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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want — Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want, Donald Trump said Thursday. — “Oh, I had a feeling that question was going to come up, I will tell you. North Carolina did something that was very strong.
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Aren't Taking The Harriet Tubman News Well — Hours after the Treasury Department announced its plans to revamp a number of U.S. paper bills with depictions of African American and female civil rights icons, conservatives started criticizing the move as “politically correct” and “unnecessary.”
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Greta: The Gov't Is Needlessly ‘Dividing the Country’ with Harriet Tubman $20 — Fox's Greta Van Susteren ended her show tonight by going on a mini-rant about how the government is “dividing the country” by putting Harriet Tubman on the $20. — Wait, what?
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Greta Van Susteren: ‘Stupid’ to put Tubman on $20 bill — Fox News host Greta Van Susteren said the decision to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman was “stupid” and creating an “unnecessary fight” in the country.
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Washington Monthly, Politico and National Review
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Harriet Tubman $20: ‘Pure political correctness’ — Donald Trump blasted the Treasury Department's decision to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, adding Thursday that Tubman is “fantastic” and that she should go on the “$2 bill” or another denomination.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Harriet Tubman Is a Great Choice, Not a Politically Correct One — If you look at Harriet Tubman and all you see is, “African-American woman,” well then, you're a historically-ignorant idiot. — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, announcing the decision to put Tubman on the $20:
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Comes Out Against North Carolina's ‘Very Strong’ Bathroom Bill
Donald Trump Comes Out Against North Carolina's ‘Very Strong’ Bathroom Bill
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Mother Jones and Joe.My.God.
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump was asked about anti-transgender bathroom bills. His answer was ... correct.
Donald Trump was asked about anti-transgender bathroom bills. His answer was ... correct.
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Althouse
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Trump Blasts North Carolina Law, Says Caitlyn Jenner Should Pee Where She Wants
Trump Blasts North Carolina Law, Says Caitlyn Jenner Should Pee Where She Wants
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The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and WRAL Tech Wire
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Leftists Lose Their Lunch Over the Tubman 20
Leftists Lose Their Lunch Over the Tubman 20
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump joins TODAY Show for live town hall, answers voters' questions
Donald Trump joins TODAY Show for live town hall, answers voters' questions
David Wright / CNN:
Trump: Tubman on the $20 bill is ‘pure political correctness’
Trump: Tubman on the $20 bill is ‘pure political correctness’
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TMZ.com:
Dead at 57 — The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57. — Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. — Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. We've obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.”
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Women will be on Hillary Clinton's vice president list — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's short list of vice presidential options will include a woman, a top campaign official said in an interview — creating the possibility of an all-female ticket emerging from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What Is Sanders's Endgame? — Hillary Clinton's commanding victory …
What Is Sanders's Endgame? — Hillary Clinton's commanding victory …
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MSNBC, NBC News, Sky Dancing, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Raw Story and Business Insider
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it — Curt Schilling's firing has been a work in progress for many months. — ESPN could have gotten rid of him at the end of the 2015 baseball season for his tweet equating “Muslim extremists” with the Nazi regime in Germany …
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Politicus USA, The Huffington Post and Sarah Palin
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Palin Blasts ESPN, Posts Her Own Anti-Trans Meme After Schilling Firing
Palin Blasts ESPN, Posts Her Own Anti-Trans Meme After Schilling Firing
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ESPN:
Analyst Curt Schilling dismissed by ESPN for ‘unacceptable conduct’
Analyst Curt Schilling dismissed by ESPN for ‘unacceptable conduct’
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Hot Air, The Atlantic, Here & Now and The Daily Caller
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over Offensive Social Media Post
Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over Offensive Social Media Post
Justin Wm. Moyer / Washington Post:
The radicalization of Curt Schilling
The radicalization of Curt Schilling
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USA Today, CBS New York, Boston Globe, NBCSports.com and American Spectator
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics — GOP front-runner says his campaign is evolving; coming soon are policy addresses, teleprompters and a speechwriter — Donald Trump, after notching a big win in New York, is planning to roll out significant changes in his campaign …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Straight-Up Tells Republican Voter Yes, I Will Deport Your Relatives
Joe Mahoney / The Daily Star:
Hanna: GOP's extremism will make it lose
Hanna: GOP's extremism will make it lose
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
Emmett Rensin / Vox:
The smug style in American liberalism — There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really …
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Hot Air and The American Conservative
Mark Landler / New York Times:
How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk — Throughout her career she has displayed instincts on foreign policy that are more aggressive than those of President Obama — and most Democrats. — Hillary Clinton sat in the hideaway study off her ceremonial office in the State Department …
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Washington Post, The American Conservative and The Week
TMZ.com:
Chyna Dead — WWE Legend Dies ... ‘Possible Overdose’ (PHOTO UPDATE) — WWE legend Chyna — real name Joanie Laurer — has died ... and officials are investigating as a possible overdose, TMZ Sports has learned. — We've learned she was in her apartment in Redondo Beach, CA …
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
Enough with the Hillary cult: Her admirers ignore reality, dream of worshipping a queen — Clinton voters overlook money lust, shadowy surrogates, sociopathic policy shifts, horrific overseas record. Why? — What is it with the Hillary cult? — As a lifelong Democrat …
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Althouse
Marie Mawad / Bloomberg:
Musk's Secret Plan to Curb City Traffic With Self-Driving ‘Bus’ — Tesla founder says he's exploring futuristic public transport — Vehicle would replace buses in cities, complement Hyperloop — Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is working on a self-driving vehicle …
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The Verge, Consumerist and The Daily Caller