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The Judge In The Kentucky Clerk Case Is Making The Situation Worse
In Kentucky, U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning has issued — or not issued — a series of orders and statements in the Kim Davis case that have left major questions about what he means.
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Latino Leaders Slam Report That Jose Diaz-Balart’s MSNBC Show Will Be Canceled
After a behind the scenes conversation with the president of MSNBC, the letter from NHLA says they were promised more Latino representation, not less, and that Diaz-Balart is the only Hispanic anchor on the network since its inception in 1996.
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Joe Biden Says He’s Not Sure He Has “Emotional Energy” To Run For President
“Can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment?” the vice president asked. “The honest to God answer is, ‘I just don’t know.’”
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Jeb Bush: Kim Davis Is “Sworn To Uphold The Law”
“There ought to be a big enough space” for Davis to act on her conscience and for couple to get marriage licenses, Bush said.
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Trump: I’ll Know The Difference Between Hamas And Hezbollah “When It’s Appropriate”
Tremendous.
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Hispanic Lawmakers Ask Justice Dept. For Stats On Latinos Killed By Police
The letter sent July 28, and obtained by BuzzFeed News, asked for the number of Latino deaths resulting from police interaction during the last five years, as well as the immigration status of victims. The DOJ still has not responded to the request.
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Rand Paul On Syrian Refugees: We Should Be “Warm,” But We Can’t Take Everybody
“So I think we do have to be careful with this, and we should have a warm and welcoming heart, but we also just can’t accept the whole world to come here.”
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Rand Paul: “Real Mistake” And “Step Back” To Jail Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis
The Kentucky senator told CNN’s Brianna Keilar that its “absurd” to jail Davis for exercising her religious beliefs.
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Anonymous Twitter User Asks Court To Toss Out James Woods’s Lawsuit
In response to the lawsuit, based on a tweet calling Woods a “cocaine addict,” the Twitter user’s lawyers respond that “Twitter users will not be inclined to view heated tweets as stating provable facts.”
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Ted Cruz Defends Kim Davis: “We Must Be Vigilant To Protect The Free Exercise Of Religion”
The senator from Texas on Wednesday posted a message to his Facebook page, saying Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be able to hold her job without having to violate her religious beliefs.
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Bipartisan Criminal Justice Coalition Is Bigger And Ready For Congress To Come Back
The NAACP is joining a roster of high-profile, diverse, bipartisan groups like the ACLU, FreedomWorks, and more to make a concerted push for criminal justice legislation.
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Protests In Baltimore For Something Unusual: Supporting A Prosecutor
Activists on Wednesday said their protests were as much about standing with State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby as they were about standing for justice for Freddie Gray.
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Few Options To Remove Kentucky Clerk From Office
There are few options, under Kentucky law, for addressing an official who doesn’t want to do their job.
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Santorum: Obama Thinks “Potential Radical Islamic Sympathizers” Are “A Good Thing For America”
“And let’s be honest, I mean, you know, if you look at radical Islam it’s about as antithetical to the American first principles as anything you’d want to see. But in President Obama’s mind, that’s a good thing for America.”
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Fiorina On Securing Borders: “I Don’t Think Walls Are Particularly Effective”
Fiorina becomes the latest Republican presidential candidate to comment on building a wall along the northern border.
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Rand Paul On Clerk Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Licences: Protest Is Part Of The American Way
“Whether or not people who still work for the state can do it without the legislature changing it, is something I’m going to leave up to the courts exactly how to do it,” Paul said.
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How Sidney Blumenthal Tried And Failed To Pull Hillary Clinton To The Left On Foreign Policy
It’s not clear that it had much effect, but the longtime Clinton confidant often emailed secretary pieces, speeches, and analysis to the left of her positions — especially on Israel.
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Martin O’Malley Hires Director Of Hispanic Media
Jose Aristimuño joins the campaign after spending time as a volunteer, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Huckabee: “Remarkable” Democrats Looking At “73-Year-Old Gaffe-Master” Biden As Savior
The Republican presidential candidate comments on the age of his Democratic adversaries, and offers praise for Bernie Sanders.
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White House Launches Year Two Of Campus Anti-Sexual Assault Campaign With Simple Message
One year into the Obama administration’s “It’s On Us” anti-sexual assault campaign, top presidential adviser Valerie Jarett says the White House has helped start changing the culture about sexual violence on college campuses.
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Chelsea Clinton Wrote Bill And Hillary About Being “Profoundly Disturbed” By Haiti Response
“The incompetence is mind numbing.”
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7,000 Pages Of Hillary Clinton Email Are Coming Your Way Tonight
Clinton’s faced criticism inside and outside the Democratic Party in recent weeks for how she’s addressed the controversy surrounding and investigation into her email.
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Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Clerk’s Request To Halt Same-Sex Marriage Order
Justice Elena Kagan referred the request from Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to the full court, which denied the request on Monday evening.
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Supreme Court Keeps Former Virginia Governor Out Of Jail For Now
Justices let former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell stay out of jail until they decide whether to hear his appeal of his conviction.
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Rand Paul On Birthright Citizenship: “People Get Carried Away On Whatever The Term Is”
Paul says birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants is an issue that needs to be adjudicated.
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Walter Mondale Wants To Know: Where Have The Jimmy Carters Gone?
Amid fervent campaign speculation at the DNC in Minneapolis, Vice President Walter Mondale was a quiet, earnest presence. The 1984 nominee on Carter, Clinton, and his dismay over the “asses” of 2016 and the celebritization of American politics.
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Meet Hillary Clinton’s New Opposition
At the DNC summer meeting, the frontrunner’s opponents recast themselves. After decades on the outside, Bernie Sanders is now the Democratic Party’s savior — and Martin O’Malley, a former party governors association chairman, is its renegade critic.
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Hillary Clinton Continues To Shift Tone On Emails
“I am not frustrated,” Clinton told reporters on Friday.
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Kentucky Clerk Asks Supreme Court To Stop Marriage License Ruling From Taking Effect
The trial court’s order that Rowan County Clerk Kimberly Davis stop her “no marriage licenses” policy is due to take effect, at the latest, on Monday.