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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Mike Huckabee calls for less dialog on race and more ‘conversions’ for Jesus: God already ‘solved’ racism — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee declared on Tuesday that racism had been solved. — The day after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley …
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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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Clay Chandler / The Clarion Ledger:
Gunn: Confederate part of state flag ‘needs to be removed’ — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday night that the Confederate emblem in the state's official flag has to go. — “We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us,” Gunn, a Clinton Republican, said in a statement.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Confederate Flag “Inescapably A Symbol Of Human Bondage And Slavery” — “... I think to every African-American in the country it's a symbolism of slavery to them and now it's a symbol of murder for this young man and so I think it's times to put it in a museum.” — Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
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Washington Post:
While GOP candidates stammer, Clinton directly confronts race — The racially motivated massacre last week at a church in Charleston, S.C., opened a leadership opportunity for the nearly two dozen politicians running to be the next president. — But very few stepped forward to seize it.
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Politico:
Inside the Republican reversal on the Confederate flag
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New York Times:
Take Down the Confederate Flag, Symbol of Hatred
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
What This Cruel War Was Over — The Confederate Monument …
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Glenn Smith / Post and Courier:
Survey finds divide, silence on Confederate flag issue in Legislature
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
TN leaders: Remove Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from Capitol
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Confederate Flag Decision Shines a Spotlight on Nikki Haley
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Washington Post:
The Confederate battle flag is not worthy of respect
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Nikki Haley Calls For Confederate Flag To Be Removed From South Carolina Capitol
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New York Times:
The Roberts Court's Surprising Move Leftward — This term so far shows potential for a greater percentage of liberal decisions than any since 1969. — Decisions … The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been a conservative court.
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Hillary Clinton in a Strong Position — She has firm grip on Democratic nomination and leads three GOP rivals, new survey shows — Hillary Clinton has emerged from the rocky launch of her second presidential bid with a firm grip on Democratic voters and leads …
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Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
‘Clinton Cash’ author demolishes Hillary's self-defense
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Caroline Bologna / The Huffington Post:
Charleston Dad's Viral Photo Captures Love In The Aftermath Of Tragedy — On Sunday June 21, local parishioners from churches across the Charleston area took part in “Charleston United,” an emotional prayer and worship gathering to honor the victims of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting.
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Danielle Burger / Bloomberg Business:
Uninsured Rate Falls to Lowest Since Obamacare Implementation — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has helped many Americans get health insurance, including about 10 million through new markets with government subsidies, and millions more through an expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor.
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
The Surprising Reason So Many People Still Don't Like Obamacare
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama's Legacy Is at Stake in Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling
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Andres Jauregui / The Huffington Post:
KFC ‘Fried Rat’ Is In Fact Chicken, Lab Test Confirms — It doesn't look appetizing, but it's definitely chicken. — Last week, KFC was forced to confront a customer's accusations that he'd been served a fried rat in a three-piece meal at a Los Angeles store.
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Sylvia Patrycja / Hollywood Reporter:
Composer James Horner Dies in Plane Crash: Hollywood Reacts — For his work on the 1997 best picture winner Titanic, directed by James Cameron, Horner captured the Oscar for original dramatic score, and he nabbed another Academy Award for original song (shared with lyricist Will Jennings) …
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Public Religion Research Institute:
Survey | Most Americans Believe Protests Make the Country Better; Support Decreases Dramatically if Protesters are Identified as Black — June 2015 PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey — ▶ Read the topline questionnaire, including the survey methodology, here. ▶ Read the news release here.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Punished GOP lawmaker stirs new talk of Boehner rebellion — A band of House conservatives is discussing whether to retaliate against GOP leaders for punishing rank-and-file lawmakers who voted against a procedural vote on trade earlier this month. — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) …
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Sen. Ted Cruz / BREITBART.COM:
Exclusive — Ted Cruz: Obamatrade Enmeshed in Corrupt, Backroom Dealings — The American people do not trust President Obama. And they do not trust Republican leadership in Congress. And the reason is simple: for far too long, politicians in Washington have not told the truth.
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Casey Michel / Politico:
Putin's plot to get Texas to secede — For Moscow's right-wingers, payback means teaming up with a band of Texas secessionists. — Lead image by AP Photo. — Nathan Smith, who styles himself the “foreign minister” for the Texas Nationalist Movement, appeared last Spring at a far-right confab in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Obama laments ‘distorted impression’ of Muslims — President Obama stressed religious tolerance during an Iftar dinner to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, linking the murders of nine black Christians in South Carolina with the killings of three Muslims in North Carolina earlier this year.
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Alastair Jamieson / NBC News:
Prison Worker Joyce Mitchell to Husband: ‘I Was Over My Head’ — New York prison worker Joyce Mitchell told her husband she was in over her head as part of a plot to free two killers who remain on the run, he told NBC News in an exclusive interview. — Speaking to TODAY's Matt Lauer …
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