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Mike Huckabee described Beyoncé as "mental poison"

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle of parenting by double-standard, in an interview published Tuesday, saying they shelter their daughters from some things but allow them to listen to the music of Beyoncé. While promoti…
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Republicans have been trying to oust Agema for a while due to multiple anti-gay and anti-Muslim comments

The Virginia GOP chair is working to expel Michigan Committeeman Dave Agema from the Republican National Committee's winter meeting after Agema stirred yet another controversy with a racist Facebook post. Chairman Pat Mullins is circulating a letter urging his fellow Republicans to keep Agema out of…
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"I feel like showering more than once a day, or every day, is such a white-people thing."

Naya Rivera, star of the television show "Glee," raised some eyebrows on Tuesday when she talked about her views on race and hygiene during a stint guest-hosting ABC's "The View."
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“Hoyt told the officer he was Jesus Christ and he was going to kill Boehner because Boehner was mean to him at the country club and because Boehner is responsible for Ebola."

A former bartender at an Ohio country club frequented by House Speaker John Boehner allegedly thought the Republican was the devil and had threatened to kill him, according to a report Tuesday from WCOP in Cincinnati. Michael Robert Hoyt, 47, who had worked for five years at the Wetherington Country…
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“You are waiting for him to shoot himself in the foot. It’s going to look real good and then — bam something else — he screws it up."

Eric Hartsburg became a pioneer in the realm of presidential nominee promotions when he got the logo for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign emblazoned on his face. However, the Indiana man with a now-faded tattoo said he would not support Romney in 2016 and was in the process of removing the t…
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"That's a justified ass-whooping," the female officer said.

A video posted online this week appeared to show police in Michigan beating a handcuffed man and forbidding him from calling for Jesus.
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The cause of the soldier's death is unclear.

A soldier who recently returned from fighting Ebola in West Africa was found dead Tuesday outside his Texas home, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
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"I want to publicly thank Don Lemon for making me famous with his patently offensive racist dumb-ass question."

Muslim human rights lawyer Arsalan Iftikhar, who was recently asked by CNN anchor Don Lemon whether he supported the Islamic State terrorist group, published an ironic open letter on Monday thanking Lemon for the "patently offensive racist dumb-ass question."
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Virginia state Del. Joe Morrissey had a rough end to 2014:

He was sentenced to six months in jail in December on a misdemeanor conviction related to a sexual relationship he allegedly had with his underage former receptionist.
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"No more pink shoe drama for SD 10!"

The new Texas state senator replacing Wendy Davis made a point of wearing cowboy boots on her first day in office to troll Davis over her signature pink sneakers.
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Yesterday I said that I'd heard an unexpectedly large number of people saying that 2014 was a big downer of a year that they were glad to leave behind. So I asked readers if they'd heard the same, if they agreed and if they did, why.
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Third time's a charm?

Mitt Romney continues to move toward a third run for President in 2016.
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"We are just innocent students celebrating our football team."

Over screams and protest early Tuesday morning, police in Columbus, Ohio blasted pepper spray into the faces of football fans from only a few feet away.
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A Kentucky police officer has filed a lawsuit against a gun store after he accidentally shot his finger off with a loaded handgun given to him by the store clerk.
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A+ trolling, Bernie Sanders.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (plans to introduce an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill that would force Republican senators to go on the record about climate change.
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O-H

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly 90 fires were reported near Ohio State's campus early Tuesday morning after the Buckeyes won the first national title game.
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Morning Joe thinks the BBC should fire a reporter for asking about Israel's violence toward Palestinians:

Joe Scarborough launched into a tirade on Tuesday against the BBC and "some others" in the media he accused of downplaying anti-Semitism in Europe.
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A DHS shutdown may not be the leverage Republicans are making it out to be.

Experts say the House GOP’s threatened shutdown of the DHS would hinder two priorities near and dear to Republican hearts: border security and deportations.
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Randy Weber previously described Obama as a "Socialistic dictator."

Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) on Monday night made an unfavorable comparison between Adolf Hitler and Barack Obama.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has a state bird, a state flower and even a state toy. So state Rep. Tom Miles figures it ought to have a state book: the Bible.
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Ted Cruz ready to take the freshmen under his wing

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warned the 12 new Republican senators elected in 2014 that they must keep their promises on Obamacare and "executive amnesty."
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"In the years immediately following 9/11, 'liberal' was more or less synonymous with 'traitor' in the rightwing press. Barbara Boxer endured this abuse and never abandoned her convictions in order to look 'less extreme' in the eyes of the media or party bosses."

