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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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” …

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.”

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 …

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 …

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.

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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For the South, Against the Confederacy  —  “The American South has always been the most barbaric, backward region in any developed democracy,” Vox's Dave Roberts tweeted in the midst of a long day of Confederate flag talk on Twitter yesterday.  “Can we admit that now?”

S.C. Supreme Court replaces Charleston County Chief Magistrate Gosnell  —  Charleston County Chief Magistrate James Gosnell has been replaced, according to a S.C. Supreme Court order.  —  FILE/BRAD NETTLES  —  The chief magistrate widely criticized for soliciting sympathy for the family …

Judge blocks federal fracking rule  —  A federal judge in Wyoming has temporarily blocked implementation of the Obama administration's regulations for hydraulic fracturing on federal land, hours before they were set to take effect.  —  The late Tuesday decision in the U.S. District Court …