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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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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Gov. Nathan Deal backtracks on Georgia's Confederate license plates, now wants a redesign
Gov. Nathan Deal backtracks on Georgia's Confederate license plates, now wants a redesign
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Washington Post, WCNC-TV, Associated Press, Tennessean.com and Campaign for America's Future
Business Insider:
Confederate flag sales are skyrocketing
Confederate flag sales are skyrocketing
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Reuters, Re/code, Al Jazeera America, Mediaite, New York Times, Rush Limbaugh, The Verge, Hot Air, RedState, Gizmodo, FOX2now.com and The Stranger …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Confederate Flag “Inescapably A Symbol Of Human Bondage And Slavery”
Rand Paul: Confederate Flag “Inescapably A Symbol Of Human Bondage And Slavery”
Fred Lucas / TheBlaze.com:
Hillary Clinton Not Talking About '92 Clinton-Gore Confederate Campaign Button
Hillary Clinton Not Talking About '92 Clinton-Gore Confederate Campaign Button
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USA Today, CNN, AOL Article, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, BizPac Review, The Atlantic and NBC News
Mike Pare / timesfreepress.com:
Haslam favors removal of Confederate flag from Tennessee license plates
Haslam favors removal of Confederate flag from Tennessee license plates
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Tennessean.com, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Political Insider blog
governor.virginia.gov:
In the Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Governor Begins Process to Remove Confederate Flag …
In the Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Governor Begins Process to Remove Confederate Flag …
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NPR, WGN-TV, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Gizmodo and Daily Kos
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Neo-Confederate Group Mobilizes To Defend Confederate Battle Flag
Neo-Confederate Group Mobilizes To Defend Confederate Battle Flag
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New York Times, Daily Kos, Facebook, Occidental Dissent, Fusion and PoliticusUSA
The Huffington Post:
As Governor, Bill Clinton Kept ‘Confederate’ Star On The Arkansas Flag
As Governor, Bill Clinton Kept ‘Confederate’ Star On The Arkansas Flag
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BREITBART.COM, Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, New York Times, Washington Post and RedState
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Governor orders Confederate flag removed from Virginia state license plates
Governor orders Confederate flag removed from Virginia state license plates
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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
Ky. gov candidate Bevin wants state to remove Jefferson Davis statue
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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.
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal appears ready to launch a long-shot campaign for the Republican presidential nomination that rests on courtship of evangelical voters and his reputation as a man of ideas. — The 44-year-old, two-term governor begins without the national prominence of rivals …
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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.
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UnionLeader.com, Real Clear Politics and New York Times
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 …
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Business Insider
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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.
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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.
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Daily Mail and fox8.com
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
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, NBC News, Shakesville and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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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 …
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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.
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RealClearPolicy, Politifact.com Truth … and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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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.
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The Hill and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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Steve Deace Show and Joe. My. God.
CNN:
New details emerge in D.C mansion murder case — Watch “CNN Special Report: The DC Mansion Murders” at 9:30 p.m. EDT. — Washington (CNN)The man allegedly responsible for the quadruple homicide at a Washington mansion last month has a cousin who was fired from American Iron Works …
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Daily Mail and The Daily Caller
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.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and TalkLeft