Last week, Senator Barbara Boxer announced she wouldn’t be running for reelection. Politics can be heartbreaking (the inertia, the hypocrisy, the futility, the shattered hopes!), but Sen. Boxer gave many on the left courage during some very dark days in the course of her long career, providing a gen…
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"I thought it must be April Fool's Day."

British Prime Minister David Cameron had harsh words for the Fox News guest who on Sunday said the British city of Birmingham was "totally Muslim." During an interview on Monday with ITV News, Cameron called Fox News "terrorism expert" Steven Emerson a "complete idiot" over the comments.
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Elizabeth Warren strongly opposed this Treasury nominee

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has won her push to stop banker Antonio Weiss from becoming the under secretary for domestic policy at the Treasury Department.
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"Je suis Charlie."

Charlie Hebdo released the cover of the magazine's first edition since the attack on Monday night through French newspaper Liberation. The cover features Muhammed holding a sign that reads, "Je suis Charlie." The cover is headlined with "Tout est pardonné," which translates to "All is forgiven."
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The list that keeps on running:

Zimmerman has managed to compile a weighty record of violent incidents, threats and sometimes simply bizarre behavior.
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Here we go...

It's been a quick turnaround since Boxer announced on Thursday that she would not run for re-election in 2016.
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His colleagues pleaded for him to stop posting: “You’ve lost your mind. This may be the dumbest shit you’ve ever posted. That’s saying a lot."

A Las Vegas police detective was allowed to keep his job despite posting photos of him aiming a gun at an image of Barack Obama and calling for "race war."
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She described George Zimmerman as a "psychopath."

George Zimmerman allegedly threw a wine bottle at a woman he was intimately involved with in the incident which led to his arrest for aggravated assault with a weapon Friday night, according to new police reports released Monday.
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The hackers called themselves the "CyberCaliphate."

The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) was apparently hacked Monday afternoon by supporters of the Islamic State.
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!!!!!!!!!

CBS announced Monday that Stephen Colbert will make his debut as the host of "Late Show" on Sept. 8.
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"I think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there."

White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Monday conceded that the White House should have sent a more senior American official to the Unity rally in Paris.
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Mike McVey pleaded not guilty to felony charges of obstructing justice and tampering with evidence.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Charges against a school superintendent accused of misleading authorities in their investigation into the rape of a girl by two high school football players have been dismissed following his resignation.
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State workers who issue same-sex marriage licenses would lose their salaries and benefits under a new bill proposed in the Texas legislature.
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A cop has sold 45,000 "Breathe Easy: Don't Break The Law" T-shirts.

An Indiana police officer and businessman who started selling shirts saying "Breathe Easy: Don't Break The Law" after the death of Eric Garner has reportedly seen massive sales of his merchandise.
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"Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white."

A billboard displaying a message tied to a segregationist "mantra" popular with white supremacists has cropped up outside of Birmingham, Alabama, a city that has seen several racially charged, separatist signs posted in recent years.
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"“Fear not — Governor-elect Abbott has fought Obamacare and will continue to fight against it."

Abbott spokeswoman Amelia Chasse sought to reassure conservatives that Abbott (R) still opposed the health care reform law in a statement to National Review Online on Friday.
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Pope Francis said those responsible for the Paris attacks had become "enslaved" by new fads and "deviant forms of religion."

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers were enslaved by "deviant forms of religion" that used God as a mere ideological pretext to perpetuate mass killings.
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"We're murderers, Francis"

Fans are still waiting for the third season of Netflix's smash hit political thriller "House of Cards," but viewers got a taste on Sunday with a bombastic new trailer.
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Will Obama pick a fight with the GOP on Social Security?

When House Republicans signaled last week that they would provoke a fight over Social Security in the next two years, progressive stalwarts like Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren decried the action, with Brown alleging the GOP wanted to "set the stage to cut benefits fo…
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Twitter blew up after Fox got this fact totally wrong ‪#‎foxnewsfacts‬

A Fox News "terrorism expert" was forced to issue an apology on Sunday after he wrongly stated on-air that one British city was "totally Muslim" while discussing extremism in Europe following the recent attacks in Paris.
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"The problem is that America has one official gentrification story."

On a typical night in 2009, I finished work around 10 p.m., collapsed into a cab I’d expense the next morning with my work laptop and a set of legal files in hand, took off my Manolos so they’d stop crushing my feet, watched baseball on my phone to signal to the driver that he shouldn’t bother start…
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"While glorifying Charlie Hebdo, outlets are simultaneously thumbing their noses at the cartooning industry."

