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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: I'm not giving up on guns — ‘I refuse to act as if this is the new normal,’ Obama tells conference of mayors. — SAN FRANCISCO—Wrapping together his frustrations with the country's continuing problems with racism and his own inability to make progress on gun control in the wake …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Apologize for Slavery — A WEEK of absurdity around a confused racial con artist, and a massacre in a black church brings us to this: Today is the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, when the last of the American slaves were told they were free. Now, to put it to good use, at a time when a post-racial era seems very much out of reach.
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Hunter / Daily Kos:
The National Review grapples with Confederate flag love — You know things are bad when the pro-segregation rag National Review is locked in their own debate over whether the Confederate flag should or shouldn't come down in places like South Carolina. On the “get rid of it” side is Reihan Salam …
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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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama thinks Confederate flag ‘belongs in a museum’
Obama thinks Confederate flag ‘belongs in a museum’
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
An NRA board member blamed the pastor killed in Charleston for the deaths of his members
An NRA board member blamed the pastor killed in Charleston for the deaths of his members
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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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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Racist Talk from Dylann Roof's Judge — The judge who called for sympathy for shooter Dylann Roof's family members has a history of racist language in the courtroom. — Charleston County Magistrate James B. Gosnell began Friday's bond hearing for mass-murderer Dylann Roof by declaring …
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Humberto Fontova / Townhall.com:
Stella McCartney's New “Anti-Cruelty” Fashion Line Celebrates Fidel Castro and Che Guevara — With a little help from her friendly Dad (Paul) Stella McCartney has made quite a name for herself as an ultra-chic fashion designer. This week she introduced her spring line on Manhattan's Elizabeth Street …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell calling Dem bluff on trade — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is daring Senate Democrats to vote against fast-track trade legislation they supported less than a month ago. — The GOP leader has scheduled a procedural vote on fast-track for Tuesday, and is signaling he's through offering concessions.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Hamptons Quandary — For the past several summers, Bill and Hillary Clinton have done what New York City's moneyed residents have done for decades: They spent their vacation amid the prime beachside real estate of Long Island. — In 2011 and 2012, there was the eight-bedroom …
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Michael Oren / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Why Obama is wrong about Iran being ‘rational’ on nukes — “The fact that you are anti-Semitic, or racist, doesn't preclude you from being interested in survival,” President Obama said last month in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic. “The fact that the supreme leader …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
“Bank Holiday” Preparations Begin In Greece, Lines Form At Athens ATMs — The writing has been on the wall for quite sometime. — Deposit flight from Greece's ailing banking sector has been running north of €500 million per day this week as the threat of capital controls casts a pall …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Ridin’ With Biden' in 2016, but So Far the Vice President's Not Aboard — CHICAGO — On the whiteboard at campaign headquarters in a spartan downtown office are listed the day's tasks. No. 1: “Send out bumper stickers.” — Those would be the “I'm Ridin' With Biden” …