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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Six More Women Allege That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Them — Fox News host Gretchen Carlson may be the highest-profile woman to accuse Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, but she is not the first. In my 2014 biography of the Fox News chief, I included interviews with four women who told …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
More women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes — In the days after Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit against her former boss, Roger Ailes, her attorneys said at least 10 women had come out of the woodwork …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
A curveball in Trump's Veep search: He's seriously considering a retired general — After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Trump Delegates Are Making A Plan To Pick Their Own Vice Presidential Nominee — WASHINGTON — Anti-Trump delegates are preparing a rules change proposal that would chart a path for delegates to choose their own vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention, instead of voting for Donald Trump's choice.
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Khaleda Rahman For / Associated Press:
Dallas sniper was sent home from Afghanistan for sexually harassing a female soldier who said he bought her Victoria's Secret underwear - then ‘got in touch with bad folks and went all Black Panther’ — The Dallas sniper who targeted police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News, Fox News Insider and Allen B. West
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Dallas Morning News:
Ousted from Army, Dallas shooter used military skills for murder
Ousted from Army, Dallas shooter used military skills for murder
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Shanelle Matthews / Black Lives Matter:
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Political Orphans — In barely two weeks, Republicans will converge in Cleveland for the Trumpocalypse, a fact-free and hate-filled gathering likely to be as scary as it will be entertaining. A week later the Democrats will assemble in Philadelphia in a focus-group-tested pander fest …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Hillary Clinton strongly backs public option, wins praise from Bernie Sanders — On Saturday morning, Hillary Clinton released a new health care policy proposal that emphasized several major progressive priorities, including a public option and increased funding for community health centers.
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Fox News and Booman Tribune
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Arizona Republic:
Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally … Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave. — Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street.
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Delroy Meadows / Ministry of Foreign Affairs …:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues Travel Advisory for Bahamians traveling to United States of America — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.
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Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
The Bahamas Just Issued A Travel Advisory For The U.S., Citing Police Violence
The Bahamas Just Issued A Travel Advisory For The U.S., Citing Police Violence
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The Root
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The NRA's internal revolt over Philando Castile — After a fatal shooting involving gun violence in Minnesota, it wasn't just gun control advocates criticizing the National Rifle Association. — Some blowback, surprisingly, was coming from within the organization.
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alan.com, Mashable and EgbertoWillies.com
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Blames Whites, Cops for Deaths of Young Black Men — Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats' claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
No, really, George W. Bush lied about WMDs — The best estimates available suggest that more than 250,000 people have died as a result of George W. Bush and Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. A newly released investigative report from the UK government suggests …
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bradford-delong.com and Scripting News
New York Post:
Video surfaces of NYPD cop's road-rage shooting — An off-duty NYPD cop waited just one second before fatally gunning down another driver in a Brooklyn road-rage incident early Monday. — Exclusive video obtained by The Post shows the moment that Officer Wayne Isaacs fired two shots through …
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The Root, Gothamist and The Unz Review
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Obama Decries ‘Vicious, Calculated’ Attack on Police in Dallas — President says the federal government will assist city, police — Obama says ‘no justification’ for attack that left 5 dead — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was “horrified” by shootings in Dallas that left …
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Arriana McLymore / CNBC:
Rep Trey Gowdy rips into FBI Director James Comey on Hillary Clinton's ‘intent’ — Comey: There was classified material emailed — Rep. Trey Gowdy asks questions to FBI Director James Comey at the hearing on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email server while she was Secretary of State.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republican attacks on Comey undermine the rule of law