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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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New York Times, Fox News, Bloomberg Business, NPR, The Atlantic, Taylor Marsh, Politico, UPROXX, Vox, Outside the Beltway, Charleston City Paper, The Hill, USA Today, BREITBART.COM, LiberalAmerica.org, Daily Kos, Washington Post, CBS DC, Talking Points Memo, The Stranger …, Joe. My. God., No More Mister Nice Blog, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Shakesville, The Week, 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, FOX News Radio, SBNation.com 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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Bloomberg Business, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, UPROXX, ABC News, 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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Raw Story
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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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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PoliticusUSA
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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NBC News, FITSNews, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Hit & Run, Hot Air, RedState, Mediaite 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
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
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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Cato Institute, USA Today and Althouse
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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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Outside the Beltway and SCOTUSblog
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court sides with Fresno farmer in raisin dispute
Supreme Court sides with Fresno farmer in raisin dispute
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Bloomberg View, American Spectator 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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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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Washington Monthly
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, Liberaland, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
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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
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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Mediaite, Twitchy, Political Wire, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and Patterico's Pontifications
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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USA Today, Yahoo Politics, Politico, ABC News and The Week
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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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Politico, Real Clear Politics, Washington Post, The Week, Fusion, Slantpoint, Hot Air, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Washington Monthly and Corrente
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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The Huffington Post and Right Wing Watch
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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Weekly Standard, Israel Matzav, Business Insider and RedState
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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Poynter., The Daily Caller and TVNewser
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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Liberal Values and The Stranger …
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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Talking Points Memo, Salon, USA Today and UPROXX
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.
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 …
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NBC News:
First Read: Jeb Bush Leads the GOP Pack
First Read: Jeb Bush Leads the GOP Pack
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NBC News, CNN, The Week and OnPolitics
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