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Wanda Sykes quits ‘Roseanne’ after Barr's Twitter rant — Roseanne apologizes for Valerie Jarrett tweet — Roseanne Barr, one of ABC's biggest stars, apologized after a bizarre, racist Twitter rant Tuesday morning, and then announced she's “now leaving Twitter.” — ABC had no immediate comment.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Roseanne Rips Ex-Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett: ‘Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes Had a Child’ — Comedian uses racially charged joke about African American Obama adviser — Roseanne Barr waded into racial waters on Monday, suggesting that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Roseanne’ canceled after star's racist tweet — ABC canceled the relaunched “Roseanne” program on Tuesday amid an uproar over show lead Roseanne Barr's racist tweet about longtime Barack Obama adviser and close friend Valerie Jarrett. — “Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
ABC has canceled ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rampage. — This post has been updated. — ABC announced Tuesday that it has canceled “Roseanne” after the show's star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic Twitter rampage Monday.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ following tweet on Valerie Jarrett
ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ following tweet on Valerie Jarrett
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The Guardian, CBS Pittsburgh, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
Joe Otterson / Variety:
‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC
‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC
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Hollywood Reporter, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Boing Boing, CBS Los Angeles and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
UPDATED: ABC cancels Roseanne Barr's show after she posts racist, conspiratorial tweets
UPDATED: ABC cancels Roseanne Barr's show after she posts racist, conspiratorial tweets
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Roseanne Barr Goes on Wild (And Racist) Tweetstorm About Clintons, George Soros, Chris Cillizza
Roseanne Barr Goes on Wild (And Racist) Tweetstorm About Clintons, George Soros, Chris Cillizza
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Vox, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Media Matters for America
Washington Post:
Harvard study estimates thousands died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria — CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO — At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds …
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Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed:
A New Study Says Nearly 6,000 Died In Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria. The Government Still Says 64 People Died. — “Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria.”
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Sheri Fink / New York Times:
New Study Estimates Hurricane Maria Death Toll in Puerto Rico Could Exceed 4,000 — As hurricane season begins this week, experts are still trying to count the number of deaths caused by last year's devastating Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The latest estimate: roughly 4,600, many of them from delayed medical care.
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Jessica Pressler / The Cut:
Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey's fabulous new life. The city was full of marks. — Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It — It started with money, as it so often does in New York.
Bloomberg:
Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls — Breitbart News landed an election scoop that went viral in August 2016: “Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump.”
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CNN:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to controversial Arkansas abortion law — Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to a controversial Arkansas abortion law blocking medication-induced abortions. — The law, passed in 2015, says that any physician who “gives …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Abortion Restrictions to Stand
Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Abortion Restrictions to Stand
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Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Kremlin says Mueller's Russia investigation is pointless — MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other related crimes would end one day, describing it as pointless.
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump says, without proof, that Mueller team will meddle in midterm elections
Trump says, without proof, that Mueller team will meddle in midterm elections
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Washington Post, LifeZette, The Root and The Gateway Pundit
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Ross goes from Trump ‘killer’ to ‘past his prime’ — Investor Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump's “killers” — but in recent months, the commerce secretary has been increasingly marginalized, with his agency widely seen in the White House as a mess.
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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
Morgan Freeman's Lawyer Demands CNN Retract Sexual Harassment Story — YOUTUBE — The actor has since issued two statements in response to the claims. — Morgan Freeman's lawyer has asked CNN to retract its report about sexual misconduct allegations against the actor.
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Emma Anderson / Politico:
Tusk, Juncker slap down Oettinger after Italy remarks spark storm — A suggestion by European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger that financial markets would show Italians how to vote sparked outrage in Rome on Tuesday and frantic backtracking in Brussels.
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Deutsche Welle / DW.COM:
Italy's Giuseppe Conte gives up trying to form government
Italy's Giuseppe Conte gives up trying to form government
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RSS 2.0 Feed, TheStreet, Breitbart and Generational Dynamics
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Porn Leads To School Shootings, GOP Congresswoman Says — “I think that is a big part” of the spike in such attacks, Rep. Diane Black asserts. — WASHINGTON Does anyone know what kind of porn Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) is watching? — Whatever it is, the 67-year-old Black …
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Emily Crane / Daily Mail:
The bulge is back! Hillary Clinton wears another over-sized coat with a suspicious protrusion sticking out as she attends a Memorial Day parade with husband Bill — Hillary Clinton attended a Memorial Day parade in Chappaqua, New York, on Monday with her husband Bill
Jennifer Calfas / TIME:
Please Don't Roast Marshmallows Over the Erupting Hawaii Volcano, USGS Warns — The U.S. Geological Survey took a break from giving serious updates about Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption to confirm that no, you should not roast marshmallows over the scorching hot volcanic vents.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump's Right-Hand Troll — t's late on a Friday afternoon in March, and I'm sitting across from Stephen Miller in his spacious, sunlit West Wing office, trying to figure out whether he's trolling me. — This is no easy task. A provocateur as skilled as Miller doesn't just announce …
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Terry Tang / Yahoo:
Experts: Starbucks training a first step in confronting bias — Starbucks, trying to put to rest an outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, is closing more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of anti-bias training, a strategy some believe can keep racism at bay.
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Chris Woodyard / USA Today:
Starbucks anti-bias training: Here's what to expect as the coffee chain closes 8,000 stores
Starbucks anti-bias training: Here's what to expect as the coffee chain closes 8,000 stores
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ERIC TALMADGE / Associated Press:
Analysis: North Korea sees US economic handouts as threat — TOKYO (AP) — The U.S.-North Korea summit appears to be back on track, but Pyongyang is showing increased impatience at comments coming out of Washington that what leader Kim Jong Un really wants, even more than his nuclear security blanket, is American-style prosperity.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
When the President Testified: People in the Room Recall Clinton's 1998 Interrogation — The date was Aug. 17, 1998. President Bill Clinton testified before a grand jury. Twenty years later, people in the room and those waiting nearby share their memories.
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The Week
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Megyn Kelly attacks Starbucks for allowing anyone to use bathroom: ‘Do you really want to deal with homeless people?’ — NBC host Megyn Kelly on Tuesday lashed out at Starbucks over a policy that allows anyone to sit in the store or use the bathrooms — even if they are not paying customers.
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Washington Monthly, TIME and The Week
Chuck Todd / NBC News:
Dems, Republicans try to game California's upcoming ‘Top 2’ primaries — WASHINGTON — Next Tuesday, June 5, brings us arguably the most important date in the battle for the House before Election Day: California's Top 2 primaries. — Under the state's primary system, the Top 2 candidates …
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Sohrab Ahmari / Commentary Magazine:
A Silent Coup in Italy — A counterrevolution. — Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday barred a coalition of euroskeptic parties from forming a government despite a clear mandate handed down by voters earlier this spring. The move amounted to nothing less than a bloodless coup d'état …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Administration's Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign — Where was its concern about Russia during its eight years in power? — As I argued in my weekend column, it is hard to imagine a more idle question than whether the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plan for Political Survival: Blame Obama for Everything … President Donald Trump spent his long Memorial Day weekend sequestered mostly in the White House. But instead of holiday tweeting about the “haters and losers”—of which, he once said, “sadly, there are many” …
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