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3:21 AM ET, June 24, 2015

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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:

Congratulations! You Oppose The Confederate Flag. Now What? — The U.S. Civil War was a war that never should have been fought. Some 620,000 men died because slavery, an inhumane and evil practice, was permitted in many portions of this country. The South gets most of the blame for that …

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MJ Lee / CNN:

eBay to ban sale of Confederate flag merchandise — (CNN)eBay will ban the sale of Confederate flag merchandise, the auction site announced Tuesday, in a decision that follows in the steps of major retailers like Walmart and Sears. — “We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags …

Discussion: CNNMoney, Mashable and Guardian

Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:

Gov. Nathan Deal backtracks on Georgia's Confederate license plates, now wants a redesign — Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday he wants a redesign of a state-sponsored license plate featuring the Confederate flag emblem, as a growing list of other Southern governors call for similar changes.

Discussion: Washington Post, WCNC-TV, Tennessean.com, Associated Press and Talking Points Memo

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Confederate Flag “Inescapably A Symbol Of Human Bondage And Slavery”

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Times, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg Business, American Renaissance, The Clarion Ledger and Politico

Business Insider:
Confederate flag sales are skyrocketing

Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera America, Re/code, New York Times, Mediaite, The Verge, RedState, Gizmodo, Rush Limbaugh, Hot Air and The Stranger …

Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
Hillary Clinton Not Talking About '92 Clinton-Gore Confederate Campaign Button

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governor.virginia.gov:
In the Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Governor Begins Process to Remove Confederate Flag …

Discussion: NPR, Mother Jones, WGN-TV, Talking Points Memo, Gizmodo and Daily Kos

Mike Pare / timesfreepress.com:
Haslam favors removal of Confederate flag from Tennessee license plates

Discussion: Tennessean.com, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Political Insider blog

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Neo-Confederate Group Mobilizes To Defend Confederate Battle Flag

Discussion: New York Times, Daily Kos, Facebook, Occidental Dissent and Fusion

The Huffington Post:
As Governor, Bill Clinton Kept ‘Confederate’ Star On The Arkansas Flag

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Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
TN leaders: Remove Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from Capitol

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Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Governor orders Confederate flag removed from Virginia state license plates

Discussion: Bloomberg View, The Huffington Post, Joe. My. God. and Bloomberg Business

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ky. gov candidate Bevin wants state to remove Jefferson Davis statue

Discussion: Hot Air and Slantpoint

Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:

Autopsy of Freddie Gray shows ‘high-energy’ impact — Freddie Gray suffered a single “high-energy injury” — like those seen in shallow-water diving incidents — most likely caused when the police van in which he was riding suddenly decelerated, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by The Baltimore Sun.

Discussion: Associated Press, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Guardian, Occidental Dissent, Hit & Run, NBC News and Fox News Insider

Martyn Williams / Computerworld:

US Navy paid millions to stay on Windows XP — The U.S. Navy is paying Microsoft millions of dollars to keep up to 100,000 computers afloat because it has yet to transition away from Windows XP. — The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, which runs the Navy's communications and information networks …

Discussion: Business Insider

David McCabe / The Hill:

Navy pays millions to keep using Windows XP — The Navy will pay more than $9 million to keep using Windows XP under a contract signed this month, Computerworld reported Tuesday. — The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) will pay Microsoft $9,149,000 through the contract, which was approved earlier this month.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

ABC News:

Dash Cams Show Cops Celebrating After Dylann Roof's Arrest … Newly released dash cam footage shows the moment that officers arrested accused Charleston mass murderer Dylann Roof — high-fiving and fist-bumping each other after placing the suspect in a police car.

Discussion: Daily Mail and fox8.com

Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:

Fast-Track Trade Bill Clears Key Hurdle in Senate — Vote is pivotal step toward passage of measure; ‘a long and rather twisted path’ — WASHINGTON—The Senate on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama's trade agenda a big push forward, in a pivotal vote that clears the highest remaining procedural hurdle …

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate advances fast-track trade bill for Obama

Discussion: Corrente, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, Bloomberg Business, Politico, Common Dreams, The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Sen. Ted Cruz / BREITBART.COM:
Exclusive — Ted Cruz: Obamatrade Enmeshed in Corrupt, Backroom Dealings

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NBC News:

First Read: The Most Important Number in NBC/WSJ Poll — 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. — The most important number in the new NBC/WSJ poll

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, NBC News, Shakesville, Wall Street Journal and OnPolitics

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Reid seeks expanded gun background checks — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Tuesday for Congress to expand background checks for gun purchases in the wake of a shooting in Charleston, S.C., last week that left nine dead. — “The United States is the only advanced country …

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Politico:
Harry Reid calls for expanded background checks

Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Scott Walker, Set for a Bigger Stage, Faces G.O.P. Revolt in Wisconsin — MADISON, Wis. — As Gov. Scott Walker prepares to announce his campaign for president next month, promising to bring what he calls “big bold leadership” to Washington, as he did in Wisconsin, he faces a cloud over that story line …

Discussion: JSOnline

David Frum / The Atlantic:

Mass Shootings Are Preventable — A firearm is surrendered during a gun buyback event after the 2014 mass shooting at UC-Santa Barbara. (Kevork Djansezian / Reuters ) — Mass shooters, although almost always male, in many other ways grimly echo the diversity of American life.

Discussion: RealClearPolicy, Outside the Beltway and Politifact.com Truth …

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Chris Christie to announce 2016 bid as early as next week — Chris Christie is in the final stages of preparing his 2016 presidential bid, with a formal announcement possible as soon as next week, according to several sources familiar with the discussions. — The governor's planning has intensified in recent days.

Discussion: UnionLeader.com, Real Clear Politics and New York Times

Daily Mail:

ISIS video shows caged prisoners drowned, shot with an RPG and blown up — Filmed in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, the sickening seven minute video uses expensive underwater cameras to film the terrified men as they sink below the surface with no hope of escape.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and TalkLeft

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:

Mike Huckabee Pledges To Block Gay Marriage If Elected President — Yesterday, Mike Huckabee chatted with Iowa radio host Steve Deace and Religious Right organizer Bob Vander Plaats, who led Huckabee's 2008 campaign in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, about the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on gay marriage.

Discussion: Steve Deace Show and Joe. My. God.

Jeb Bush / New York Post:

School choice is the best hope for New York's kids — and America's — Charter-school students at an October march with parents and teachers across the Brooklyn Bridge. — Last year, I met a 14-year-old student who is thriving through his attendance at a Success Academy school …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:

Apple's Lisa Jackson to lead all of Apple's social policy initiatives — Lisa Jackson, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency and Apple's top executive on environmental issues, will become the company's lead on all policy initiatives, including the environment, education and accessibility.

Discussion: The Hill and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »