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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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ABC News, Vox, The Resurgent, Business Insider, Politicus USA and Politico
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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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The Hill, Raw Story, Political Wire and alan.com
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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Media Matters for America, Mashable, Politico, Gothamist, Addicting Info, Deadline, Jezebel, BizPac Review, New York Times, Complex, Raw Story and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Fox News
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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CNN, New York Times, Common Dreams, Guardian, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo, Mashable, Bearing Arms, Fox News Insider, Chicago Tribune, Complex, The Nation, The Daily Beast, The Texas Tribune and Politico
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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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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Vox Popoli
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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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Raw Story, Mediaite, NBC News, ThinkProgress, The Week and FOX6Now.com
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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
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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Washington Post and Associated Press
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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
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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CNN, Oath Keepers, Politicus USA, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Clash Daily
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
AP: Islamic State's Twitter traffic drops amid US efforts — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood …
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The Verge, The Hill and Associated Press
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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Clash Daily and Power Line
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republican attacks on Comey undermine the rule of law
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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Politico
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