The recent attack on Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical French newspaper featuring acerbic cartoons and comics, is shocking. Twelve people are dead, 11 injured. These attacks threaten the freedom of the press. But the media’s response has been troubling. Coverage lionizes Charlie Hebdo as an institut…
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Paul Ryan wants to know if Chris Christie needs a hug

After the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) poked fun New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for his love of Dallas football. Christie took some heat last week after he hugged Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when the Cowboys won last weekend.
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"Last time I checked, we're at war. I wouldn't send my attorney general if I were president to deal with radical Islamic terrorists."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday blasted President Obama and his response to the terrorist attack in Paris last week. "I have no idea why the president of the United States won't call this a religious war when the president of Egypt does. Our strategy to combat radical Islam is failing," Graham…
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"Will someone somewhere make the obvious point that perhaps France is having these problems because it has the largest Muslim population in Europe as a result of its immigration policies?"

"Fox and Friends" co-host Tucker Carlson on Sunday wondered if countries should change their immigration policies to keep potential terrorists out of the country. "Will someone somewhere make the obvious point that perhaps France is having these problems because it has the largest Muslim population…
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"Although there's not a specific credible threat that I can point to, I certainly think that the environment has changed over the years."

Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday said that the terrorist attacks in France last week show that attacks against the U.S. are still a threat. "Although there's not a specific credible threat that I can point to, I certainly think that the environment has changed over the years. We have decimated…
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Tens of thousands rally in Paris alongside world leaders

PARIS (AP) — Leaders from dozens of countries have arrived at the French presidential palace in an extraordinary display of global unity, while tens of thousands of people crammed into Paris' Republique square to honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed.
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"Being an ally to women is about more than just positions or legislation."

A swearing-in featuring Joe Biden is gaffe-porn, when both the Vice President’s best and worst are on full display. It’s when Biden is in his truest form—“unleashed,” as they say—and the chamber is his stage. But are these really just “aw, shucks, dad” moments, another blunder we have come to expect…
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"Understanding that we might turn to abortion again later on, as so many mothers do, I began to wonder: What, for the pro-choice among us, leads us to go through with a pregnancy in the first place? What is the abortion tipping point?"

"So, are you thinking of having kids?” a family friend asked me when I was visiting my hometown of Washington, D.C.
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"Nowadays, the road to marriage is no longer linear, and true love can happen more than once with love stories coming in a variety of forms."

Tiffany & Co. is featuring a gay couple in an engagement ad campaign for the first time, Elle Magazine reported on Friday. The "Will You" ad will feature a New York gay couple, along with six other couples, according to CNN.
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Analysts project the budget deficit will reach $279 million by June 2015

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) will propose tax revenue increases in order to address the state's budget shortfall, the Wichita Eagle reported on Saturday. Brownback announced last month that he would initiate budget cuts to help fill the large budget deficit projected to reach $279 million by June 2…
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Fox Host to liberals who tweet "Je suis Charlie": "No you're not. You're not. You're the opposite. You're more al Qaeda than you are Charlie."

Fox News' "The Five" co-host Eric Bolling on Friday suggested that liberals who have been showing solidarity with Charlie Hebdo following the Paris attack are hypocritical for now championing free speech. "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld referenced instances in which conservatives like Condoleeza Ric…
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George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault Friday night in Lake Mary, Fla., according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Department. Zimmerman was arrested around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday by the Lake Mary police and will appear in court at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
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FBI releases new details of individual who was in the area and likely involved in the bombing.

Law enforcement officials on Friday announced the composite sketch of a person suspected to have been closely involved in the bombing of the NAACP office in Colorado Springs, though they are still reluctant to ascribe a motive to the incident.
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Remember him?

Federal prosecutors want to charge retired Gen. David Petraeus criminally for allegedly sharing classified information with his then-mistress while he was CIA director, further fallout from the renowned officer's affair with his biographer that came to light in 2012, the New York Times reported late…
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Four.

Five people were shot Friday at a gun store near Kansas City, Mo. that caters to female gun owners, The Kansas City Star reported.
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Yup

“Everybody in here can go tell your friends that I’m considering a run,” Romney told the room of about 30 Republican donors, according to Politico.
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"I decided I could be a father, perhaps, but I didn’t have the energy, stamina, or selflessness to be a mom."

"So, are you thinking of having kids?” a family friend asked me when I was visiting my hometown of Washington, D.C.
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