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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Conversation We Won't Have  —  Dylann Roof appears more evil than disturbed.  Perhaps he had mental health issues.  But at some point we just need to call him evil.  White supremacy and segregation are evils.  He appears to have believed in both.  People who believe in white supremacy …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
NRA Board Member Blames Charleston Victim For His Own Death
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
Lindsey Graham: The Confederate flag is “part of who we are” in South Carolina — even if “it's a racist symbol”  —  He didn't say why only the American and state — but not the Confederate — flag were at half-staff today  —  South Carolina senator and Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham …
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Hunter / Daily Kos:
The National Review grapples with Confederate flag love  —  You know things are bad when the pro-segregation rag National Review is locked in their own debate over whether the Confederate flag should or shouldn't come down in places like South Carolina.  On the “get rid of it” side is Reihan Salam …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama thinks Confederate flag ‘belongs in a museum’  —  President Obama believes the Confederate flag “belongs in a museum,” the White House said Friday amid calls for it to be taken down, following a mass shooting in South Carolina.  —  “The president has said before he believes …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham defends Confederate flag: ‘It works here’
Google Public Policy Blog:
“Revenge porn” and Search  —  We've heard many troubling stories of “revenge porn”: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them, or hackers stealing and distributing images from victims' accounts.  Some images even end up on “sextortion” …
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Rick Perry: Charleston Shooting An ‘Accident’ Due To Drug Use, Manipulated By Obama To Ban Guns  —  In an interview today with Steve Malzberg of Newsmax, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry described the mass shooting at an African American church in Charleston earlier this week as an “accident” …
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight  —  He is the rising star of the battle to be the Democratic nominee for president.  But who is the real Bernie Sanders?  His close friends and family shed new light on what is motivating the 73-year-old senator …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ballot Access Problem For Bernie Sanders?
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Racist Talk from Dylann Roof's Judge  —  The judge who called for sympathy for shooter Dylann Roof's family members has a history of racist language in the courtroom.  —  Charleston County Magistrate James B. Gosnell began Friday's bond hearing for mass-murderer Dylann Roof by declaring …
Zac Anderson / Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Rubio fundraiser canceled in Sarasota  —  SARASOTA - A fundraiser planned for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio tonight in Sarasota has been canceled, with backers saying they want to reschedule the event in the fall when more seasonal residents are in town.
Discussion: Naked Politics
Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
Our Racist History Isn't Back to Haunt Us.  It Never Left Us.  —  When, on Wednesday night, a 21-year-old white man named Dylann Roof entered the Charleston church founded by former slave Denmark Vesey on the anniversary of Vesey's planned 1822 slave rebellion and shot and killed nine people …
Discussion: American Spectator
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Clinton Camp Blasts Republicans For Religion Attack  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta went on the offensive on Friday against Republicans who have seized on a remark Clinton made in April about the need for some religious beliefs to change in the context of women's rights.
Discussion: SOOPERMEXICAN
The Columbus Dispatch:
City Council President Andy Ginther caught up in red-light camera bribe case  —  A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials - including Council President Andrew Ginther - through the Ohio Democratic Party …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Video A Tea Party Group Made That Implies Oral Sex Between A Panda And Hillary Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — BuzzFeed News has obtained parts of the video produced by Tea Party group FreedomWorks several years ago that features two female interns dressed up as a panda bear and Hillary Clinton …
Allison Sherry / Star Tribune:
Michele Bachmann is still in a race - for money  —  Fundraising goes on, and so does her spending.  —  U.S. Rep.Michele Bachmann spoke to family, friends and supporters during a tribute at Monticello High Friday, April 11, 2014, in Monticello, MN.  —  TEXT SIZE
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