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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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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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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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NAACP:
NAACP Statement on the Resignation of Rachel Dolezal — BALTIMORE, Md. - Rachel Dolezal, president of the NAACP's Spokane, Washington Branch, has resigned. As a result, the NAACP has released the following statement. — From Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President & CEO:
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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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Taylor Berman / Gawker:
Rachel Dolezal Sued Howard University for Racial Discrimination in 2002
Rachel Dolezal Sued Howard University for Racial Discrimination in 2002
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton's Confidant, Turns Over Memos on Libya — WASHINGTON — A close confidant of Hillary Rodham Clinton's, Sidney Blumenthal, has provided the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, with dozens of pages of emails between him and Mrs. Clinton …
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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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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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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Ex-Clinton aide headed before Benghazi panel
Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
Meet the New, Old Hillary
Meet the New, Old Hillary
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Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
Obama's anti-police ideology — As President Obama starts to wind down his tenure in the White House, with just a year and a half to go, he's focusing on federalization of local police forces in the name of “justice.” Attorney General Loretta Lynch will be his go-to on this project, just as Eric Holder was before her.
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Invitations to a White House Party: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, but Private
Invitations to a White House Party: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, but Private
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Prince puts on private show at White House
Prince puts on private show at White House
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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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Jeet Heer / The New Republic:
Why Does Jeb Bush Want to Be President?
Why Does Jeb Bush Want to Be President?
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb stresses compassion, ‘showing his heart’ in campaign rollout
Jeb stresses compassion, ‘showing his heart’ in campaign rollout
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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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Guardian:
Pope Francis warns of destruction of Earth's ecosystem in leaked encyclical — Vatican condemns early release of document in which pontiff calls on people to change their lifestyles and energy consumption or face grave consequences — Pope Francis will this week call for changes in lifestyles …
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Pope Francis blasts global warming deniers in leaked draft of encyclical
Pope Francis blasts global warming deniers in leaked draft of encyclical
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Why the Pope's New Climate-Change Doctrine Matters
Why the Pope's New Climate-Change Doctrine Matters
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Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Papal Draft Blames Most Global Warming on Human Activity
Papal Draft Blames Most Global Warming on Human Activity
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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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Washington Post:
Stressing his experience as governor of Fla., Jeb Bush enters 2016 race
Stressing his experience as governor of Fla., Jeb Bush enters 2016 race
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miamiherald:
With pressure on, Jeb Bush delivers forceful speech confirming 2016 presidential candidacy
With pressure on, Jeb Bush delivers forceful speech confirming 2016 presidential candidacy
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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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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Dems should not be losing voting-rights fight — Why are Democrats losing the debate over voting rights? — The biggest political fight shaping the 2016 campaigns for the White House and Senate is over limiting the Democrats' base of likely voters. — President Obama twice won …
William Leitch / Bloomberg Business:
We Are All Donald Trump Now — Back in 2000, my grandmother returned from visiting my uncle in Chattanooga to the Coles County Airport of Mattoon, Illinois. She flew as cheaply as possible, which meant she took tiny US Airways shuttles from Chattanooga to West Lafayette, Indiana, to Mattoon.
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Michael B. Oren / Wall Street Journal:
How Obama Abandoned Israel — Netanyahu and the president both made mistakes, but only one purposely damaged U.S.-Israel relations. — 'Nobody has a monopoly on making mistakes. " When I was Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2009 to the end of 2013, that was my standard response …
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Lyda Longa / Daytona Beach News-Journal:
2 boys shoot out woman's teeth with BB gun in Holly Hill, police say — Two boys could be extradited from Michigan and charged with a felony after Holly Hill police said the 12- and 16-year-old siblings intentionally shot four people with a BB gun. — One of the victims was struck in the mouth and lost two teeth.
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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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