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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
A Welcome Tipping Point for Republicans and the Confederate Flag — As everyone knows by now, in the wake of the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina lasted week, allegedly perpetrated by a racist, Dylann Roof, there have been renewed calls to remove the Confederate flag from state grounds.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start — Suppose African-Americans marked their heritage with flags depicting Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831, in which slaves massacred about 60 whites before the uprising was crushed? The flag wouldn't be celebrating the murder of whites …
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Washington Post, Power Line and Eschaton
Jim Webb / Facebook:
This is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War. The Confederate Battle Flag has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
We Have Officially Reached Peak Leftism
We Have Officially Reached Peak Leftism
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RedState, American Spectator, The Mahablog, Washington Monthly and Twitchy
Fox News:
Debate over rebel flag widens to include all symbols of Confederacy
Debate over rebel flag widens to include all symbols of Confederacy
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BREITBART.COM, Fire Andrea Mitchell!, Mediaite, USA Today, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air and Raw Story
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Righteous Logic of the Neo-Confederate Watershed
The Righteous Logic of the Neo-Confederate Watershed
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Progress Pond, Bloomberg View, al.com and Daily Kos
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
No plans to rename US bases named after Confederate officers
No plans to rename US bases named after Confederate officers
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Business Insider and Daily Kos
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Obama's health care law may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance. — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion in the 6-to-3 decision.
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Politico:
Anti-Obamacare senator braces for court ruling — The Supreme Court may give Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson more than he bargained for. — Ron Johnson won his Senate seat in 2010 on an anti-Obamacare campaign, railing against the law as “the greatest assault on our freedoms in my lifetime.”
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.
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Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
Amy Fried / Talking Points Memo:
What A Maine Tea Party Battle Tells Us About Obamacare's Future
What A Maine Tea Party Battle Tells Us About Obamacare's Future
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Pew Research Center and ACASignups.net
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling — Bernie Sanders is gaining on Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, with an appeal as an issue-oriented protest vehicle potentially capable of slowing any coronation of the popular front-runner.
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Politico, Washington Post, Hot Air, Common Dreams, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
#Not1More Deportation:
Undocumented Transgender Woman Who Interrupted President at White House Pride Event Calls to End Deportation — There is no Pride as long as LGBTQ Immigrants are being imprisoned, she says. — WASHINGTON, DC — Just moments ago, Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted the President during …
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The Hill:
Boehner doles out new punishment — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his allies are charging ahead with their effort to punish conservatives who have been a thorn in leadership's side — a purge that is roiling the GOP conference. — The latest victim is Colorado Rep. Ken Buck …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The story of Bobby Jindal and an apparent exorcism you probably haven't heard — On Wednesday, Bobby Jindal became the first Indian-American to be a serious candidate for president. — The Louisiana Republican governor's bid also adds another little-known first: He's the first presidential candidate …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Bobby Jindal's Plan To Stop Being A Punchline And Actually Win
Bobby Jindal's Plan To Stop Being A Punchline And Actually Win
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Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Religion News Service, Yahoo Politics, Hot Air and Business Insider
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Why Bobby Jindal Is Very Problematic
Why Bobby Jindal Is Very Problematic
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No More Mister Nice Blog and BobbyJindal.com
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Former Advisers Caution Obama on Iran Nuclear Talks — Five former members of President Obama's inner circle of Iran advisers have written an open letter expressing concern that a pending accord to stem Iran's nuclear program “may fall short of meeting the administration's own standard of a ‘good’ agreement” …
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Fox News:
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Are Donald Trump's poll numbers too good to be true?
Are Donald Trump's poll numbers too good to be true?
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Business Insider
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps
Fox News Poll: Bush, Trump score post-announcement bumps
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NBC News, Washington Post and Oliver Willis
Business Wire:
Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes Signs New Multi-Year Contract with 21st Century Fox — Mr. Ailes to Continue Leading America's Most Successful and Most-Watched News Channel … NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) today announced that Roger Ailes has signed …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Sarah Palin is the REO Speedwagon of politics
Sarah Palin is the REO Speedwagon of politics
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Bloomberg Business, Guardian and CNNMoney
John Koblin / New York Times:
Citing Ben Affleck's ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ — PBS said on Wednesday that it was postponing a future season of “Finding Your Roots” after an investigation revealed that the actor Ben Affleck pressured producers into leaving out details about an ancestor of his who owned slaves.
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Jeremy Tanner / New York's PIX11:
Chilling letters from ‘The Watcher’ force NJ family to flee $1.3M dream home — WESTFIELD, N.J. - It was a million-dollar dream home for one New Jersey family, located in picturesque Westfield, New Jersey — until the letters started showing up. — The threatening notes were signed …
Detroit Free Press:
Last Slide — Famed street artist Shepard Fairey, who visited Detroit last month to create the largest mural of his career, now faces felony charges that he tagged other properties across the city on his own time. — A warrant for his arrest was filed in 36th District Court on Friday.
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Politico, NBC News and The PJ Tatler
Post and Courier:
Thousands pay respects to slain pastor lying in state under Capitol dome — COLUMBIA — Thousands of mourners on Wednesday streamed past the open casket of Clementa Pinckney, the esteemed pastor and state senator who lay in state under the Capitol dome a week after he and eight others were slain at a historic black Charleston church.
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Lou Lumenick / New York Post:
‘Gone with the Wind’ should go the way of the Confederate flag — If the Confederate flag is finally going to be consigned to museums as an ugly symbol of racism, what about the beloved film offering the most iconic glimpse of that flag in American culture?
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Mediaite, BREITBART.COM, TIME, Guardian, Hot Air and Instapundit