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Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a ‘public service’ — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works at the institute. — Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder …
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David Horowitz / Breitbart:
Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Bill Kristol doubled down on his betrayal of this country with a pair of tweets: — “Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate — an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance,” Kristol tweeted.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ben Carson: America is a cruise ship that's about to go over Niagara Falls — Ben Carson didn't hold back Monday morning describing the direction he sees the United States going. — “America right now is like a cruise ship that is about to go off of Niagara Falls with tremendous carnage and death …
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Southernconstitutionalist / RedState:
Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians miseducating the public
Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians miseducating the public
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LewRockwell, Hit & Run and Althouse
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WSJ editor: Trump needs to be destroyed in the November election to teach GOP voters a lesson — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Appearing on CNN, an opinion page editor from the Wall Street Journal left no doubt how he feels about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in victory, Donald Trump can't stop airing his grievances
Even in victory, Donald Trump can't stop airing his grievances
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Judge criticized by Trump unseals documents in Trump University case
Judge criticized by Trump unseals documents in Trump University case
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Jezebel, Slantpoint and Newser
Daily Mail:
New video footage of Harambe shows the 400-pound gorilla HOLDING HANDS with the boy who fell into the zoo enclosure as witnesses say the animal was ‘acting protectively’ — Harambe was fatally shot after a four-year-old boy crawled past the railing and fell 10ft into the gorilla exhibit moat, authorities said
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
In gorilla's death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo
In gorilla's death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Feel the Math — This is my fifth presidential campaign as a New York Times columnist, so I've watched a lot of election coverage, and I came into this cycle prepared for the worst. Or so I thought. — But I was wrong. So far, election commentary has been even worse than I imagined it would be.
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Mark Brown / Guardian:
CIA ex-boss: secretive spooks tolerated in UK more than in US — Michael Hayden talks at Hay festival about Edward Snowden and how Facebook, not government, is new privacy battleground — British people are not demanding more transparency from the intelligence services as loudly as Americans …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former NSA head on Trump: 'He's feeding their recruitment video'
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The Trump ‘disruption’ con — For the last few weeks, I have been traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle to Dallas and along the east coast, giving speeches and doing interviews about my new book, “We the People.” — Everywhere I go people want to talk presidential politics.
Carol Anderson / Salon:
Donald Trump exposes the GOP's dirty secret: They build everything by nurturing white rage — For decades, GOP has used the war on drugs or voter ID laws as cover for race-baiting. Trump just blew their cover — Paul Ryan is angry with Donald Trump, not so much for failing …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump postpones release of veterans funding details — is postponing an announcement about the money he's raised for military veterans until after Memorial Day. — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claims he raised about $6 million for veterans when he declined to participate …
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Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Memorial Day weekend shootings leave 4 dead, at least 49 wounded — Chicago Tribune reporters and photographers will be out covering the city's violent crime over the course of the Memorial Day weekend, from Friday, May 27, 2016, to early Tuesday, May 31, 2016. A live blog of the weekend's coverage can be found here.
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Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Police promise more patrols as West Side bears brunt of Memorial Day gun violence
Police promise more patrols as West Side bears brunt of Memorial Day gun violence
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington's Blog
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
The VA Declared Thousands Of Living Veterans Dead, Cut Off Their Benefits — When the VA isn't leaving veterans to die waiting in line for healthcare at hospitals across the country, the disastrous system is declaring veterans who are alive and well...dead.
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RedState
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
On Memorial Day - Please Remember Sgt Derrick Miller Who Sits in Leavenworth for Killing Taliban Operative — As Obama continues to release Islamic terrorists right and left out of Gitmo, he never mentions our Sons who were sentenced to prison in Leavenworth for their defensive actions on the same battlefield.
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Swimmers in Calif., Fla. hospitalized after shark bites — A woman visiting a popular southern California beach over Memorial Day Weekend was hospitalized late Sunday after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said. — In response to the attack in Newport Beach, Calif. …
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Possible Shark Attack Leaves Corona Del Mar Swimmer With ‘Traumatic’ Injuries, Authorities Say
Possible Shark Attack Leaves Corona Del Mar Swimmer With ‘Traumatic’ Injuries, Authorities Say
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Los Angeles Times