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wtfpod.com:
WTF Podcast — Episode 613 - President Barack Obama — Marc welcomes the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to the garage for conversation about college, fitting in, race relations, gun violence, changing the status quo, disappointing your fans, comedians, fatherhood and overcoming fear.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Vox, New York Times, USA Today, The Hill, BREITBART.COM, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, UPROXX, NPR, Joe. My. God., New York Magazine, FishbowlDC, NBC News, New York's PIX11, Raw Story, Hot Air, Shakesville, The Week, Fox News Insider, The Huffington Post and Mashable
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Deena Zaru / CNN:
Obama uses N-word, says we are ‘not cured’ of racism — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama used the n-word to make a point about the reality of racism in America during an interview released Monday with comedian Marc Maron. — Obama weighed in for the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” …
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Liberaland, UPROXX, WREG-TV, Raw Story, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, FOX News Radio, SBNation.com and FOX6Now.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama uses the N-word in podcast interview — President Barack Obama did not mince words in discussing race in a recent interview, going so far as to use the N-word in talking about America's complex racial history when speaking to Marc Maron on the comedian's “WTF” podcast in Los Angeles last week.
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ABC News
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Guest Calls Obama ‘The Rapper-In-Chief’ For Using N-Word (VIDEO)
Fox Guest Calls Obama ‘The Rapper-In-Chief’ For Using N-Word (VIDEO)
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Raw Story
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Obama Uses the N-Word During WTF Interview
Obama Uses the N-Word During WTF Interview
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Talking Points Memo, Right Wing Watch, Raw Story and Washington Post
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
AP photo shows a gun pointed at Ted Cruz's head — In an Associated Press image that drew comment and criticism on Twitter on Sunday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is seen speaking with what appeared to be a gun aimed straight at him. — The photograph — taken by the AP's Charlie Neibergall …
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Leader of group cited in ‘Dylann Roof manifesto’ donated to top Republicans — The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise him against black people before the Charleston church massacre has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans …
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Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, The Moderate Voice, ABC News, American Renaissance, Washington Post, Trail Blazers Blog, Business Insider, San Antonio Current, Des Moines Register, Politico, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Telegraph, PoliticusUSA, Prairie Weather, Joe. My. God., The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Mail, Mashable and Liberal Values
Charlie Neibergall / BREITBART.COM:
Of course, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a Republican. — That puts him in proximity with guns and gun posters, as seen in this picture from Associated Press photog Charlie Neibergall, more often than Democrats. — Still, imagine a similar situation-a U.S. Senator campaigning for President …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
White Supremacist Who Influenced Charleston Suspect Donated to 2016 G.O.P. Campaigns — The leader of a white supremacist group that apparently influenced Dylann Roof, the suspect in the killing of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands …
CofCC:
Media Interviews with the CofCC
Media Interviews with the CofCC
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Slantpoint
Grace Beahm / Post and Courier:
Haley will call for the Confederate flag's removal today — Staff reports — Gov. Nikki Haley will hold a news conference in Columbia at 4 p.m. today at which, sources said, she will call for the Confederate flag to come down from the Statehouse grounds.
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The Hill, Washington Post, CBS News, Guardian, Business Insider, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Hot Air, CNN, The Week, Politico, The Intercept, RedState and New York Times
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Lindsey Graham to call for Confederate flag to come down - CNNPolitics.com — South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham will call Monday for the removal of the confederate flag from state grounds, a source familiar with the decision told CNN.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Mediaite and Towleroad
Rodney Smolla / Washington Monthly:
South Carolina: Give Up a Little Pride to Grant Others a Little Peace
South Carolina: Give Up a Little Pride to Grant Others a Little Peace
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Booman Tribune
Supreme Court Review:
THE JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT — They are called “Justices” not “Judges” to differentiate themselves from lower court judges
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Yahoo Politics, Politico, ABC News and The Week
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law.cornell.edu:
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit — No. 13-720. Argued March 31, 2015—Decided June 22, 2015 — Respondent Marvel Entertainment's corporate predecessor agreed to purchase petitioner Stephen Kimble's patent for a Spider-Man toy in exchange for a lump sum plus a 3% royalty on future sales.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Kimble v. Marvel: Justice Kagan's top Spider-Man jokes in a big patent case
Kimble v. Marvel: Justice Kagan's top Spider-Man jokes in a big patent case
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Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court cuts the string on Spider-Man toy inventor's patent
Supreme Court cuts the string on Spider-Man toy inventor's patent
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The Daily Caller
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
MIT Economist Jonathan Gruber Had Bigger Role in Health Law, Emails Show — Adviser whose comments on Affordable Care Act touched off a furor worked more closely than previously known with White House — Jonathan Gruber, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist whose comments …
Larry Klayman / WND:
Obama's race war has real consequences — Exclusive: Larry Klayman sees S.C. murders as fallout from prez's ‘stirring up of hatred’ — Larry Klayman is a former Justice Department prosecutor and the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. His latest book is “Whores: Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment.”
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Right Wing Watch, CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Calls Out GOPers Who Won't Say Charleston Shooter Is Racist — Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Monday knocked some of the 2016 contenders who have declined to say that the shooting at a historic black church in Charleston was racially motivated.
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Ben S. Carson / USA Today:
Ben Carson: Call it racism
Ben Carson: Call it racism
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Questions and Observations, Washington Post and Shakesville
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
In U.S., Socialist Presidential Candidates Least Appealing — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the 2016 presidential election field takes shape, more than nine in 10 Americans say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is Catholic, a woman, black, Hispanic or Jewish.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Hot Air, Politico, Corrente, The Week and Fusion
NBC News:
First Read: Jeb Bush Leads the GOP Pack — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Jeb leads the GOP pack — A brand-new national NBC/WSJ poll finds Jeb Bush leading …
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Bloomberg Business, US News, The Daily Caller and OnPolitics
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio Solidify Front-Runner Status
Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio Solidify Front-Runner Status
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naked capitalism, Outside the Beltway, NBC News, Business Insider, Real Clear Politics and Politico
Melissa Boughton / Post and Courier:
Thousands gather for Bridge to Peace event: ‘We will rise above the hate’ — Thousands gathered on the Cooper River Bridge, including Annie Summey who hugs Tyeesha Aiken during a unity march Sunday June 21, 2015. Grace Beahm/Staff — “Charleston strong” wasn't just a phrase Sunday night.
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The Daily Caller and Slantpoint
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Sebastian Murdock / The Huffington Post:
Thousands Walk Hand In Hand Across Ravenel Bridge To Show Support For Mother Emanuel Church
Thousands Walk Hand In Hand Across Ravenel Bridge To Show Support For Mother Emanuel Church
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Washington Post, Slantpoint and Common Dreams
Economic Policy Institute:
Top CEOs Make 300 Times More than Typical Workers: Pay Growth Surpasses Stock Gains and Wage Growth of Top 0.1 Percent — The chief executive officers of America's largest firms earn three times more than they did 20 years ago and at least 10 times more than 30 years ago, big gains even relative to other very-high-wage earners.
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Wall Street Journal, Slantpoint, Forbes, Associated Press and The Week