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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Walmart to stop selling Confederate flag merchandise — (CNN)Walmart, the country's largest retailer, will remove all Confederate flag merchandise from its stores, the company told CNN Monday. — The announcement is the latest indication that the flag, a symbol of the slave-holding South …
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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.
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Why Are GOPers Being Asked About Democrats' Confederate Flag? (VIDEO) — Fox News host Andrea Tantaros said Monday she didn't understand why Republican presidential candidates were being “peppered” over the flying of the Confederate flag on the South Carolina state capitol grounds.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Lindsey Graham to call for Confederate flag to come down - CNNPolitics.com
Lindsey Graham to call for Confederate flag to come down - CNNPolitics.com
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Washington Post, NBC News, FITSNews, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, New York Times, Hot Air, Mediaite, RedState and Towleroad
Reuters:
South Carolina governor calls for Confederate flag's removal
South Carolina governor calls for Confederate flag's removal
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Shakesville
CNN:
Nikki Haley calls for removal of Confederate flag from capitol grounds
Nikki Haley calls for removal of Confederate flag from capitol grounds
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KTLA, FITSNews, Guardian, Raw Story and Warren Throckmorton
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham Will Call for Removal of Confederate Flag, Sources Say
Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham Will Call for Removal of Confederate Flag, Sources Say
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Little Green Footballs, Guardian, Instapundit and Althouse
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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New York Times, NPR, Fox News, Taylor Marsh, Bloomberg Business, Politico, Vox, USA Today, LiberalAmerica.org, Washington Post, UPROXX, The Atlantic, The Stranger …, Outside the Beltway, NBC News, CBS DC, Charleston City Paper, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, BREITBART.COM, Joe. My. God., The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Raw Story, The Week, New York Magazine, Shakesville, FishbowlDC, Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, 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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Raw Story, UPROXX, Right Wing Watch, Liberaland, WREG-TV, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, SBNation.com, FOX News Radio and FOX6Now.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama uses the N-word in podcast interview
Obama uses the N-word in podcast interview
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ABC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Bloomberg Business, UPROXX, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Washington Post
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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TMZ.com:
Diddy Arrested — FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT with UCLA Football Coach — 4:35 PM PT — Sources connected with Diddy tells us the rap mogul is adamant he acted in SELF DEFENSE and was not the aggressor. — Our Diddy sources tell us ... Diddy insists the drama began during a workout session yesterday …
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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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz's Dad: Northeastern Catholics, Jews Put Being Dems Above Religion
Cruz's Dad: Northeastern Catholics, Jews Put Being Dems Above Religion
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Ilya Somin / Washington Post:
Property owners prevail in raisin takings case — The Supreme Court has just issued its decision in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, the raisin takings case. As most observers predicted after the oral argument, the ruling is a victory for the property owners - a very important one.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Raisin Farmers in Property Rights Case
Supreme Court Sides With Raisin Farmers in Property Rights Case
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SCOTUSblog and Outside the Beltway
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces that he has ‘advanced’ cancer — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with “a very advanced and very aggressive” form of cancer. — His wife Yumi, his daughters and sons-in-law and his young granddaughter were in the room …
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Yahoo Politics:
Obama to give eulogy for slain Charleston pastor — President Barack Obama on Friday will deliver the eulogy for pastor and South Carolina state senator Clementa Pinckney, one of the nine victims of the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last week. Vice President Joe Biden will also attend the service.
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Larry Klayman / WND:
Obama's race war has real consequences
Obama's race war has real consequences
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Raw Story, Right Wing Watch, Liberaland and CANNONFIRE
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
After Charleston church tragedy, reckless rhetoric from pundits and politicians
After Charleston church tragedy, reckless rhetoric from pundits and politicians
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Hullabaloo and The Huffington Post
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Co-Host Pete Hegseth Hits Man with Axe — No idea how we missed this, but here it goes: During last Sunday's broadcast of Fox & Friends, co-host Pete Hegseth tossed an axe to tease an upcoming segment on timbersports, missed the target, and hit a marching band percussionist standing in the distance.
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Salon, Talking Points Memo, Daily Mail, USA Today and UPROXX
Bill Curry / Salon:
Hillary Clinton is going to lose: She doesn't even see the frustrated progressive wave that will nominate Bernie Sanders — Clinton's positioning on TPP is way too cute. When it passes with Dems' implicit support, grass roots will explode — Hillary Clinton went to New York's Roosevelt Island earlier …
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Power Line, Liberal Values, The Stranger … and Washington Times
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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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Is Barack Obama correct that mass killings don't happen in other countries? — Stewart Watson, right, comforts Maranda Mincey at the sidewalk memorial at the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C., on June 19, 2015. A gunman killed nine worshippers there the previous day.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
How Megyn Kelly Became the New Star of Fox News — Megyn Kelly is bucking the conventional wisdom of what it means to be a Fox News anchor. The take-no-prisoners newswoman isn't afraid to throw hardballs at Republicans. She recently lectured Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over his penchant for arguing with female reporters.
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Iran's Forces and U.S. Share a Base in Iraq — The U.S. military and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are getting closer and closer in Iraq, even sharing a base, while Iran uses those militias to expand its influence in Iraq and fight alongside the Bashar al-Assad regime in neighboring Syria.
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Business Insider, RedState, Israel Matzav and Weekly Standard
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN's GoPro antics rile Supreme Court — The Supreme Court of the United States briefly removed media interns from its press room on Monday after a CNN intern was caught recording video footage with a GoPro camera that he had strapped to his chest, the On Media blog has learned.
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The Daily Caller, Poynter. and TVNewser
Jonathan Gonzalez / KUSA-TV:
Brighton Police officer shares story behind emotional photo — BRIGHTON - The Brighton Police officer captured on camera holding and comforting a young crash victim on Thursday is sharing the emotional story for the first time. — Officer Nick Struck was third to arrive at the scene …
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New York's PIX11, KFOR-TV, myfox8.com and Slantpoint
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Say it ain't so, Jack — I must admit I was appalled to hear of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's decision last week to demote Alexander Hamilton from his featured position on the ten dollar bill. My reaction has been widely shared, see for example here, here, here, here, and here.
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio Solidify Front-Runner Status — Latest poll shows a spectrum of GOP voters are open to supporting either candidate — Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio are solidifying their positions at the front of the pack of Republican presidential contenders, a new Wall Street Journal …
Financial Times:
Greek public stops paying off personal debts as uncertainty grows — Margarita sits cross-legged on a shiny parquet floor in a small Athens apartment, surrounded by piles of cardboard boxes. Within them are her family's possessions. — “I never expected to set up house in my late parents' place,” the 42-year-old says.
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