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Judge declines divorce case, citing gay marriage ruling … A local judge contends the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage has derailed Tennessee's ability to determine what constitutes divorce — leaving one Signal Mountain couple married against their will.
Discussion: Guardian, Raw Story, Mediaite and Daily Kos
USA Today:
Ky. clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses  —  ASHLAND, Ky. — A Kentucky county clerk was found in contempt of court Thursday for her refusal to issue marriage licenses in wake of the Supreme Court decision to allow gays to wed.  —  U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning …
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Clerk: I am prepared to go to jail  —  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis listens to a customer following her office's refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. Although her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, Davis still refuses to issue marriage licenses.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Kim Davis Held In Contempt Of Court, Now In U.S. Marshals' Custody  —  Federal District Judge David Bunning held Kim Davis, the county clerk who has become a national symbol of anti-gay animus for her resistance to marriage equality, in contempt of court on Thursday.
Timeline Photos / Facebook:
Exclusive.  Just conducted an interview with Cecil Watkins, the Rowan County Attorney.  Watkins (who to my knowledge) hasn't given any interviews.  —  Watkins indicates that Kim Davis “does not represent” Rowan County and is not representative of its inclusive values.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Joe.My.God.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis Vows To Use County Office To Spread 'God's Word,' Act As Divine Vessel  —  UPDATE: Kim Davis was just found in contempt of court and taken into custody by U.S. Marshals.  —  Being interviewed by Todd Starnes is a regular rite of passage that nearly all phony Religious Right martyrs undergo …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump signs GOP loyalty pledge  —  <p>Donald Trump and Reince Priebus have a deal.</p><p>Trump has pledged to support the eventual Republican nominee, whoever that may be, the Republican front-runner and the chairman of the Republican National Committee announced at a press conference on Thursday.</p><p> The deal is a winner for Trump.
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Exposed!  Libya Security Briefs, Algeria Hostage Info & More — Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton's ENTIRE UNRELEASED Private Emails For $500K … PICS OF  —  HILLARY  —  Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming …
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Terry Glavin / National Post:
Alan Kurdi drowned off the shores of Turkey.  His family was trying to reach Canada  —  The drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach captured in a photograph that went around the world Wednesday was three-year-old Alan Kurdi.  He died, along with his five-year-old brother Galib and their mother Rehan …
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Aylan's story: How desperation left a 3-year-old boy washed up on a Turkish beach
Discussion: Raw Story, Ottawa Citizen and Guardian
Washington Post:
Staffer who worked on Clinton's private e-mail server faces subpoena  —  A former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private e-mail server tried this week to fend off a subpoena to testify before Congress, saying he would assert his constitutional right not to answer questions to avoid incriminating himself.
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Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
More Self-Inflicted Wounds  —  This column is not about me, but I start by acknowledging that I am something of a technological dinosaur.  I still read printed newspapers and I don't have a Twitter account or Facebook page.  But the reason I don't engage in social media is only in part because I'm a little challenged technologically.
Jonathan Merritt / The Atlantic:
Why Do Evangelicals Support Donald Trump?  —  Donald Trump is immodest, arrogant, foul-mouthed, money-obsessed, thrice-married, and until recently, pro-choice.  By conventional standards, evangelical Christians should despise him.  Yet somehow, the Manhattan billionaire has attracted their support.
Discussion: Hot Air and Boing Boing
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg.com:
Inside the empire … Photographer: Evan Ortiz … Trump Las Vegas
Discussion: Politico
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Keep Calm And Ignore The 2016 ‘Game Changers’  —  If you were to rank the most exciting presidential nomination contests, the 1996 Republican race would be near the bottom.  Bob Dole, the “next-in-line” GOP candidate and the Senate majority leader, built up a huge lead in polls and endorsements early …
John Croman / KARE-TV:
Lawmakers deny park ranger's “making out” report  —  Lawmakers question deputy's nuisance report  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two Minnesota lawmakers Wednesday vehemently denied a Dakota County park ranger's report that they were “making out” in a car in Eagan.  —  Rep. Tim Kelly of Red Wing …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Tom Brady's Four-Game N.F.L. Suspension Erased by Judge  —  In a major setback for the N.F.L., New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prevailed in his battle to have his four-game suspension overturned on Thursday, as a federal judge reversed a ruling by Commissioner Roger Goodell to bench …
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Populist Revolt Against Brain-Dead Politics  —  Take a deep breath.  It won't help you understand what's happening in the contest for the presidency, but it won't hurt either.  —  By contrast, many media analyses of the state of the race have reached the breathless level.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Mika to Huckabee: Why Do You Hate Hillary Lawbreaking, But Support KY Clerk?  —  MSNBC Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski challenged Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee Thursday morning on why he supported the lawbreaking of the Kentucky clerk refusing to issue marriage licenses, but not Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Donald Trump isn't rich because he's a great investor.  He's rich because his dad was rich.  —  “It takes brains to make millions,” according to the slogan of Donald Trump's board game.  “It takes Trump to make billions.”  It appears that's truer than Trump himself might like to admit.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
For His Unconventional Campaign, Donald Trump Looks to an Unorthodox Manager  —  He was a lobbyist who represented one client who sought funds from the federal stimulus program and then another, a group backed by the Koch brothers, who opposed it.  He was a political operative who once debated …
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Salmon spawns on Obama in Alaska  —  Washington (CNN)During his historic trip to Alaska, President Barack Obama spent some time fishing at Kanakanak Beach in Dillingham and in a comical moment, a salmon spawned on his shoes.  —  Wearing a pair of orange gloves, Obama examined some of the fish that he caught.
Discussion: NPR and Business Insider
Tom Ley / Deadspin:
This Is Roger Goodell's Defining Defeat, And The One He Deserves  —  It's fitting that Roger Goodell's biggest failure, the one that could well end up permanently lessening the considerable power he and NFL owners have traditionally held over the NFLPA, was born out of the stupidest scandal …
 
 
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