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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just minutes after a judge ordered Kim Davis released from jail on Tuesday, her lawyers told CNN that she would violate a court order by forcing …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kim Davis Freed From Jail in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute — Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed last week after she defied a court's order that she issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was ordered released on Tuesday. — In a two-page order issued Tuesday …
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NBC News:
Kim Davis Leaves Kentucky Jail, Vows to ‘Keep on Pressing’ — A Kentucky clerk who defied orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples was released from jail Tuesday, but her lawyer says she will continue to resist until officials find a way to accommodate her religious opposition to gay unions.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat — A federal judge has sent a Kentucky county clerk to jail for refusing to issue wedding licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June upholding the legality of same-sex marriage.
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’ — Mat Staver, the Liberty Counsel attorney who is representing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis during her ongoing refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses, appeared on the “WallBuilders Live” …
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01
Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Kim Davis Released From Jail, Lawyer Says She Will Not “Violate Her Conscience”
Kim Davis Released From Jail, Lawyer Says She Will Not “Violate Her Conscience”
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Michael Monks / The River City News:
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
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Raw Story, WLWT-TV and Balloon Juice
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry' — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told ABC News' David Muir that using a personal email account while Secretary of State was a “mistake” and that she is “sorry” for it. — “That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner's future as speaker in doubt — <p>Something has changed for John Boehner.</p><p>Figures in his close-knit circle of allies are starting to privately wonder whether he can survive an all-but-certain floor vote this fall to remain speaker of the House.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Countdown to shutdown begins
Countdown to shutdown begins
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement Falls — Public Awareness of Issue Has Declined Since July — As Congress prepares to vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, public support for the deal has declined. Currently, just 21% approve of the agreement on Iran's nuclear program reached between the United States, Iran and other nations.
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Ron Wyden / Medium:
My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
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Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart — 1h - NFL TOM BRADY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW YORK JETS PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAROLINA PANTHERS ST. LOUIS RAMS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS + more
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Inches Ahead of Sanders in National Poll as Clinton Slips — Joe Biden is up and Hillary Clinton is down in a new Monmouth University national poll of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters. — Support for the vice president is building as speculation grows about his potential entry …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Does the Sanders surge pose a serious threat to Hillary? Howard Dean weighs in. — With Bernie Sanders surging in New Hampshire and Iowa, Democrats now have a very real primary on their hands. This raises questions about whether something is happening among Dem primary voters that poses …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book — Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: ‘I always felt that I was in the military’
Trump: ‘I always felt that I was in the military’
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees — BUDAPEST — Pope Francis's message Sunday couldn't have been clearer: With hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe, Catholics across the continent had a moral duty to help by opening their churches, monasteries and homes as sanctuaries.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Harry Reid: GOP ‘scared’ to confront Donald Trump — Reid: Trump speaks to Republicans' hearts — For more on the interview with Reid, watch “The Situation Room” at 5 p.m. ET and read CNNPolitics.com — Washington (CNN)Harry Reid ridiculed Donald Trump and the Republican presidential field Tuesday …
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Karen Mansfield / Observer-Reporter:
Barber shop fined for not cutting woman's hair — A Washington barber shop was fined recently for refusing to give a woman a haircut. — On its website, Barbiere is described as “a high end Gentleman's Barber Shop” located on Jefferson Avenue. — On March 11, a woman, Diamond Pecjak of Crucible …
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Jonathan Haidt / The Righteous Mind:
Where microaggressions really come from: A sociological account — I just read the most extraordinary paper by two sociologists — Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning — explaining why concerns about microaggressions have erupted on many American college campuses in just the past few years.
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published. Then he became Yi-Fen Chou. — Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out Tuesday.
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Baltimore reaches $6.4 million settlement with Freddie Gray family — Baltimore officials have reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died in April from a neck injury he suffered in police custody, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: Carolyn Ryan out, Elisabeth Bumiller in as bureau chief — <p>New York Times Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan will step down and be replaced by current Washington Editor Elisabeth Bumiller, the Times said on Tuesday.</p><p>The change, which was announced …
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