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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Shooter Almost Backed Out Because ‘Everyone Was So Nice’ — Dylann Roof, the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with nine counts of murder and illegal weapons possession, police said.
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Story highlights — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 7:27 a.m. ET] — Dylann Roof has confessed to authorities to shooting and killing nine people this week at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Rick Perry: Charleston Shooting An ‘Accident’ Due To Drug Use, Manipulated By Obama To Ban Guns — In an interview today with Steve Malzberg of Newsmax, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry described the mass shooting at an African American church in Charleston earlier this week as an “accident” …
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Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Rick Perry's campaign says he misspoke about Charleston shooting — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) presidential campaign told Business Insider on Friday that he misspoke when he referred to the recent mass killing in Charleston, South Carolina, as an “accident.”
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know' If Charleston Shooting Was Racially Motivated — As more becomes clear about the motives of the man believed to be behind the Charleston church shooting, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was hesitant to connect Dylann Storm Roof's alleged actions to any racial prejudice.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Conversation We Won't Have — Dylann Roof appears more evil than disturbed. Perhaps he had mental health issues. But at some point we just need to call him evil. White supremacy and segregation are evils. He appears to have believed in both. People who believe in white supremacy …
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Charleston and the Age of Obama — Between 1882 and 1968, the year Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, three thousand four hundred and forty-six black men, women, and children were lynched in this country—a practice so vicious and frequent that Mark Twain was moved, in 1901 …
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Suggests Donald Trump-Like Comments Can ‘Trigger’ Events Like Charleston … Hillary Clinton didn't call The Donald out by name, but she suggested in an interview Thursday that comments like ones the real estate tycoon-turned-Republican presidential candidate made during …
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ABC News:
Dylann Roof's Uncle Would ‘Push Button’ Himself If Nephew Receives Death Penalty
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Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
The legal loophole that allowed Dylann Roof to get a gun
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New York Times:
In Charleston, Raw Emotion at Hearing for Suspect in Church Shooting
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Wall Street Journal:
The Charleston Shooting — An echo of 52 years ago, but also a crucial difference.
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The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter
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Washington Post:
For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Lindsey Graham Says SC Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Was His Niece's Classmate
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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
Lindsey Graham: The Confederate flag is “part of who we are” in South Carolina — even if “it's a racist symbol” — He didn't say why only the American and state — but not the Confederate — flag were at half-staff today — South Carolina senator and Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham defends Confederate flag: ‘It works here’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential candidate, on Friday said the Confederate flag is part of the heritage of his home state of South Carolina, rebuffing calls for it to be taken down after a mass shooting in the state.
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Why South Carolina's Confederate flag isn't at half-mast after church shooting
Zac Anderson / Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Rubio fundraiser canceled in Sarasota — SARASOTA - A fundraiser planned for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio tonight in Sarasota has been canceled, with backers saying they want to reschedule the event in the fall when more seasonal residents are in town.
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Google Public Policy Blog:
“Revenge porn” and Search — We've heard many troubling stories of “revenge porn”: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them, or hackers stealing and distributing images from victims' accounts. Some images even end up on “sextortion” …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Turmoil Only Sure Thing If Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage — A victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage would be a historic moment for gay rights. Defeat would bring legal pandemonium. — The high court will decide by the end of the month whether the Constitution gives gays the right to marry.
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Allison Sherry / Star Tribune:
Michele Bachmann is still in a race - for money — Fundraising goes on, and so does her spending. — U.S. Rep.Michele Bachmann spoke to family, friends and supporters during a tribute at Monticello High Friday, April 11, 2014, in Monticello, MN. — TEXT SIZE
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In L.A., Obama addresses Washington's dysfunction: ‘I did not say I would fix it’ — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — President Obama wrapped up a day he began with an angry and frustrated reaction to the mass killings in Charleston, S.C., by acknowledging that he has been unable to change the culture …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Video A Tea Party Group Made That Implies Oral Sex Between A Panda And Hillary Clinton — WASHINGTON — BuzzFeed News has obtained parts of the video produced by Tea Party group FreedomWorks several years ago that features two female interns dressed up as a panda bear and Hillary Clinton …
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The Columbus Dispatch:
City Council President Andy Ginther caught up in red-light camera bribe case — A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials - including Council President Andrew Ginther - through the Ohio Democratic Party …
Nadia Khomami / Guardian:
Stowaway fell to death from plane on to London office after 8,000-mile flight — Body of man discovered on office below Heathrow flight path in Richmond, while another is in hospital in serious condition after surviving flight from South Africa — A suspected stowaway has been found …
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Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act — Over the past several years, a number of proposals have been advanced for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became law in March 2010. In this report, CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Health Law Repeal Would Raise Federal Deficits by $137 Billion in 10 Years, CBO Says
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