Randi`s Homework May 7th 2014

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	North Carolina State Level House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-NC): We Must 'Divide And Conquer' People On Public Assistance Hardball: Media Is Now Calling Tillis The 'Establishment' Candidate? If 'Establishment' Means Extremist, Then Yes. GOP Candidate Tillis: Talking About Raising The Minimum Wage Just Shows A 'Defeatist Mentality' Bill Nye Smacks Down S.E. Cupp & Heritage Foundation's Nicolas Loris On Climate Change Fox's Krauthammer On Climate Change: "I'm Not Impressed By Numbers. I'm Not Impressed By Consensus" (Or Obviously, Facts.) Lynne Cheney Suggests Hillary Approved Monica Piece To 'Get It Out Of The Way' Fox's 'The Five' Dives Headfirst Into Hillary And Monica Conspiracy Theory Jon Stewart: And Justice For Some - Wall Street Versus Occupy Wall Street; The Scales Are Balanced Now!
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GOP Civil War, Primary Edition
	Tom Tillis Wins North Carolina GOP Senate Primary Next Up For Tom Tillis? A Political Conundrum John Nichols: Voters Say "Yes" To Walter Jones, The Republican Who Said "No" To Wall Street Boehner Wins Primary In Ohio, Despite National Unpopularity Among GOP Base Tea Party Takes Hit In Primary Test Ed Kilgore: Challenging The Republican Establishment Narrative The Republican Party Is Reining In Its Primary Debates To Take Control Of The Crazy Charlie Crist Says He Became A Democrat Because Of GOP Racism Michael Tomasky: What Happens If The GOP Takes The Senate? A Nightmare.
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America's War On The Poor
	Republicans Block Hearing On Long-Term Jobless Benefits Greg Sargent: For Republicans, 47 Percenter-Ism Is Back! And So Is Shaming Poor People! Flashback, April 2014: Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) To Fast Food Worker: "Raising The Minimum Wage Wouldn't Be Right" Flashback, March 2014: Governor Mary Fallon (R-OK) Bans Raising Minimum Wage And Sick Day Expansion Flashback, January 2014: 10 States Premptively Ban Minimum Wage Increase/Sick Leave Matthew Yglesias: Teachers Get An Appreciation Week, Lawyers Take Home $70,000 More Per Year Related: We've Made Huge Progress On The Long-Term Debt. Can We Work On Jobs Now? Peter Van Buren: The American Empire Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes Right Here At Home Robert Reich: The Six Principles Of The New Populism - And The Establishment's Potential Nightmare This Fall
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America vs. Nigeria: Privilege vs Terror
	The New Republican Hero - A White Male Princeton Freshman: "Why I'll Never Apologize For My White Male Privilege" Dear Privileged-At-Princeton: You. Are. Privileged. And Meritocracy Is A Myth. Katie McDonough: "I'll Never Apologize For My White Privilege" Guy? Is Basically Most Of White America Mary Elizabeth Williams: Hey Kid - Who Asked You For An Apology Anyway? Privilege Deniers & The Pending Implosion Of The 'Check Your Privilege' Movement A Classic Essay (1990) - Peggy McIntosh: White Privilege - Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack Meanwhile, More Girls Kidnapped, While White House Sends Specialist To Help Recover Kidnapped Girls Who Is Boko Haram? Questions Raised, Even As U.S. Joins The Hunt For Missing Girls Why Can't They Find The Girls? Here's Why. Kidnapped Girls Highlight Nigeria's Many Security Challenges, Even As The World Economic Forum Spends Three Days In African Nation
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Conspiracyland: The Monica Truthers
	Monica Lewinsky's Hard-Won Perspective, 16 Years Later Ruth Marcus: Monica Lewinsky Did Hillary Clinton A Big Favor This Week Fox News Has An Exciting New Vanity Fair/Hillary Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Conspiracy Theory! Is Hillary Behind Monica Lewinsky Story?
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Our Illegitimate Supreme Court
	New Poll: Americans Think The Supreme Court Is Political, Closed Off, And Got Citizens United Wrong Study: Justices More Likely To Support Free Speech They Agree With Paul Waldman: The Difference Between Liberal Justices And Conservative Justices Thanks To Roberts' Court, Nebraska Town's Anti-Immigration Rule Stands, But Furor Persists
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Meanwhile...
	Injustice In America: Occupy Protestor Cecily McMillian Gets 7 Years In Jail Study: On Climate, Republicans And Democrats Are From Different Continents - And Tea Partiers Are On Par With Climate Change Deniers In Pakistan And The Middle East Three-Drug Cocktail Used In U.S. Executions Is Banned From Use On Animals, Says Report Study Shows Liberals Eat At P.F. Chang's, Conservatives At Cracker Barrel; And Other Fun Food Facts
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