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Star Tribune:
Police chief ‘disgusted’ by violence at I-94 protest; 21 officers hurt — President Obama said the violence aimed at police by protesters is a “reprehensible crime” that is “doing a disservice to the cause.” There were about 100 arrests total in St. Paul, roughly half on I-94 and the others elsewhere in the city.
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Power Line
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Former Philadelphia police commissioner said America is ‘sitting on a powder keg’ — Former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey said Sunday morning that the country is “sitting on a powder keg” amid outcry over a number of fatal police shootings, including two last week that prompted nationwide protests.
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Real Clear Politics
Washington Post:
Arrest of activist DeRay McKesson fuels online outrage at end of difficult week
Arrest of activist DeRay McKesson fuels online outrage at end of difficult week
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Michele Kirk / BizPac Review:
Riveting post by black police officer confronts BLM with raw honesty and EVERY American needs to see it — An African-American police officer from Florida has laid bare his heart in a powerful way. — Pundits have been talking non-stop since a new wave of sensationalized stories …
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The Last Refuge
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Micah Johnson Was Kicked Out of the Army for Stealing Panties
Micah Johnson Was Kicked Out of the Army for Stealing Panties
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Associated Press and New York Magazine
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, No Fan of Donald Trump, Critiques Latest Term — WASHINGTON — Unless they have a book to sell, Supreme Court justices rarely give interviews. Even then, they diligently avoid political topics. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes a different approach.
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Raw Story
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Trump wins, time to move to New Zealand — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg jokes that if Donald Trump — wins the presidential election, she'll consider moving. — In an interview with The New York Times published Sunday, the Supreme Court justice said her husband …
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Donald Trump likely to choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as vice presidential pick — CLEVELAND | Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, little known nationally but highly admired in conservative circles, has a “95 percent probability” of being Donald Trump's choice for vice president, The Washington Times has learned.
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The Hill, Associated Press, WISH-TV and Politicus USA
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Intruder shot by off-duty St. Louis County officer after online argument about Black Lives Matter, family says — A 50-pound concrete planter sits on the floor inside of an off-duty St. Louis County police officer's home after an intruder threw it through a window on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
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Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE-New Black Panther Leader: Blacks Need to Migrate to Five Southern States, Form ‘Country Within a Country’ — Babu Omowale, the so-called national minister of defense for the People's New Black Panther Party, says his group and allied organizations have their sights set on establishing …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Plummets to 43 Percent in New Primary Poll — JANESVILLE, WI- A poll of likely Republican voters shows House Speaker Paul Ryan well below 50 percent in his race to maintain his seat in Wisconsin's first Congressional district. — The poll was conducted by P.M.I. …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump Keeps Distance in G.O.P. Platform Fight on Gay Rights — CLEVELAND — Same-sex marriage and transgender rights are emerging as points of serious strain between social conservatives and moderates who are trying to shape the Republican platform, reviving a festering cultural dispute …
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The Hill
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie builds his case for Trump's VP — Chris Christie has said it over and over: He can't “imagine” being vice president. His personality just isn't cut out for the role. — But the way Christie has been governing New Jersey over the past couple of months has many Trenton insiders …
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RedState
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘What you did appalls me’: Reporter blisters Tomi Lahren for calling black activists ‘the new KKK’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik shamed controversial conservative host Tomi Lahren on Sunday after she accused Black Lives Matter of being the “new KKK.”
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alan.com
Michael Flynn / New York Post:
The military fired me for calling our enemies radical jihadis — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is reportedly being vetted by Donald Trump as a potential running mate, was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the winter of 2014 after three decades in the military.
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NBC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, alan.com and Pamela Geller
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