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Earlier last week, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake spoke on the indictments of the six police officers who will be charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.
MSNBC: Baltimore Mayor’s Speech On Indictments
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Right Wing Press: ‘Anger Translator’ Reveals President’s True Nature
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At the 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the low-key President had a humorous speech with Luther, his “anger translator.”
Some might recognize Luther as Keegan-Michael Key from the Comedy Central series “Key & Peele.”
Did some in the right-wing media believe that the anger translator represented the President’s true nature?
Cruz Steps Out Of His Comfort Zone…And It Gets Uncomfortable
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Right-wing Senator Ted Cruz spoke to The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) in Dallas on Tuesday, during which he criticized the Internal Revenue Service and the Affordable Care Act.
The IAFF is a union which supports Obamacare and is decidedly not anti-Obama. The reactions Cruz got from the group were quiet, and perhaps not what he expected. Or, perhaps it was…?
Majority Report Discusses Netanyahu Speech
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Majority Report discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “State of the Union Address” to Congress and the pointed MSNBC / Chris Matthews reaction.
New York Representative Had Change Of Heart On Netanyahu, Attended Speech
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., explains to MSNBC why he decided to attend PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech after initially indicating he would not.
Mr. Rangel had previously slammed the protocol behind the invitation to the speech—a letter inviting Mr. Netanyahu supposedly included Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s name, even though she was not party to the invite, and the invite comes as Mr. Netanyahu faces re-election back home.
Was it political?
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TYT: Netanyahu Speech A Breech Of Protocol
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TYT Network discusses the speech from Tuesday, March 3rd to Congress by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu failed to clear the planned address with the White House.
57 Legislators (56 Democrats and 1 Independent) refused to attend the speech.
In the speech Prime Minister Netanyahu warned the U.S. against accepting a nuclear deal with Iran, stating that he firmly believed it would not prevent Iran from creating nuclear weapons in what is basically his backyard. He also openly criticized Obama and his administration for their handling of Iran.
Some are calling the speech ‘inappropriate’ and even ‘wrong’ about some of its facts.
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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/03/nearly-60-lawmakers-boycott-netanyahu-speech
Morning Joe On Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress
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Mika Brzezinski takes on Joe Scarborough over the speech given by Benjamin Netanyahu before the U.S. Congress, saying that Scarborough “talks out of both sides of his mouth.”
MSNBC panelists Bob Woodward, Jeffrey Goldberg, Andrea Mitchell, and Michael Steele join to discuss the speech.
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MSNBC On Netanyahu Speech: He Didn’t Explain His Alternative Plan
Chris Matthews of MSNBC reacts to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, saying, “I don’t think he ever explained his alternative” to the P5+1 negotiations.
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Scott Walker On Evolution
Possible 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker dodged a question on whether he believes in the theory of evolution in London.
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Israeli Official Suggests Boehner Misled Netanyahu On Speech To Congress
Sources claim an Israeli official suggested Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress next month was fully supported by the Democrats.
Netanyahu was invited by the Republican speaker of the house, John Boehner, to address Congress on March 3, an invitation Boehner originally described as bipartisan. The topic of his speech would supposedly be relations with Iran.
The move angered the White House, which is upset that the event comes two weeks before Israeli elections and that Netanyahu is expected to be critical of U.S. policy on Iran. Most gatherings of this nature are organized between heads of state – not between a head of state and congress or parliament of another country.
“It appears that the speaker of Congress made a move, in which we trusted, but which it ultimately became clear was a one-sided move and not a move by both sides,” Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told 102 FM Tel Aviv Radio on Friday.
Hanegbi is a senior member of Netanyahu’s Likud party.
The interviewer asked if that meant Netanyahu had been “misled” into believing Boehner’s invitation was bipartisan, a characterization Hanegbi did not contest.
Hanegbi did not say Netanyahu would refuse the invitation.
Asked whether the prime minister should cancel or postpone the speech, Hanegbi said: “What would the outcome be then? The outcome would be that we forsake an arena in which there is a going to be a very dramatic decision (on Iran).”
There has been much criticism of Boehner by Democrats and repeated statements by Boehner and other Republicans explaining their position.
Top Democratic lawmaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the event was “politicized” and she hoped it would not take place. Also, the White House said it would not meet Netanyahu during the visit.
Netanyahu has denied seeking electoral gains or meddling in internal U.S. affairs with the speech, in which he is expected to warn world powers against agreeing to anything short of a total rollback of Iran’s nuclear program.
A Netanyahu spokesman declined to comment on Hanegbi’s comments on Friday.
Acknowledging that Democrats had been “pained” by the invitation, Hanegbi said Netanyahu and Israeli emissaries were making “a huge effort to make clear to them that this is not a move that flouts the president of the United States”.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/06/israel-boehner-misled-netanyahu-congress-speech
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