much. I always feel welcome at Miami-Dade College.
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Transcript: Read Full Text of Former Gov. Jeb Bush's Campaign Launch
Transcript: Read Full Text of Former Gov. Jeb Bush's Campaign Launch
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush makes it official: ‘I will run to win’
Jeb Bush makes it official: ‘I will run to win’
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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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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
Clinton campaign denies access to pool reporter
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush Embarks On Least Joyful Campaign Ever — Five days ago, Jeb Bush was outside a hotel in Berlin, straining to evince something other than abject dread at the prospect of running for president. — He stood, rigid and erect, in front of a semicircle of American political reporters …
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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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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 …
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'
GAME OF THRONES STAR ON THAT SHOCKING DEATH: 'I'M NOT COMING BACK'
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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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Joe Siegrist / The LastPass Blog:
LastPass Security Notice — We want to notify our community that on Friday, our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network. In our investigation, we have found no evidence that encrypted user vault data was taken, nor that LastPass user accounts were accessed.
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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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Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Clayton Kelly gets 5 years, but will be released after 2 1/2 — CANTON - A judge on Monday sentenced Clayton Kelly to 2 1/2 years in jail and 2 1/2 probation for photographing Sen. Thad Cochran's late wife in her nursing home bed. — Kelly, 29, an aspiring political blogger …
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Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Arlington Cracks Down on Salty Language — Watch your mouth or pay a $250 fine. — Uttering some of the more expressive words in the English language will cost you up to $250 if you say them in Arlington, now that county officials have upped their fines on public uses of profanity.
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