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David Brooks / New York Times:
Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White — The last year has been an education for white people. There has been a depth, power and richness to the African-American conversation about Ferguson, Baltimore, Charleston and the other killings that has been humbling and instructive.
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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
David Brooks scolds Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I think you distort history” — The Times columnist displays more white privilege in one column than some white people experience in a lifetime — The New York Times' moral scold David Brook took time out from his career as a professional taxi cab passenger …
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
A Note About Our Coverage Of Donald Trump's ‘Campaign’ — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Editorial Director, The Huffington Post — After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, we have decided we won't report …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wanna bet? Trump makes wager after MSNBC host calls him liar — Donald Trump called into MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Thursday to wager a year of Lawrence O'Donnell's network salary after the MSNBC host accused Trump of lying on his financial disclosure forms.
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Wall Street Journal:
Chattanooga Shooting Suspect's Trip to Jordan Scrutinized by Authorities — Officials looking at whether he had contact with extremists or traveled to other countries — Counterterrorism investigators are looking closely at a monthslong trip the Chattanooga shooting suspect took to Jordan …
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Matthew Balan / NewsBusters:
CNN Analyst Unsure If Mass Shooter Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez's Name is Muslim — Share it Tweet it — On Thursday's The Lead, CNN analyst Tom Fuentes was unwilling to conclude that the perpetrator of a mass shooting against servicemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee was Muslim.
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RedState, Hot Air, Mediaite, Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Read Chattanooga Shooter's Blog
Read Chattanooga Shooter's Blog
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The PJ Tatler, Pamela Geller, Taylor Marsh, Reuters, The Federalist, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, MichelleMalkin.com, Fox News, The Hill, Heavy.com and Hit & Run
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Chattanooga Gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez: ‘Life Is Short and Bitter’
Chattanooga Gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez: ‘Life Is Short and Bitter’
Beth Burger / WRCB-TV:
Gunman was UTC grad and arrested in April by Chattanooga police
Gunman was UTC grad and arrested in April by Chattanooga police
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WBIR-TV, The PJ Tatler, NBC News, Pamela Geller, Tennessean.com, VICE, WWBT-TV and timesfreepress.com
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Chattanooga shooting proves it's time to arm our Armed Forces
Chattanooga shooting proves it's time to arm our Armed Forces
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and ABC News
Benny Johnson / Independent Journal Review:
Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's High School Yearbook Quote Will Give You Chills
Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's High School Yearbook Quote Will Give You Chills
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Pamela Geller, BREITBART.COM, PJ Media, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Jennifer Palmieri / Medium:
Hillary Clinton's No Good, (Record-Breaking, Poll-Winning), Very Bad Week — If you believe the mood and headlines from some of the press, it's been a pretty rough week for Hillary Clinton. While there was widespread and substantive coverage of the rollout of her economic agenda, politically, it's a different story.
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Politico, America Rising, Hot Air and New York Times
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Lobbyists for Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money for Hillary Clinton
Lobbyists for Monsanto, ExxonMobil Raise Money for Hillary Clinton
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CNN, Common Dreams and The Huffington Post
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Sanders makes play for black vote
Sanders makes play for black vote
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Politico, ABC News and Prairie Weather
Washington Post:
Clinton burns through millions as she assembles a political battleship
Clinton burns through millions as she assembles a political battleship
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Washington Monthly, BillMoyers.com and Prairie Weather
Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on meteorites
Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on meteorites
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Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Ted Cruz hurt most by Trump candidacy — Insiders say Donald Trump is a candidate who is as uncompromising as Cruz on hot-button issues like immigration — and can deliver the message with even more fiery rhetoric. — Donald Trump's turn in the national spotlight is mainly taking …
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Politico:
The mystery of the Trump coalition — Pollsters can't get a read on his supporters. — Last weekend, Donald Trump added to his long list of bold claims by declaring himself the champion of a new “silent majority” of Americans. — While 17 percent of Republican voters isn't a majority …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Slantpoint and Christian Science Monitor
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
First on CNN: Cruz super PAC's plan to win presidency
First on CNN: Cruz super PAC's plan to win presidency
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Trail Blazers Blog, Daily Kos and Bloomberg View
Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
Condé Nast's CFO Tried To Pay $2,500 for a Night With a Gay Porn Star — David Geithner, brother of ex-Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is currently the chief financial officer of Condé Nast. This past weekend, he'd planned to go to Chicago—where he planned to meet …
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Nick Denton, ThinkProgress, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, USA Today, Vox Popoli, Poynter., New York Magazine and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Most voters don't trust Iran, many agree with Trump on immigration — Home - Video - Politics - U.S. - Opinion - Entertainment - Tech - Science - Health - Travel - Lifestyle - World - Sports - On Air — ©2015 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Reshuffling of GOP field, many agree with Trump on immigration
Fox News Poll: Reshuffling of GOP field, many agree with Trump on immigration
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The Hill, FOX News Radio, Daily Kos, US News, Washington Post and Political Wire
Bloomberg Business:
Lloyd Blankfein Is Now a Billionaire … Goldman Sachs Group Inc. made hundreds of partners rich when it went public in 1999. Its performance since then has turned Lloyd Blankfein into a billionaire. — The chief executive officer of the Wall Street bank for the past nine years …
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ValueWalk
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
And Then There Were 30: Good News on Medicaid Expansion From An Unlikely Place — If you are an Alaskan or the very rare person from the lower 48 who pays attention to developments there, Gov. Bill Walker's decision to accept the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion was no big surprise.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Nathaniel Herz / Anchorage Daily News:
Walker says he'll go ahead with Medicaid expansion
Walker says he'll go ahead with Medicaid expansion
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ACASignups.net, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
Politico:
Republicans plan new abortion push — They see a turning point following the release of a secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video. — Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video — depicting an executive allegedly discussing the sale of fetal organs …
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Roll Call, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog News and PoliticusUSA
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter
Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter
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LifeNews.com
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Republicans criticize Confederate flags at Obama visit — Two Oklahoma Republican congressmen ripped protesters in their state who greeted President Obama in Oklahoma City by waving Confederate flags, calling their actions “disrespectful,” “embarrassing” and “inappropriate.”
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Political Wire
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy — Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north. — Santayana had it wrong: Even if we remember the past, we may be condemned to repeat it.
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Washington Monthly
Angela Greiling Keane / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Send Off Stewart in Seventh Daily Show Appearance — President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart will share one last moment of zen. — Obama will appear for the seventh time on the “Daily Show” on July 21, three weeks before Stewart hands off hosting duties to Trevor Noah, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
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